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Thursday, October 16, 2014

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango Named Must-Shop SUVs for Towing From AutoTrader.com

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango Named Must-Shop SUVs for Towing From AutoTrader.com

List honors SUVs that present the perfect combination of towing ability and interior luxury The Most Awarded SUV ever – the Jeep® Grand Cherokee comes complete with best-in-class towing capability of 7,400 pounds and 6,200 pounds with Pentastar-powered V-6 engine The ultimate 'no compromise' Dodge Durango three ... Continue reading

2015 Hyundai Genesis AWD Sedan Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2015 Hyundai Genesis AWD Sedan Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2015 Hyundai Genesis AWD Sedan Review By John Heilig ... Continue reading

Hope STEMS, Native American Students Blossom

Hope STEMS, Native American Students Blossom

Toyota Supports Science and Environmental Education with $1 Million Pledge October 15, 2014 Denver, Colo., Oct. 15, 2014 – A hardscrabble childhood didn’t “harden” Erika Torres-Hernandez, but it did sharpen the Chippewa-Cree tribe member’s resolve to achieve her goals and give back. A recipient ... Continue reading

Lexus Announces Recall of Certain LS, GS, and IS Vehicles

Lexus Announces Recall of Certain LS, GS, and IS Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 423,000 Lexus vehicles including 2007 through 2010 Model Year LS; 2006 through 2011 Model Year GS; 2006 through 2011 Model Year IS; 2010 Model Year IS C; and 2008 through 2010 Model Year IS-F vehicles. In the i ... Continue reading

Ford is Revolutionizing the Management and Stowage of Cargo Inside the Pickup Truck Box with BoxLink System

Ford is Revolutionizing the Management and Stowage of Cargo Inside the Pickup Truck Box with BoxLink System

Debuting in the all-new 2015 Ford F-150, class-exclusive BoxLink™ cargo management system includes lockable, die-cast zinc tie-down cleats, and provides a unique interface to the pickup bed for improved flexibility and organization, as well as additional locations for tie-downs All-new F-150 offers first LED box l ... Continue reading

11 More GM Facilities Become Landfill-Free

11 More GM Facilities Become Landfill-Free

GM continues global movement to zero waste; 122 sites send nothing to landfill DETROIT – Eleven more General Motors facilities have achieved landfill-free status. The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or conver ... Continue reading

Honda Civic Tour Featuring 3BallMTY Announces Tour Dates

Honda Civic Tour Featuring 3BallMTY Announces Tour Dates

Tickets on sale Friday, October 17 at www.HondaCivicTour.com TORRANCE, CA -- Oct. 15, 2014: Tour dates for the third and final leg of the highly anticipated 2014 Honda Civic Tour featuring Latin DJ trio 3BallMTY will extend through November and December with performances coming to major markets including Dallas, Housto ... Continue reading

AutoTrader Editors Name Must-Shop SUVs for Towing

AutoTrader Editors Name Must-Shop SUVs for Towing

As Gas Prices Fall, Site Traffic Shows Increased Demand for SUVs ATLANTA -- Oct. 16, 2014: As the leaves change and winter weather approaches, consumers across the country are gearing up to pull their boats out of the water, haul large items home for yard projects and transport tailgate essentials to and from stadium p ... Continue reading

Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle And Lexus Line Up Ready For Celebrity Close Up

Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle And Lexus Line Up Ready For Celebrity Close Up

On the green carpet, automotive history will be made. Toyota and Lexus are again presenting sponsors at the 24th annual Environmental Media Awards on Oct. 18, at which one bidder will win the Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV). Toyota is the first major auto manufacturer to give away a fuel cell vehicle to an individual ow ... Continue reading

Americans Rank Fuel Efficiency as Top Vehicle Purchasing Factor

Americans Rank Fuel Efficiency as Top Vehicle Purchasing Factor

Many Americans confused about how lighter weight parts can add up to big fuel efficiency WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2014 -- More than three-quarters (79%) of Americans say that fuel efficiency is more important than safety, body type or price, when purchasing a car. That's according to a new study, Driving Toward Change, whi ... Continue reading

Magna Sliding Window Innovation Selected as 2015 PACE Award Finalist

Magna Sliding Window Innovation Selected as 2015 PACE Award Finalist

AURORA, ON, Oct. 16, 2014 - Magna International Inc. announced today that its PureView™ seamless sliding window has been chosen as a finalist in the "product" category for the 2015 Automotive News PACE Awards. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141016/152510) The PureView seamless design conceals the vert ... Continue reading

Parents To Teens: Do As I Say, Not As I Do When It Comes To Texting And Driving

Parents To Teens: Do As I Say, Not As I Do When It Comes To Texting And Driving

New study from Straight Talk Wireless reveals parents and their teens exhibit dangerous driving habits MIAMI -- Oct. 16, 2014: A new study conducted by leading US no contract cell phone service provider, Straight Talk Wireless, finds that parents are texting while driving more than teenagers (33 percent vs. 24 percent) ... Continue reading

LA Show Car Heralds a New Era for Audi Design

LA Show Car Heralds a New Era for Audi Design

Wraps to come off first concept car developed under the direction of new Head of Audi Design Marc Lichte at the Los Angeles Auto Show Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg and Head of Design Marc Lichte present revolutionary concept car New design idiom embodies the progressive values of Audi Concept car opens new perspectives i ... Continue reading

Dacia Hits Three Million Sales

Dacia Hits Three Million Sales

Dacia has won over more than three million customers across Europe and around the Mediterranean in the space of barely 10 years The 3,000,000th Dacia to be sold was a Sandero Stepway purchased by a motorist in Spain The keys to the car were handed over to new owner Andres Palomo Paz by Nicolas Wertans, Renault Group, S ... Continue reading

Honda Reveals First Look at F1 Power Unit

Honda Reveals First Look at F1 Power Unit

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has revealed a first look of the power unit currently in development for the 2015 FIA*1 Formula One (F1) World Championship. During the 2014 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, Honda offered a preview of the F1 power unit under development in the form of a film including the sound of the engine rev ... Continue reading

Ford Won the South East Final of the National Apprenticeship Awards

Ford Won the South East Final of the National Apprenticeship Awards

– Ford and its national dealer network has been named South East Macro Employer of the Year at the 2014 National Apprenticeship Awards. This is the second time in a row that Ford has won the award, having been short-listed from hundreds of entrants for the South East final. One of Ford’s current Engineering a ... Continue reading

Land Rover: UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT

Land Rover: UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT

A new installation by Italian artist Nino Mustica in collaboration with Land Rover Design Director, Gerry McGovern, the fusion of art and automotive design during Frieze Week London Acclaimed Italian artist Nino Mustica unveils a new collaboration with world renowned automotive designer Gerry McGovern, Design Director, ... Continue reading

The Suzuki Swift Sport Wins Award from The Northern Group of Motoring Writers

The Suzuki Swift Sport Wins Award from The Northern Group of Motoring Writers

Suzuki is pleased to announce that the Swift Sport has won another important award, this time as the 2014 Car of the Year from the Northern Group of Motoring Writers. The region’s 28 pre-eminent motoring journalists placed the car at the top of the poll and with just two points separating the top two cars in the c ... Continue reading

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