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2015 Audi A8 3.0 TDI Sedan L quattro Tiptronic Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2015 Audi A8 3.0 TDI Sedan L quattro Tiptronic Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2015 AUDI A8L Review By Steve Purdy Audi A8 3.0 TDI Sedan L quattro Tiptronic ... Continue reading

School's Back in Session; GEICO Reminds Drivers to Prepare

School's Back in Session; GEICO Reminds Drivers to Prepare

Summer's pretty much over and that means those yellow school buses will be back on the roads in force. As those buses take to the streets and the school zone flashers power up for another school season, GEICO has a few reminders to help keep everyone safe. Be Careful around School Buses We've all been there; rushing to ... Continue reading

The Fuel Station of the Future: Nissan and Foster + Partners Charge Ahead with Bold New Vision

The Fuel Station of the Future: Nissan and Foster + Partners Charge Ahead with Bold New Vision

Nissan’s unwavering vision of a cleaner, safer and more user-friendly automotive environment takes another marked step forward with the announcement of a unique project to design and develop the Fuel Station of the Future in partnership with renowned international architects Foster + Partners. “The aim of our ... Continue reading

Scion Partnering Products and Passion

Scion Partnering Products and Passion

Creative Artists Bring Scion iM and iA to Fans TORRANCE, CA -- August 25, 2015: What was your first car’s name? More than 40 percent of young people name their first car because it’s not just transportation – it’s an extension of their life. That’s why Scion partners with up-and-comers in vario ... Continue reading

Honda Statement On the Passing of Justin Wilson

Honda Statement On the Passing of Justin Wilson

Art St. Cyr, president, Honda Performance Development "To say that we are heartbroken over the loss of Justin Wilson would create the false impression that our pain is localized. At a time earlier in the season, when we were in a continuing struggle to remain competitive in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Justin was the gu ... Continue reading

The New S-Class Cabriolet: A Star Returns

The New S-Class Cabriolet: A Star Returns

Coveted dream car of the 1960s meets star of the 2015 International Motor Show in Frankfurt: the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet is following in the tradition of the open-top S-Class (model series 111 and 112) from the period 1961 to 1971. Unmistakeable, exclusive design, fine materials with maximum high-class appe ... Continue reading

Daimler Celebrates Ten Years of Local Passenger Car Production in Beijing

Daimler Celebrates Ten Years of Local Passenger Car Production in Beijing

In an event held in Beijing on the evening of August 24, Daimler’s Sino-German production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) successfully commemorated its tenth anniversary. The joint venture between Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC Motor was established on August 8, 2005, and started to locall ... Continue reading

One Fan to Get Chance to Have Personal Garage Fit for a Dodge

One Fan to Get Chance to Have Personal Garage Fit for a Dodge

The Dodge brand has partnered with Contur Cabinet Ltd. and Swisstrax Corporation to give one fan a garage makeover fit for a Dodge. Now through Monday, September 21, Dodge brand vehicle owners and lessees can enter the contest at the Dodge brand Facebook page for the chance to win a custom garage makeover worth an esti ... Continue reading

Vehicle Service Interval Adherence Decreases by 15.6%

Vehicle Service Interval Adherence Decreases by 15.6%

New research from DMEautomotive reveals vehicle age, and lack of awareness of manufacturer recommendations, contributing to drop in number of consumers following manufacturer recommended service intervals DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- Aug. 25, 2015: New research from DMEautomotive analyzes the factors influencing the decrease i ... Continue reading

NICB and Hurricane Katrina: A 10-Year Retrospective

NICB and Hurricane Katrina: A 10-Year Retrospective

Over 300,000 Vehicles Damaged, Where are They Now? DES PLAINES, IL -- Aug. 25, 2015: Each day this week the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) will release segments of a five-part documentary video that provides first-hand recollections of NICB employees and law enforcement personnel as they reflect on their roles ... Continue reading

Launch of Eco High Performance Automobile Company, Ronn Motor Group

Launch of Eco High Performance Automobile Company, Ronn Motor Group

First "eco-exotic" sports car company comes to Scottsdale SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Aug. 25, 2015: CEO and Founder, Ronn Maxwell has officially announced the resurgence of Ronn Motor Group, RMG. In 2008 Ronn debuted the first "eco-exotic" sports car, the Scorpion, which was enhanced with proprietary hydrogen fuel technology. R ... Continue reading

MecklerMedia's Inside 3D Printing in Santa Clara to Feature 3D Print Vehicle Zone

MecklerMedia's Inside 3D Printing in Santa Clara to Feature 3D Print Vehicle Zone

MecklerMedia Corporation (OTCQX: MECK) announced the launch of the 3D Print Vehicle Zone at Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo, taking place October 20-22, 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Inside 3D Printing has received a grant to allow companies in the 3D printing automotive f ... Continue reading

ACSI: Customer Satisfaction With Automobiles Weakens as Recalls Continue

ACSI: Customer Satisfaction With Automobiles Weakens as Recalls Continue

Most Automakers Decline; Imports Top Domestic Brands ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 25, 2015 -- Car buyer satisfaction is down for a third straight year as prices rise and recalls continue, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Customer satisfaction with automobiles falls 3.7 percent to 79 ... Continue reading

AAA School Safety Patrol celebrates 95 years of student safety

AAA School Safety Patrol celebrates 95 years of student safety

Educators applaud the program’s influence in reducing injuries and fatalities among school children age 5 to 14 WASHINGTON, DC --August 25, 2015: Since 1920, the AAA School Safety Patrol Program has been instrumental in helping students get to and from school safely. As the program marks its 95th anniversary, Patr ... Continue reading

Auctionata Presents First Ever "Ferrari Only" Livestream Auction

Auctionata Presents First Ever "Ferrari Only" Livestream Auction

- A 1965 Ferrari GTB and 26 other rare Ferraris will go under the hammer - Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F310B Formula One car among the auction highlights BERLIN -- Aug. 25, 2015: The leading online auction house, Auctionata, is getting ready for another premiere: On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 6 pm CET, Auctionata ... Continue reading

Enterprise Car Sales Offers Private-Label Financing Option Through Chase

Enterprise Car Sales Offers Private-Label Financing Option Through Chase

Unique Offering Provides Seamless Customer Experience -- From Vehicle Selection to On-the-Spot Financing ST. LOUIS -- Aug. 25, 2015: Enterprise Car Sales, a service of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and part of the world's largest car rental company, and Chase today announced a new multi-year, private-label agreement, which aim ... Continue reading

Lyft Co-Founder And President John Zimmer To Keynote LA Auto Show's Connected Car Expo 2015

Lyft Co-Founder And President John Zimmer To Keynote LA Auto Show's Connected Car Expo 2015

Connected Car Expo® (CCE), the auto industry's most authoritative gathering of automotive and technology leaders, announced today that Lyft, Inc. Co-Founder and President John Zimmer will keynote the Nov. 17 auto-tech conference and exhibition held at JW Marriott L.A. Live. CCE is part of the LA Auto Show's Press & Tr ... Continue reading

Qualcomm Announces the Launch of the New Official Qualcomm Safety Car for Season Two of the FIA Formula E Championship

Qualcomm Announces the Launch of the New Official Qualcomm Safety Car for Season Two of the FIA Formula E Championship

The new Official Qualcomm Safety Car will be the BMW i8 sporting an advanced Qualcomm Halo 7.2kW wireless charging system -- SAN DIEGO -- Aug. 25, 2015: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated , today announced the launch of the new Official Qualcomm Safety Car for season two of ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson Lineup Gets Darker And More Powerful For 2016

Harley-Davidson Lineup Gets Darker And More Powerful For 2016

Iron 883, Forty-Eight, S Series Cruisers with Twin Cam 110s and Road Glide Ultra Models Roll-Out with Global Riding Experience on Social Platform Periscope MILWAUKEE, Aug. 25, 2015 -- Two new hard-hitting Dark Custom models, the most powerful cruiser lineup in company history, and a broad range of performance and styli ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, And We Mean DRIVE +VIDEO

First Drive: 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, And We Mean DRIVE +VIDEO

2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Review, track evaluation, comparing AWD RWD automatic and shift models ... Continue reading

Mobility for Tomorrow: Schaeffler in the FIA Formula E Championship

Mobility for Tomorrow: Schaeffler in the FIA Formula E Championship

ABT Schaeffler FE01 ready for Formula E season opener HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY -- Aug. 24, 2015: Formula E is headed for its second season. Today and tomorrow, the final pre-season tests are taking place at Donington (GB) before the fully electric single-seater cars will be loaded and shipped to Beijing (CN). When in th ... Continue reading

Category Leader Announces Exclusive Platinum Series - Debuts High Performance Escort 9500ci Installed Detector

Category Leader Announces Exclusive Platinum Series - Debuts High Performance Escort 9500ci Installed Detector

Bluetooth Equipped Detectors Provide Unprecedented Protection WEST CHESTER, OH -- Aug. 24, 2015: The radar detector category and patent leader, Escort Inc. (EscortRadar.com), announced the first of its exclusive high performance Platinum Series products, the Escort® 9500ci™ Platinum Series custom installed rada ... Continue reading

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