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Thursday, June 10, 2010

All New "World's Funniest Car Commercials" - VIDEO GALORE

All New "World's Funniest Car Commercials" - VIDEO GALORE

Just when we all need a good laugh AUTO CENTRAL - June 10, 2010: It's been a long time since when posted the last compliation of the world's funniest and best auto-related TV commercials, and there's been a lot of new ones since the last posting. We hope you enjoy them and get a chuckle or two. ... Continue reading

GM Discovers Reason for Decades of Brand Decline: Statement on the Use of Chevrolet and Chevy

GM Discovers Reason for Decades of Brand Decline: Statement on the Use of Chevrolet and Chevy

'Chevy' will continue to reflect the enthusiasm of customers and fans DETROIT, June 10 -- Today's emotional debate over a poorly worded memo on our use of the Chevrolet brand is a good reminder of how passionately people feel about Chevrolet. It is a passion we share and one we do not take for granted. We love Chevy. I ... Continue reading

Australian Owen Kelly To Make NASCAR Debut At Road American

Australian Owen Kelly To Make NASCAR Debut At Road American

Elkhart Lake, June 10, 2010: Australian Owen Kelly will make his NASCAR debut when he races for Baker Curb Racing in the Bucyrus 200 at the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin in the United States on June 17-19 next week. Kelly will make his first NASCAR start in the second-tier Nationwide Series at the ... Continue reading

Point's Leader Patrick Sheltra Second In ARCA Practice At Michigan

Point's Leader Patrick Sheltra Second In ARCA Practice At Michigan

BROOKLYN, June 10, 2010: Current ARCA Racing Series (ARS) presented by RE/MAX and Menards point’s leader Patrick Sheltra mounted his best practice speed of the season Friday morning as the 24-year old rising star managed the second fastest time in the lone practice session leading into tomorrow’s Racing for W ... Continue reading

Ganasi Dominates First Half Of Daytona Prototype Season

Ganasi Dominates First Half Of Daytona Prototype Season

DAYTONA BEACH, June 10, 2010: Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas are taking a cautious approach to the second half of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season despite dominating the opening half of the campaign. "As soon as you start thinking about a championship that is the time you lo ... Continue reading

GE Launches World's First Two-Stage Turbocharged Gas Engine; Offers Major Output and Efficiency Increases - VIDEO ENHANCED

GE Launches World's First Two-Stage Turbocharged Gas Engine; Offers Major Output and Efficiency Increases - VIDEO ENHANCED

JENBACH, Austria--Responding to growing global demand for high-efficiency power generation, GE has developed the world's first two-stage turbocharged gas engine and is applying this game-changing technology to its Jenbacher J624 gas engine. The new engine provides significant output and efficiency increases compared to ... Continue reading

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Seeks Automobiles for Fifth Annual Benefit Extravaganza

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Seeks Automobiles for Fifth Annual Benefit Extravaganza

AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM NEWS RELEASE - 06/09/2010 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Seeks Automobiles for the Fifth Annual Benefit Extravaganza AUBURN - The fifth annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Benefit Extravaganza will take place at the museum on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at ... Continue reading

Roush Savors Michigan Success

Roush Savors Michigan Success

CONCORD, June 10, 2010: In the almost 25 years of its existence, no track on the NASCAR circuit has been more successful for Roush Fenway Racing than Michigan International Speedway (MIS). The organization’s 11 Cup wins at the two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located in the Irish Hills of Michigan a ... Continue reading

Winner of Yokohama Commercial Truck Tire Giveaway, Worth $5,000, Announced

Winner of Yokohama Commercial Truck Tire Giveaway, Worth $5,000, Announced

FULLERTON, June 10, 2010: One swipe of a card at a trade show earned Vicky Britton years worth of points with her husband Bill, an independent trucker. Vicky swiped her card at the Yokohama Tire Corporation display at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March in Louisville, Kentucky, automatically entering her in a contes ... Continue reading

Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream Final Results - June 10, 2010

Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream Final Results - June 10, 2010

ROSSBURG, Ohio - Results Wednesday of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream Dirt Late Model event June 9 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (1) Jimmie Johnson, 30 2. (4) Clint Bowyer, 30 3. (17) Carl Ed ... Continue reading

Johnson Wins Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream

Johnson Wins Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream

Levine Children’s Hospital Captures Team Competition at Eldora Speedway ROSSBURG, June 10, 2010: Four-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson added to his already impressive racing resume by winning the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream charity dirt Late Model race at Eldora ... Continue reading

ARCA Racing Series Point's Leader On A Mission In Motor City

ARCA Racing Series Point's Leader On A Mission In Motor City

BROOKLYN, June 9, 2010: On the heels of an impressive seventh consecutive top-10 finish in the 2010 ARCA Racing Series (ARS) presented by RE/MAX and Menards season last Saturday at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Indiantown, Florida native Patrick Sheltra steers towards Michigan International Speedway (MIS), site of Friday’ ... Continue reading

John Coughlin Looking For Third Joliet Title

John Coughlin Looking For Third Joliet Title

JOLIET, June 9, 2010: To suggest that John Coughlin is eagerly awaiting this weekend’s North Central Division Lucas Oil Series event at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., would be an understatement. Coughlin has won the event in two of the last three seasons and believes that there is a strong potential for a third ... Continue reading

Heidi Steele Battles Baja 500 for 2nd Place Finish on Yokohama Tires

Heidi Steele Battles Baja 500 for 2nd Place Finish on Yokohama Tires

FULLERTON, June 9, 2010: Yokohama Tire-sponsored off-road champion Heidi Steele battled the toughest SCORE Baja 500 course in her career yet still managed to claim second place. The 42nd running of the event was held in Ensenada, Mexico on June 5. “This year’s Baja 500 was one of the toughest courses I have e ... Continue reading

Troy Coughlin Returns To Site Of First Pro Mod Victory

Troy Coughlin Returns To Site Of First Pro Mod Victory

ENGLISHTOWN, June 9, 2010: Reigning NMCA Pro Street world champion Troy Coughlin will return to the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series this weekend when the NHRA tour descends on Old Bridge Township Raceway Park for the 41st annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals. The veteran racer won the Pro Mod t ... Continue reading

Car sales in May rose to 1.48 lakh units

Car sales in May rose to 1.48 lakh units

The Indian automobile industry posted its best performance in May with a 30% growth in car sales, powered by a handful of launches in recent months and a surfeit in consumer spending. Car sales in May rose to 1.48 lakh units from 1.13 lakh a year ago, showed data by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motors resumes production at India plant

Hyundai Motors resumes production at India plant

Production at Hyundai Motor's India plant has resumed, even as a section of workers continued with their strike for the third day, a spokesman for the local unit said on Wednesday. "We have evicted the striking workers from the factory premises and normal production has resumed with those who have come back to work," t ... Continue reading

India vehicle sales jump 39 per cent in May

India vehicle sales jump 39 per cent in May

Vehicle sales in India jumped 39 per cent in May as rising incomes drove up demand despite higher costs and Ford's new made-for-India Figo compact enjoyed a strong launch. Car sales rose 30.5 per cent to 148,481 vehicles in May while commercial vehicle sales surged 57.7 per cent to 48,580 vehicles, the Society of India ... Continue reading

Auto sales highest-ever for May, growth rate to moderate

Auto sales highest-ever for May, growth rate to moderate

While increased consumer spending and low finance rates have led to the highest-ever auto sales for May, the industry association has warned that the high growth rate has started moderating and will likely dip further. It added that the industry is optimistic, though worried that sales may come under pressure if intere ... Continue reading

Shopping for a new Hyundai? Just go to Harrods!

Shopping for a new Hyundai? Just go to Harrods!

Shoppers at the world-famous Harrods department store in London, England are used to seeing high quality and stylish goods on show and this week there will be one more item in stock; the Hyundai ix35 compact SUV. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Posts 23.4% Increase In May Global Sales

Kia Motors Posts 23.4% Increase In May Global Sales

Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for May 2010, recording a total of 175,098 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 23.4%. ... Continue reading

News From Suzuki -First Images Of All-New Swift

News From Suzuki -First Images Of All-New Swift

Suzuki is pleased to announce the first images and preliminary information of the new, third generation Swift which goes on sale in the UK in the Autumn. ... Continue reading

Ford S-Max and Galaxy Star At Businesscar Awards

Ford S-Max and Galaxy Star At Businesscar Awards

The luxurious Ford Galaxy claims the BusinessCar overall MPV award for the fourth year running, while Ford's sporty S-MAX has been awarded the Mini-MPV award. ... Continue reading

Weybridge Students Complete Build Of Caterham Cars

Weybridge Students Complete Build Of Caterham Cars

Motorsport Technology students at Brooklands College have built a pair of Caterham Seven sportscars as part of their coursework. ... Continue reading

A Picture Worth A Thousand Words For Alfa Romeo

A Picture Worth A Thousand Words For Alfa Romeo

More than a thousand images have already been uploaded to a unique online archive launched by Alfa Romeo to help celebrate its 100th anniversary. ... Continue reading

The World's Most Famous Aston Martin Set For UK Preview At Midsummer Classic Event

The World's Most Famous Aston Martin Set For UK Preview At Midsummer Classic Event

The world's most famous car - the Aston Martin DB5 as driven by James Bond - is to make its first appearance for 40 years in the UK at the Midsummer Classic and ThunderBall events, to be held at Stoke Park Club on the 26th June. ... Continue reading

Target 2020: Two Weeks Left Before The Closing Date

Target 2020: Two Weeks Left Before The Closing Date

Time is running out for students in Victoria to enter VACC's Target 2020 Competition. ... Continue reading

The New Volkswagen Golf GTD

The New Volkswagen Golf GTD

The Golf model lineup has been growing in leaps and bounds: At the end of 2008, the sixth generation of the bestseller was launched in Europe. Shortly thereafter, in early 2009, the new Golf arrived in Australia. ... Continue reading

Honda Tops Consumer Survey

Honda Tops Consumer Survey

Honda has topped a recent survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Centre in the USA. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Corporate Communications Manager

Mitsubishi Motors Corporate Communications Manager

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited has announced that Corporate Communications manager, Catherine (Kit) Bashford, will leave the company on June 18th to pursue a new career in an alternate industry. Kit was employed by MMAL for the past four years in the Sydney regional office. ... Continue reading

AutoPacific Gives the All-New Hyundai Sonata a Thorough Test and First-Ever President's Award

AutoPacific Gives the All-New Hyundai Sonata a Thorough Test and First-Ever President's Award

Hyundai Sonata Delivers. Exceeds the Hype. TUSTIN, Calif., June 10 -- AutoPacific today announced its President's Award for the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. This first-ever honor is the result of a special analysis of Hyundai's all-new 2011 Sonata that adds consumer credibility to all of the positive accolades recently bestowe ... Continue reading

Kia Soul Hamster Commercial Honored With 2010 Silver EFFIE Award - VIDEO ENHANCED

Kia Soul Hamster Commercial Honored With 2010 Silver EFFIE Award - VIDEO ENHANCED

Popular Kia Ad Campaign Resonated With Consumers and Recognized by Marketing Community -- Kia urban passenger vehicle showcased by toe-tapping hamsters as 'A New Way To Roll' -- Four distinct and downloadable music tracks furthered ad's youth market appeal IRVINE, Calif., June 9 -- Recently named Nielsen "Automotive Ad ... Continue reading

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