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Thursday, August 21, 2014

John Heilig Reviews The New NYC Nissan NV200 Taxi

John Heilig Reviews The New NYC Nissan NV200 Taxi

THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Reviewed Model: 2014 Nissan NV200 NYC Taxi Metrics Engine: 2.0-liter I4 Horsepower/Torque: 131 hp @ 5,200 rpm/139 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm Transmission: Xtronic CVT Wheelbase: 115.2 in. Length x Width x Height: 186.3 x 68.1 x 73.7 in. Tires: P185/60R15 Economy: 24 mpg city/26 mpg highway/17.8 mp ... Continue reading

Summer Sizzle Continues as New-Vehicle Sales in August Are Forecast to Hit Highest Levels of the Year

Summer Sizzle Continues as New-Vehicle Sales in August Are Forecast to Hit Highest Levels of the Year

Summer is shopping season when it comes to new vehicles and August is no exception, as new-vehicle retail and total sales are on pace to surpass May for the highest levels in 2014, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail light-vehicle sales are projected to hit 1 ... Continue reading

The Kia Soul EV Gets the Hamster Science Lab Treatment

The Kia Soul EV Gets the Hamster Science Lab Treatment

200,000 Free Downloads of Maroon5's "Animals" Available Now Exclusively at Kia.com/KiaSoul Before Song Makes iTunes Debut - 60-second ad debuts during Sunday's broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards; extended cut available now at Kia.com/KiaSoul - The 2015 Soul EV is Kia's first mass-market, all-electric, zero-emissio ... Continue reading

IIHS 2015 All New Chrysler 200 Earns Top Safety Pick

IIHS 2015 All New Chrysler 200 Earns Top Safety Pick

All-new Chrysler 200 aces small overlap front crash test, earns Top Safety Pick+ ARLINGTON, Va. — The redesigned 2015 Chrysler 200, a midsize moderately priced car, earns the top rating of good in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's small overlap front crash test, a step up from the previous generation's ... Continue reading

Delphi's Industry-Leading Electronically Scanning Radar Brings Safety to One Million Vehicles

Delphi's Industry-Leading Electronically Scanning Radar Brings Safety to One Million Vehicles

Delphi Automotive PLC recently sold its one millionth electronically scanning radar (ESR) globally – a key milestone as car makers meet growing customer demand for new technologies that improve safety. “This is a first critical step on the path to automated driving.” Since its debut in 2009, Delphi’ ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Invests More Than $600,000 in New Community Programs for Kansas City Area

Ford Motor Company Invests More Than $600,000 in New Community Programs for Kansas City Area

Ford Motor Company is investing more than $600,000 in education, safety and community programs in a new initiative with Kansas City-area Ford dealers Ford contributions include a Ford Transit van to help The Don Bosco Centers deliver food to local senior citizens Award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program offer ... Continue reading

Lincoln Motor Company and Matthew McConaughey Begin New Creative Journey

Lincoln Motor Company and Matthew McConaughey Begin New Creative Journey

The Lincoln Motor Company signs a multi-year collaboration with Oscar™-winning actor Matthew McConaughey >Long-term admirer of the Lincoln brand, McConaughey will act as a storyteller on upcoming Lincoln broadcast and digital ad campaigns >Academy Award™ winner to appear in series of TV and digital spots star ... Continue reading

4-D Printing to Usher in Age of Low-Labor, Fast-Paced Product Manufacturing

4-D Printing to Usher in Age of Low-Labor, Fast-Paced Product Manufacturing

Four-dimensional (4-D) printing develops materials that alter their properties and behaviors based on external stimuli such as changes in temperature. This advanced technology is poised to have a disruptive effect in multiple industries. In the near future, 4-D printing will revolutionize the business landscape by prin ... Continue reading

IIHS - 2015 Honda Fit Safety Redesign Works

IIHS - 2015 Honda Fit Safety Redesign Works

Honda Fit overcomes setback in small overlap test to earn Top Safety Pick ARLINGTON, Va. — The redesigned 2015 Honda Fit earns an acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's challenging small overlap test, a significant improvement over the 2009-13 model, which was rated poor. With good ratin ... Continue reading

Manufacturing Leadership Awards Open: New Categories Recognize Era of Connectivity, Big Data, and Mobility

Manufacturing Leadership Awards Open: New Categories Recognize Era of Connectivity, Big Data, and Mobility

Frost & Sullivan's Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC), announced today that the 2015 Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Awards nominations will open on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. ... Continue reading

Nearly 35 Million Traveling for Labor Day Says AAA, Highest Since Recession Driven Decline

Nearly 35 Million Traveling for Labor Day Says AAA, Highest Since Recession Driven Decline

AAA Travel projects 34.7 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, the highest volume for the holiday since 2008 and a 1.3 percent increase over 2013. Nearly 86 percent of travelers (29.7 million) will celebrate the holiday with a final road trip before summer comes ... Continue reading

Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Gets Supercharged with HPD Street Performance

Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Gets Supercharged with HPD Street Performance

Supercharged performance for the street is now available in the Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe through a new dealer-installed Honda Performance Development (HPD) supercharger kit. Best known as Honda's North American racing company, HPD developed a full line of street performance accessories for the CR-Z and first revea ... Continue reading

Connected Car Expo Showcases the New Auto Industry's Pioneers at CTIA's Super Mobility Week, Sept. 9-11

Connected Car Expo Showcases the New Auto Industry's Pioneers at CTIA's Super Mobility Week, Sept. 9-11

Connected Car Expo (CCE) posted its roster of companies and experts that will comprise this year's automotive delegation at what's expected to become one of the wireless association's most important annual gatherings, CTIA's Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas (Sept. 9-11). As the automobile becomes the ultimate mobile de ... Continue reading

All-New 2015 Honda Fit Earns a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK Rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

All-New 2015 Honda Fit Earns a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK Rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The 2015 Honda Fit, the standout choice in the subcompact segment, has received a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This includes a top rating of GOOD in four IIHS crash test modes and an ACCEPTABLE score in the Insurance Institute's stringent small overlap frontal cras ... Continue reading

Audi TT --Greener and Leaner

Audi TT --Greener and Leaner

New TT benefits from emissions reduction of 11 per cent compared with predecessor Power increase of up to 14 per cent Customer benefits from the very first mile Ingolstadt, August 2014 – Audi has made significant gains in reducing the whole-life impact on the environment of its latest high-tech sports car. Compare ... Continue reading

The Long Wheel Base Infiniti Q50L

The Long Wheel Base Infiniti Q50L

Extended wheelbase for greater passenger comfort Portfolio expansion delivers against Infiniti’s global growth plan First Infiniti model to be produced locally in China Hong Kong, August 20th, 2014 – Infiniti today announces the world premiere of the Q50L, the new long-wheelbase variant of its Q50 sports salo ... Continue reading

Top Designer Explore the Future with MINI

Top Designer Explore the Future with MINI

From genetically engineered cars to vacuum-packing bodies for space travel, MINI reveals the extraordinary vision of six cutting-edge designers ahead of a pioneering exhibition launching at London Design Festival, 17-21 September 2014. Earlier this year, MINI teamed up with Dezeen and the UK’s most progressive you ... Continue reading

Volvo Launches Gas-Powered Truck

Volvo Launches Gas-Powered Truck

Volvo Trucks is expanding its model range in Europe with a new version of the Volvo FE running entirely on methane gas. The Volvo FE CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) has been primarily developed for operations involving short driving cycles with repeated stop:starts such as refuse collection and local distribution. It is e ... Continue reading

Infiniti Eau Rouge Meets Infiniti Eau Rouge

Infiniti Eau Rouge Meets Infiniti Eau Rouge

The Infiniti high-performance prototype super-saloon – the Q50 Eau Rouge – has finally come face to face with Eau Rouge, the signature high-speed corner of the famed Spa-Francorchamps race circuit in Belgium, from which the car takes its name. Sebastian Vettel, Infiniti’s Director of Performance and four ... Continue reading

MG 90th Anniversary Limited Editions

MG 90th Anniversary Limited Editions

Limited edition vehicles selling fast – only a few of the allocated 90 vehicles remain If all 90 are sold within 90 days MG will choose one customer at random to win an MG3 Limited editions launched at MG90 Anniversary Celebration in June this year Fastest growing automotive brand in the UK for last seven months r ... Continue reading

Hertz Continues Building Its Presence In Thailand

Hertz Continues Building Its Presence In Thailand

Hertz and franchise partner Paragon Car Rental Co., Ltd. Thailand (Hertz Thailand) celebrate their 11-year alliance and renew agreement LONDON, Aug. 20, 2014 -- The Hertz Corporation , the world's largest general use car rental brand, has recently renewed its agreement with its franchise partner Paragon Car Rental Co., ... Continue reading

Tesla Opent Nieuw Service Center met Showroom in Antwerpen

Tesla Opent Nieuw Service Center met Showroom in Antwerpen

ANTWERPEN, België, August 20, 2014 -- Aanstaande donderdag zal Tesla een nieuw service center met showroom in Antwerpen openen, de derde locatie in België. De vestiging, die gelegen is aan de Boomsesteenweg, Aartselaar, zal Tesla's huidige en groeiende klantenbestand in de regio gaan bedienen. Tesla heeft al een stor ... Continue reading

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