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Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday August 1, 2015

Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday August 1, 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

AAMCO Continues To Drive Professional Developement Through AAMCO University Training Facility

AAMCO Continues To Drive Professional Developement Through AAMCO University Training Facility

Leader in Total Car Care Announces First Service Center Owners to Graduate School of Franchise Ownership HORSHAM, PA -- July 30, 2015: AAMCO, the world's largest chain of transmission specialists and leader in total car care, continues to raise the bar on excellence in automotive maintenance repair and individualized c ... Continue reading

CNH Industrial Named as One of Brazil's 100 Most Innovative Companies

CNH Industrial Named as One of Brazil's 100 Most Innovative Companies

Valor Economico, one of Brazil's leading financial newspapers, issued its list of the country's 100 most innovative companies. CNH Industrial made the top five in the Capital Assets category and placed 30 out of 100 in the general ranking. This achievement confirms the Company's leadership in the field of new technolog ... Continue reading

Honda Reports Financial Results For The Fiscal First Quarter Ended June 30, 2015

Honda Reports Financial Results For The Fiscal First Quarter Ended June 30, 2015

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC; NYSE) today announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2015. First Quarter Results Honda's consolidated profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2015 totaled JPY 186.0 billion (USD 1,5 ... Continue reading

Porsche Sets New Sales Records in the First Half of 2015

Porsche Sets New Sales Records in the First Half of 2015

In the first half of 2015, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG had the most successful half-year in the company's history with new record figures for vehicle deliveries, sales revenue, and earnings. The sports car maker delivered 113,984 vehicles in the first six months of the 2015 fiscal year, up 30 percent compared to the sa ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Records a Successful First Half of 2015

Volkswagen Group Records a Successful First Half of 2015

--Sharp year-on-year rise in sales revenue to EUR 108.8 billion (EUR 98.8 billion); positive impact from exchange rates and mix effects --Operating profit before special items rises to EUR 7.0 billion (EUR 6.2 billion) --Equity-accounted profit of the Chinese joint ventures level year-on-year --Net liquidity in Automot ... Continue reading

Nissan Reports Net Income of 152.8 Billion Yen for First Quarter of FY 2015

Nissan Reports Net Income of 152.8 Billion Yen for First Quarter of FY 2015

NISSAN REPORTS NET INCOME OF 152.8 BILLION YEN FOR FIRST QUARTER OF FY2015 ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor UK is Official Car Partner to Wales Rally GB

Hyundai Motor UK is Official Car Partner to Wales Rally GB

Hyundai renews official support for Wales Rally GB for second year Rally winning Hyundai i20 WRC to feature in all marketing campaigns Fleet of the latest Hyundai vehicles for event officials and dignitaries HIGH WYCOMBE, UK -- jULY 31, 2015: Building on last year’s successful affiliation, Hyundai Motor UK will be ... Continue reading

Citroen Rises in 2015 Auto Express Survey

Citroen Rises in 2015 Auto Express Survey

COVENTRY, UK -- July 31, 2015: The 2015 Auto Express Driver Power dealer rankings survey has produced a strong set of results for Citroën in sales, aftersales and overall customer satisfaction. The survey measured responses of 60,988 car owners, across 200 different models, relating to factors such as the atmosphere ... Continue reading

The Renault Group Continued to Grow and Increased its Profitability in the First Half of 2015

The Renault Group Continued to Grow and Increased its Profitability in the First Half of 2015

Thanks to a stronger than forecasted recovery in a European market, and despite a more adverse environment in our main emerging markets, Groupe Renault half-year results marked a further step towards “Drive the change” plan targets. “The successful line-up renewal and expansion, European momentum and disciplined exe ... Continue reading

Owners Say Peugeot Dealers Just Keep Getting Better

Owners Say Peugeot Dealers Just Keep Getting Better

Auto Express Driver Power sees PEUGEOT Dealers climb to fifth overall for aftersales Dealers take significant step forward in how they conduct sales PEUGEOT ranks highly for customer loyalty COVENTRY, UK -- July 31, 2015: PEUGEOT owners have given the brand a resounding thumbs up in the latest Auto Express Driver Power ... Continue reading

Audi Has New Six Month Sales Record

Audi Has New Six Month Sales Record

Growth in revenue to €30 billion and in operating profit to €2.9 billion, operating return on sales of 9.8 percent Audi CEO Rupert Stadler: “The Audi Group demonstrated its strengths once again in the first six months of 2015” INGOLSTADT -- July 31, 2015 – The Audi Group is continuing along its ... Continue reading

The All-New, Next-Generation BMW 7 Series Featured in 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' in Theaters Worldwide July 31

The All-New, Next-Generation BMW 7 Series Featured in 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' in Theaters Worldwide July 31

BMW of North America Launches “Mission to Drive” Marketing Campaign in Support of Film Tie-In. WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- July 31, 2015: The all-new BMW 7 Series, the brand’s flagship in its sixth generation, is featured in the highly-anticipated film “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” from ... Continue reading

GM Volunteers Set Record for Life Remodeled Project

GM Volunteers Set Record for Life Remodeled Project

Company suppliers join effort to revitalize blighted neighborhood DETROIT – A record 3,700 volunteers from General Motors will help deep clean a high school, board up vacant residences, whack weeds and mow lawns next week as part of the non-profit Life Remodeled effort to make over the 4.5 square-mile Osborn neigh ... Continue reading

Detroit-Made Chevrolet Impala Now For Sale in Korea

Detroit-Made Chevrolet Impala Now For Sale in Korea

Chevrolet began taking pre-orders in Korea today for the Impala, the first time the brand is introducing a full-size sedan domestically. The Chevrolet Impala for Korea is assembled at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. “We are thrilled to have the iconic flagship sedan complete Chevrolet’s ... Continue reading

Low Diesel Fuel Prices Enhance Market for Clean Diesel Cars And Pickup Trucks

Low Diesel Fuel Prices Enhance Market for Clean Diesel Cars And Pickup Trucks

Diesel Fuel Dips Below Gasoline Price in More Than 20 States WASHINGTON -- July 30, 2015: With diesel fuel prices dipping to the lowest levels since 2009 the U.S. vehicle market is prime for potential market increases as several new 2016 clean diesel cars and pickup trucks prepare to hit showrooms in the coming months, ... Continue reading

July New Car Sales Estimated at Nearly 1.5 Million, Keeping SAAR Above 17 Million

July New Car Sales Estimated at Nearly 1.5 Million, Keeping SAAR Above 17 Million

1,478,025 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in July for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 17.1 million. The projected sales will be a 0.3 percent increase from June 2015, and a 3.2 percent increase from July 2014. ... Continue reading

10 Most Fuel-Efficient Luxury Cars Of 2015

10 Most Fuel-Efficient Luxury Cars Of 2015

IRVINE, CA - July 31, 2015: Fuel efficiency doesn't mean being limited to only a handful of models anymore. With a strong influx of fuel-saving luxury cars, including sedans, coupes, hatches and sports cars, appearing on the market over the past year, there are more choices than ever before. In fact, the cars on this y ... Continue reading

Nearly 80 Percent Of Consumers Think Vehicle Hacking Will Be Frequent Problem In Near Future

Nearly 80 Percent Of Consumers Think Vehicle Hacking Will Be Frequent Problem In Near Future

Almost Half Will Consider News of Recent Vehicle Hacking Incident When Buying/Leasing Next Car; Domestic Auto Manufacturers Deemed Most Susceptible to Vehicle Hacking IRVINE, Calif., July 31, 2015 -- The vulnerabilities of vehicle hacking have made an impression on car owners and shoppers, and nearly 80 percent say it ... Continue reading

Open Letter To Green Car Reports About Ethanol +VIDEO

Open Letter To Green Car Reports About Ethanol +VIDEO

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL A few days ago, while on press trip testing new Mazda's, I learned of an article written by John Volcker of GreenCarReports.com. The story headline seemed to indicate one direction but as I quickly discovered, it was just a disguise. The full story can ... Continue reading

New 2016 Dodge Viper ACR - Fastest Street-legal Viper Track Car Ever

New 2016 Dodge Viper ACR - Fastest Street-legal Viper Track Car Ever

The next chapter in the history of the ultimate street-legal, track-focused, hand-built American supercar begins with the return of the new 2016 Dodge Viper ACR. ... Continue reading

2015 Lexus GS 350 F-Sport Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2015 Lexus GS 350 F-Sport Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

In F-Sport trim, Lexus's GS 350 can hold its own against the best from Germany. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY Lexus's GS sedan has been a worthy competitor in the midsize sport-luxury class since its debut in 1993, but during much of that time luxury was predominant over sport. Which didn't hurt sales a bit, but the ... Continue reading

2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Gets Car-to-X Communication +VIDEO

2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Gets Car-to-X Communication +VIDEO

2016 Mercedes E-Class will be new benchmark By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor DINGOLFING, Germany - Last week, Mercedes-Benz revealed its latest innovations that will debut in the 2016 Mercedes E-Class. The next generation ‘E’ will be preniere at the IAA Auto Show in Frankfurt in mid September. From then ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta named One of the 10 Best Back-to-School Cars of 2015

Ford Fiesta named One of the 10 Best Back-to-School Cars of 2015

The Ford Fiesta has been named to KBB.com’s list of its 10 Best Back-to-School Cars of 2015. Each year, KBB hand-picks a selection of new cars they recommend for students. Each of the KBB.com new-car recommendations is available around $20,000 or less, according to Kelley Blue Book’s Fair Purchase Price. The ... Continue reading

HARMAN Unveils New Logo, Signals Brand Evolution

HARMAN Unveils New Logo, Signals Brand Evolution

HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated , the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today launched a refresh of its corporate brand, unveiling a new logo and new division names. HARMAN’s new logo represents the Company’s mission to enable seamless, conne ... Continue reading

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