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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Consumer Affairs - 2011 Flooding Can Impact Unprepared Car Buyers

Consumer Affairs - 2011 Flooding Can Impact Unprepared Car Buyers

LONG BEACH, Sept. 9, 2011: Hurricane Lee has floodwaters rising in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. Hurricane Irene recently caused major flooding in the northeast, wreaking havoc in communities, damaging homes, businesses and property. In the storms’ aftermath, consumers in the market for used cars need to be ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Daytona 500 Winner Trevor Bayne To Speak At Charlotte SocialCrush Conference

Special Motorsports Event - Daytona 500 Winner Trevor Bayne To Speak At Charlotte SocialCrush Conference

CONCORD, Sept. 9, 2011: Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne will serve as a guest speaker at next week’s SocialCrush interactive social business conference in Charlotte. Bayne will speak on how as a premiere athlete, he has been able to use social media, specifically Twitter to rapidly grow and better interact ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Mike Larrison To Run With Andretti Autosport At Las Vegas

Indy Lights - Mike Larrison To Run With Andretti Autosport At Las Vegas

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9, 2011: Andretti Autosport announced today that Mike Larrison will join its Firestone Indy Lights lineup at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as part of the IZOD IndyCar World Championship weekend on Oct. 16. Larrison, a native of Avon, Ind., began his racing career in motocross at age four and quickly reco ... Continue reading

NHRA - Team JEGS Heads South For Great American $50K Bracket Race

NHRA - Team JEGS Heads South For Great American $50K Bracket Race

BELLE ROSE, Sept. 9, 2011: After a successful trip into the semifinal round of Super Comp at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Samantha Coughlin is changing her latitude and getting a little out of her comfort zone to lead Team JEGS into Louisiana. Samantha, along with Team JEGS members Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Samantha's husband ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Wirth Research Partners With HPD On New Technologies

Special Motorsports Event - Wirth Research Partners With HPD On New Technologies

Bicester, Sept. 9, 2011: Wirth Research is delighted to announce a new long-term technical partnership with California-based Honda Performance Development (HPD) – a partnership which began in 2003 that not only extends the two organisations’ globally successful sports prototype programmes but also encompasses ... Continue reading

McLaren Opens Showroom in Milan +VIDEO

McLaren Opens Showroom in Milan +VIDEO

New McLaren Milan retailer opens for business with guest appearance by 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button MILAN - September 10, 2011: The first ever McLaren showroom in Italy opened its doors to more than 250 guests Thursday night, at an event hosted by McLaren Automotive Managing Director Antony Sheriff and M ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Sept 2-Sept 9) Automotive Factoids - In Case You Were Not Paying Attention

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Sept 2-Sept 9) Automotive Factoids - In Case You Were Not Paying Attention

Each week Larry Nutson, The Auto Channel Chicago Bureau Chief will give you last weeks automotive news highlights you may have missed, or you can catch up on the past 15 years of automotive news HERE in our news archive. * As the Labor Day weekend arrived we received word that GM had rehired the legendary "Car Guy" Bob ... Continue reading

Hyundai Drive 4 Hope Tour Arrives in Austin, Bringing Awareness to Green-Friendly Automotive Technology and Childhood Cancer

Hyundai Drive 4 Hope Tour Arrives in Austin, Bringing Awareness to Green-Friendly Automotive Technology and Childhood Cancer

Tucson FCEV driving coast to coast to demonstrate Hyundai environmental leadership and commitment to the most advanced green-friendly automotive technology Demonstrating the environmental advantages and performance of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) while also benefitting kids with cancer, Hyundai Motor America has ... Continue reading

Ford News the Week of Sept. 9, 2011

Ford News the Week of Sept. 9, 2011

Facebook fans are in the know with all-new Focus ST Enthusiasts of Focus ST who are eager to learn more about the car will soon get their chance as Ford begins sharing exclusive material on the Ford Focus Facebook page. Updates include technical highlights and an exploration of the high levels of refinement that make u ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Ranger Navigates Fashion Week Jungle

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Ranger Navigates Fashion Week Jungle

It's a jungle out there and who better to navigate the streets of New York during Fashion Week than Mercedes-Benz and its Fashion Ranger vehicle, the all-new 2012 M-Class SUV, which is taking to the streets of New York City to preserve and protect the fashion capital of the world while on the hunt for the city's most b ... Continue reading

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