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Ford, Polaris, FedEx Fleet, Bridgestone, J.D. Power and More at Traction 2015: Driving the Tire Industry Forward

Ford, Polaris, FedEx Fleet, Bridgestone, J.D. Power and More at Traction 2015: Driving the Tire Industry Forward

Polaris Industries, Bridgestone, J.D. Power, CSX, Michelin, FedEx Fleet, Discount Tire, Consumers Union, Pirelli and Ford Motor Company are just a few of the tire industry drivers who will be presenting at Smithers Rapra’s Traction 2015, taking place May 19-21 at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN. This con ... Continue reading

Model Overview: 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country +VIDEO

Model Overview: 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country +VIDEO

Volvo’s lineup continues to expand with the introduction of the new V60 Cross Country. This sporty and dynamic luxury wagon, based on Volvo’s new-for-2015 V60, is the next generation of Volvo’s acclaimed Cross Country line offering all-road, all-weather driving capability, distinctive design and sophisti ... Continue reading

Porsche Achieves New Records in Revenue and Profit

Porsche Achieves New Records in Revenue and Profit

Sports car maker now has more than 22,000 employees – annual press conference in Stuttgart READING, UK -- March 13, 2015: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG has set new records in terms of deliveries, revenue and profit in the 2014 fiscal year. With 189,849 vehicles, deliveries were 17 per cent above the figure of the pr ... Continue reading

ALL-ELECTRIC SUPERCAR FEATURING NVIDIA'S TEGRA X1 TECHNOLOGY AT THE 2015 GPU TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

ALL-ELECTRIC SUPERCAR FEATURING NVIDIA'S TEGRA X1 TECHNOLOGY AT THE 2015 GPU TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

ALL-ELECTRIC SUPERCAR FEATURING NVIDIA'S TEGRA X1 TECHNOLOGY AT THE 2015 GPU TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ... Continue reading

New Ford Mustang Available in Europe for the First Time in its 50-year History

New Ford Mustang Available in Europe for the First Time in its 50-year History

It was a web stampede a half century in the making. Potential customers flooded Ford websites to design, specify and price nearly 500,000 new Ford Mustang models in the first month Mustang was available to order across Europe.</p> <p>During the first week, more Mustang models were specified online than any other Ford v ... Continue reading

Aston Martin Brings Power, Beauty and Soul to Jakarta

Aston Martin Brings Power, Beauty and Soul to Jakarta

Aston Martin is continuing its confident global expansion with the opening of the luxury British sports car brand’s first dealership in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Created in partnership with PT Pesona Intan Abadi, the impressive new two storeyshowroom is conveniently situated in the prime location of Jalan H ... Continue reading

Fifth-Gen Camaro Approaches 500,000 U.S. Sales

Fifth-Gen Camaro Approaches 500,000 U.S. Sales

Production milestone caps five years as America’s best-selling performance car <p><b>DETROIT – </b>Talk about a big family: Chevrolet expects to deliver the 500,000th fifth-generation Camaro in the United States this month.</p> <p>The fifth-generation Camaro has been a runaway success for Chevrolet since it w ... Continue reading

Another World Champion to Drive the 3 Pointed Star: Mercedes-Benz the New Automotive Partner of Triathlete Sebastian Kienle

Another World Champion to Drive the 3 Pointed Star: Mercedes-Benz the New Automotive Partner of Triathlete Sebastian Kienle

A new partnership has been launched in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim: Mercedes-Benz is the official 2015 automotive partner of the reigning IRONMAN World and European Champion, Sebastian Kienle. On 10&nbsp;March, Nicolai Berger, Head of Marketing Communications and Product Information for Mercedes-Benz Vans, handed over a ... Continue reading

Ford Kansas City Assembly Plan Comes Online to Build the F-150

Ford Kansas City Assembly Plan Comes Online to Build the F-150

CLAYCOMO, Mo., March 13, 2015</b> – Ford today marks the official start of production of the all-new 2015 F-150 at Kansas City Assembly Plant, which joins Dearborn Truck Plant in building the toughest, smartest, most capable F-150 ever. &nbsp;</p> <p>This means Ford has expanded production of the first mass-produc ... Continue reading

Ford's European Sales and Market Share Increase Again in February Driven by Strong Demand for its New Vehicles

Ford's European Sales and Market Share Increase Again in February Driven by Strong Demand for its New Vehicles

Ford of Europe’s all-new and refreshed models – led by the Mondeo, Kuga, EcoSport and Transit commercial vehicle range – helped the company increase sales and market share again in February. Ford sold 78,100 vehicles in total in its 20 traditional European markets* in February, and 166,600 vehicles in th ... Continue reading

Ford STEAM Lab and #YesWeCode Bring Silicon Valley to Detroit, Empowering Students to “Hack” Education Reform

Ford STEAM Lab and #YesWeCode Bring Silicon Valley to Detroit, Empowering Students to “Hack” Education Reform

Ford STEAM Lab, a Ford Motor Company Fund program, to host a hackathon for 100 middle school students to learn software coding skills, develop solutions to education reform Ford is collaborating with California-based #YesWeCode and Level Playing Field Institute, and two Detroit organizations, Sisters Code and Grand Cir ... Continue reading

Michelin Earns "Supplier of the Year" And "Innovation of the Year" Awards From Deere & Company

Michelin Earns "Supplier of the Year" And "Innovation of the Year" Awards From Deere & Company

Michelin has earned multiple prestigious recognitions from Deere & Company , the U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer based in Moline, Ill., for its products and support that the tire maker's operating units have delivered globally across various John Deere equipment segments. The Michelin Group's Agricultural and Earthmo ... Continue reading

TRW Launches Dual Stage Transmission Oil Pumps

TRW Launches Dual Stage Transmission Oil Pumps

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has announced that it has started production of its dual stage pump technology across two major European vehicle platforms. The dual stage pump is TRW's latest innovation in pump technology. It is highly suitable for wet dual clutch transmissions due to its ability to integrate two externa ... Continue reading

2015 Kia K900 And Soul Named Among Best Cars For Families By U.S. News & World Report

2015 Kia K900 And Soul Named Among Best Cars For Families By U.S. News & World Report

Kia stands out in Luxury Large Car and Hatchback segments - K900 flagship sedan honored for its feature-rich content - Soul rewarded for exceptional design and safety features IRVINE, CA -- March 12, 2015: Kia Motors America (KMA) is proud to announce that U.S. News & World Report has honored the K900 flagship1 sedan a ... Continue reading

Work Truck Show 2015 Attendance Breaks 11,000; Sets Record

Work Truck Show 2015 Attendance Breaks 11,000; Sets Record

Premieres of Mercedes-Benz Metris, Ford Tonka Truck Among Draws FARMINGTON HILLS, MI -- March 12, 2015: A record-setting 11,005 industry professionals from all 50 states, eight Canadian provinces and 23 countries turned out for The Work Truck Show® 2015, North America's largest work truck event. This breaks the Show ... Continue reading

BORGWARD Receives Award for Innovative Exhibition Stand Concept

BORGWARD Receives Award for Innovative Exhibition Stand Concept

BORGWARD receives an especially coveted award at its first appearance at the Geneva Motor Show for 55 years: as one of the three manufacturers awarded by the Club de Publicité et de Communication de Genève (CPG) for their stand concepts every year, BORGWARD received a special mentioning for its particularly innovativ ... Continue reading

Michelin To Showcase 'Beyond the Driving Test' Campaign At Lifesavers National Conference

Michelin To Showcase 'Beyond the Driving Test' Campaign At Lifesavers National Conference

Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities is the largest gathering of highway safety professionals in the U.S. CHICAGO -- March 13, 2015: Representatives from Michelin will be onsite at the 2015 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities in Chicago March 15-17 to exhibit the company's ... Continue reading

2015 Chrysler 300 and Jeep Renegade Named AAA Arizona Top Vehicle Picks for 2015

2015 Chrysler 300 and Jeep Renegade Named AAA Arizona Top Vehicle Picks for 2015

2015 Chrysler 300 named AAA Arizona Top Pick for Full-size Sedan segment 2015 Jeep Renegade chosen as Top Pick for Cool Car segment Vehicles selected as AAA Arizona Top Picks are evaluated on performance, safety, fuel economy, styling, reliability, and other criteria AAA Arizona has named the 2015 Chrysler 300 and 2015 ... Continue reading

MOTORAMA Custom Car & Motorsports Expo March 13, 14 & 15, 2015 at Toronto's International Centre

MOTORAMA Custom Car & Motorsports Expo March 13, 14 & 15, 2015 at Toronto's International Centre

TORONTO, ON (CANADA) • Inside Track Communications – publishers of Inside Track Motorsport News, Inside Motorcycles, MX & Off-Road and the producer of the Canadian Motorsports Expo – is now the owner / promoter of the traditional hot rod / classic car / motorsports show held in mid-March at Toronto’ ... Continue reading

Toyota Becomes TOP Olympic Program Sponsor

Toyota Becomes TOP Olympic Program Sponsor

Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2015; Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) today announced it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become part of The Olympic Partner (TOP) program. The agreement runs through to the end of 2024 in the mobility category, which includes vehicles, ... Continue reading

BMW Shouts Out The 2015 i3

BMW Shouts Out The 2015 i3

The Ultimate Driving Machine in a new era of Individual Urban Mobility Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – October 10, 2013 6:00pm EDT/3:00pm PDT . . . The born electric BMW i3 represents a new era of electromobility. It is like no other car the world has ever seen. It offers visionary design, a ground-breaking vehicle archite ... Continue reading

Efficiently Improving Efficiency: Predictive Powertrain Control can now be retrofitted for Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Efficiently Improving Efficiency: Predictive Powertrain Control can now be retrofitted for Mercedes-Benz Trucks

It has demonstrated its fuel-saving potential in practice many times over: Predictive Powertrain Control (PPC) from Mercedes-Benz Trucks lowers fuel consumption by up to five percent, and therefore demonstrably reduces the overall operating costs of a truck. This bestseller from Mercedes-Benz is now available for retro ... Continue reading

Head's up! Clean Displays Help Keep Drivers Informed

Head's up! Clean Displays Help Keep Drivers Informed

Keeping eyes on the road aided by colorful, simplified HUD systems DETROIT – In the days of wearable technology that connects you to the world around you, the automotive head-up display, or HUD, is a seasoned veteran. General Motors pioneered the system decades ago, yet its design teams continue to refine both app ... Continue reading

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