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2015 Toyota 4Runner TRD Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Toyota 4Runner TRD Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Toyota 4Runner TRD Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

New Jaguar XE wins Telegraph's top Car of the Year award

New Jaguar XE wins Telegraph's top Car of the Year award

New Jaguar XE wins top prize in Telegraph Car awards Praised for class-leading efficiency, comfort and driving fun Jaguar XE also won Best Business Car category award Latest in a series of major awards for the Jaguar XE LONDON -- June 5, 2015: The innovative new Jaguar XE has been named Telegraph Car of the Year and Be ... Continue reading

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso wins 'Best Seven-Seater' Category

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso wins 'Best Seven-Seater' Category

The multi-award winning Citroën Grand C4 Picasso has added another industry title to its impressive list of accolades. The 2015 Telegraph Cars Awards were voted for by readers, who named the Grand C4 Picasso as the winner of the ‘Best Seven-Seater’ category. COVENTRY -- June 5, 2015: Citroën’s Gran ... Continue reading

New Month of Consolidation for Maserati in Europe

New Month of Consolidation for Maserati in Europe

Maserati sales show consistently positive results, leading to 122 new units registered in the UK in May, for a total of 645 cars since the start of the year and an increase of 50% compared to the same period in 2014. Among the other European markets Italy excels and, alongside the UK, contributes to the achievement of ... Continue reading

Bentley Flying Spur is Telegraph's Best Luxury Car 2015

Bentley Flying Spur is Telegraph's Best Luxury Car 2015

British-built four-door saloon takes top honours in online poll The world’s best luxury sedan praised for being ‘as enjoyable to drive as it is to be chauffeured in.’ Flying Spur enhanced for 2015 with suite of new features and colours CREWE -- June 5, 2015: Bentley’s Flying Spur has been named Best ... Continue reading

20 Years of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: "Edition Sprinter"

20 Years of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: "Edition Sprinter"

The Sprinter is celebrating its birthday – and everyone is invited to join the party. When it made its debut in 1995, it marked the start of a new era for vans: this highly successful model from Mercedes-Benz Vans has long since become synonymous with a particular breed of van with a gross vehicle weight of a ... Continue reading

Lexus Takes a Swing to Establish Endowment Supporting Careers in the Golf Industry with Scholarships at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Lexus Takes a Swing to Establish Endowment Supporting Careers in the Golf Industry with Scholarships at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

$100,000 Endowment to Support Student Scholarships in PGA Golf Management Program Lexus Honors the Legacy of African-American Golf Pioneer Charlie Sifford TORRANCE, CA -- June 4, 2015: Lexus celebrates the accomplishments of the late African-American golf legend and pioneer, Charlie Sifford, by establishing “The L ... Continue reading

Newsweek Names Toyota One of the World's Greenest Companies

Newsweek Names Toyota One of the World's Greenest Companies

Toyota Moves up 57 Spots from Last Year PLANO, TX -- June 4, 2015: Newsweek has named a car company as one of the world’s greenest companies, ahead of highly-regarded brands like Microsoft, Google, Nike and Coke. Toyota moved up 57 spots in Newsweek’s annual green ranking to #35 in the Global 500 and #2 in au ... Continue reading

Close Your Laptop! Hit the Road for Real in a Ford Mustang; Ford Credit Dream Drive Sweepstakes Ends June 8

Close Your Laptop! Hit the Road for Real in a Ford Mustang; Ford Credit Dream Drive Sweepstakes Ends June 8

The Ford Credit Dream Drive Sweepstakes offers a chance at a real-life adventure in a 2015 Ford Mustang Winners choose their road trip Sweepstakes ends June 8. See FordCreditDreamDrive.com (U.S.) or www.FordCreditDreamDrive.ca (Canada) DEARBORN, MI -- June 5, 2015: The Ford Credit Dream Drive Sweepstakes offers a real ... Continue reading

Ford Volunteers, Employees Go Further for the Environment

Ford Volunteers, Employees Go Further for the Environment

Hundreds of Ford Volunteer Corps members across the U.S. are digging into community environmental projects today, part of a Ford Motor Company Accelerated Action Day aimed at building stronger communities on World Environment Day. ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Fund Sends Louisville War Veterans to Visit National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Ford Motor Company Fund Sends Louisville War Veterans to Visit National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring an Honor Flight to transport Louisville area veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. The World War II Honor Flight veterans – all in their eighties and nineties – will be greeted at the national memorial by members of Congress and F ... Continue reading

Mall Tours Aren't Just for Singers: All-new 2015 Chrysler 200 Offers Free Test Drives in June and July

Mall Tours Aren't Just for Singers: All-new 2015 Chrysler 200 Offers Free Test Drives in June and July

Exquisite style meets exceptional performance this summer when the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 brings test drives to a mall near you.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> The 2015 Chrysler 200 leapfrogs expectations for a mid-size car with an elegant exterior design, a thoughtful, beautifully crafted interior and an exceptional driving ex ... Continue reading

Velocity Joins Forces With MADD For Drive Smart, A National Advocacy Campaign To Help Stop Drunk, Drugged And Distracted Driving

Velocity Joins Forces With MADD For Drive Smart, A National Advocacy Campaign To Help Stop Drunk, Drugged And Distracted Driving

-Velocity Commits Monetary Donation to MADD for Every Drive Smart Pledge Received -- --Velocity is Also a Proud Supporter of TeenDrive365: In School from Discovery Education and Toyota -- #DriveSmart SILVER SPRING, MD -- June 4, 2015: Today, Velocity announced the creation of Drive Smart, a national advocacy campaign e ... Continue reading

Complete Calendar of Events Released for 2015 Pebble Beach Automotive Week

Complete Calendar of Events Released for 2015 Pebble Beach Automotive Week

Festivities Culminate with 65th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance -- Recent years have witnessed an explosion of events during Pebble Beach Automotive Week. To help enthusiasts plan their time, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is releasing a complete calendar of events for the week, which takes place Monday, ... Continue reading

Hyundai Sonata Honored as a 10 Best Family Car

Hyundai Sonata Honored as a 10 Best Family Car

Model Recognized for Top Safety and Most Family-Friendly Features on the RoadParents magazine, one of the most trusted publications for parents, and Edmunds.com have come together to name the 2015 Hyundai Sonata as one of the Best Family Cars. The Sonata earned this award for its safety and family-friendly features lik ... Continue reading

NICB: Texas flooding damages up to 10,000 insured vehicles

NICB: Texas flooding damages up to 10,000 insured vehicles

Processing underway to protect buyers from getting soaked DES PLAINES, Ill. – June 5, 2015: The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage. That’s the current estimate from Copart, a company that works on behalf of insurers t ... Continue reading

The Ohio State Wins Year One of North American EcoCAR 3 Competition -- Defending Their EcoCAR 2 Title

The Ohio State Wins Year One of North American EcoCAR 3 Competition -- Defending Their EcoCAR 2 Title

16 Teams Receive Keys to 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SEATTLE -- June 5, 2015: The U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co. announced The Ohio State University as the overall winning team for Year One of the EcoCAR 3 competition, a four-year collegiate engineering program that gives students the chance to design, buil ... Continue reading

FCA US and FIAT Brand Paint the Motor City...Rainbow!

FCA US and FIAT Brand Paint the Motor City...Rainbow!

FIAT brand key sponsor of Motor City Pride parade and festival Participation sustains Company's longstanding support of LGBT employees, customers, communities and issues 2016 Fiat 500X serves as grand marshal of 2015 parade Each year, during the first weekend in June, Detroit is blanketed in the colors of red, orange, ... Continue reading

Hyundai Capital America Congratulates Its Diversity Award Winners

Hyundai Capital America Congratulates Its Diversity Award Winners

Hyundai Capital America (HCA), a top-10 U.S. captive auto finance company that does business as Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance, is proud to recognize its recent diversity award winners. 2015 California Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award Congratulations to Karen Moon, HCA's vice president, Servicing ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Call-in | Saturday June 6, 2015

Auto Lab Call-in | Saturday June 6, 2015

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

Autoliv Named Safety Supplier of the Year by Ford

Autoliv Named Safety Supplier of the Year by Ford

“Ford continues to be a valued customer of ours and it is with great pride and appreciation that we accept this recognition.” Autoliv, the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has earned Ford Motor Company's 2014 Safety Supplier of the Year and 2014 Gold Supplier of the Year for its facility in La P ... Continue reading

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