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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

2016 North American International Auto Show Drives It Home With 50-Plus Production and Concept Reveals

2016 North American International Auto Show Drives It Home With 50-Plus Production and Concept Reveals

DETROIT, Jan. 13, 2016 -- From a segment-reinventing minivan to luxury flagships, twin-turbocharged powerhouses, plug-in hybrids and autonomous drive functions, automakers showcased the sharpest of cutting-edge technologies, products and brand-building strategies at this year's North American International Auto Show Pr ... Continue reading

The Enthusiast Network and IRG Sports + Entertainment Announce a Multi-Year Partnership

The Enthusiast Network and IRG Sports + Entertainment Announce a Multi-Year Partnership

JUPITER, Florida (January 13, 2016) -tEN: The Enthusiast Network (TEN) and IRG Sports + Entertainment(TM) (IRGSE) announced a multi-year partnership that will bring a number of highly sought after automotive events to IRGSE venues. TEN's portfolio of events include: HOT ROD Power Tour, LOWRIDER Super Show, HOT ROD Drag ... Continue reading

Cypress Semiconductor Drives Next-Generation Automotive Systems

Cypress Semiconductor Drives Next-Generation Automotive Systems

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced an expansion of its automotive portfolio that will help enable manufacturers to bring high tech automotive systems historically available only in luxury models to mainstream vehicles. Leveraging a wide range of differentiated products that i ... Continue reading

GM Increases Earnings Outlook for 2016; Announces Increased Returns to Shareholders

GM Increases Earnings Outlook for 2016; Announces Increased Returns to Shareholders

DETROIT, Jan. 13, 2016 -- 2016 EPS-adjusted outlook increased to between $5.25 and $5.75 Share repurchase program now totals up to $9.0 billion Six percent increase in quarterly dividend to $0.38 per share General Motors Co. today announced an increase to its 2016 earnings per share adjusted outlook to between $5.25 an ... Continue reading

Kia Motors America And B.R.A.K.E.S. Host Defensive Driving Education

Kia Motors America And B.R.A.K.E.S. Host Defensive Driving Education

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 13, 2016 -- Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are nearly three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash[1]. B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe) and Kia Motors America (KMA) have joined together to make the highways and byways across the U.S. ... Continue reading

New-Car Prices Likely To Stall In 2016

New-Car Prices Likely To Stall In 2016

New-Car Prices Are Likely to Stall this Year, Offering Savvy Shoppers a Buying Opportunity, Says Requisite Press LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2016; Requisite Press, LLC reported today a December 2015 Auto Buyer's Affordability Index (ABAI) of 57.9, indicating that a prudent, median-income household can afford 57.9 percent of ... Continue reading

All-New Lincoln Continental Delivers Quiet Luxury: Elegant, Effortlessly Powerful, Serene +VIDEO

All-New Lincoln Continental Delivers Quiet Luxury: Elegant, Effortlessly Powerful, Serene +VIDEO

Lincoln Motor Company introduces its elegant new flagship – the all-new Continental – coming this fall Effortless power comes from new 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine that produces a projected 400 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque1; advanced safety technology is also featured Serene interior offers t ... Continue reading

Lexus LC500 Features MICHELIN Pilot® Super Sport Tires

Lexus LC500 Features MICHELIN Pilot® Super Sport Tires

DETROIT, Jan. 11, 2016 -- The exciting new Lexus LC500 luxury sports coupe wore MICHELIN® Pilot® Super Sport ZP tires at its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. For the first time, Michelin engineers deployed a new hybrid sidewall technology that allows the tire to maintain its ... Continue reading

Turkey's Passenger Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Market Has Shown an Increase of 26% in 2015

Turkey's Passenger Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Market Has Shown an Increase of 26% in 2015

ISTANBUL, January 12, 2016 -- Passenger Car Market Increased 23.5%, Light Commercial Vehicle Market Increased 34.4%. The Turkish passenger car and light commercial vehicle total market decreased 26.1% in 2015 compared to the last year, to 968,017. In 2014 total market sales value of 767,681 was reached. Passenger car s ... Continue reading

Google's Own Robot Car "Disengagement" Report Shows Need For Driver Behind Wheel, Consumer Watchdog Says; Group Calls for Release of Videos Of Incidents

Google's Own Robot Car "Disengagement" Report Shows Need For Driver Behind Wheel, Consumer Watchdog Says; Group Calls for Release of Videos Of Incidents

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016: Google's just released report detailing when human drivers took control of a self-driving robot car being tested underscores the need – as required by California DMV draft regulations – for a driver behind a steering wheel of a self-driving car, Consumer Watchdog said toda ... Continue reading

Elio Motors Gains Momentum, Starts E-Series Prototype Build; Engineering, Testing Vehicles Key Step Prior to Production

Elio Motors Gains Momentum, Starts E-Series Prototype Build; Engineering, Testing Vehicles Key Step Prior to Production

Elio Motors today announced it has taken another major step forward by beginning the production process for its E-Series of engineering and testing prototype vehicles. The E-Series will be used for safety testing, durability testing and wind tunnel testing, to name a few. This will allow Elio Motors and its supplier en ... Continue reading

Elio Motors' Sound System to be Assembled in the USA

Elio Motors' Sound System to be Assembled in the USA

Elio Motors, today announced that its personal mobile audio system will be assembled in the United States by MTX Audio, which has production facilities in Illinois, Arizona, Texas and Wisconsin. The specific facility that will assemble the audio system is yet to be determined. Elio Motors is developing an enclosed thre ... Continue reading

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