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Bulgari Family Historic Vehicle Collection

Bulgari Family Historic Vehicle Collection

Bulgari Family Vehicle Collection By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel For over 130 years the Bulgari family has been recognized as the foremost purveyor of fine jewelry throughout Europe and the world. Their products have graced the most notable celebrities, and ownership of a Bulgari creati ... Continue reading

10 Best New-Car Deals For July

10 Best New-Car Deals For July

Summer is a hot time to get a great deal on a new car, so the experts from Kelley Blue Book have assembled their list of the 10 best lease, financing and cash back deals available in July from a variety of auto manufacturers. "As the year moves along, shoppers can score a great deal on a brand-new 2014 model-year vehic ... Continue reading

2015 Hyundai Sonata Awarded an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety TOP SAFETY PICK+

2015 Hyundai Sonata Awarded an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety TOP SAFETY PICK+

The 2015 Hyundai Sonata was named a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK+, when equipped with optional forward collision warning, by the U.S.-based Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). Available with a host of safety and driving convenience features such as Forward Collision Warning, Blind Spot Detection, Rear Cross Traffic A ... Continue reading

AAA Reaction to GM Senate Commerce Hearing

AAA Reaction to GM Senate Commerce Hearing

"Today's Senate Commerce hearing again sheds light on the unacceptable failure of GM executive management to adequately oversee and respond to early warning signals of potential vehicle safety problems. AAA acknowledges GM's recent steps to transform its corporate culture by implementing new protocols and procedures in ... Continue reading

Kia GT4 Stinger Concept And 2014 Soul Earn International Design Excellence Awards

Kia GT4 Stinger Concept And 2014 Soul Earn International Design Excellence Awards

Kia Motors has built a reputation for world-class design over the last several years, and recently, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has added to the Korean brand's renown with a pair of prestigious design awards. Kia received International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in the transportation categor ... Continue reading

Affordable Variety Of New Car Fuel Economy Stars

Affordable Variety Of New Car Fuel Economy Stars

For shoppers in the market for a fuel-efficient new car, the choices have never been better. While not that long ago attaining high mileage often meant compromising elsewhere, today's fuel-economy standouts also rise to the top for their creature comforts, good ride quality and interior flexibility. Best of all, it doe ... Continue reading

MINI Wants You to Drive Safe This Summer

MINI Wants You to Drive Safe This Summer

The summer season is the busiest time of year on America’s highways and back roads. With young drivers accounting for 6 percent (12.6 million) of the total number of licensed drivers on the road this summer, MINI believes there is no better time than now to teach the importance of safe and non-distracted driving. ... Continue reading

12 GM Models Make IIHS' First-Ever List of Recommended Used Cars for Teens

12 GM Models Make IIHS' First-Ever List of Recommended Used Cars for Teens

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today named 12 models from current and former GM brands to its first-ever list of recommended used vehicles for teen drivers. The group, supported by automobile insurance companies, released its recommended vehicles with the results of a new survey in which more than half of p ... Continue reading

2015 Chevrolet and GMC Pickups, SUVs to Offer Eight-Speed Transmission

2015 Chevrolet and GMC Pickups, SUVs to Offer Eight-Speed Transmission

Chevrolet and GMC have confirmed a new eight-speed automatic transmission will be standard on 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon Denali/Yukon XL Denali models equipped with the 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8. The GM-developed Hydra-Matic 8L90 eight-speed is approximately the same size and weight as the Hydra-Matic 6L ... Continue reading

General Motors CEO Mary Barra Testimony Before U.S. Senate

General Motors CEO Mary Barra Testimony Before U.S. Senate

General Motors CEO Mary Barra testified Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance. Her prepared opening remarks are below. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. *** Chairman McCaskill and Rank ... Continue reading

General Motors Chief Counsel and Executive Vice President Mike Millikin Testimony Before U.S. Senate

General Motors Chief Counsel and Executive Vice President Mike Millikin Testimony Before U.S. Senate

General Motors Chief Counsel and Executive Vice President Mike Millikin testified Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance. His prepared opening remarks are below. As always, the speaker’s words are d ... Continue reading

Hyundai Launches Hyundai Go Genuine Collision Conquest Program

Hyundai Launches Hyundai Go Genuine Collision Conquest Program

Hyundai Motor America is launching the Hyundai Go Genuine Collision Conquest program to encourage repair facilities to buy more Hyundai Genuine Parts. - Hyundai Genuine Parts are manufactured to exacting engineering specifications for a precise fit without modifications, ensuring quick and proper installation. - Hyunda ... Continue reading

First Drive Review: 2015 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer 225i +VIDEO

First Drive Review: 2015 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer 225i +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor SEE ALSO: BMW Buyers Guide SÖLDEN, Austria - July 17, 2014: BMW enthusiasts from all over the world were shocked when their beloved brand announced that its future would include front-wheel drive. Our first test drive with the first of such models, the 2 Series Active Tourer, sho ... Continue reading

BMW i8, Built in the UK with Lots of Juice

BMW i8, Built in the UK with Lots of Juice

The first purpose-built, plug-in hybrid sports car from BMW will go on sale this weekend, powered by engines exclusively produced at BMW’s Hams Hall engine manufacturing facility, near Birmingham. The BMW i8 is a brand-new contemporary, sustainability-focused sports car. It is the first BMW production vehicle to b ... Continue reading

Great Sounds for the New smart

Great Sounds for the New smart

New smart fortwo and smart forfour feature customized JBL audio by HARMAN HARMAN, the premium global audio and infotainment group , announces the world premiere of JBL sound in the new smart fortwo and smart forfour cars. This is the first time HARMAN has provided in-vehicle audio for smart, a Daimler Group company, an ... Continue reading

Isuzu Extends D-Max Range

Isuzu Extends D-Max Range

D-Max Yukon premium spec now available with extended cab Prices start at £19,249 (CVOTR) New model addition launched as Isuzu UK announces a record June Isuzu UK has added another model variant to its award winning D-Max pick-up range. For the first time, the popular extended cab version is now available in the prem ... Continue reading

New Car Sales Increase in 24 Out of 30 European Markets Since the Beginning of the Year

New Car Sales Increase in 24 Out of 30 European Markets Since the Beginning of the Year

June 2014 sales are up 4.3% on the same month last year Renault’s strong performance in 2014 continues, with year-to-date growth of 13.5% It has been a strong first half of the year for the European new car market, with growth of 5.8% for the period from January to June, according to the latest analysis from JATO ... Continue reading

Renault UK Sales Up

Renault UK Sales Up

As of 17th July, Renault Group sales in the UK have overtaken the 2012 total figure of 55,685 units in just over six months. The milestone in sales volume is more than three months ahead of the same point in 2013, reflecting the continued accelerated momentum of the Group in the UK. The Renault Group’s growth in t ... Continue reading

The All New Mazda2

The All New Mazda2

Production of SKYACTIV Technology-based subcompact begins in Japan Japanese market launch of Mazda's next-generation model slated for autumn ... Continue reading

The New SKODA Fabia--A Young and Modern Car

The New SKODA Fabia--A Young and Modern Car

New design: the new ŠKODA Fabia takes on design elements from the ŠKODA VisionC show car – expressive, modern and dynamic Well balanced: added width and flatter body create harmonious proportions Individuality: new, fresh interior design concepts Mladá Boleslav, 17 July 2014 – Modern, dynamic and emoti ... Continue reading

Toyota's Auris Stars in the UK

Toyota's Auris Stars in the UK

European* sales of the Auris range rise 18.4 per cent in first half of 2014 to 73,718 units, achieving a share of more than five per cent in the C-segment June was best month yet for Auris Hybrid Touring Sports, with 18,739 sales in Europe, one in four of all Auris range sales All Auris models built at Toyota’s Bu ... Continue reading

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