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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Is Your Automotive Window Film Street Legal?

Is Your Automotive Window Film Street Legal?

The International Window Film Association Offers Health and Safety Tips For Vehicles With Window Film WASHINGTON -- April 22, 2015: The International Window Film Association (IWFA) recommends being familiar with local laws that govern vehicle window films or ‘tint’, before it is installed. Window films instal ... Continue reading

AutoNation Reports Record First Quarter EPS from Continuing Operations

AutoNation Reports Record First Quarter EPS from Continuing Operations

EPS from continuing operations was $0.97, a record for first quarter results and an increase of 29% compared to first quarter 2014 adjusted EPS from continuing operations of $0.75 ($0.79 for the first quarter of 2014 on a GAAP basis) - Net income from continuing operations was $112 million, up 23% compared to first qua ... Continue reading

PSA Peugeot Citroen and IBM Partner to Accelerate Time to Market of New Services Based on Connected Cars

PSA Peugeot Citroen and IBM Partner to Accelerate Time to Market of New Services Based on Connected Cars

Global partnership deepens business cooperation to build and distribute new services ARMONK, N.Y., and PARIS, April 22, 2015 -- PSA Peugeot Citroën and IBM today announced a partnership to help various industries within the Internet of Things economy to analyze data to deliver new services from connected vehicles. Thi ... Continue reading

More Drivers Using Green to Go "Green"

More Drivers Using Green to Go "Green"

Latest Experian study shows consumers buying an alternative-powered vehicle are more likely to use cash than those buying a gas vehicle Schaumburg, IL -- April 22, 2015: In honor of Earth Day, Experian Automotive found that consumers that purchased an alternative-powered vehicle did not just go Green by cutting back on ... Continue reading

BMW Group Breaks Ground on New Port Facility in Galveston, TX

BMW Group Breaks Ground on New Port Facility in Galveston, TX

The New Vehicle Distribution Center will serve BMW and MINI Dealers within Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- April 21, 2015: The BMW Group broke ground today at the future site of a new Vehicle Distribution Center at the Port of Galveston. BMW is expanding its vehicle distribution network to ... Continue reading

10 Best New-Car Deals For April 2015

10 Best New-Car Deals For April 2015

Kelley Blue Book Ranks Best Lease, Financing, Cash Back Deals Available This Month IRVINE, CA -- April 21, 2015: Kelley Blue Book editors have assembled their list of the 10 best lease, financing and cash back deals for new cars available in April from a variety of auto manufacturers. "If new-car shoppers are intereste ... Continue reading

Recycle Your Used Battery and Help Save the Earth

Recycle Your Used Battery and Help Save the Earth

Did you know up to 99% of your vehicle battery is recyclable and almost all of it can be used to make new batteries or other products? The metals in conventional batteries are the most recycled materials in the world—more than paper, glass and cardboard. The plastic can be recycled into new battery cases and the e ... Continue reading

Continental Mobility Study Reveals Electric Cars Facing Image Problems

Continental Mobility Study Reveals Electric Cars Facing Image Problems

Drivers mainly see electric cars as eco-friendly - Only a few consider them sporty and fun to drive - More and more drivers reject electric cars in all age groups DETROIT -- April 22, 2015: Electric cars have a special "green" image among drivers in the U.S., but so far they barely evoke any emotions. In the recent Con ... Continue reading

The V-Class as a Strong Partner: Mercedes-Benz Supports the Triathletes of TEAM SPORT FOR GOOD

The V-Class as a Strong Partner: Mercedes-Benz Supports the Triathletes of TEAM SPORT FOR GOOD

The TEAM SPORT FOR GOOD triathlon team comprised of top German athletes will compete in the new season with Mercedes-Benz as its automotive partner. The five athletes will receive new V-Class vehicles for the 2015 season to be able to prepare optimally for their competitions. As a supporter of the Laureus Sport for Goo ... Continue reading

Daimler at the Transport Logistic 2015 Trade Show

Daimler at the Transport Logistic 2015 Trade Show

Predictive Powertrain Control: anticipatory cruise control can be retrofitted as of now Acknowledged to be the leading international trade show for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management, transport logistic in Munich (5 - 8 May) is this year once again expected to draw in more than 50,000 trade v ... Continue reading

World Premiere for Mercedes-Benz Concept GLC Coupé - China Premiere for GLE and GLE Coupé

World Premiere for Mercedes-Benz Concept GLC Coupé - China Premiere for GLE and GLE Coupé

Mercedes-Benz is steadily continuing its product offensive in the year of the SUV. With the close-to-production GLC Coupé concept, the inventor of the automobile is providing a glimpse in Shanghai of forthcoming new models for the booming global off-road segment. The exceptionally sporty show car carries the idea of t ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Concept GLC Coupe: The Next Coup

Mercedes-Benz Concept GLC Coupe: The Next Coup

In a flowing transition, Mercedes-Benz lands the next coup: the Concept GLC Coupé is a near-production-standard study that carries the successful GLE Coupé formula over into a more compact segment. The dynamically expressive show car combines typical stylistic features of a coupé with the sensually pure design idiom ... Continue reading

All-New Ford F-150 Earns Top Spot Among Pickups in 2015 AAA Green Car Guide

All-New Ford F-150 Earns Top Spot Among Pickups in 2015 AAA Green Car Guide

<div class="par parsys"><div class="parbase fordMediaText section"><p>The all-new Ford F-150 – the toughest, smartest, most capable F-150 ever – leads its segment as the greenest truck in the 2015 AAA Green Car Guide.</p> <p>AAA selected the 2015 Ford F-150 SuperCab Lariat with EcoBoost® gasoline engine as ... Continue reading

Ford and Sony Bring Premium Home Audio Technology to 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum -- an Industry-First Innovation

Ford and Sony Bring Premium Home Audio Technology to 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum -- an Industry-First Innovation

Because every great adventure is made perfect by the ideal soundtrack, the new Ford Explorer Platinum features an exclusive Sony<sup>®</sup> audio system with two industry-first technologies – Live Acoustics<sup>™</sup><sup> </sup>and<sup> </sup>Clear Phase ... Continue reading

Realizing the Future of Mobility: Toyota Mobility Foundation Launches First Pilot Program in Thailand

Realizing the Future of Mobility: Toyota Mobility Foundation Launches First Pilot Program in Thailand

Program Supports Foundation's Global Mission to Advance Solutions for a More Mobile Society TOKYO -- April 22, 2015: More people everywhere are about to get moving. Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) today announced that it is launching its first pilot program. The program, which will be in Bangkok, Thailand, reflects th ... Continue reading

New Series of Documentary Shorts from Toyota TeenDrive365

New Series of Documentary Shorts from Toyota TeenDrive365

Explores the Emotional Rite of Passage When Teens Receive Their Driver’s Licenses Award-winning Getty Images Reportage Photojournalists Capture Three Families’ Journeys; Stories Underscore Important Role Parents Play in Teen Driving Safety NEW YORK -- April 22, 2015: Excitement. Fear. Loss of Control. Pride. ... Continue reading

Volvo Group: the First Quarter 2015

Volvo Group: the First Quarter 2015

In the first quarter of 2015 the effects of the Volvo Group’s strategic efficiency-improvement program continued to generate results. In several areas of the Group margins were improved, despite a negative market mix with significantly lower volumes in Brazil for trucks and in China for construction equipment. ... Continue reading

Nissan Begins Production of Eighth-Generation Maxima '4-Door Sports Car' in Tennessee

Nissan Begins Production of Eighth-Generation Maxima '4-Door Sports Car' in Tennessee

Nissan’s Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant continues its reign as the top-producing automotive plant in North America, as Gov. Bill Haslam, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd joined plant employees to celebrate the start of production for the all-new 2 ... Continue reading

Dana, Audi Earn Automotive News PACE Innovation Partnership Award

Dana, Audi Earn Automotive News PACE Innovation Partnership Award

Dana Holding Corporation announced today that it was honored with a 2015 Automotive News PACE Innovation Partnership Award for its collaboration with Audi in developing Dana's Victor Reinz® partially coated multi-layer steel (MLS) valve body transmission separator plates. The technology enhances sealing capabilities, ... Continue reading

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