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Honda Reports on its Environmental Performance and Progress in North America

Honda Reports on its Environmental Performance and Progress in North America

Tenth Annual North American Environmental Report provides detailed accounting of environmental impacts and Honda's effort to minimize its environmental footprint ... Continue reading

Ford is First Automaker to integrate Radio Disney, Available with Ford SYNC AppLink

Ford is First Automaker to integrate Radio Disney, Available with Ford SYNC AppLink

Radio Disney app for iOS and Android platforms will now integrate with available Ford SYNC® AppLink™ to stream music devoted to kids, tweens and families with a simple touch of a button inside Ford vehicles DEARBORN, MI -- December 31, 2014: Ford Motor Company today announced the Radio Disney smartphone app wil ... Continue reading

Ford Safety Recalls, Ford Escape and Lincoln MKC

Ford Safety Recalls, Ford Escape and Lincoln MKC

Ford is issuing two safety recalls in North America. No accidents or injuries are attributed to either of these conditions. Details are as follows: Ford issues safety recall for certain 2014 Ford Escape and 2015 Lincoln MKC vehicles in North America for fuel pump issue Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately ... Continue reading

GAC Motor to Unveil Brand New GS4 in Detroit, Quickening Globalization Drive

GAC Motor to Unveil Brand New GS4 in Detroit, Quickening Globalization Drive

GAC Group, China's leading automaker, plans to launch the GAC Motor GS4, a high-performance compact sport-utility vehicle, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a move to reinforce its globalization drive. The global premier of the GS4 at one of the world's largest auto shows that starts on January ... Continue reading

New PenFed Service Provides Members with Auto Loan Term "Reset Button" That Puts Them in the Driver's Seat

New PenFed Service Provides Members with Auto Loan Term "Reset Button" That Puts Them in the Driver's Seat

PenFed's New Rate Reset Partnership Can Lower Monthly Auto Loan Payments. Through Pentagon Federal Credit Union's (PenFed) new partnership with Rate Reset, eligible members can now extend their current car loan terms up to 24 months. When a member chooses a new term, PenFed will reset the member's rate to that which is ... Continue reading

Countdown to NAIAS 2015 - Act One: The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit

Countdown to NAIAS 2015 - Act One: The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit

Exotic vehicles, Wolfgang Puck, and high fashion set to launch event unlike any other DETROIT, Dec. 31, 2014 -- The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) today announced the lineup of vehicles that will grace The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit, the first of several official NAIAS events to be held in Detroit ove ... Continue reading

2015 Car Review: Lincoln MKC Big Man Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Car Review: Lincoln MKC Big Man Review By Steve Purdy

2015 LINCOLN MKC REVIEW By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Lincoln promises lots of new products in the next couple years in a thrust to invigorate their image and to find a way back to becoming a truly premium brand with distinctive character. That’s going to be tough, but I think this new MKC is a b ... Continue reading

BFG's New All Terrain A/T KO2 - Serious Tires for Serious Weather and Serious Safety +VIDEO

BFG's New All Terrain A/T KO2 - Serious Tires for Serious Weather and Serious Safety +VIDEO

By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Few drivers obsess over tires and their technology. To them, tires are round black things that roll to keep the car moving. That’s the colleague we selected for a real world test of BFGoodrich’s latest SUV and Light Truck Tire the All Terrain T/A ... Continue reading

Corvette Stingray Owners Financially Savviest of All Car Shoppers?

Corvette Stingray Owners Financially Savviest of All Car Shoppers?

One-year vehicle value retention report lists all 2014 mainstream category winners and losers MCLEAN, VA -- Dec. 30, 2014: In their final vehicle retention value report for the year, NADA Used Car Guide analysts detailed the one-year performance of all-new, or heavily redesigned mainstream car and truck models. "We saw ... Continue reading

DEP Extends Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate Program

DEP Extends Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate Program

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the extension of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate program, which will continue to provide $2,000 rebates for large-battery system plug-in hybrid electric and battery-electric vehicles until June 30, 2015, or until the 500 vehicle benchmark is reached. ... Continue reading

Alcantara Focuses On Sustainability As Key Brand Value

Alcantara Focuses On Sustainability As Key Brand Value

Alcantara, the Italian provider of high-tech luxury materials for vehicle interiors, continued its commitment to the environment in 2014 by organizing a ground-breaking symposium on automotive sustainability. The International Symposium on Sustainability in the Automotive Industry held in Venice, Italy in October, focu ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars earns top result in 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick+

Volvo Cars earns top result in 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick+

Volvo Cars has once again performed very well in the annual IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Awards. In this year's honours list four Volvo cars made the Top Safety Pick+ grade: the S60, V60, S80 and XC60. Volvo Cars was the only European brand with more than two models on the list. “Volvo Cars' commitment to real-life safet ... Continue reading

12 Days of Audi Christmas, the Audi A4 Cabriolet

12 Days of Audi Christmas, the Audi A4 Cabriolet

Audi reveals a series of stunning light-painted images of its range – one for each of the twelve days of Christmas Audi is marking the 12 days of Christmas with a collection of images which show its range in an entirely different light. ... Continue reading

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