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2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI R-line - Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI R-line - Heels on Wheels Review

2014 VW TOUAREG TDI REVIEW TDI Clean Diesel engine, a 240-horsepower 3-liter V6 engine with 406 pound-feet of torque and 4MOTION all-wheel drive. Price as describes comes to $58,190. ... Continue reading

RV Industry is Healthy and Growing Despite Early 2014 Headwinds, Says GE Capital

RV Industry is Healthy and Growing Despite Early 2014 Headwinds, Says GE Capital

The recreational vehicle (RV) industry continues to experience strong and steady growth, according to performance data from GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF), a major provider of financing to the industry. Early headwinds this year including the unusually cold weather that impacted manufacturing and tra ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to Fuel Bimbo Bakeries' First Heavy-duty Natural Gas Trucks; Signs Additional Trucking Fueling Agreements

Clean Energy to Fuel Bimbo Bakeries' First Heavy-duty Natural Gas Trucks; Signs Additional Trucking Fueling Agreements

-Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced it will fuel the first heavy-duty natural gas trucks deployed by Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest baker in the United States. Trucking fleets across the nation continue to expand or begin natural gas fueling operations. Clean Energy and approximately 40 competitors have opened n ... Continue reading

NCKU to Set up Station for Converting Waste Cooking Oils into Biodiesel

NCKU to Set up Station for Converting Waste Cooking Oils into Biodiesel

Prof. (Emeritus) Aharon Gedanken from the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, recently visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, to continue his research in converting waste cooking oils into biodiesel with the research team in NCKU. “We are converting basically ... Continue reading

Subaru Invites Visitors To Take Advantage Of "Fee-Free Day" At National Parks

Subaru Invites Visitors To Take Advantage Of "Fee-Free Day" At National Parks

Subaru of America, Inc., through its partnership with the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America's national parks, is encouraging people across the country to take advantage of free entrance to all of America's national parks during the upcoming "fee-free day" on September 27, 2014. "Subaru is ... Continue reading

AT&T Drive Studio and Ericsson Release Global Study on Connected Car Buyers

AT&T Drive Studio and Ericsson Release Global Study on Connected Car Buyers

The AT&T* Drive Studio and Ericsson released data from a new study documenting the significant influence that connected car features and services are expected to have on customers' vehicle purchase decisions in the future. The data was sourced from customers likely to purchase a car in the next five years in the United ... Continue reading

NICB Report: Texas Leads the Nation in Pickup Truck Thefts

NICB Report: Texas Leads the Nation in Pickup Truck Thefts

As revealed in a new report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), pickup trucks are a popular choice for both personal and work use, and given their wide range of applications and utility, they have become a favorite target by vehicle thieves as well. Between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 201 ... Continue reading

SmartDrive Systems Relocates San Diego Headquarters to Accommodate Growth

SmartDrive Systems Relocates San Diego Headquarters to Accommodate Growth

SmartDrive Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to 9450 Carroll Park Drive in San Diego's Sorrento Valley neighborhood. The 25,000-square-foot facility offers a 35 percent increase in space, su ... Continue reading

Constellium Joins Research Consortium Led by MIT to Improve Design of Automotive Structural Components

Constellium Joins Research Consortium Led by MIT to Improve Design of Automotive Structural Components

Constellium N.V. (NYSE and NYSE Euronext: CSTM) announced today that it has joined the Industrial Fracture Consortium established by Professor Tomasz Wierzbicki from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The consortium will engage in research to develop and improve modeling and mathematical simulations software ... Continue reading

Grand Opening of New Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Grand Opening of New Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

the historic grand opening of their state-of-the-art cellulosic bolt-on facility. The Adding Cellulosic Ethanol (ACE) project, newly re-named “Cellerate,” allows QCCP to produce 2 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol each year from corn kernel fiber at their plant in Galva, Iowa. “Today marks a historic ... Continue reading

Detroit Has Most Expensive Car Insurance, Charlotte Has Cheapest

Detroit Has Most Expensive Car Insurance, Charlotte Has Cheapest

Detroit has the most expensive car insurance and Charlotte has the cheapest, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com examination of average premiums in the 25 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. In the Detroit metro area, drivers pay a whopping 165% more than the national average for car insurance. The next most expensive ... Continue reading

Faurecia Announces New Seating Plant in Simpsonville, Kentucky

Faurecia Announces New Seating Plant in Simpsonville, Kentucky

Faurecia, North America's sixth-largest automotive supplier, today announced it will start construction this year on a plant in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The facility will employ 410 people in the area. Production is scheduled to begin in February, 2016. "We are very pleased to begin construction at the Greenfield site i ... Continue reading

The New BMW 2 Series Convertible

The New BMW 2 Series Convertible

Replacement for the world's most popular compact premium convertible On sale from February 2015 with prices starting at £29,180 OTR Four engines include new 2.0-litre diesel and M Performance version Average 18 per cent better fuel economy; CO2 emissions from 116g/km Sport, Luxury and M Sport trim levels available BMW ... Continue reading

Suzuki Introduces Dualjet Technology to Swift

Suzuki Introduces Dualjet Technology to Swift

Suzuki GB PLC is introducing a new engine for its ever popular Swift model. Planned for introduction early next year, the new 1.2-litre petrol unit incorporates Suzuki’s latest technology that utilises twin fuel injectors for improved fuel economy. The new technology, known as Dualjet, has resulted in Swift attain ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz to Increase and Modernize its German Passenger Cars and Powertrain Plants in 2014

Mercedes-Benz to Increase and Modernize its German Passenger Cars and Powertrain Plants in 2014

New organisation model focuses on vehicle and powertrain product architectures “We want to continue to grow and will significantly increase our production capacities in the coming years,” said Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management. Sind ... Continue reading

Australia claim Gold in the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge, Part of the Invictus Games

Australia claim Gold in the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge, Part of the Invictus Games

Prince Harry presents winning medals at the Jaguar Land Rover Design and Engineering Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Opening Ceremony takes place tomorrow for the Invictus Games, the new international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick Service personnel. Jaguar Land Rover is Presenting Partner of the Invictus ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Announces All-New Viva

Vauxhall Announces All-New Viva

Luton– Vauxhall will launch an all-new five-door entry-level model called Viva in Summer next year. The Viva will be the latest edition to Vauxhall’s small car range joining the fashionable A-sector ADAM and the popular Corsa supermini. Offering an extremely attractive price point, the Viva will have a five-d ... Continue reading

The Mercedes-AMG GT: The All New Sports Car +VIDEO

The Mercedes-AMG GT: The All New Sports Car +VIDEO

The Mercedes-AMG GT: an all-new V8 sports car developed entirely in-house by AMG Two variants with differing power outputs – the 462 hp GT and the 510 hp GT S – based around an aluminium chassis structure weighing 231 kg The Mercedes-AMG GT measures 4,546 mm in length, 1,939 mm in width and 1,289 mm in height ... Continue reading

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