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Happy Holidays From KIA

Happy Holidays From KIA

Visit http://www.kiamedia.com/happyholidays to view a special holiday greeting. ... Continue reading

2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review By Larry Nutson

2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review By Larry Nutson

2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review By Larry Nutson ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces 2016 Murano U.S. Pricing

Nissan Announces 2016 Murano U.S. Pricing

Nissan today announced U.S. pricing for the 2016 Nissan Murano, which is on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. Since the introduction of the new third-generation design for the last model year, the Nissan Murano has experienced record sales – up 30 percent through the first 11 months of calendar year 2015 †... Continue reading

Mobileye To Present Technology Roadmap At 2016 CES In Las Vegas

Mobileye To Present Technology Roadmap At 2016 CES In Las Vegas

Mobileye N.V. , the global leader in the development of vision and data analysis for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving, today announced that Professor Amnon Shashua, the Company's co-founder, chairman and CTO, is scheduled to make a presentation at CES on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 10:30am PS ... Continue reading

5th Annual Win With A Cobra Collector Car Drawing Benefitting Wounded Warriors Support Group Serving Those Who Have Served

5th Annual Win With A Cobra Collector Car Drawing Benefitting Wounded Warriors Support Group Serving Those Who Have Served

View this email as a web page Forward this email to a friend Win This Shelby 50th Anniversary FIA 289 Cobra 5th Annual Win With A Cobra Collector Car Drawing Benefitting Wounded Warriors Support Group Serving Those Who Have Served Have you ever wanted to own the real deal? Here is your chance! LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS! ... Continue reading

FCA Announces New Appointment

FCA Announces New Appointment

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced today that effective January 1, 2016, Richard Palmer is appointed Chief Operating Officer Systems and Castings reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne. Mr. Palmer will also retain his current responsibilities as FCA Chief Financial Officer and member of t ... Continue reading

FCA Replay of the Year +VIDEO

FCA Replay of the Year +VIDEO

"FCA Replay” is a weekly recap of some of the major stories at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The top stories for the week of December 23, 2015 includes our recap of 2015. Come look back with us on the year that was, as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles continued to make its mark on the automotive industry. ... Continue reading

Wheels in Motion: miDrive Educational Platform Helps Over 200,000 Learner Drivers in 2015

Wheels in Motion: miDrive Educational Platform Helps Over 200,000 Learner Drivers in 2015

miDrive has now helped over 200,000 UK learner drivers Educational platform helps learners become better, safer drivers miDrive helps learner drivers find vetted, high quality, approved driving instructors Theory Test by miDrive has now clocked over 12 million questions answered Set to launch innovative learner insuran ... Continue reading

Global Light Duty Electric Vehicle Sales Are Expected to Exceed Six Million in 2024

Global Light Duty Electric Vehicle Sales Are Expected to Exceed Six Million in 2024

The market share of luxury plug-in electric vehicles is expected to grow from 23 percent in 2015 to 50 percent by the early 2020s, report finds BOULDER, CO -- December 23, 2015:A new report from Navigant Research details the global market for light duty vehicles, including light duty hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery ... Continue reading

2016 Volkswagen Passat Awarded Top Safety Score +VIDEO

2016 Volkswagen Passat Awarded Top Safety Score +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel THE HAGUE - December 23, 2015: It was no surprise that the new Passat earned a 2016 Top Safety Pick + rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IHS). However, there is one condition: the 2016 model has to be equipped with optional Forward Collision W ... Continue reading

The 2016 Montreal International Auto Show: From Dream to Reality!

The 2016 Montreal International Auto Show: From Dream to Reality!

MONTREAL, Dec. 22, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Desjardins Insurance presents, In collaboration with The Gazette, the 48th edition of the Montreal International Auto Show (MIAS) at the Palais des congrès de Montréal from January 15 to 24, 2016. Car enthusiasts will be thrilled by the more than 500 models on display, excep ... Continue reading

Hyundai Genesis Wins 2015 Good Design Award for Range-Topping G90 Large Luxury Sedan

Hyundai Genesis Wins 2015 Good Design Award for Range-Topping G90 Large Luxury Sedan

Brand-new large luxury sedan G90 gains recognition for design excellence Investment in premium design rewarded by oldest and most prestigious architecture and design award in the industry Winning design products selected from thousands of submissions FOUNTAIN VALLEY CA -- December 23, 2015: Only a few weeks after it wa ... Continue reading

Hyundai Wins Five 2015 Good Design Awards

Hyundai Wins Five 2015 Good Design Awards

Four vehicles and one art installation honored for successful design Judging panel evaluated submissions from thousands of leading manufacturers and graphic design firms from over 47 countries Award recognition highlights success of Hyundai Motor’s design-led approach to product development FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA --D ... Continue reading

December New-Car Sales Close Record-Breaking Year, Up 13 Percent Year-Over-Year

December New-Car Sales Close Record-Breaking Year, Up 13 Percent Year-Over-Year

New-vehicle sales are expected to increase 13 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.7 million units in December 2015, resulting in an estimated 18 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), according to Kelley Blue Book. December will cap the biggest year of U.S. new-car sales that the industry has ever seen, wit ... Continue reading

Hyundai Takes No. 1 Spot In CarMD's Vehicle Health Index

Hyundai Takes No. 1 Spot In CarMD's Vehicle Health Index

Hyundai Earns Top Ranking with Lowest Average Repair Costs FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2015 -- Hyundai announced today that it was named No. 1 in CarMD's Vehicle Index Manufacturer & Vehicle Reliability Rankings for its leadership in vehicle dependability. Hyundai earned this prestigious honor for its lower than ... Continue reading

Driving Tips to Keep You Safe this Winter

Driving Tips to Keep You Safe this Winter

More than 800 people die each year in the U.S. in vehicle crashes caused by snow, sleet and freezing rain, a study by the National Climactic Data Center says. Today marks the first day of winter which means wet roads, dark commute hours, ice, snow and cold temperatures – all of which put a strain on our vehicles a ... Continue reading

Four Cooper Tires Win Global 2015 GOOD DESIGN Awards

Four Cooper Tires Win Global 2015 GOOD DESIGN Awards

Cooper Tire announced today that two products from the U.S., the Discoverer STT Pro and Discoverer SRX, and two from China, the Discoverer UTS and Weather Master Ice 100, have earned 2015 GOOD DESIGN™ awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art ... Continue reading

Ten-Year-Old with ALS Receives Specially Modified Van in Surprise Presentation on West Coast Customs Television Show

Ten-Year-Old with ALS Receives Specially Modified Van in Surprise Presentation on West Coast Customs Television Show

Sunday, December 27, at 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST on FOX Sports 2 LEWISVILLE, TX -- December 22, 2015: The heartwarming and emotional unveiling of a specially refurbished and modified van for 10-year-old Dominic “The Dominator” Cumo – the youngest person to be diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A ... Continue reading

Jones Soda Co. Announces Winner of Third Annual 'Jonesin' for a Fiat 500X Photo Contest

Jones Soda Co. Announces Winner of Third Annual 'Jonesin' for a Fiat 500X Photo Contest

Jones Soda Co. (OTCQB: JSDA), a leading premium beverage company known for its customer-designed packaging, today announced the Grand Prize Winner of the third annual “Jonesin’ for a Fiat 500X” summer photo contest is Beth Edwards from Lexington, Kentucky. Beth will take home the Grand Prize, which inclu ... Continue reading

GMC Sierra 1500 Denali Wins TRUCK TREND's 2016 Pickup Truck of the Year Award

GMC Sierra 1500 Denali Wins TRUCK TREND's 2016 Pickup Truck of the Year Award

First-Class Amenities, 21st Century Technology, and Best-in-Class Power Lead GMC Sierra 1500 Denali to Best Field of Seven LOS ANGELES -- December 22, 2015: TRUCK TREND, the nation’s premier light-truck authority, has selected the GMC Sierra 1500 Denali as the winner of its second annual Pickup Truck of the Year A ... Continue reading

The Mercedes-Benz GLE 500 e 4MATIC in the 360°Environmental Check

The Mercedes-Benz GLE 500 e 4MATIC in the 360°Environmental Check

Early in the development stage of a new model, Mercedes-Benz starts looking at environmental performance over the car’s entire life cycle. In this brochure you can read about how the new GLE 500 e 4MATIC fares in the key areas of the comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment: consumption of resources and emissions. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE: With Warm Air Curtains

Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE: With Warm Air Curtains

While over-door air curtains are a very familiar feature on buildings in temperate Central Europe, they remain an absolute exception for buses. Where buses are concerned, over-door air curtains, also known as air showers, are almost exclusively used in hot or tropical climates. The Franconian transport operator infra f ... Continue reading

Ford Earns Record Number of Diversity Awards; Thai-Tang to Lead Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council

Ford Earns Record Number of Diversity Awards; Thai-Tang to Lead Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council

Ford Motor Company’s commitment to and support of diverse suppliers is being recognized today as Hau Thai-Tang, Ford group vice president, Global Purchasing, is named chairman of Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council for 2016-17. The organization certifies minority businesses, and provides those companies ... Continue reading

CES Preview: P3 Group Connects the Connected Car Universe

CES Preview: P3 Group Connects the Connected Car Universe

Engineering, Systems Integrator Provides Bridge to Car of the Future DETROIT -- December 22, 2015: As holiday fever takes hold this week in offices across the country, automotive and consumer technology teams in Detroit and Silicon Valley remain hard at work preparing to kick-off the New Year with new technology at two ... Continue reading

FCA and Ferrari Announce Timing and Additional Details of Ferrari Separation

FCA and Ferrari Announce Timing and Additional Details of Ferrari Separation

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. ("FCA") Ferrari N.V. and FE New N.V.[1] ("Ferrari") today announced the timing and additional details regarding the separation of the Ferrari business from the FCA group (the "Separation"). Upon completion of the Separation, FCA's current equity interest in Ferrari N.V. ("Predecessor Ferr ... Continue reading

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