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More than 1,200 show vehicles expected at Gilmore Car Museum's 35th RED BARN SPECTACULAR August 1

More than 1,200 show vehicles expected at Gilmore Car Museum's 35th RED BARN SPECTACULAR August 1

West michigan's oldest and largest antique car show held at Gilmore Car Museum August 1 Largest antique Car Show in West michigan celebrates 35th year on August 1 OVER 1,200 SHOW VEHICLES, BOATS, & cAMPERS EXPECTED FOR 35th ANNUAL RED BARNS SPECTACULAR Hickory Corners, MI RED BARNS SPECTACULAR-the area's oldest and lar ... Continue reading

Entire Acura Sedan Line-Up Earns Top NHTSA Safety Ratings, 2016 Acura ILX Sedan Gets 5-Stars +VIDEO

Entire Acura Sedan Line-Up Earns Top NHTSA Safety Ratings, 2016 Acura ILX Sedan Gets 5-Stars +VIDEO

Acura continues to advance its leadership in safety performance among luxury brands with the 2016 ILX becoming the latest Acura sedan to earn a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The 2016 Acura ILX joins the flagship RLX luxu ... Continue reading

Italian Police Force Puts its Faith in the SEAT Leon

Italian Police Force Puts its Faith in the SEAT Leon

SEAT wins fleet contract to supply the Italian Polizia di Stato and the Carabinieri Fleet to be Leon 2.0 TDI 150 PS; extensive special equipment with armour protection Major international growth in fleet business for the SEAT brand SEAT has won the fleet contract to supply new Leon cars to the Italian police forces, Po ... Continue reading

Infiniti Q30 Premium Active Compact Set For Frankfurt Motor Show in September

Infiniti Q30 Premium Active Compact Set For Frankfurt Motor Show in September

Daring, expressive design meets advanced ride and handling performance Category-breaking Q30 faithful to 2013 concept car World premiere for global media September 15th at Frankfurt Motor Show HONG KONG -- July 21, 2015: The first ever Infiniti Q30 Premium Active Compact is ready for its world premiere at the Internati ... Continue reading

Customer loyalty: Setra S Bus Stays in the Family

Customer loyalty: Setra S Bus Stays in the Family

Coach operator Midia Tours of Munich takes delivery of flagship Setra S 517 HDH with TopSky panoramic glass roof The story of Midia Tours began 53 years ago with a Setra S 10 from model series 10 NEU-ULM -- July 21, 2015: Coach operator Midia Tours of Munich has taken delivery of its 24th coach at the Setra Customer Ce ... Continue reading

Bosch and TomTom Partner on Innovative Mapping Technology for Automated Driving

Bosch and TomTom Partner on Innovative Mapping Technology for Automated Driving

High-precision maps are essential for highly automated driving Bosch is using TomTom maps in its automated test vehicles Freeways and freeway-like roads in Germany to be digitized for automated driving by the end of 2015 Maps for highly automated driving have to be accurate to decimeter precision Collaboration will res ... Continue reading

Watch the Skies: Commercial Drone Shipments to Surpass 2.6 Million Units Annually by 2025

Watch the Skies: Commercial Drone Shipments to Surpass 2.6 Million Units Annually by 2025

Key Industries Utilizing Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Will Include Film, Media, Agriculture, and Oil & Gas July 21, 2015 07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.--The utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) or drones, for commercial applications has a great ... Continue reading

Car Care with Kids

Car Care with Kids

New drivers love their cars, but they typically don't realize what it takes to maintain them. The Car Care Council recommends having fun teaching children about the importance of car care long before they can drive so they know how routine maintenance impacts the safety and dependability of their vehicle. "Many childre ... Continue reading

The FIAT Brand Returns to Vans US Open of Surfing for Third Year

The FIAT Brand Returns to Vans US Open of Surfing for Third Year

FIAT Brand North America is teaming up with Vans US Open of Surfing for the third year, July 25 - August 2 in Huntington Beach, California. As part of the activation, the FIAT brand will display a stand that allows attendees to interact with the full FIAT portfolio, including the all-new 2016 Fiat 500X crossover, the h ... Continue reading

Sears And Michelin Celebrate 50-Year Relationship

Sears And Michelin Celebrate 50-Year Relationship

Sears® has sold 135 million MICHELIN® tires, more than any other retailer GREENVILLE, SC -- July 21, 2015: Michelin® and Sears® are celebrating 50 years in business together. In that half-century, Sears has sold more than 135 million MICHELIN tires, more than any other retailer. Sears was also instrumental in bring ... Continue reading

Top 10 Tips for a Smooth Summer Road Trip +VIDEO

Top 10 Tips for a Smooth Summer Road Trip +VIDEO

We're halfway through the summer travel season and with two months of road tripping behind us, Rand McNally's editors offer these tips to make the most of the rest of the season. Plan your trip. There often are many sources for planning but use those with which you feel most comfortable. Talk with friends and family fo ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies Optimized R2S Turbocharging Technology For The Volkswagen Group's New High-performance Diesel Engine

BorgWarner Supplies Optimized R2S Turbocharging Technology For The Volkswagen Group's New High-performance Diesel Engine

BorgWarner's Regulated Two-Stage (R2S®) Turbocharging Technology Helps Boost Performance for Volkswagen's Powerful New 2.0-liter Diesel Engine AUBURN HILLS, MI -- July 21, 2015: BorgWarner provides its award-winning regulated two-stage (R2S®) turbocharging technology for Volkswagen's new high-performance diesel engin ... Continue reading

Two California Central Valley Cities, Stockton and Porterville, Select Proterra Catalyst Zero-Emission Buses

Two California Central Valley Cities, Stockton and Porterville, Select Proterra Catalyst Zero-Emission Buses

Grants from San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to improve Central Valley air quality through clean bus rapid transit SAN BRUNO, CA -- July 21, 2015: Proterra, the leading provider of zero-emission battery-electric buses, today announced that the cities of Stockton and Porterville have each placed ... Continue reading

Millennials More Likely to Lease Vehicles than Older Americans

Millennials More Likely to Lease Vehicles than Older Americans

Analysis Finds that Younger Generation Increasingly Turns to Leasing to Get More Car for Their Dollar SANTA MONICA, CA -- July 21, 2015: Millennial car buyers opt to lease their vehicles at a higher rate than the overall car buying population, according to a new analysis from car-buying platform Edmunds.com. The findin ... Continue reading

10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30,000

10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30,000

Kelley Blue Book Editors Choose Favorite Affordable Cars with Luxury Feel IRVINE, CA -- July 21, 2015: The editors from Kelley Blue Book recently assembled their list of the 10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30,000. "Our annual 'comfy cars' list is compiled of vehicles that have a luxury feel without draining the bulk of ... Continue reading

Navistar Brings Commercial Truck Connected Vehicle Expertise To University of Michigan's MCity Test Site For Connected And Automated Vehicle Technologies

Navistar Brings Commercial Truck Connected Vehicle Expertise To University of Michigan's MCity Test Site For Connected And Automated Vehicle Technologies

Navistar Joins Automakers, Technology Companies and Others as Founding Partners in Grand Opening of MCity, a One-of-a-Kind Test Site for Connected and Automated Vehicles ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 20, 2015 -- Navistar International Corporation today joined industry leaders from a wide range of automotive and technology sec ... Continue reading

Longing for a Mirai? Take the First Step Today

Longing for a Mirai? Take the First Step Today

Three, two, one…..liftoff! The Toyota Mirai customer order request portal is live and California customers should beam themselves to www.toyota.com/mirai to seek to claim their place in automotive history. The Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle combines hydrogen and oxygen to make electricity onboard, while emi ... Continue reading

2015 Concours D'Elegance of America at St. John's - THIS WEEKEND

2015 Concours D'Elegance of America at St. John's - THIS WEEKEND

2015 Concours D'Elegance of America at St. John's ... Continue reading

2015 Station Wagon Review: 2015.5 Volvo V60 T6 R-Design +VIDEO

2015 Station Wagon Review: 2015.5 Volvo V60 T6 R-Design +VIDEO

2015 Station Wagon Review: 2015.5 Volvo V60 T6 R-Design ... Continue reading

2015 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ 2WD "Big Man Review" By Steve Purdy

2015 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ 2WD "Big Man Review" By Steve Purdy

2015 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ 2WD "Big Man Review" By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

TitleTec Partners with NIADA to Help Dealerships Tackle Out-Of-State Titling

TitleTec Partners with NIADA to Help Dealerships Tackle Out-Of-State Titling

TitleTec, a Solera [NYSE:SLH] company and provider of title and registration solutions for automotive dealers, has joined the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) as a National Member Benefit Partner. As the nation’s largest trade association representing the used motor vehicle industry, thi ... Continue reading

Axalta's Color Block Blog Features Award-Winning Author's Take on Red

Axalta's Color Block Blog Features Award-Winning Author's Take on Red

Lisa Miree-Luke talks Radiant Red with travel writer Kimberley Lovato GLEN MILLS, PA -- July 20, 2015: Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, has a new post on its Color Block blog titled, Radiant Red from Head to Toe Puts on a Fabulous Show that discusses how travel writer ... Continue reading

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