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FCA closed Q2 with Net profit at €333 Million

FCA closed Q2 with Net profit at €333 Million

FCA closed Q2 with Net profit at €333 million, up 69%. Adjusted EBIT was €1.5 billion, up 58% driven by strong improvement in NAFTA margin to 7.7%. Group net revenues were €29.2 billion, up 25%. Net industrial debt was €8.0 billion, down €0.6 billion from prior quarter. Full-year guidance revised upwards. ... Continue reading

eMERGE: Key Contribution to Developing the Mobility of the Future

eMERGE: Key Contribution to Developing the Mobility of the Future

After more than one million kilometres in two years – from May 2013 to June 2015 – the real-world trial of electric cars known as eMERGE has been completed. Those taking part in the project were private and business customers with 146 smart fortwo electric drive cars from Berlin, Potsdam and North Rhine-Westphalia. S ... Continue reading

All-New 2016 Scion iM Makes the Grade on 10 Best Back-to-School Cars List

All-New 2016 Scion iM Makes the Grade on 10 Best Back-to-School Cars List

As another school year rapidly approaches, the all-new 2016 Scion iM hatchback earns extra credit by offering maximum versatility and premium features at an outstanding price. ... Continue reading

Will.L.Am and Lexus Create a Laser and Sound Spectacular

Will.L.Am and Lexus Create a Laser and Sound Spectacular

New film captures live remix of #thatPOWER using stunt-driven Lexus NX Lexus builds its Amazing in Motion campaign with a new laser and sound spectacular created by will.i.am will.i.am remixes his 2013 hit #thatPOWER, using three NX piloted by stunt drivers through hundreds of motion and sound-sensitive lights and lase ... Continue reading

2015 Ford F-150 Leads Light-Duty Truck Segment in Safety Ratings

2015 Ford F-150 Leads Light-Duty Truck Segment in Safety Ratings

Ford’s all-new F-150, the toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is the first pickup in America to earn an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick for its SuperCrew model. The new Ford F-150 is also the only full-size, light-duty truck in the industry to earn the government’s hi ... Continue reading

GM Doubles Brazil Investment to $3.8 billion

GM Doubles Brazil Investment to $3.8 billion

Family of global Chevrolet vehicles to be manufactured in Brazil SAO CAETANO DO SUL, BRAZIL -- July 30, 2015: General Motors announced today it is expanding its investments in Brazil to $3.8 billion (R$ 13 billion) in the 2014-2019 timeframe. The additional $1.9 billion (R$ 6.5 billion) investment aims to strengthen GM ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Announces $1 Billion Investment in India

Chevrolet Announces $1 Billion Investment in India

As part of Chevrolet’s global growth strategy to ensure long-term profitable growth in the markets where we operate, the company today confirmed that it will make US $1 billion (INR 6,400 crores) in new investment in India. The announcement was made in Delhi during GM CEO Mary Barra’s second visit to the country in 1 ... Continue reading

What Really Determines Gasoline Prices for U.S. Drivers?

What Really Determines Gasoline Prices for U.S. Drivers?

Gasoline price determined by international (Brent) price of crude oil; ban on U.S. crude exports bolsters Brent price by reducing global supply from what it would otherwise be, report says WASHINGTON--A summer driving season in full swing brings renewed attention on gasoline prices. But the factors that are central to ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Drives a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat +VIDEO

Fireball Tim Drives a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat +VIDEO

HOLLYWOOD USA - July 30, 2015: This episode… Fireball & buddy Ken Vela from WIKDD Kustoms snag Blind Film Critic & Famous Youtuber TOMMY EDISON for a day filled with cool cars. First up, Tommy feels a 1957 Chevy and a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, then off to Picture Car Warehouse for some Movie Car action. He ch ... Continue reading

Audiobooks.com First Audio Book Application To Support Android Auto

Audiobooks.com First Audio Book Application To Support Android Auto

With this integration, Audiobooks.com makes it easier for Android users to stream or listen to downloaded audiobooks as they drive TORONTO, ON -- July 30, 2015: Audiobooks.com announced today its support for Android Auto, enabling users to enhance their in-car listening experience. Audiobooks.com is the first and only ... Continue reading

Roadkill Nights "Powered By Dodge" Pop-Up Car Festival And Flashlight Drag Races To Take Over Silverdome Aug. 12

Roadkill Nights "Powered By Dodge" Pop-Up Car Festival And Flashlight Drag Races To Take Over Silverdome Aug. 12

Register now to test your drag-racing skills at fun, free event featuring ROADKILL's David Freiburger DETROIT -- July 30, 2015: WHAT: Roadkill Nights "Powered by Dodge" is a free, pop-up car festival featuring flashlight drag races where 200 racing enthusiasts will have the opportunity to race one another in their own ... Continue reading

Drivers Who Buy a Vehicle for Latest In-Vehicle Technology Consume a Variety of Media at High Rates

Drivers Who Buy a Vehicle for Latest In-Vehicle Technology Consume a Variety of Media at High Rates

Opportunity for Auto Manufacturers to Target Tech Seekers through the Right Types of Media WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - July 30, 2015: Consumers who shop for and purchase a vehicle based on its in-vehicle technology consume media—Internet, television and magazines—at high rates, according to the J.D. Power 2015 U.S ... Continue reading

Michelin's Ultra-High Performance Pilot Super Sport Tires Chosen As Exclusive Tire For 2016 Cadillac CTS-V

Michelin's Ultra-High Performance Pilot Super Sport Tires Chosen As Exclusive Tire For 2016 Cadillac CTS-V

Michelin and Cadillac continue to collaborate and deliver exceptional driving enjoyment on the track and street GREENVILLE, SC -- July 30, 2015: Michelin today announced that it will provide specifically tuned MICHELIN® Pilot® Super Sport tires as the exclusive fitment for the next-generation 2016 Cadillac CTS-V. Wor ... Continue reading

10 Best Back-To-School Cars

10 Best Back-To-School Cars

2015 Honda Fit Ranked No. 1 For Second Consecutive Year IRVINE, CA -- July 30, 2015: With the 2015-2016 school year right around the corner, many students and parents of teens are considering their transportation needs to and from campus and activities. To help shoppers narrow down their choices, the editors at Kelley ... Continue reading

Wounded Warrior Project Teams Up With Motorcycle Enthusiasts For Love Ride Grand Finale

Wounded Warrior Project Teams Up With Motorcycle Enthusiasts For Love Ride Grand Finale

Grand Marshall Jay Leno, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters Will Join Motorcycle Enthusiasts to Support WWP JACKSONVILLE, FL -- July 29, 2015: On Sunday, October 18, 2015, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) will be participating in the Love Ride grand finale, a single-day motorcycle fundraising event, and the longest running ... Continue reading

Toyota Revs Up Sponsorship At National Urban League Annual Conference

Toyota Revs Up Sponsorship At National Urban League Annual Conference

The world's largest automaker is ready to educate and empower more than 9,000 attendees with an array of activations FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 29, 2015 -- Cue the lights, line up the cars and activate the booth, Toyota will reclaim its role as title sponsor of the National Urban League (NUL) 105th Annual Conference, t ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Offers New Levels of Connectivity with Class Leading Suite of Infotainment Technologies

Volkswagen Offers New Levels of Connectivity with Class Leading Suite of Infotainment Technologies

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced the introduction of its all-new MIB II infotainment system, available later this year on most model year 2016 Volkswagen products. The all-new infotainment system not only creates the foundation for the next generation of Volkswagen's Car-Net connected vehicle services platform, bu ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Democratizes High-End Driver Assistance Features For The 2016 Model Year

Volkswagen Democratizes High-End Driver Assistance Features For The 2016 Model Year

For the 2016 model year, Volkswagen is offering a host of driver assistance features that were only previously available on the premium Touareg SUV—and adding some new ones that truly democratize driver assistance for the compact sedan and compact hatchback classes. These available features include: Forward Collision ... Continue reading

Five Important Things to Know about Connected Car Technology and the Spectrum Debate

Five Important Things to Know about Connected Car Technology and the Spectrum Debate

WASHINGTON -- July 30, 2015: Connected cars could revolutionize highway safety by saving thousands of lives per year. Keeping the 5.9GHz spectrum band free from interference is a critical component to delivering the benefits of this groundbreaking technology. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and ... Continue reading

Civic Action and Bold Leadership Are Key Drivers of Recent Transportation Innovation and Reform

Civic Action and Bold Leadership Are Key Drivers of Recent Transportation Innovation and Reform

Report examining the history of transportation reform in six major cities finds that citizen-led efforts are necessary to achieve reform In the past decade, several cities have transformed their streets by adding bus and bike lanes, creating new pedestrian plazas, and emphasizing the movement of people instead of cars. ... Continue reading

Every Component Counts When it Comes to Lightweighting

Every Component Counts When it Comes to Lightweighting

CAR MBS will discuss lightweighting; Freudenberg-NOK BlueSeal offers 40 percent weight savings in a smaller package PLYMOUTH, MI -- July 29, 2015: On the 50th anniversary of the Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminars (CAR MBS), Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is contributing to the important ... Continue reading

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