Why The Auto Channel's Press Pass Coverage of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show is So Important?
This may be the last great international auto show GENEVA - February 28, 2009: One of most visible effects of the current economic depression on the automotive world is what has happened to the once fabulous new car expositions. Not only have important shows in Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago been neutered by the abse ... Continue reading
IIHS Top Crash Test Results - 72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner ARLINGTON, VA - Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more ... Continue reading
The Opel Ampera: Star of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show
The revolutionary Opel Ampera, which will premiere March 5 at the Geneva Motor Show, will be the first emission-free, electrically propelled automobile in Europe suitable for everyday driving. ... Continue reading
Panoz Team PTG Announces 2009 Program
Braselton, GA. February 27, 2009: Panoz Team PTG will return to the American Le Mans Series' GT2 class in 2009 with its improved Panoz Esperante GTLM. Panoz Team PTG announced today that it will again field one Panoz Esperante GTLM in the 2009 American Le Mans Series' GT2 class with Dominik Farnbacher driving for the f ... Continue reading
Team 3G Kester Racing Runs Successful Two-Day Test with New Drivers
COLLEGE STATION, TX March 1, 2009) â The Texas World Speedway saw plenty of action this week as Team 3G Kester Racing held its first two-day test with the new 2009 team. The teamâs drivers last season consisted of brother and sister J.C. and Kristy Kester, and this season will be adding two more experienced d ... Continue reading
Toyota Motorsports Re-cap - Las Vegas - March 1, 2009
Four Toyota Camry drivers recorded top-10 finishes in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- Brian Vickers (third), Jason Leffler (fourth), Michael McDowell (sixth) and Scott Lagasse Jr. (ninth). Other Camry drivers in the NNS race included Denny Hamlin (21st), David Green (31st), ... Continue reading
Bitter Homecoming for Busch at Las Vegas
Las Vegas, March 1, 2009: An early accident ended any chance for Kyle Busch to claim victory in Saturdayâs Samâs Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch was battling Kevin Harvick for the lead on lap 22 when Buschâ car bobbled and he lost control of his No. 18 Z-Line Des ... Continue reading
Hamlin Experiences Roller-Coaster Day at Las Vegas
Las Vegas, March 1, 2009: Denny Hamlin spun out, recovered to lead seven laps, was penalized twice for speeding on pit road, lost a lap, earned the lap back and moved into the top-10 before a late-race accident relegated him to a 21st-place finish in a wild, crash-filled Samâs Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series rac ... Continue reading
Saturday's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event @ Firedbird Int'l Raceway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION FIREBIRD INT'L RACEWAY, CHANDLER, ARIZ. Saturday, February 28, 2009 Contact: Brett Lyons, NHRA (626) 483-8242 Niver, O'Bannon Hold onto Top Qualifying Spots at Firebird Int'l Raceway CHANDLER, Ariz. (February 28, 2009) - In the final rounds of q ... Continue reading
GMAC CEO awarded $11.62 mln compensation in 2008
NEW YORK February 28, 2009; Reuters reported that GMAC LLC on Friday said Chief Executive Alvaro de Molina was awarded $11.62 million of compensation in 2008, more than twice as much as a year earlier, when he engineered debt restructurings and capital raising to keep the struggling finance company in business. De Moli ... Continue reading
Hyundai Motor Group to invest $6 billion in 2009
SEOUL February 28, 2009(Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest nearly $6 billion this year, similar to 2008, and will focus on developing environment-friendly cars, as the world's No. 5 carmaker eyes longer-term growth beyond the current crisis. The global auto industry is reeling under an unprece ... Continue reading
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