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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Lexus to Present A Journey of the Senses Installation at Milan Design Week

Lexus to Present A Journey of the Senses Installation at Milan Design Week

Visitors to Lexus’s new installation at Milan Design Week can look forward to complete sensory experience that will stimulate the eyes, ears, nose, fingertips and even the taste buds. ... Continue reading

All-new Jaguar XF to be Revealed in a Dramatic High Wired Drive Ahead of the New York Auto Show

All-new Jaguar XF to be Revealed in a Dramatic High Wired Drive Ahead of the New York Auto Show

The all new Jaguar XF will make an extraordinary journey in London on 24 March, one week ahead of its public motor show debut in New York.</p> <p>Jaguar has teamed up with expert British stuntman Jim Dowdell, veteran of dramatic action stunts in movies including Bond, Bourne and Indiana Jones, to perform a world first ... Continue reading

Kia Launches the All-New Sorento

Kia Launches the All-New Sorento

Today Kia launches the all-new Sorento, a car that is set to build on its consistent appeal to a diverse range of customers. This third-generation model will again change the way people see the brand as it is better equipped, more refined, stylish and technologically advanced than ever before. Six versions of Kia&rsquo ... Continue reading

Axalta Invites Auto Body Painters to 'Paint Outside the Can'

Axalta Invites Auto Body Painters to 'Paint Outside the Can'

Axalta’s Contest to Spotlight Creativity, Execution and Degree of Difficulty Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, is pleased to announce its 2015 Paint Outside the Can contest. The contest is an invitation to unleash creativity using any Axalta-branded coating system ... Continue reading

Disruptive Technologies Upset Testing of Autonomous Vehicles

Disruptive Technologies Upset Testing of Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are already successful but you are unlikely to meet one because the successes are in the upper atmosphere, open cast mines, nuclear power stations, underwater and in other relatively inaccessible places. As the new IDTechEx report “Autonomous Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2015-2035” www.idtec ... Continue reading

Daimler Northeast Asia Parts Trading and Services: All-New Built-to-Suit Parts Distribution Center in Guangzhou

Daimler Northeast Asia Parts Trading and Services: All-New Built-to-Suit Parts Distribution Center in Guangzhou

By opening an all-new parts distribution center in Guangzhou, Daimler Northeast Asia Parts Trading and Services Co. (DPTS), responsible for the after sales parts logistics of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, vans and trucks, today has taken another major step forward in providing an efficient spare parts distribution solu ... Continue reading

Transformation plan for the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim Plant: Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim Plant to Become High-Tech Location

Transformation plan for the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim Plant: Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim Plant to Become High-Tech Location

Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management: "The transformation plan is a groundbreaking achievement for the Untertürkheim plant and its employees. We are not only improving our flexibility and efficiency, but also developing a plant with a traditi ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz's "Intelligent Drive" philosophy: Intelligence = Efficiency

Mercedes-Benz's "Intelligent Drive" philosophy: Intelligence = Efficiency

At Mercedes-Benz "Intelligent Drive" stands for the networking of systems, sensors and algorithms for enhanced comfort and safety. The drive system also benefits from the increasing level of intelligence on board vehicles. Following the Mercedes-Benz S-Class PLUG-IN HYBRID, the new Mercedes-Benz C 350 e provides a furt ... Continue reading

GM to Change Business Model in Russia

GM to Change Business Model in Russia

General Motors today announced plans to change its business model in Russia. GM will focus on the premium segment of the Russian market with Cadillac and U.S.-built iconic Chevrolet products such as the Corvette, Camaro and Tahoe. The Chevrolet brand will minimize its presence in Russia and the Opel brand will leave th ... Continue reading

Elio Motors Offers Accredited Investors Opportunity to Buy into Transportation Revolution

Elio Motors Offers Accredited Investors Opportunity to Buy into Transportation Revolution

Strategy Complements Ongoing Fundraising Efforts for Vehicle Launch TROY, Mich., March 18, 2015 -- Elio Motors today announced it has launched a 506 (c) investment option that will allow accredited investors the opportunity to buy into the revolutionary transportation start-up for as little as $15,000. Elio Motors is l ... Continue reading

Carroll Shelby Annual Tribute and Car Show to Honor 50th Anniversary of Shelby G.T.350

Carroll Shelby Annual Tribute and Car Show to Honor 50th Anniversary of Shelby G.T.350

The third annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show will salute the 50th anniversary of one of his most renowned automobiles, the Shelby G.T.350. The one day event will take place on May 16 at the Carroll Shelby Foundation Headquarters in Gardena, California. It will feature a comprehensive display of Shelby G.T.350s, ... Continue reading

Callaway Cars and Bob Bondurant Driving School to Collaborate on Products and Driving School Programs

Callaway Cars and Bob Bondurant Driving School to Collaborate on Products and Driving School Programs

Callaway Cars announced today a partnership with the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, the premier driving school in the United States, to create limited edition products along with unique experiences of driving high performance vehicles. The historic agreement was made official by legends Bob Bondurant ... Continue reading

Scion's Double-Take at New York International Auto Show

Scion's Double-Take at New York International Auto Show

World Debuts of Scion iM 5-door hatchback and Scion iA sedan TORRANCE, CA -- March 18, 2015: One look at Scion won’t be enough for guests attending the New York International Auto Show. It will take two looks (or more) to see the World Debuts from Scion. Both the Scion iM and the newly named Scion iA will be revea ... Continue reading

Toyota Celebrates Milestone as No. 1 Automotive Brand in Hispanic Market for 10 Years

Toyota Celebrates Milestone as No. 1 Automotive Brand in Hispanic Market for 10 Years

Toyota Hosts Show with Global Star Ricky Martin for Loyal Owners TORRANCE, CA -- March 18, 2015: Loyal Latino Toyota owners in Los Angeles were ecstatic when the world’s largest automaker sponsored a special private show with Grammy Award-winning artist Ricky Martin, who performed his greatest hits and music from ... Continue reading

Toyota Launches Global Street Music Campaign, 'Feeling the Street'

Toyota Launches Global Street Music Campaign, 'Feeling the Street'

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced on March 18 the launch of "Feeling the Street," a global street music initiative. Around the world, some of the most vibrant musical performances take place on street corners. That talent now has a home with the launch of "Feeling the Street" (feelingthestreet.com), an online campaign ... Continue reading

Autoweek Editors honor the Best of The 2015 Geneva Motor Show

Autoweek Editors honor the Best of The 2015 Geneva Motor Show

Bentley, Volkswagen, Ferrari and Aston Martin recognized DETROIT, March 18, 2015 -- The Autoweek editorial staff presented Bentley with the 2015 Geneva motor show's Autoweek Editors' Choice Award for Best in Show. The EXP 10 Speed 6 follows the Bentley script—gorgeous styling combined with potentially neck-snappin ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks Slashes Manufacturing Tool Production Time by More Than 94% While Increasing Plant Efficiency With Stratasys 3D Printing

Volvo Trucks Slashes Manufacturing Tool Production Time by More Than 94% While Increasing Plant Efficiency With Stratasys 3D Printing

Turnaround time of certain assembly line manufacturing tools reduced from 36 days to two days, using a Stratasys Fortus 3D Production System Truck engine production plant achieves tooling cost reductions, while improving versatility and reactivity Stratasys Ltd. , a global leader of 3D printing and additive manufacturi ... Continue reading

Freudenberg-NOK Partners with US Department of Energy on Electric Vehicle Charging Station Initiative

Freudenberg-NOK Partners with US Department of Energy on Electric Vehicle Charging Station Initiative

Freudenberg-NOK pledges to install additional charging stations at headquarters PLYMOUTH, Mich., March 18, 2015 -- In addition to the two plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging stations already located at its headquarters, Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies will be installing four more as part of the Workplace Charg ... Continue reading

Construction Begins on the Jaguar Land Rover National Automotive Innovation Centre

Construction Begins on the Jaguar Land Rover National Automotive Innovation Centre

150 million National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) will open in Spring 2017, providing a state-of-the-art technology hub for Jaguar Land Rover&rsquo;s advanced research team and collaborative partners from&nbsp; the supply chain and academia ... Continue reading

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