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You Can Test Drive The New 2015 Ford F-150

You Can Test Drive The New 2015 Ford F-150

Consumers wanting to drive the future of trucks can get behind the wheel of the 2015 Ford F-150 – the toughest, smartest, most capable F-150 ever – in 38 markets across the United States beginning Oct. 13. The tour will make stops in 38 major markets and run through Dec. 21. Truck customers can drive the all- ... Continue reading

The Infiniti Q80 Inspiration: Brave Intent

The Infiniti Q80 Inspiration: Brave Intent

Aggressively-proportioned Q80 Inspiration marks Infiniti’s first foray into the premium saloon category Autonomous driving technology, human-centric interiors and bold design highlights Infiniti’s creative approach to the segment Smart, eco-friendly hybrid powertrain hints at future engine and powertrain expa ... Continue reading

2015 Corvette Z06 0-60 2.95 sec.+VIDEO

2015 Corvette Z06 0-60 2.95 sec.+VIDEO

New eight-speed automatic enables 2.95-sec. 0-60 time, 10.95-sec. quarter-mile DETROIT October 1, 2014; The performance of the all-new, 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 establishes it as one of the most capable vehicles on the market – and one of the few to achieve sub-3-second 0-60 performance and a sub-11-second quar ... Continue reading

Porsche Reports September 2014 Sales -- up 16.6% over 2013

Porsche Reports September 2014 Sales -- up 16.6% over 2013

U.S. Porsche dealers sell 3,607 vehicles ATLANTA -- Oct. 1, 2014: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of the Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced September 201 ... Continue reading

Toyota Division is Top Retail Brand for Ninth Straight Month

Toyota Division is Top Retail Brand for Ninth Straight Month

Toyota division posts best September since 2007; SUVs set record in September October 01, 2014 September 2014 Sales Chart TORRANCE, Calif. (October 1, 2014) – Toyota, Scion and Lexus today reported total September 2014 sales results of 167,279 units, an increase of 1.7 percent over September 2013 on a raw-volume b ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Experiences Best September Sales In Three Years

Mitsubishi Motors Experiences Best September Sales In Three Years

Best year-to-date sales since 2008 Outlander Sport leads the way with its best ever September CYPRESS, CA -- Oct. 1, 2014: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) kept its outstanding sales pace through the month of September with sales totaling 5,558 units, a remarkable 38.9 percent increase over the sales total ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Closes Out Record Third Quarter With September Sales Of 27,315

Mercedes-Benz Closes Out Record Third Quarter With September Sales Of 27,315

Marks five years of consecutive year-over-year sales gains MONTVALE, NJ -- Oct. 1, 2014: Mercedes-Benz today reported the best September sales in its history with 27,315 units sold across its passenger car and light truck lineups, increasing 10.6% from the 24,697 vehicles sold in September 2013. Sprinter sales totaled ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Reports September Sales

Hyundai Motor America Reports September Sales

Second Best September Ever - Santa Fe, Tucson and Veloster all up double digits for the month - Genesis and Sonata Advance in 2015 North American Car of the Year Competition FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA -- Oct. 1, 2014: Hyundai Motor America today announced September sales of 56,010 units, up two percent versus the same period ... Continue reading

Maserati North America Closes September with Historic Record High Sales; 300 Percent Year-Over-Year Increase

Maserati North America Closes September with Historic Record High Sales; 300 Percent Year-Over-Year Increase

Maserati North America, Inc. today reports its strongest sales results yet of (1,367 units) sold this September. This record number reflects a 241 percent increase compared to the same month last year and a 300 percent year-over-year increase. Such an extended streak marks the twentieth consecutive month of year-over-y ... Continue reading

Kia Motors America Announces Best-Ever Third Quarter Sales

Kia Motors America Announces Best-Ever Third Quarter Sales

September Sales Up 6.9 Percent; Year-to-Date Sales Up 6.9 Percent IRVINE, CA -- Oct. 1, 2014: After posting the best first-half performance in company history, Kia Motors America's (KMA) momentum continued with record third quarter sales, including 40,628 units in September, up 6.9-percent over the same period last yea ... Continue reading

BMW Group U.S. Reports September 2014 Sales

BMW Group U.S. Reports September 2014 Sales

BMW brand sales up 8.6 percent - Best September Ever -- MINI brand sales down 20.5 percent -- BMW Motorcycle sales down 4.3 percent WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 1, 2014 -- Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 8.6 percent in September for a total of 25,586 compared to 23,568 vehicles sold in September, 2013. Year-to-date ... Continue reading

Mazda Reports Record September Sales for CX-5 and Mazada6

Mazda Reports Record September Sales for CX-5 and Mazada6

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported September U.S. sales of 23,980 vehicles, representing an increase of 6.7 percent versus last year. Year-to-date sales through September are up 9.3 percent versus last year, with 240,953 vehicles sold. "The past two years have seen a September sales month without the ... Continue reading

New Acura and Honda Products Fuel Surge in September Automobile Sales

New Acura and Honda Products Fuel Surge in September Automobile Sales

Hot new Acura TLX powers an 18.8 percent division increase with 3,884 September sales - Acura RDX posted its best-ever September with sales of 3,230, rising 6.9 percent for the month and helping Acura trucks to its best September on record - New Honda Fit achieves best September ever on sales of 6,628 units, up 66.5 pe ... Continue reading

Subaru September 2014 Sales, Best September Ever

Subaru September 2014 Sales, Best September Ever

Sales up 31 percent year-over-year -- Best Legacy sedan month ever -- Best Outback, Forester and XV Crosstrek September ever -- Seventh consecutive month that Subaru brand sales exceed 40,000 sales -- 34th consecutive month of year-over-year growth CHERRY HILL, NJ -- Oct. 1, 2014: Subaru of America, Inc. today reported ... Continue reading

Infiniti Reports U.S. Sales for September 2014

Infiniti Reports U.S. Sales for September 2014

Infiniti today reported U.S. sales of 7,837 vehicles in September. Sales of the Infiniti Q50 sport sedan, which had its first full month of deliveries last September, were up 15.8 percent for the month. Infiniti’s sport sedans, which include also include the G37, were up 23.4 percent for the year. ... Continue reading

Nissan Group Reports September 2014 U.S. Sales

Nissan Group Reports September 2014 U.S. Sales

NASHVILLE, TN -- October 1, 2014: Nissan Group today announced total U.S. sales for September 2014 of 102,955 units, an increase of 18.5 percent over the prior year and a September record. Nissan highlights: ... Continue reading

New-Car Transaction Prices Up 0.4 Percent In September 2014

New-Car Transaction Prices Up 0.4 Percent In September 2014

Chrysler, General Motors Continue Year-Over-Year Strength; Hyundai-Kia Benefit from Redesigned Sonata IRVINE, CA -- Oct. 1, 2014: The analysts at Kelley Blue Book today report the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States was $32,500 in September 2014. New-car prices have increas ... Continue reading

GM's Sales Climbed 19% in September

GM's Sales Climbed 19% in September

GM has industry’s best-selling pickups for second month in a row Chevrolet Cruze up 45 percent GMC sales increase 28 percent Buick Encore is the industry’s best-selling small crossover Cadillac Escalade sales more than double DETROIT – General Motors Co. dealers delivered 223,437 vehicles in the United S ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion, Explorer, Transit Connect Post Record Sales Performance for September

Ford Fusion, Explorer, Transit Connect Post Record Sales Performance for September

Ford Fusion posts best September ever, its fifth straight month of record performance and best year-to-date sales results since launch in 2005 Ford Explorer has its best September sales performance since 2006; Transit Connect sales increase 30 percent, providing best-ever September performance Lincoln achieves its best ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Reports September 2014 U.S. Sales Increased 19 Percent; Best September Sales Since 2005

Chrysler Group Reports September 2014 U.S. Sales Increased 19 Percent; Best September Sales Since 2005

54th-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains Chrysler, Jeep®, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each post sales gains in September compared with same month a year ago Jeep brand sales up 47 percent; best September sales ever Six Chrysler Group vehicles record best ever September sales Ram pickup truck sales up 30 perc ... Continue reading

New Video Website Lets Drivers Show Their Love for the New Nissan eNV200

New Video Website Lets Drivers Show Their Love for the New Nissan eNV200

Nissan has today launched an exciting and informative web hub offering fleet van operators in the UK real-world testimony and insights into its groundbreaking e-NV200 all-electric van. e4Business will act as the central home for a growing series of short and entertaining videos highlighting how the e-NV200 is revolutio ... Continue reading

Renault Starts Production Line for the All New Trafic, Factory will also Manufacture the FIAT LCV

Renault Starts Production Line for the All New Trafic, Factory will also Manufacture the FIAT LCV

New production line at the Sandouville plant in Normandy officially inaugurated Sandouville to manufacture the All-New Trafic and a vehicle for Fiat from Q2 2016 Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault Group, this afternoon (Tuesday, September 30) welcomed Emmanuel Macron, France's Minister for the Economy, Indus ... Continue reading

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