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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

AMELIA'S OBSCURE AND STYLISH ORPHAN CONCEPT CARS

AMELIA'S OBSCURE AND STYLISH ORPHAN CONCEPT CARS

Jacksonville, FL (January 28, 2015) - The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will present a unique class of Orphan Concept Cars of the 1950s and early sixties. They may have failed to save their creators, but they succeeded by becoming the sort of delightfully obscure automotive exotica that inspires an ... Continue reading

BMW Debuts New, All-Electric BMW i3 Commercial to Air During NBC's Broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX Featuring Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel

BMW Debuts New, All-Electric BMW i3 Commercial to Air During NBC's Broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX Featuring Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel

BMW officially premiered the new, 60-second spot for the all-electric BMW i3 that will air during the first quarter of NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, February 1, 2015. After a 4-year hiatus, BMW will be returning to the big game with “Newfangled Idea,” featuring Katie Couric and Bryant Gum ... Continue reading

Toyota Recalls Certain 2011-2012 Model Year Avalon Vehicles

Toyota Recalls Certain 2011-2012 Model Year Avalon Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced plans to conduct a safety recall of approximately 52,000 Model Year 2011-2012 Avalon sedans. In the involved vehicles, cargo could contact one of the audio system subwoofer wires located inside the trunk, and move the wire out of its normal position. If one of these wir ... Continue reading

2015 Car Review - 2015 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD By John Heilig

2015 Car Review - 2015 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD By John Heilig

2015 Car Review - 2015 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD By John Heilig ... Continue reading

car2go San Diego Continues Commitment To Community With All New 2014 Electric car2go Fleet

car2go San Diego Continues Commitment To Community With All New 2014 Electric car2go Fleet

Over 33,000 car2go Members Now Able to Access New Vehicles For 41 Cents Per Minute SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28, 2015 -- car2go N.A. LLC, the largest carsharing company in the world, announced today that over 33,000 car2go San Diego members will have access to an all new electric smart fleet, beginning today. The new fleet of fo ... Continue reading

Ryder's Natural Gas Truck Fleet Surpasses 30 Million Miles

Ryder's Natural Gas Truck Fleet Surpasses 30 Million Miles

MIAMI -- January 28, 2015: Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in commercial fleet management and supply chain solutions, has achieved a significant milestone with its fleet of natural gas vehicles surpassing 30 million miles. The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving customers i ... Continue reading

Axalta to Debut "Stock-to-Stunning" Television Commercial

Axalta to Debut "Stock-to-Stunning" Television Commercial

Rachel De Barros Discusses Her Experience Painting Her Ride With a Team of Paint Novices and Legendary Airbrush and Pinstripe Artists GLEN MILLS, PA -- January 28, 2015: Would you try to paint your own car if you had not done it before? Would you let other novices join you in painting your “pride and joy” if ... Continue reading

Nissan Lengthens Super Bowl Commercial to 90 Seconds, Teases "With Dad" Spot with Release of Brief Clip

Nissan Lengthens Super Bowl Commercial to 90 Seconds, Teases "With Dad" Spot with Release of Brief Clip

Nissan back as Super Bowl advertiser after nearly two decades Releases first 10 seconds of its ad as a teaser Announces the in-game commercial has been lengthened to 90 seconds Story will depict the struggle of work-life balance facing many American families Iconic song “Cats in the Cradle” by the late Harry ... Continue reading

Ford and North Texas Ford Dealers Accelerate Education and Invest more than $800,000 in Innovative Local Initiatives

Ford and North Texas Ford Dealers Accelerate Education and Invest more than $800,000 in Innovative Local Initiatives

Ford Motor Company Fund and North Texas Ford Dealers make education a priority by launching initiatives that will help 14,000 students. Unique collaboration to award $350,000 in scholarships, more than doubling last year’s support. Every dollar invested by Ford dealers is matched by Ford Fund. Ford Driving Dreams ... Continue reading

5Minute Drive with Master Futurist Syd Mead and 1972 Chrysler Imperial +VIDEO

5Minute Drive with Master Futurist Syd Mead and 1972 Chrysler Imperial +VIDEO

HOLLYWOOD USA - January 28, 2015: A truly amazing experience to ride with my good friend for over 25 years, Master Visual Futurist and Conceptualist SYD MEAD. I sat next to Syd and watched awestruck as he painted for movies like Blade Runner, Aliens, Star Trek TMP and many more. He currently worked on Elysium and the u ... Continue reading

Ford Recall: 2010-2013 Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Ford Police Interceptor sedans for Interior Door Handle Issue

Ford Recall: 2010-2013 Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Ford Police Interceptor sedans for Interior Door Handle Issue

Ford is issuing two safety recalls. No accidents or injuries are attributed to either of these conditions. Details are as follows: Ford issues safety recall for certain 2010-2013 Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Ford Police Interceptor sedans for interior door handle issue Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately ... Continue reading

GMC Takes Fans Along for the Ride at Super Bowl XLIX

GMC Takes Fans Along for the Ride at Super Bowl XLIX

Brand takes over Phoenix with largest onsite presence ever DETROIT – The National Football League’s biggest game is days away and GMC, Official Vehicle of the NFL, is taking fans across the world behind the scenes throughout the weekend. LIVE from the GMC mobile studio GMC has teamed with Emmy award-winning i ... Continue reading

Buick Enclave Blows the Bell Curve

Buick Enclave Blows the Bell Curve

Another year of record sales defies industry trends, fuels Buick’s global momentum DETROIT – Buick Enclave’s 62,300 sales in the United States in 2014 represented the second consecutive year of record sales for Buick’s flagship crossover and built on momentum that has barely paused since its launch ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies Advanced Ignition Technology For Volkswagen Engines Built In Mexico

BorgWarner Supplies Advanced Ignition Technology For Volkswagen Engines Built In Mexico

BorgWarner's Locally Produced Plug Top Ignition Coils with Integrated Electronics Enhance Engine Performance, Improve Fuel Economy and Reduce Emissions AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 28, 2015 -- BorgWarner produces plug top ignition coils with integrated electronics at its plant in Ramos-Arizpe, Mexico, for Volkswagen's thi ... Continue reading

FCA Closed 2014 With Strong Performance in Line With Full-year Guidance

FCA Closed 2014 With Strong Performance in Line With Full-year Guidance

Revenues were up 11% to €96.1 billion with EBIT up to €3.7 billion adjusted for unusual items. Net profit was €632 million. Net industrial debt at year-end was €7.7 billion, including €2.3 billion benefit from the capital raising in Q4 Worldwide shipments totaled 4.6 million units, an increase ... Continue reading

Prestigious Fleet Award: Hyundai ix35 is voted Best Crossover at 2015 BusinessCar Awards

Prestigious Fleet Award: Hyundai ix35 is voted Best Crossover at 2015 BusinessCar Awards

BusinessCar magazine and website readers vote Hyundai's ix35 as 'Best Crossover' in the title's 2015 awards Voters praise its all-round appeal including value and versatility, specifications and style, and low running costs plus tax efficiency Hyundai's industry-leading five-year/unlimited mileage warranty gets yet ano ... Continue reading

Land Rover Defender Celebration Line--A look Back at 1948

Land Rover Defender Celebration Line--A look Back at 1948

All new Defender tour opens at Solihull plant to celebrate one of the world’s most iconic vehicles. Includes innovative new visitor attraction replicating an original 1948 production line. Over 20,000 visitors expected before UK production ends this year. SOLIHULL, UK: Land Rover has re-created history by building ... Continue reading

Ready for Business: Volkswagen Takes Three Awards

Ready for Business: Volkswagen Takes Three Awards

Volkswagen has boosted its 2015 trophy tally and added three new car of the year titles to its name, courtesy of fleet publication and website, BusinessCar. The Golf retained its Best Mainstream Lower Medium crown, having won the same award in 2014, while the Touran and Tiguan won the Mini-MPV and Mainstream Small Off- ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Ben C-Class voted 2015 Car of the Year

Mercedes-Ben C-Class voted 2015 Car of the Year

C-Class voted 2015 Car of the Year S-Class named Luxury Car of the Year The Awards are voted for by the BusinessCar readers Almost 7,000 examples of the new C-Class Saloon and over 1,000 examples of the S-Class were registered to the Fleet industry in 2014. MILTON KEYNES, UK -- January 27, 2015: Readers of BusinessCar ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks: No Time for Complacency

Volvo Trucks: No Time for Complacency

WARWICK, UK -- January 27, 2015: “Overall, we expected 2014 to be a tough year,” says Volvo Trucks’ UK & Ireland Managing Director, Arne Knaben, “However, after the huge increase in orders towards the end of 2013 to capitalise on the end of Euro-5 vehicles; we feared 2014 would be a very quiet year ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Classic at Rétromobile 2015: Excellent Coupés and High-Performance Sports Cars

Mercedes-Benz Classic at Rétromobile 2015: Excellent Coupés and High-Performance Sports Cars

STUTTGART -- Jan 27, 2015: The best or nothing: ever since the automobile was invented, the Mercedes-Benz brand's history has been shaped by strong values and ideas. Mercedes-Benz Classic is demonstrating this with its appearance at this year's Rétromobile exhibition in Paris between 4 and 8 February 2015. For the 40t ... Continue reading

MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Works to Improve Safety with Schuberth

MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Works to Improve Safety with Schuberth

Relationship with leading helmet manufacturer develops as Schuberth becomes an Official Team Supplier. BRACKLEY -- Jan 27, 2015: The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is delighted to welcome Schuberth, based in Magdeburg, Germany, to the team as an Official Supplier for the 2015 season onwards. A leading manufactu ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Vans updates its Internet platform / Relaunch: MYVAN.com offers stories related to commercial vehicles

Mercedes-Benz Vans updates its Internet platform / Relaunch: MYVAN.com offers stories related to commercial vehicles

With real-life stories and news from the world of vans, MYVAN is one of the world’s largest social TV platforms for commercial vehicles Link to the Mercedes-Benz websites now provides users with additional information about the Mercedes-Benz vans shown New content formats enable targeted lead generation and sales ... Continue reading

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