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Thursday, September 12, 2013

2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban Revealed To Press

2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban Revealed To Press

Chevrolet today introduced the 2015 Tahoe and Suburban – all-new versions of the industry's best-selling duo of full-size SUVs. They offer more functionality, greater refinement, new safety features and an increased range of advanced technologies to appeal to two distinct customer groups who want the unique combin ... Continue reading

Expert Vehicle Reviews 2014-1993

Expert Vehicle Reviews 2014-1993

Expert Vehicle Reviews 2014-1993 From The Auto Channel ... Continue reading

Advertise On The Auto Channel - Forget The Facebook Crowd When Selling New Cars

Advertise On The Auto Channel - Forget The Facebook Crowd When Selling New Cars

Detroit May 5, 2012; The Detroit Free Press reported that American's aged 50 and older are buying more than three of every five new vehicles sold, or about 62%, according to a new study from J.D. Power and AARP. That's up from 39% in 2001 when Power began tracking the data. For the Detroit Three, boomers now account fo ... Continue reading

International Conference Opens as EV Sales Hit Record Highs

International Conference Opens as EV Sales Hit Record Highs

With the Volt setting an all-time monthly sales record in August, the Leaf and Prius also setting monthly records, and with plug-in electric vehicles now outnumbering gas stations in the USA, electric vehicle (EV) technology joins advanced batteries center stage at major international co-located conferences The Battery ... Continue reading

Kia Becomes a "Visionary" Sponsor of Local Eco-Education Center

Kia Becomes a "Visionary" Sponsor of Local Eco-Education Center

Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced a one-year partnership with The Ecology Center, a San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based non-profit eco-education center dedicated to creating a healthy and abundant future for all of Southern California. As a "Visionary" partner, Kia and The Ecology Center will organize and carry ou ... Continue reading

Nissan offers additional confidence for pre-owned LEAF buyers

Nissan offers additional confidence for pre-owned LEAF buyers

As demand for electric cars continues to grow among U.S. consumers, Nissan is adding the all-electric LEAF to its Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles program. Beginning in September, Certified Pre-Owned Nissan LEAF vehicles will be backed by the company to provide years of quality and performance at a great value. In addition ... Continue reading

Mark McLean Named TMCSuperTech 2013 Champion

Mark McLean Named TMCSuperTech 2013 Champion

American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council recognized Mark McLean Jr., Montgomery, N.Y., as the nation's top truck technician as he was named TMCSuperTech 2013 grand champion at the council's ninth annual National Technician Skills Competition, held Sept. 9-11 in Pittsburgh. ... Continue reading

2014 Ram ProMaster delivers connectivity conveniently and comfortably

2014 Ram ProMaster delivers connectivity conveniently and comfortably

2014 Ram Trucks Deliver Easy-to-use Communications, Navigation and Entertainment Features to Keep Drivers Informed, Connected and Productive A suite of Uconnect Access services, including Uconnect Access Via Mobile (late availability) are available on the 2014 Ram Truck vehicle lineup With Uconnect Access Via Mobile, d ... Continue reading

Jeep Is On Fire with the New 2014 Wrangler Dragon Edition

Jeep Is On Fire with the New 2014 Wrangler Dragon Edition

Jeep Wrangler Dragon Edition built from the popular concept first seen at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exposition New Wrangler Dragon Edition adorned with Black and Bronze Satin Gloss exterior and interior treatments Special-edition model in Jeep showrooms this fall starting at a U.S. Manufacturers Suggest ... Continue reading

Truck Owners--Please--Dogs Ride Inside!

Truck Owners--Please--Dogs Ride Inside!

Ford and American Humane Association Remind Pickup Truck Drivers: Dogs Ride Inside American Humane Association experts caution that pets should never be transported in the bed of a pickup truck 100,000 dogs die each year riding in truck beds Simple, basic steps can help keep pets safe and driver distractions down Ford ... Continue reading

Ford Give A total of $100,000 in scholarships and grants to recognize students and support unique student-led projects in Historically Black Colleges

Ford Give A total of $100,000 in scholarships and grants to recognize students and support unique student-led projects in Historically Black Colleges

Ford Targets Historically Black Colleges and Universities for Unique Community Challenge Competition Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Company Fund have joined forces with the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” and “Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to launch the Ford Community Challenge Competition for Historical ... Continue reading

Fo More than 25 veterans from Kansas and Missouri are participating in Ford's Gift of A Trip to Washington

Fo More than 25 veterans from Kansas and Missouri are participating in Ford's Gift of A Trip to Washington

Ford Motor Company Fund Sends More Than 25 Local Veterans to Visit National World War II Memorial in D.C. Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring an Honor Flight for local World War II veterans to visit the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., one of five Ford-sponsored Honor Flights during 2012 and 2013 M ... Continue reading

Ford Raptor sales have hit record highs in 8 of the past 10 months

Ford Raptor sales have hit record highs in 8 of the past 10 months

Ford growing the market for increasingly specialized full-sized pickup trucks Since launching in 2009, production has increased from two trucks per hour to five Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, the ultimate high-performance off-road pickup truck, continues to find new fans and sales success. Hitting the market in 2009, Raptor ha ... Continue reading

See the Ford Mustang in Motion Through the Years

See the Ford Mustang in Motion Through the Years

50 Years of Ford Mustang Video Ford paid another visit to the Ford Archives and come back with a box of tapes full of Mustang footage dating all the way back to the original 1962 Mustang I two-seat experimental sports car. Click the video thumbnails in the gallery above to check them out. ... Continue reading

Alfa Romeo Disco Volante By Touring

Alfa Romeo Disco Volante By Touring

To mark the 60th birthday of the legendary Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 'Disco Volante', Touring Superleggera, a prestigious Milanese coachbuilding firm which has been designing and building vehicle bodywork since 1926, has created the 2013 edition of the Disco Volante with the official endorsement of Alfa Romeo. ... Continue reading

Volvo On The Beat With Greater Manchester Police

Volvo On The Beat With Greater Manchester Police

Volvo Car UK has teamed up with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to help publicise their cycling safety campaign Operation Grimaldi. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Retailers Celebrate 110th Year With £500 Cash Gifts For Customers

Vauxhall Retailers Celebrate 110th Year With £500 Cash Gifts For Customers

Vauxhall, the UK's oldest surviving car manufacturer, is this year celebrating a mammoth 110 years of building and selling vehicles in the UK and to mark this momentous milestone its retailers are hosting a celebratory 'Vauxhall 110-Year' event. ... Continue reading

New Nissan X-Trail Makes Global Debut At The Frankfurt Motor Show

New Nissan X-Trail Makes Global Debut At The Frankfurt Motor Show

Nissan President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, has unveiled the New Nissan X-Trail at the Frankfurt Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Renault wins Five Awards in 2013 Automotive Brand Contest at Frankfurt

Renault wins Five Awards in 2013 Automotive Brand Contest at Frankfurt

Renault was presented with five awards by the jury of the Automotive Brand Contest at the award ceremony held on September 10, the opening day of the Frankfurt International Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Citroen Joins ARC in 2014

Citroen Joins ARC in 2014

Citroën Automobiles Australia (CAA) is proud to announce it will enter a factory-supported two-car team in the 2014 Australian Rally Championship. ... Continue reading

Proton Expands Model Range

Proton Expands Model Range

PROTON Cars Australia is set to revamp its showrooms with a raft of new models to complement the recently introduced Prevé GX sedan. ... Continue reading

American Beauties Go Topless for Summer

American Beauties Go Topless for Summer

They are big, buxom, beautiful and they are all getting their tops off at Shannons on September 23 in time for summer ... Continue reading

Freudenberg develops flexible printed circuit board technology for new Opel Adam and numerous other individual solutions for car makers

Freudenberg develops flexible printed circuit board technology for new Opel Adam and numerous other individual solutions for car makers

From starry headliners and new weight-saving engine components to air-intake and cabin filters, Freudenberg products are featured on a variety of vehicles exhibited at the International Auto Show (IAA) in Frankfurt from September 12 to 22. The new Opel Adam exhibited at the IAA, features the starry headliner. Freudenbe ... Continue reading

Ford Names James P. Hackett and John C. Lechleiter to Board of Directors

Ford Names James P. Hackett and John C. Lechleiter to Board of Directors

- Ford Motor Company announced today the election of James P. Hackett and John C. Lechleiter to the company's board of directors. Hackett's appointment is effective immediately, while Lechleiter will join the board Oct. 1. Hackett, 58, is chief executive officer of Steelcase Inc., a global leader in the office furnitur ... Continue reading

Lowenthal Bus Drivers Bill Passed By The State Of California

Lowenthal Bus Drivers Bill Passed By The State Of California

SCU Was Co-Sponsor Of Assembly Bill 722 Signed By California Governor Jerry Brown To Correct A Discrepancy Between Federal And State Regulations To Allow Certified California Doctors Of Chiropractic To Perform Medical Examinations For The Certification Of School Bus, Paratransit And Farm Labor Vehicle Drivers ... Continue reading

Dowell Systems Teams With Carfax To Enhance Real-Time Labor Guide

Dowell Systems Teams With Carfax To Enhance Real-Time Labor Guide

Dowell Systems, Inc., developer of revolutionary software for the auto repair industry for over 20 years, has integrated Carfax QuickVIN into the new web-based version of its most popular software, Real-Time Labor Guide. ... Continue reading

AutoTrader "Big Project Giveaway" Sweepstakes

AutoTrader "Big Project Giveaway" Sweepstakes

AutoTraderClassics.com is giving consumers a chance to win the cash and tools to make their dream automotive projects a reality with the "Big Project Giveaway" sweepstakes. ... Continue reading

Leonard Maltin Helps Honda Save the Drive-In

Leonard Maltin Helps Honda Save the Drive-In

In less than three months, many of the 368 remaining drive-ins across the U.S. will go dark forever if they cannot afford to convert to digital projection, estimated at $75,000+ per screen. In support of Project Drive-In, Honda's national effort to save as many drive-ins as possible, the automaker is hosting a one-day ... Continue reading

Nascar's Sustainable Speedways

Nascar's Sustainable Speedways

International Speedway Corporation ("ISC"), the leading promoter of major motorsports entertainment, had seven of its motorsports facilities honored during the 2013 NASCAR Green Summit with the NASCAR Green track operator award. The award recognizes those motorsports facilities for their ongoing contributions to develo ... Continue reading

IEEE International Connected Vehicles Conference Coming to Las Vegas in December

IEEE International Connected Vehicles Conference Coming to Las Vegas in December

Vehicles are communicating with one another and the outside world more and more. Advances will be highlighted at the IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo. http://www.iccve.org/ Set for 2-6 December at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, ICCVE will gather global experts, practitioners ... Continue reading

The Saco Drive-In

The Saco Drive-In

Saco Drive-In has become one of five drive-in theaters no longer in jeopardy of closing its doors thanks to Honda's Project Drive-In. With the end of 35-mm film distribution this year, and the costly switch to digital projection nearing, Honda created Project Drive-In as a national effort to save as many of America's r ... Continue reading

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