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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Mercedes-Benz Will be at The Open Championship for the Fourth Time

Mercedes-Benz Will be at The Open Championship for the Fourth Time

Mercedes-Benz has been the "Official Car and Official Patron of The Open Championship" since 2011 Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors are among the favourites tipped to win New S-Class Coupé will be on display as an exhibition vehicle for spectators to experience prior to its market launch "Drive to the Major" competiti ... Continue reading

Jeb Bush, Jay Leno and Beck Weathers to Keynote 2015 NADA Convention in San Francisco

Jeb Bush, Jay Leno and Beck Weathers to Keynote 2015 NADA Convention in San Francisco

San Francisco will host the 2015 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo from Thursday, Jan. 22, to Sunday, Jan. 25. This will be the 16th time the NADA convention has been held in San Francisco since 1948. The keynote speakers include former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and NADA Chairman Forrest ... Continue reading

BYD Company Announces First Factory in Brazil

BYD Company Announces First Factory in Brazil

The city of Campinas (in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil) has been selected as the home to the BYD’s newest factory creating ~450 new local jobs. Executives from Campinas City Hall and BYD Company Ltd. this week announced the opening of the company’s first South American manufacturing facility. The factory is ... Continue reading

Tips for Your Teen About Cars When Teaching Your Teen to Drive

Tips for Your Teen About Cars When Teaching Your Teen to Drive

Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers, a Birmingham-based fast-lube and full service automotive chain and franchisor, wants to share tips on how to teach your teen to drive. “Educating your teen on safe driving practices can play a vital role in helping to reduce the number of teen-related accidents on the road each ... Continue reading

Foothill Transit in California Becomes First Transit Agency to Buy Second-Generation Proterra EV Buses

Foothill Transit in California Becomes First Transit Agency to Buy Second-Generation Proterra EV Buses

Leading battery-electric transit bus manufacturer Proterra Inc. has announced the first sale of its second-generation EV bus to Foothill Transit of West Covina, Calif. Foothill Transit became Proterra’s first customer and the first agency in the U.S. to operate EV buses in revenue service in 2010. Based on the sus ... Continue reading

Biofuels' Share of the Aviation and Marine Fuel Market Will Surpass 6 Percent in the United States by 2024

Biofuels' Share of the Aviation and Marine Fuel Market Will Surpass 6 Percent in the United States by 2024

Aviation and marine biofuels represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the global biofuels market. In the last five years, more than 40 commercial airlines around the world have flown an estimated 600,000 miles powered at least in part by biofuels. Click to tweet: According to a recent report from Navigant Resea ... Continue reading

GI Bill of Rights Among Historic Documents Being Preserved with Help from Toyota

GI Bill of Rights Among Historic Documents Being Preserved with Help from Toyota

For Toyota Senior Adviser Don Esmond, who spent 6 years serving our country as a decorated Marine, the education and home ownership benefits provided under the GI Bill meant something special: A path to a brighter future. “The GI Bill helped us afford our first house with a backyard,” said Esmond. “Today ... Continue reading

The Code For The Perfect Road Trip

The Code For The Perfect Road Trip

With the eagerly awaited holidays just around the corner, Hertz, the world's leading general use car rental brand, today reveals a scientific formula for the perfect summer road trip. Taking in factors including the number of passengers, destination, and a car's level of comfort, Dr David Holmes, Leading UK Psychologis ... Continue reading

How Can Leading Companies in the Automotive Supply Chain Accelerate Innovation to Drive Sustainable Manufacturing and Economic Growth?

How Can Leading Companies in the Automotive Supply Chain Accelerate Innovation to Drive Sustainable Manufacturing and Economic Growth?

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) today announced that its 2014 Summit on Accelerating Innovation will be held on October 21-22, 2014 at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan. The 2nd annual Summit on Accelerating Innovation brings together industry leaders and leading experts from across North A ... Continue reading

Navistar Ships First Vocational Vehicles With 9- And 10-Liter SCR Engines

Navistar Ships First Vocational Vehicles With 9- And 10-Liter SCR Engines

Navistar, Inc. announced today that it has started customer shipments of its first International DuraStar and International® WorkStar® vehicles with the company's 9- and 10-liter engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) emissions technology. The company's internal testing shows these products are deliveri ... Continue reading

Buick Achievers Scholarship Program Awards $2.5 Million to Nation's Future STEM Leaders

Buick Achievers Scholarship Program Awards $2.5 Million to Nation's Future STEM Leaders

The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program, funded by the General Motors Foundation, today announced new scholarships totaling up to $2.5 million to 100 recipients pursuing careers in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM, information technology and other fields related to the a ... Continue reading

2015 Range Rover Sport Introduction Details

2015 Range Rover Sport Introduction Details

Whitley, UK July 15, 2014: Land Rover is introducing a comprehensive suite of updates to Range Rover and Range Rover Sport for 2015 model year, reaffirming their status as the world’s best luxury and premium sporting SUVs, unrivalled in their breadth of capability, both on- and off-road. ‘As the world’s ... Continue reading

First Drive Review: 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4Matic Coupe by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive Review: 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4Matic Coupe by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel FLORENCE - July 14, 2014: Earlier, The Auto Channel took our readers for a short tour in the brand new Mercedes S-Class Coupe http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2014/07/10/112727-first-drive-review -2015-mercedes-benz-s-class-coupe-by.html Now, it is time for our ... Continue reading

The New Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG Coupe

The New Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG Coupe

The S 65 AMG Coupé is the new twelve-cylinder top-of-the-range model in the S-Class Coupé series. Unique drive comfort, benchmark performance and exquisite appointments are all hallmarks of this two-door vehicle. The irresistible contours of the V12 Coupé are accentuated by a host of expressive design elements in hi ... Continue reading

Jaguar XE Ride and Handling

Jaguar XE Ride and Handling

The world premiere of the all-new Jaguar XE will be held in London on September 8th The XE will be a true sports saloon with class-leading dynamics, refinement and technology Precise handling and high-quality ride is assured with Integral Link rear suspension; a layout designed for optimum performance, comfort and cont ... Continue reading

The National Energy Globe Awards Honour a Volkswagen

The National Energy Globe Awards Honour a Volkswagen

The National Energy Globe Awards honour a country's best environmental projects The award for the best environmental programme in Germany goes to “Think Blue. Factory.” Wolfsburg, July 14, 2014: The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has won the National Energy Globe Award Germany for its holistic environmental ... Continue reading

The New SKODA Octavia Scout

The New SKODA Octavia Scout

Rugged off-road look incorporated with ŠKODA’s new design language Advanced 4x4 technology based on fifth-generation Haldex-5 clutch Fuel consumption reduced by an average of 20 percent UK prices start from £25,315. On sale from July MILTON KEYES, UK -- July 14, 2014: Fully prepared and always ready for an ad ... Continue reading

Vauxhall's War Horse Rides to WWI Ceremonies

Vauxhall's War Horse Rides to WWI Ceremonies

Legendary D-Type Staff Car to appear at UK events through summer Mainstay of military vehicle production: more than 1500 built during WW1 Vauxhall Heritage’s rare surviving car makes return trip to Ypres Luton – With just three weeks to go before centenary commemorations take place to mark the start of World ... Continue reading

Land Rover Joins Forces with Rhu Marina

Land Rover Joins Forces with Rhu Marina

Land Rover has further enhanced its long-standing association with the global sailing community by providing two Discovery vehicles to a busy marina in Scotland. Rhu Marina in Helensburgh is little more than 20 miles on the train from Glasgow – the ideal location for boat-owners and sports fans to berth and travel ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Off-Road Experience

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Off-Road Experience

Visitors to the 2014 CLA Game Fair, to be held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire from Friday 18 until Sunday 20 July, will be able to test their driving skills and off-road aptitude in the challenging Mitsubishi Off Road Experience. Mitsubishi Motors in the UK, renowned for distributing a range of highly capable off-ro ... Continue reading

Range Rover 2015 Model Year

Range Rover 2015 Model Year

Range Rover and Range Rover Sport continue to improve the customer experience by offering an extensive selection of in-car technology, including Land Rover InControlTM Uprated SDV8 with additional 40Nm for effortless overtaking; enhanced eight-speed transmissions on diesel SDV8 Increased personalisation options, includ ... Continue reading

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