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Friday, September 26, 2014

2015 Lincoln Navigator Review - On The Bourbon Trail With Larry Nutson

2015 Lincoln Navigator Review - On The Bourbon Trail With Larry Nutson

Luxurious, stylish, refined, aesthetically pleasing, tasteful, smooth, quiet, these are words that appropriately describe the redesigned for 2015 Lincoln Navigator. We road test it and tell you how it fares. ... Continue reading

S&P Upgrades GM and GM Financial to Investment Grade

S&P Upgrades GM and GM Financial to Investment Grade

General Motors Co. said today that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) has upgraded the credit ratings of both GM and GM Financial to investment grade with a stable outlook. The new GM corporate and GM Financial credit rating is BBB-. That is one level higher than the previous GM rating of BB+, which S&P assi ... Continue reading

GM and its Suppliers Seek to Give Back to Detroit and Strengthen Relationships through Building Homes

GM and its Suppliers Seek to Give Back to Detroit and Strengthen Relationships through Building Homes

DETROIT – General Motors and several of its suppliers are expanding their buying-and-selling relationship to benefit Habitat for Humanity Detroit through financial contributions and side-by-side volunteer efforts as part of its newly formed initiative called Supplying Communities Together. Grace Lieblein, GM vice ... Continue reading

John K. Blanchard to Lead GM's Detroit Initiatives

John K. Blanchard to Lead GM's Detroit Initiatives

Single point contact for rebuilding city added to Local Government Relations role DETROIT — General Motors today announced the immediate appointment of John K. Blanchard, director of Local Government Relations for the U.S. since 2011, as lead executive for all GM’s initiatives and projects within the City of ... Continue reading

5-Millionth Ford F-Series Super Duty will Roll Off the Assembly Line at Kentucky Truck Plant in October

5-Millionth Ford F-Series Super Duty will Roll Off the Assembly Line at Kentucky Truck Plant in October

5-millionth Ford F-Series Super Duty will roll off the assembly line at Kentucky Truck Plant in October, marking a major milestone for the best-selling heavy-duty pickup truck and chassis lineup Ford-designed, Ford-built second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke® V8 turbo diesel delivers best-in-class 440 horsepower ... Continue reading

Ford Is Issuing Safety Recall for 850,050 2013-2014 Ford C-MAX, Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ vehicles in North America for a Potential Issue with the Restraints Control Module

Ford Is Issuing Safety Recall for 850,050 2013-2014 Ford C-MAX, Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ vehicles in North America for a Potential Issue with the Restraints Control Module

Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety recall for approximately 850,000 (actual 850,050) 2013-2014 Ford C-MAX, Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ vehicles in North America for a potential issue with the restraints control module. In the affected vehicles, the restraints control module may experience a short circuit. If a s ... Continue reading

Gulf States Toyota Unveils the 2015 Toyota Tundra Bass Pro Shops Off-Road Edition

Gulf States Toyota Unveils the 2015 Toyota Tundra Bass Pro Shops Off-Road Edition

HOUSTON--Gulf States Toyota introduced the new 2015 Toyota Tundra Bass Pro Shops Off-Road Edition today at the 2014 State Fair of Texas. This marks the first retail vehicle collaboration between Toyota and Bass Pro Shops, the nation's premier outdoor retailer. “In the Gulf States pick-up trucks and being outdoors ... Continue reading

Nissan's 'Project Titan' Returns Home from Remarkable 10-Day Alaskan Adventure

Nissan's 'Project Titan' Returns Home from Remarkable 10-Day Alaskan Adventure

Crowd-sourced 2014 Nissan Titan and its Wounded Warrior Project® Alumni pilots are welcomed home at the State Fair of Texas DALLAS--Fresh off the trails of the rugged Alaskan terrain, Nissan’s “Project Titan” makes its public debut tomorrow, September 26, at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. The one- ... Continue reading

Autonomous Vehicle Market Hijacked by Legislation and Liability Issues, Says ABI Research

Autonomous Vehicle Market Hijacked by Legislation and Liability Issues, Says ABI Research

Legislation and liability issues and uncertainties are expected to remain the main obstacles for autonomous vehicles becoming widely adopted in the next decade. Current autonomous vehicle legislation is fragmented, with rulemaking often passed on a local, less competent level due to the lack of national or internationa ... Continue reading

Sonoma to Host Free Electric Vehicle Test-Drive Event

Sonoma to Host Free Electric Vehicle Test-Drive Event

The "Experience Electric – The Better Ride" campaign will offer free test drives of some of the newest electric cars on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sonoma's Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival at Sonoma Plaza. The electric vehicle (EV) ride-and-drive event will feature the BMW i3s, Chevy Volt, Chev ... Continue reading

Seattle WA Subaru Technician Wins National Competition, Will Represent Subaru of America in International Technician Competition in Japan

Seattle WA Subaru Technician Wins National Competition, Will Represent Subaru of America in International Technician Competition in Japan

Stephen Larson of Carter Subaru Ballard in Seattle, Washington is this year's Subaru U.S. National Technician Competition Champion. Larson won the national competition, which tests the knowledge, skill and on-the-job excellence of Subaru technicians in a variety of diagnostic and hands-on challenges. This is the fifth ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Golf SV Claims Class Honours at Towcar Awards Debut

Volkswagen Golf SV Claims Class Honours at Towcar Awards Debut

The Volkswagen Golf SV, which went on sale in the UK in May this year, has pulled in an impressive accolade at its first towing outing, having claimed class honours at The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year awards 2015. The Golf SV is based on the standard Golf hatchback but offers more space and versatility. In The Carav ... Continue reading

Ferrari 458 Speciale A: The Most Powerful Spider

Ferrari 458 Speciale A: The Most Powerful Spider

499 cars to celebrate our most successful, award-winning 8-cylinder model MARANELLO -- September 25, 2014: Ferrari is pleased to announce the Paris Motor Show world debut of the 458 Speciale A (A as in Aperta). The new limited edition special series is a celebration of the dazzling success of the various versions of th ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Plug-In Outlander TowCar Judges Award for Innovation

Mitsubishi Plug-In Outlander TowCar Judges Award for Innovation

The Caravan Club, formed in 1907 and now representing over 375,000 members, has honoured Mitsubishi Motors with its ‘Award for Innovation’ for the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The award was made at The Caravan Club’s Towcar of the Year presentation at the Royal Automobile Club, Londo ... Continue reading

Land Rover Discovery Gathers More Awards

Land Rover Discovery Gathers More Awards

Discovery HSE Luxury model claims a brace of class wins in The Caravan Club’s Towcar of the Year Awards Whitley, 25 September, 2014: Land Rover Discovery is celebrating its second tow car honour within three months thanks to recognition in The Caravan Club’s Towcar of the Year Awards. The club’s judging ... Continue reading

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