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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A SHUNPIKER'S JOURNAL-The Radio Program For Those To Whom An Automobile Is More Than Transportation

A SHUNPIKER'S JOURNAL-The Radio Program For Those To Whom An Automobile Is More Than Transportation

A SHUNPIKER'S JOURNAL With Host Steve Purdy; Season 1 - Episode 4 This latest program is focused on the business and pleasure of car collecting. During the first three segments we talk to collector car expert, the voice many Concours d'Elegance, Ed Lucas. In the second half the show we talk with well-known collector, s ... Continue reading

Amelia Island 2014 - Speed, Exotic Cars, Motorcycles & Luxury Lifestyle Companies

Amelia Island 2014 - Speed, Exotic Cars, Motorcycles & Luxury Lifestyle Companies

EUSTIS, Fla. - One of the country's premier celebrations of vintage and contemporary vehicles, combined with the best in luxury lifestyle, Festivals of Speed, returns to the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort on March 7 and 8, 2014. A car show, collector car auction and party all-in-one, the Festivals of Speed is the ... Continue reading

2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Heels on Wheels Review ... Continue reading

U.S. Car Makers Struggle to Convince a Nation of Social Skeptics

U.S. Car Makers Struggle to Convince a Nation of Social Skeptics

Car buyers in the U.S. are more likely to be persuaded by traditional marketing, rather than blogs, forums and social media, which are often seen as less reliable and ‘infiltrated’ by brands. “Digital-savvy car buyers in the US are increasingly suspicious of brand involvement when it comes to supposedly ... Continue reading

Global Shipments of Streaming Music Enabled Automotive Infotainment Systems to Exceed 66 Million by the End of 2019

Global Shipments of Streaming Music Enabled Automotive Infotainment Systems to Exceed 66 Million by the End of 2019

In recent years, streaming music services have shown that there is a market for personalized radio and on-demand subscription based services, listening via PCs and laptops and particularly via smartphones. Now these companies are turning their attention to the car and are seeking ways to offer their services to motoris ... Continue reading

Mobility Ventures, Maker Of Universally Accessible MV-1 Vehicle Announces Its Inaugural Network Of More Than 50 Dealers Across U.S.

Mobility Ventures, Maker Of Universally Accessible MV-1 Vehicle Announces Its Inaugural Network Of More Than 50 Dealers Across U.S.

Mobility Ventures LLC, designer and manufacturer of the acclaimed MV-1, the only American vehicle purpose-built and designed from the ground up in support of wheelchair users to meet or exceed the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act, today announced that it now has more than 50 members in its nationwide d ... Continue reading

GOJO ECOPREFERRED Pumice Hand Cleaner

GOJO ECOPREFERRED Pumice Hand Cleaner

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2014; GOJO Industries today announced the launch of its new GOJO® ECOPREFERRED™ Pumice Hand Cleaner, the first green certified product in the GOJO Tough Soils portfolio. The innovative pumice hand cleaner quickly and effectively cleans medium to heavy soils and conditions hardworking hands ... Continue reading

REGUS: Self-Driving Car Concept Will Transform Working on the Move

REGUS: Self-Driving Car Concept Will Transform Working on the Move

A self-driving car concept will transform the car into a fully connected office. Road journeys will no longer be dead-time away from work or home. “Autonomous cars no longer require drivers to watch the road, so there’s an opportunity to make more meaningful use of their time. Regus’s expertise in helpin ... Continue reading

Ride and Drive Chrysler Group Vehicles at the 2014 Dallas/Fort Worth Auto Show

Ride and Drive Chrysler Group Vehicles at the 2014 Dallas/Fort Worth Auto Show

Ram Test Track is the first indoor test track at the DFW Auto Show All-new 2015 Chrysler 200 makes Dallas debut 2014 Dodge Journey Crossroad makes Texas debut Ram Truck display features award-winning 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel with best-in-class 28 mpg fuel economy, 2014 Ram ProMaster and 2014 Ram 2500 6.4-liter HEMI® V- ... Continue reading

LoJack Launches Stolen Vehicle Recovery Network in New Mexico

LoJack Launches Stolen Vehicle Recovery Network in New Mexico

LoJack Corporation , a provider of vehicle theft recovery and advanced fleet management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its Stolen Vehicle Recovery System in New Mexico. The largest law enforcement agencies in New Mexico, including the New Mexico State Police, Santa Fe Police Department and the ... Continue reading

USA New Car Dealers Set Sales Record in 2013

USA New Car Dealers Set Sales Record in 2013

USA New Car Dealers Set Sales Record in 2013 ... Continue reading

Derby Dealership Celebrates First Birthday

Derby Dealership Celebrates First Birthday

A Derby Mitsubishi dealership is celebrating a successful first year under new owner Brian Holt after selling almost 300 vehicles. ... Continue reading

Maserati Announces Ridgeway As New Official Dealer For Oxford

Maserati Announces Ridgeway As New Official Dealer For Oxford

Maserati has appointed Ridgeway to operate its newest dealership covering the Oxford territory. ... Continue reading

McLaren Automotive Releases First Images Of The 650S Coupé Ahead Of Geneva Reveal

McLaren Automotive Releases First Images Of The 650S Coupé Ahead Of Geneva Reveal

McLaren Automotive will return to the International Geneva Motor Show this year with its fastest, most engaging, best equipped and most beautiful series-production supercar yet. ... Continue reading

New Nissan Murano with new Safety Techonologies

New Nissan Murano with new Safety Techonologies

The 2014 Nissan Murano is now on sale, boasting new features and attractive drive away prices. ... Continue reading

BMW M6 Gran Coupé is the Anniversary Vehicle

BMW M6 Gran Coupé is the Anniversary Vehicle

BMW Plant Dingolfing has reached another milestone: Last Saturday, Dirk Werner, BMW driver in the German Touring Car Championship DTM, and Robert Küssel, Head of Assembly, presented the nine-millionth BMW vehicle made in Dingolfing to its new owners, Dirk and Heidi Schulz from Hamburg. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Australia Awards Highest Achieving Dealerships for 2013

Mercedes-Benz Australia Awards Highest Achieving Dealerships for 2013

The National Gallery of Victoria last week played host to the annual Mercedes-Benz Dealer of the Year awards. ... Continue reading

New Golf Wagon Offers Quality, Functionality and Versatility

New Golf Wagon Offers Quality, Functionality and Versatility

Volkswagen Australia has expanded its multi-award-winning Golf range to include the new Golf Wagon - the perfect all-round car. ... Continue reading

BMW Group to Build New MINI Hatch Also at VDL Nedcar

BMW Group to Build New MINI Hatch Also at VDL Nedcar

The new MINI Hatch, which celebrated its production start at the MINI plant in Oxford in November 2013, will also be built in the Netherlands from summer 2014. ... Continue reading

American Spangle Stars at Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Auction

American Spangle Stars at Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Auction

Classic and customised American cars were in the spotlight at Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Classic Auction on Monday, February 17, with vehicles from the early 1930s to the late 1970s selling near the top or beyond their high estimates. ... Continue reading

Inside the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Styling Department 1971 to 2001

Inside the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Styling Department 1971 to 2001

From a small design team working on the Silver Spirit/Mulsanne, to becoming Chief Stylist, Graham Hull peels back the curtain on an idiosyncratic institution during his time at Crewe. Throwing light on a factory motivated as much by pride as the bottom-line, all of the projects – whether production, special commis ... Continue reading

Premiere of all-new PEUGEOT 108 hatchback and TOP! Cabrio at Geneva

Premiere of all-new PEUGEOT 108 hatchback and TOP! Cabrio at Geneva

Premiere of all-new PEUGEOT 308 SW – a versatile estate car Premiere of all-new PureTech turbocharged petrol technology Premiere of all-new BlueHDi diesel engines Geneva stand will feature 28 production vehicles and concept cars Including 2008 HYbrid Air and 308 R Concept PEUGEOT will unveil two all-new models and ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Restyled Scirocco makes debut at Geneva 40 years after the original

Volkswagen Restyled Scirocco makes debut at Geneva 40 years after the original

New range of engines with more power and up to 19 per cent better fuel economy Revised front and rear exterior look, refined interior with auxiliary instruments Opens for order in UK on 20 May, with deliveries expected in September At the 1974 Geneva Motor Show, a sleek new Volkswagen hatchback coupe made its debut. Fo ... Continue reading

Jaguar UK received two awards at this year's Chartered Institute of Marketing's Marketing Excellence Awards,

Jaguar UK received two awards at this year's Chartered Institute of Marketing's Marketing Excellence Awards,

Jaguar UK received two awards at this year’s Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Marketing Excellence Awards, ... Continue reading

The McLaren 650S will offer the widest breadth of capabilities of any supercar

The McLaren 650S will offer the widest breadth of capabilities of any supercar

Designed and developed to give the enthusiast driver the ultimate in luxury, engagement and excitement The McLaren 650S will offer the widest breadth of capabilities of any supercar Coupé and Spider, with electrically retractable hardtop, to be available from Spring 2014 launch Joins McLaren’s range of supercar ... Continue reading

Natural Gas Audi A3 Sportback g-tron now available to order in Germany

Natural Gas Audi A3 Sportback g-tron now available to order in Germany

First production Audi A3 models capable of running on compressed natural gas are now ready, but only for German highways Audi A3 Sportback g-tron now available to order in Germany, priced from €25,900 CO2-neutral mobility with the Audi e-gas fuel card Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg: “Audi e-gas is an important p ... Continue reading

Toshiba Launches Audio Power Amplifier ICs for Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System

Toshiba Launches Audio Power Amplifier ICs for Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of “TB2909FNG”, an audio power amplifier IC that supports external audible outputs from vehicles, allowing use of electric vehicle warning sound systems in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Mass production shipments will st ... Continue reading

GM Foundation Donates $1 Million to Detroit Charities in Honor of Former GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson

GM Foundation Donates $1 Million to Detroit Charities in Honor of Former GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson

The General Motors Foundation is donating $1 million among three Detroit charities in honor of GM's former Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson and his wife Karin. The donations to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity Detroit and the Coalition On Temporary Shelter, or COTS, further the GM Foundation's and the Akerso ... Continue reading

Number of U.S. dealerships and franchises remains virtually flat year over year

Number of U.S. dealerships and franchises remains virtually flat year over year

Urban Science released statistics and insights today from its 2013 Automotive Franchise Activity Report, which shows a very slight decrease in the number of dealerships in the U.S. and projects the network will remain stable for a fourth straight year. As of Jan. 1, 2014, there were 17,838 dealerships (rooftops), a 0.1 ... Continue reading

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for February 18

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for February 18

Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: ( ENGINEERING WEEK Profile America — Tuesday, February 18th. Every time we use a phone, drive a car, watch TV, turn on our computers, or do any myriad of everyday activities, we are benefitting from the accumulated work of a most importa ... Continue reading

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