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2014 Infiniti Q60 Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler +VIDEO

2014 Infiniti Q60 Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler +VIDEO

2014 Infiniti Q60 Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler ... Continue reading

"Masters of Mustang" exhibit opens June 14 at LeMay - America's Car Museum +VIDEO

"Masters of Mustang" exhibit opens June 14 at LeMay - America's Car Museum +VIDEO

Exhibit celebrates 50 years of Ford Mustang with more than 20 significant models on display through 2014 TACOMA, Wash. (June 12, 2014) – LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) is celebrating 50 years of the Ford Mustang with the June 14 opening of Masters of Mustang, which showcases more than 20 of the most ... Continue reading

Ford Lowers MPG For Certain Models - Will Pay Owners

Ford Lowers MPG For Certain Models - Will Pay Owners

Ford identified an error with fuel economy ratings for certain vehicles through its internal testing and notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ford worked with EPA as the agency retested the vehicles, which resulted in lower fuel economy ratings for Ford’s 2013- and 2014-model year hybrid and plu ... Continue reading

Ford Celebrates Opening of New, World-Class Dealer Facility, Renewed Focus on Sri Lanka

Ford Celebrates Opening of New, World-Class Dealer Facility, Renewed Focus on Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--June 12, 2014: Ford and its partner, Future Automobiles, open new Ford dealership facility, highlighting Ford’s commitment to offering a world-class vehicle ownership experience New dealership facility signals enhanced focus on Sri Lanka market, offering a one-stop shop for Ford customers with ... Continue reading

Leading EV Market Portland Becomes Test Bed for Nissan e-NV200 Electric Commercial Vehicle

Leading EV Market Portland Becomes Test Bed for Nissan e-NV200 Electric Commercial Vehicle

Portland, already a top breeding ground for electric vehicle (EV) sales, is now the proving ground for Nissan’s prototype electric commercial vehicle – the Nissan e-NV200. “Oregon has been a top five market for Nissan LEAF sales in the U.S. due to proactive policies at the state level to encourage EV ado ... Continue reading

Blue Book's 10 Best New-Car Leases and Rebates For June

Blue Book's 10 Best New-Car Leases and Rebates For June

With the model-year changeover underway at many car dealerships, summer can be a great time to get a deal on a new car. Accordingly, the experts from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the automotive industry, have assembled thei ... Continue reading

Infiniti Decherd Powertrain Plant Opening Celebration Set for June 26th

Infiniti Decherd Powertrain Plant Opening Celebration Set for June 26th

New Tennessee-based facility set to begin production of 2.0-liter 4-cylinder gasoline engines for the Infiniti Q50 sports sedan and Mercedes-Benz C-Class and their derivatives $319 million investment and an estimated 400 new jobs once full capacity of 250,000 annual engine production is achieved Tennessee Governor Bill ... Continue reading

Will the Fashion or Highway Police Patrol Wearables in the Car?

Will the Fashion or Highway Police Patrol Wearables in the Car?

With almost 54 million wearable devices shipped in 2013 according to ABI Research, it is no wonder that wearables have grabbed the attention of the automotive industry. The first commercial launch will be in 2015 from Hyundai Genesis which will be compatible with the Google Glass! Furthermore, several OEMs have been de ... Continue reading

First Customer to Lease the World's Only Mass-Produced Fuel Cell Vehicle

First Customer to Lease the World's Only Mass-Produced Fuel Cell Vehicle

Lease Includes Unlimited Free Hydrogen Refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance – Today, Tustin Hyundai’s Dealer Principal, John Patterson, proudly handed over the keys to Hyundai’s first mass-produced Tucson Fuel Cell CUV in a ceremony with Hyundai executives and Timothy Bush, the first Hyundai F ... Continue reading

2014 Scion xD Fuses Road-Ready Utility and Style

2014 Scion xD Fuses Road-Ready Utility and Style

Sharp Looks and Technology Add to Iconic Five-Door Urban Subcompact Packed with attitude and versatility, the 2014 Scion xD offers new ways for drivers to enjoy city streets. This compact hatchback features a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) that constantly adjust ... Continue reading

Toyota Renotifies Owners of Certain Previously Recalled Vehicles

Toyota Renotifies Owners of Certain Previously Recalled Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced that it will renotify owners of certain vehicles involved in an April 2013 safety recall for the front passenger airbag inflators installed in several models. Toyota is modifying the remedy procedure. The 2013 recall remedy involved inspection of the front passenger air ... Continue reading

Legendary Mustang to Continue 50-Year Celebration as Pace Car for Sprint Cup Race at Michigan International Speedway

Legendary Mustang to Continue 50-Year Celebration as Pace Car for Sprint Cup Race at Michigan International Speedway

All-new 2015 Ford Mustang will serve as pace car for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway June 15, a fitting tribute to 50 years of continuous production · Joe Hinrichs, Ford Motor Company president of The Americas, will drive the Race Red Mustang GT fastback to start the rac ... Continue reading

"Bang & Olufsen Edition" BMW Individual 6 Series Gran Coupe launches exclusively in USA

"Bang & Olufsen Edition" BMW Individual 6 Series Gran Coupe launches exclusively in USA

STRUER, Denmark and DEERFIELD, IL--June 11, 2014: This week Bang & Olufsen and BMW will release a special Bang & Olufsen edition of the BMW Individual 6 Series Gran Coupe and select M6 Gran Coupe editions for interested consumers who seek the ultimate in-car audio system. The cars will be sold exclusively in the US mar ... Continue reading

Magna and Ford collaborate on multi-material lightweight vehicle concept car

Magna and Ford collaborate on multi-material lightweight vehicle concept car

Magna International Inc. and Ford Motor Company have unveiled a multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) concept that uses advanced material solutions to achieve a nearly 25% weight reduction compared to the current production vehicle. The Magna-led R&D activity, in cooperation with Ford, is co-funded by the U.S. Depa ... Continue reading

Honda Makes Massive Investment in Music with Launch of Honda Stage

Honda Makes Massive Investment in Music with Launch of Honda Stage

Honda Stage Music Platform Bold Shift in Brand Advertising and Experiential Marketing to Reach Youth Market Honda assembles music ‘Dream Team’ to launch massive youth marketing initiative Honda Stage to provide one-of-a kind curated music content live and online through: hundreds of pieces of exclusive online ... Continue reading

NADA: New and Used Auto Demand Blossoms in May

NADA: New and Used Auto Demand Blossoms in May

Seasonal demand lifted NADA's used vehicle price index to 126.8, 0.5% better than the previous record set a month earlier, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Car Guide in the June edition of Guidelines, a monthly report on new and used vehicle sales trends and price movement. "Auto dem ... Continue reading

eBay Motors Awards winners announced at second annual event in London

eBay Motors Awards winners announced at second annual event in London

BMW Group UK wins Used Car Brand of the Year Nissan Qashqai wins New Car of the Year MINI wins OEM Parts & Accessories Store of the Year Top performing brands and businesses in the automotive industry were celebrated last night at the second annual eBay Motors Awards. At a glamorous event held at the Plateau Restaurant ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover reports a solid sales performance in May

Jaguar Land Rover reports a solid sales performance in May

Jaguar Land Rover delivers strong May sales performance retailing 38,831 vehicles, up 20% Jaguar sells 6,450 vehicles in May, up 4% Land Rover sells 32,381 vehicles in May, up 23% Calendar year to date Jaguar Land Rover sells 200,778 vehicles, up 14% Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium luxu ... Continue reading

Land Rover UK has launched a new campaign called 'Can and Will'

Land Rover UK has launched a new campaign called 'Can and Will'

Exciting new initiative celebrates Land Rover's above and beyond spirit Inspirational new UK TV advert features people with extraordinary determination Stories behind extraordinary individuals featured on new website: www.canandwill.co.uk Summer of celebration sees Jaguar Land Rover’s support for the Invictus Game ... Continue reading

Vauxhall gets the green light for Imtech fleet solutions

Vauxhall gets the green light for Imtech fleet solutions

Luton – Vauxhall has secured a deal to supply 60 of its award-winning Vivaro vans in a group-wide deal with Imtech UK Ltd, as part of an ongoing deal to supply more than 100 of its commercial vehicles. The deal to provide over 100 of its commercial vehicles to one of the world’s leading technical service prov ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Motors achieves Investors In People Gold Award

Vauxhall Motors achieves Investors In People Gold Award

Since achieving the prestigious Investors in People Standard across all UK sites in July 2012, Vauxhall Motors has furthered its success and recently achieved the gold award, demonstrating true commitment to its employees as well as a solid foundation of excellent practice across the organisation. Phil Millward, Human ... Continue reading

Car Dealers re-create World Cup images from '66

Car Dealers re-create World Cup images from '66

The UK’s leading motor trade magazine has re-created two of the most iconic images from the 1966 World Cup using car dealers who share their name with members of England’s triumphant team. From Bobby Moore to Geoff Hurst, the winners are all represented by staff from dealerships across the country who took pa ... Continue reading

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