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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Auto Analyst and Investment Banker Joins Ford

Auto Analyst and Investment Banker Joins Ford

DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 17, 2015 – Ford Motor Company today announces the hiring of long-time auto analyst and investment banker John Casesa as group vice president, Global Strategy as part of the company’s commitment to accelerate its One Ford plan, deliver product excellence and drive innovation in every part ... Continue reading

Nissan Gets Adventurous with the Limited Edition Navara Salomon

Nissan Gets Adventurous with the Limited Edition Navara Salomon

Limited edition Navara Salomon rolls into UK showrooms Based on popular Tekna trim with bespoke interior and exterior styling enhancements Available from £27,845 OTR including free £250 Salomon voucher Nissan builds on current Navara success by working with Salomon, the leading mountain sports brand to add the Navara ... Continue reading

Subaru Boxer Engine Production Hits 15 Million

Subaru Boxer Engine Production Hits 15 Million

Major milestone for Subaru’s iconic horizontally-opposed ‘Boxer’ engine 49 years since the introduction of the first Boxer engine in the Subaru 1000 14 million Symmetrical All Wheel Drive vehicles manufactured Production of Subaru’s horizontally-opposed ‘Boxer’ engine has reached 15 millio ... Continue reading

Subaru Boxer Engine Production Hits 15 Million

Subaru Boxer Engine Production Hits 15 Million

Major milestone for Subaru’s iconic horizontally-opposed ‘Boxer’ engine 49 years since the introduction of the first Boxer engine in the Subaru 1000 14 million Symmetrical All Wheel Drive vehicles manufactured Production of Subaru’s horizontally-opposed ‘Boxer’ engine has reached 15 millio ... Continue reading

The All New Suzuki Vitara - Prices and Specifications Announced

The All New Suzuki Vitara - Prices and Specifications Announced

Ever since its market launch in 1988, the Suzuki Vitara series has earned high acclaim for stylish, city oriented designs, compact and easy to manage dimensions, good on-road performance and genuine off-road capability. The series has evolved through changes in body size and powertrain. Now, more than 25 years after th ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Sharan Premieres in Geneva

Volkswagen Sharan Premieres in Geneva

Even more technical highlights for the popular Volkswagen MPV New TSI and TDI engines are up to 15 per cent more fuel efficient Volkswagen is presenting the technically updated Sharan at the Geneva International Motor Show. Numerous new convenience and assistance systems make the family-friendly MPV one of the most adv ... Continue reading

Citroën C4 New Range: UK Specifications and Pricing

Citroën C4 New Range: UK Specifications and Pricing

Citroën C4 New Range available to order now in the UK & officially ‘on sale’ in April Updates include a new light signature, additional useful technologies & latest-generation engines Available with two PureTech petrol engines & four BlueHDi Diesel engines Launched in 2010, with over 450,000 vehicles produ ... Continue reading

The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Special Edition

The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Special Edition

Lightweight and extreme Vantage special edition limited to 100 cars Motorsport-derived chassis, aerodynamics and handling Bridges the gap between road and race track driving GAYDON, UK -- February 18, 2015: Aston Martin is today revealing the first details of its most potent and uncompromising Vantage to date: the trac ... Continue reading

Certified Pre-Owned Car Sales at All-Time High

Certified Pre-Owned Car Sales at All-Time High

Certified pre-owned (CPO) car sales are at an all-time high, say analysts at Edmunds.com. In the company's latest Used Vehicle Market Report, available atedmunds.com/industry-center/, Edmunds.com analysts noted that in 2014 CPO sales hit an all-time high of 2.3 million -- even though it was not a record year for used c ... Continue reading

Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V and Odyssey Continue as America's Most Popular Vehicles in Their Segments With Individual U.S. Car Buyers in 2014

Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V and Odyssey Continue as America's Most Popular Vehicles in Their Segments With Individual U.S. Car Buyers in 2014

Feb 18, 2015 Accord was again the most popular car in America1 in 2014 based on retail registrations Civic finished 2014 more than 44,000 units ahead of its nearest competitor2 CR-V was the #1 SUV in America and best-selling SUV of the decade3 Retail car buyers choose Odyssey more than any other minivan in America4 Fin ... Continue reading

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2015 Yaris and Tacoma Vehicles

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2015 Yaris and Tacoma Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will conduct a safety recall of approximately 230 Model Year 2015 Yaris hatchbacks and approximately 20 Model Year 2015 Tacoma TRD Pro model pickup trucks. In the involved Yaris vehicles, the rear axle bearing bolts may not have been tightened sufficiently during veh ... Continue reading

MIT Technology Review Names V2V One of 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2015

MIT Technology Review Names V2V One of 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2015

Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology has been named one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2015 by the MIT Technology Review. Each year, the organization identifies milestone technologies from the past year that solve difficult problems or create powerful new ways of using technology to make the world ... Continue reading

Wind Power to Debut on GM’s Renewable Energy Roster

Wind Power to Debut on GM’s Renewable Energy Roster

34MW project will allow company to reach 2020 goal for renewable energy four years early DETROIT -- February 18, 2015: General Motors for the first time is procuring wind to power its manufacturing operations, enabling one of its Mexico facilities’ electricity needs to be run mostly on renewable energy. This addit ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Volt Owners Got Their Say in Next-Gen Model

Chevrolet Volt Owners Got Their Say in Next-Gen Model

To Sam Miller-Christiansen, his 2014 Chevrolet Volt is the best car he has owned. And he was willing to tell anyone, including the team developing the next-generation Volt. “I said that if they could improve the overall EV range, it would make one of my favorite cars even better,” Miller-Christiansen said. â ... Continue reading

Lexus Brings Style and Precision to Amgen Tour of California

Lexus Brings Style and Precision to Amgen Tour of California

When 18 of the world’s most elite professional cycling teams face off for the 2015 Amgen Tour of California, America’s largest and most prestigious professional cycling race held May 10-17, they will be joined by a new four-wheeled presence on the road – Lexus. “Lexus is known for its passion, effic ... Continue reading

Breathometer Integrates with Uber to Tackle Drunk Driving and Ensure People Get Home Safely

Breathometer Integrates with Uber to Tackle Drunk Driving and Ensure People Get Home Safely

Breathometer, Inc., the leader in breath analysis technology, today launched a unique partnership with Uber designed to create awareness about the importance of making safe choices when it comes to drinking and driving. The offers combine discounts on the mobile Breathometer products which help users learn more about p ... Continue reading

BMW Accelerates Car Dealership Services with Level 3 Content Delivery Network Services

BMW Accelerates Car Dealership Services with Level 3 Content Delivery Network Services

Always-on, Real-time Data Access Helps More Than 4,000 Global Dealers Boost Customer Satisfaction FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY and BROOMFIELD, CO -- Feb. 18, 2015: Level 3 Communications, Inc. today announced that BMW, a premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles, is using Level 3 Content Delivery Network (CDN) ... Continue reading

Hyundai Capital America Becomes Corporate Sponsor of MoMA

Hyundai Capital America Becomes Corporate Sponsor of MoMA

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2015 -- Hyundai Capital America (HCA), a top-10 U.S. auto finance company that does business as "Hyundai Motor Finance" and "Kia Motors Finance," has entered into a two-year sponsorship agreement with New York City's The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)—the foremost museum of modern art in the ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Developing an All New Vehicle with Exceptional Presence, Elegance and Purpose

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Developing an All New Vehicle with Exceptional Presence, Elegance and Purpose

The launch of Phantom in 2003 marked the beginning of the renaissance of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Since then, we have set a new benchmark for what a super-luxury car should be – unique, hand-crafted, beautiful and rare. Often imitated, Phantom has never been equalled and continues to be hailed as 'The Best Car in t ... Continue reading

Founder Of MLG Automotive Law Up For Pulitzer Prize

Founder Of MLG Automotive Law Up For Pulitzer Prize

Jonathan Michaels, founding member of MLG Automotive Law, is being considered for a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for his work on the General Motors ignition switch recall. In early 2014, Michaels authored several articles that appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, helping to expose GM's decade-lo ... Continue reading

Equifax Refutes 'Auto Bubble,' Cites Improvement in Credit Scores after a Subprime Auto Loan Origination

Equifax Refutes 'Auto Bubble,' Cites Improvement in Credit Scores after a Subprime Auto Loan Origination

New analysis by Equifax Economists shows the median consumer credit score increased by 52 ATLANTA, Feb. 18, 2015 -- Equifax Inc. , a global information solutions company, today released its latest Economic Trends Commentary, "Subprime Auto Loans: A Second Chance at Economic Opportunity," which examines two groups of co ... Continue reading

Michelin Premier All Season Prolongs Wet (and Snow) Grip

Michelin Premier All Season Prolongs Wet (and Snow) Grip

Michelin North America April 2, 2014 10:30 AM 0 shares Content preferences Done GREENVILLE, S.C., April 2, 2014 -- Michelin announced today the MICHELIN® Premier® A/S tire with revolutionary new EverGrip™ Technology is now available to consumers across North America through more than 10,000 authorized dealer ... Continue reading

MICHELIN MAN TRAVELS 1.3 MILLION MILES

MICHELIN MAN TRAVELS 1.3 MILLION MILES

Michelin’s ‘Quest for Adventure’ geocaching contest concludes with record-breaking results GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 17, 2015 – Michelin North America celebrates the end to a remarkable journey and a groundbreaking nationwide geocaching contest that marked the tire maker’s 125th anniversary as a g ... Continue reading

Wind Power to Debut on GM’s Renewable Energy Roster

Wind Power to Debut on GM’s Renewable Energy Roster

DETROIT, February 17, 2015; General Motors for the first time is procuring wind to power its manufacturing operations, enabling one of its Mexico facilities’ electricity needs to be run mostly on renewable energy. This addition of 34 megawatts of wind power allows GM to achieve its corporate goal of renewable ener ... Continue reading

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