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SCCA Pro Racing President and CEO Wildberger Resigns

SCCA Pro Racing President and CEO Wildberger Resigns

Image Credit: Shaun Lumley/SCCA Pro Racing TOPEKA, Nov. 10, 2010: SCCA Pro Racing’s Board of Directors announced today that current SCCA Pro Racing President and CEO Bob Wildberger will be resigning his position, effective January 17, 2011. Wildberger has served as the SCCA Pro Racing president and CEO since Decem ... Continue reading

GM Announces Third Quarter 2010 Results

GM Announces Third Quarter 2010 Results

General Motors Company today announced that for the third quarter ending September 30, 2010, the company generated: Revenue of $34.1 billion Net income attributable to common stockholders of $2.0 billion Earnings per share on a fully diluted basis and adjusted for 3-1 stock split of $1.20 Earnings before interest and t ... Continue reading

Toyota to Debut RAV4 Electric Vehicle at Los Angeles Auto Show

Toyota to Debut RAV4 Electric Vehicle at Los Angeles Auto Show

Toyota RAV4 EV during the Los Angeles Auto Show media days, on November 17 at 2:50 PM at the Toyota booth in South Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Jim Lentz, president and chief operating officer, TMS, will speak at the news conference. Greg Bernas, chief engineer, Toyota Technical Center, and Shigeki Terash ... Continue reading

Volvo's Test Ground Proves to be Torture for Cars - VIDEO FEATURE

Volvo's Test Ground Proves to be Torture for Cars - VIDEO FEATURE

GOTHENBURG - November 10, 2010: Hällered, a fenced-in 7 million m² area an hour away from Gothenburg, Sweden, is Volvo Cars main testing facility. The track stretches 26 km, consisting of 15 different test tracks designed to simulate every type of road surface and weather condition a car can be subjected to during it ... Continue reading

The Lotus Metamorphosis - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Lotus Metamorphosis - VIDEO ENHANCED

10th November 2010 The Lotus Metamorphosis met*a*mor*pho*sis n. pl. met*a*mor*pho*ses 1. A transformation, as by magic or sorcery. 2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function. ... Continue reading

2011 Suzuki Kizashi Named a Consumers Digest Best Buy

2011 Suzuki Kizashi Named a Consumers Digest Best Buy

BREA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 BREA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 -- Highly-acclaimed for its sporty yet comfortable handling, near-luxury exterior and interior design without the premium price point and backed by America's #1 Warranty, the 2011 Suzuki Kizashi was named a Consumers Digest Best Buy, adding to the sport sedan's im ... Continue reading

Honda is Named the UK's Most reliable Car Manufacturer

Honda is Named the UK's Most reliable Car Manufacturer

Honda has been named Britain's most reliable car manufacturer by the influential FN50 survey, further strengthening Honda's reputation for bullet proof reliability. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Brand Announces Pricing for New 2011 Chrysler 200 Sedan and 2011 Chrysler Town & Country

Chrysler Brand Announces Pricing for New 2011 Chrysler 200 Sedan and 2011 Chrysler Town & Country

2011 Chrysler model lineup offers beauty, style and substance, all at a surprising value Beautifully crafted interiors, exquisite exterior design updates, an abundance of standard safety features and innovative technology allows drivers and passengers to stay connected and entertained, making the drive something to loo ... Continue reading

When Used Cars Costs More Than New

When Used Cars Costs More Than New

Do you think buying a used car will keep your monthly auto payment down? In a rare reversal, you now could pay less for a new one. Joseph B. White at the Wall Street Journal reports that values for late-model used cars and trucks – especially trucks and SUVs – have jumped during the past year to the point tha ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi's North American Version of i-MiEV to Make World Premiere at 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Mitsubishi's North American Version of i-MiEV to Make World Premiere at 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

TOKYO, Nov. 8, 2010 TOKYO, Nov. 8, 2010 -- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will host the world premiere of the North American version of its i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show (LAAS) held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Wednesday, November 17 to Sunday November 28 (open to ... Continue reading

Bentley Mulsanne Takes Home Prestigious Gulf Connoisseur Award

Bentley Mulsanne Takes Home Prestigious Gulf Connoisseur Award

The new Bentley Mulsanne has won the 'Best Limousine for the Red Carpet' prize at the glittering Gulf Connoisseur Awards ceremony, held at the Armani Hotel in Dubai. Bentley's new flagship car was chosen as the winner over the Maybach 57 and the Rolls Royce Phantom. ... Continue reading

Peugeot's electric i0n Wins Another Award

Peugeot's electric i0n Wins Another Award

Peugeot's latest generation electric vehicle, the Peugeot i0n has won the 2010 Grunes Lenkrad ("Green Steering Wheel") award in Germany. ... Continue reading

Proton Wins Best Range Extendr EV in The Brighton To London Future Car Challenge

Proton Wins Best Range Extendr EV in The Brighton To London Future Car Challenge

Malaysian car manufacturer PROTON, which has a franchise portfolio of 101 dealerships throughout the UK, has had cause to celebrate having won the 'Best Range Extender Electric Vehicle' category with its Proton Exora Extended Range Electric Vehicle in the inaugural Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. ... Continue reading

LupiniPower's MAD 535bhp Chevrolet SuperUte

LupiniPower's MAD 535bhp Chevrolet SuperUte

South African tuning company LupiniPower has introduced its wild 535bhp Chevrolet SuperUte pick-up. ... Continue reading

Ford Tops UK Reliability Survey

Ford Tops UK Reliability Survey

Ford has been named as Britain's most reliable van manufacturer in an authoritative survey of the country's 50 largest contract hire companies. In a double success, Ford Transit was named the most reliable van for the fourth year running, with the Ford Transit Connect in third place for the second year running. ... Continue reading

Introducing the All-New Five-Door Range Rover Evoque - Coupe Style With Family Versatility

Introducing the All-New Five-Door Range Rover Evoque - Coupe Style With Family Versatility

The exciting 5-Door version of the all-new Range Rover Evoque makes its global public debut at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 17, 2010. ... Continue reading

FN50 Survey Names the Uk's Most Reliable Cars and Vans

FN50 Survey Names the Uk's Most Reliable Cars and Vans

The BMW 3 Series is the most reliable company car in the UK according to a survey of the country's 50 largest contract hire companies. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors North American Version of i-MiEV to Make World Premiere at the LA Auto Show

Mitsubishi Motors North American Version of i-MiEV to Make World Premiere at the LA Auto Show

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will give the world premiere of the North American version of its i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle at the LA AUTO SHOW (LAAS) held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre from Wednesday, November 17 to Sunday November 28 ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group LLC Reports Operating Profit of $239 Million in Third Quarter

Chrysler Group LLC Reports Operating Profit of $239 Million in Third Quarter

Chrysler Group LLC continues a positive 2010 with news this week of a rise in Operating Profit for the third consecutive quarter. Net losses have continued to decrease while market share has improved for the fifth quarter in succession. ... Continue reading

Buick Regal Engine Brainpower is Industry's Quickest

Buick Regal Engine Brainpower is Industry's Quickest

PONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 9, 2010 -- A 32-bit embedded processor with three megabytes of integrated flash memory gives the 2011 Buick Regal's Ecotec 2.0L engine microcontroller the quickest throughput, or processing power, in the automotive industry. For the Regal driver, this means more precise fuel delivery for the best-p ... Continue reading

2011 New York Auto Show: New Cars, New Hours, New Exhibition Space, New Technology and More

2011 New York Auto Show: New Cars, New Hours, New Exhibition Space, New Technology and More

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2010 NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2010 -- Putting the 'new' in New York International Automobile Show, Show chairman John LaSorsa officially announced today that the annual automobile extravaganza at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will take place from April 22 through May 1. Changes to this year's Show in ... Continue reading

Tesla Motors Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

Tesla Motors Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors, Inc. today yesterday its preliminary unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. Revenues for the third quarter of 2010 were $31.2 million, a 10% increase from the $28.4 million reported in the prior quarter. Gross margin improved to 30%, up from 22% for the pr ... Continue reading

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