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Friday, September 19, 2014

Sketches Give Peek at Riley Hawk and Slayer-Inspired Scion Vehicles for SEMA Show

Sketches Give Peek at Riley Hawk and Slayer-Inspired Scion Vehicles for SEMA Show

Metal, music and some serious skateboarding moves inspired two new Scion cars for the upcoming Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) Show. Scion will debut the “Scion x Slayer Mobile Amp tC” for heavy metal band Slayer and the “Scion x Riley Hawk Skate Tour xB” for pro skateboarder Ri ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Avalon, Camry, Highlander, Sienna, and Lexus RX Vehicles

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Avalon, Camry, Highlander, Sienna, and Lexus RX Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 20,000 Model Year 2014 Avalon, Camry, Highlander, Sienna, and Model Year 2015 Lexus RX vehicles equipped with the 2GR-FE engine. In the involved vehicles, the end cap on the right-hand fuel delivery pipe in the ... Continue reading

Mustang's Spirit, Innovation and Legacy Inspire Next-Generation Designers from Parsons Design Lab to Create a Groundbreaking Capsule Collection

Mustang's Spirit, Innovation and Legacy Inspire Next-Generation Designers from Parsons Design Lab to Create a Groundbreaking Capsule Collection

Mustang Unleashed brings together world-renowned designers and emerging talent from Parsons The New School for Design to create two distinct and inspiring fashion collections that celebrate 50 years of iconic Ford Mustang style and design Mustang’s spirit, innovation and legacy inspire next-generation designers fr ... Continue reading

Sierra Elevation Edition Raises Bar for Sport Trucks

Sierra Elevation Edition Raises Bar for Sport Trucks

GMC today introduced the 2015 Sierra Elevation Edition, a new entry to the sport pickup truck market. The Elevation Edition, which goes on sale later this year, offers a combination of style and content unavailable from competitors in the sport truck segment. “Much in the same way the Sierra Denali and Sierra HD D ... Continue reading

New Top End Cadillac to be Built in Detroit in 2015

New Top End Cadillac to be Built in Detroit in 2015

Cadillac announced today it will elevate its growing portfolio with a new, top-end, high-technology car. The as-yet unnamed Cadillac will go into production in the fourth quarter of 2015 at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. The addition of this new Cadillac is part of a previously announced $384 million investment ... Continue reading

BIO Announces Breakout Program Speakers for Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology

BIO Announces Breakout Program Speakers for Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology

2014 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy WASHINGTON--Industrial biotechnology offers cleaner, safer processes and ingredients for developing consumer products. Commercialization of these innovative processes will be the focus of breakout sessions at the ninth annual Pacific Rim Summit on Indust ... Continue reading

SYLVANIA Automotive Lighting Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Hauler Headlights for Safer Nights Initiative with "The Light Shift" Launch

SYLVANIA Automotive Lighting Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Hauler Headlights for Safer Nights Initiative with "The Light Shift" Launch

NASCAR hauler drivers may not be driving 200 mph around an enclosed track, but they are logging thousands of miles delivering those pristine racecars and equipment to each and every track. With NASCAR Sprint® Cup Series races hosted in 20 different states, navigating such a large vehicle from across the country is c ... Continue reading

Massive Demand For Green Vehicles Does Not Translate Into Sales; Price and Education Biggest Factors

Massive Demand For Green Vehicles Does Not Translate Into Sales; Price and Education Biggest Factors

DMV.com has released the results of their study on what influences drivers' purchasing decisions for hybrid or electric vehicles. "It is clear that there is a large and growing demand for green technology vehicles, but overall sales of these types of vehicles still represented less than 4% of the market in the US last ... Continue reading

Minnesota Safety Council Urges Drivers to Take No-Texting Pledge

Minnesota Safety Council Urges Drivers to Take No-Texting Pledge

The Minnesota Safety Council urges drivers to join in a national effort to combat distracted driving on Friday, September 19, part of the It Can Wait campaign. Drivers can participate in a "day of action" by taking an online pledge never to text and drive, and can find free resources to help spread the word to their fa ... Continue reading

DCH Auto Group Charitable Foundation Debuts New PSA Commercial

DCH Auto Group Charitable Foundation Debuts New PSA Commercial

The DCH Auto Group Charitable Foundation is pleased to debut a new public service announcement (PSA) video aimed at preventing texting and driving. "Remember When," the winning entry from DCH's teen safe driving awareness contest D3 2014 held last spring, is now on YouTube and the DCH Auto Group Charitable Foundation w ... Continue reading

KLD Energy Technologies Partners With Kenguru Inc. To Provide Mobility Vehicles Free To Qualified U.S. Veterans

KLD Energy Technologies Partners With Kenguru Inc. To Provide Mobility Vehicles Free To Qualified U.S. Veterans

KLD Energy Technologies, an emerging leader in electric drive system engineering, development and manufacturing with headquarters in Austin, Texas, announced today they have formed an engineering and development partnership with Kenguru Inc. to develop Kenguru's 2nd generation steering wheel controlled all-electric low ... Continue reading

Michelin Teams With Teen YouTube Stars To Reach Young Drivers

Michelin Teams With Teen YouTube Stars To Reach Young Drivers

A new video featuring teen Internet sensation Brent Rivera kicks off the latest phase in Michelin's Beyond the Driving Test campaign. The campaign was launched recently in partnership with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to raise awareness of tire maintenance and safety among new drivers. The video, ... Continue reading

New Study Reveals Extensive Road Rage And Dangerous Behaviors On New Jersey Roadways

New Study Reveals Extensive Road Rage And Dangerous Behaviors On New Jersey Roadways

Plymouth Rock Assurance has published the results of a new study revealing that virtually all drivers polled have witnessed provocative driving behavior or road rage in New Jersey. Behaviors reported include unsafe and aggressive driving sometimes even leading to a physical altercation. The study is the latest examinat ... Continue reading

Subaru Launches Ad Campaign For 2015 Outback

Subaru Launches Ad Campaign For 2015 Outback

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) has debuted its new advertising campaign for the all-new 2015 Subaru Outback. The campaign includes two national television spots by acclaimed director Lance Acord (known for his work on Lost in Translation and Being John Malkovich). The new campaign, created by agency of record Carmichael ... Continue reading

Volvo: Truck Deliveries in August 2014

Volvo: Truck Deliveries in August 2014

Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in August 2014 amounted to 11,809 vehicles. This was a decrease of 8% compared with the year-earlier month. GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN -- September 18, 2014: Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB): Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in August 2014 amoun ... Continue reading

New Research Indicates Consumers Buy a Car Simply because they wanted to be able to Drive Something New or Different

New Research Indicates Consumers Buy a Car Simply because they wanted to be able to Drive Something New or Different

Welsh motorists change their cars more regularly than any other region Nottingham, UK, 18 September 2014 — New research amongst British motorists has revealed that despite recent rising inflation and slower wage growth, 45 per cent would buy a car simply because they wanted to be able to ‘drive something new ... Continue reading

The Lexus NX And will.i.am Frame Future Design

The Lexus NX And will.i.am Frame Future Design

The Lexus NX and will.i.am are the stars of Striking Angles, a television commercial for the new luxury crossover that has its premiere in Europe tonight and will break in the UK in October. Using rich visuals and a soundtrack featuring an exclusive remix of will.i.am’s Dreamin’ About the Future, the ad trans ... Continue reading

The All-New Volvo XC90 R-Design

The All-New Volvo XC90 R-Design

Volvo Cars has released the first images of the R-Design version of the all new XC90, aimed at buyers looking for a head-turner that radiates a truly sporty and dynamic look. “R-Design is created for people with a passion for things that add spice to life,” said Alain Visser, Senior Vice President, Marketing, ... Continue reading

The PEUGEOT QUARTZ Concept: An SUV for the Future

The PEUGEOT QUARTZ Concept: An SUV for the Future

Paris Motor Show Concept Car offers a new take on the Crossover segment Outstanding design and use of innovative materials including digitally woven fabric 500hp HYbrid drivetrain and i-Cockpit promise QUARTZ to be a thrilling drive The PEUGEOT QUARTZ Concept unveils a new vision for the Crossover segment at the 2014 P ... Continue reading

PEUGEOT will Revealing a Revitalised and Unified Range for 2014 at the Paris Motor Show

PEUGEOT will Revealing a Revitalised and Unified Range for 2014 at the Paris Motor Show

Something for everyone from PEUGEOT at the Paris Motor Show QUARTZ and EXALT Concept cars show future design direction The leading low CO2 automotive brand demonstrates the 141mpg 208 HYbrid Air With 40 cars across a 4,000sqm stand in Hall One of the Paris Motor Show, PEUGEOT is revealing a revitalised and unified rang ... Continue reading

MINI Explores Future of Mobility at London Design Festival

MINI Explores Future of Mobility at London Design Festival

Artists suggest that cars of the future will be like living organisms Vacuum-packing installation prepares visitors for space travel World-first stained-glass car on the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers stand MINI Today marks the opening of ‘Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: The Future of Mobility’, an exhibition at design ... Continue reading

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