National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB acquires the main assets of Saab Automobile National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB to establish a new venture for development and manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) in Trollhättan, Sweden. National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankr ... Continue reading
Father's Day Rides with Seniors in Mind
With Father's Day in mind, the editors at shopautoweek.com have rounded up five new vehicles for dads and granddads out there for whom the idea of buying a new sports car may seem less appealing than it once did. We included cars that would give our fathers the features they needed without sacrificing the style and per ... Continue reading
Father's Day -- the perfect time to begin restoring a classic Mustang Restoring a classic Mustang is a great father and son project, and with the 50th anniversary of Ford Mustang less than two years away, now is the time to begin work on your pony car to have it ready for one of the most important milestones in America ... Continue reading
Father's Day Rides with Seniors in Mind
DETROIT--With Fatherââ¬â¢s Day in mind, the editors at shopautoweek.com have rounded up five new vehicles for dads and granddads out there for whom the idea of buying a new sports car may seem less appealing than it once did. âIf youââ¬â¢re willing to spend a little more, the new ES offers a ... Continue reading
Get Dad's Motor Runnin' This Father's Day
A majority of the population is facing the same dilemma, what to get dad for Father's Day. Dads typically love their cars and pretty much anything with a motor in it, and according to the National Retail Federation, last year people spent more than $593 million on automotive related gifts and accessories for Father's D ... Continue reading
Dassault Systemes (Paris:DSY)(Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, a world leader in 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Tata Technologies heavy use of Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE platform, based on Version 6 technology, for its r ... Continue reading
National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB Acquires the Main Assets of Saab Automobile
National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB to establish a new venture for development and manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) in Trollhättan, Sweden. National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estate today signed a purchase agreement which covers the main assets of S ... Continue reading
Kia Motors Gets Ready To Rock This Summer With 2012 Vans Warped Tour
Kia Motors America (KMA) is hitting the road as the "Official Vehicle of the 2012 Vans Warped Tour" and for a fifth straight year will entertain concertgoers in nearly 40 U.S. cities with live music performances from today's biggest rock and indie bands and a variety of interactive activities and events at the Kia Soul ... Continue reading
Chicago Auto Show Revs Up Communications And Marketing Efforts With Staff Additions, New Roles
Communications and Marketing Team Set to Take on Today's Challenges --Keeping pace with trends in the ever-changing traditional and social media landscape, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, producer of the Chicago Auto Show, announces its new communications and marketing team, which includes both new hires and ... Continue reading
Toyota to Exhibit Family-oriented Concept at Tokyo Toy Show
Toyota City, Japan, June 13, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is to display a family-oriented concept vehicle at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2012 from June 14 through June 17(1) at the Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, Tokyo. The vehicle, called the "Camatte"(2), is aimed at bringing delight to p ... Continue reading
Ford Celebrates Fuel-Efficient Escape Launch, Additional Jobs at Louisville Assembly Plant
Ford has added 1,800 jobs at Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP), with 1,300 more on the way this year to build the all-new Escape, the nation's most fuel-efficient small utility vehicle with an automatic transmission Ford has added more than 5,200 hourly jobs in the U.S. this year alone. With LAP's third shift, by year-en ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls Honored With 'Supplier of the Year' and 'Concept Interior of the Year' Awards
Leading automotive supplier receives two awards at Automotive Interiors Expo 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive interiors and electronics, received two awards at the Automotive Interiors Expo 2012 in Stuttgart. An independent jury of 14 international automobile journalists voted ... Continue reading
The number of insurance telematics users in Europe will grow from 1.5 million in 2010 to 44 million in 2017, initially driven by the UK and Italy. Despite aggressive efforts from Progressive, North America will continue to lag behind the European UBI market. Vice president and practice director Dominique Bonte comments ... Continue reading
News from Bevan Group - Bevan Group flies new colours
Date: 13 June 2012 Signs of progress. John Enright leads the vehicle graphics team at Bevan Group Bevan Group flies new colours Just two years on from its launch, the in-house graphics division at leading dry freight commercial vehicle bodybuilder Bevan Group is going from strength to strength. Bevan offers customers a ... Continue reading
LINE-X Protective Coatings, the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings, will be exhibiting at the International Franchise Expo at The Javits Center in Ny., June 15-17, in booth #662. Known as the franchising industry's premier event, the IFE brings thousands of business owners t ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Qualifying Changes Announced For Iowa
INDIANAPOLIS, June 12, 2012: Two IZOD IndyCar Series practice sessions June 22 totaling 90 minutes will play integral roles in setting the starting grid for the Iowa Corn Indy 250. As announced by INDYCAR in mid-February, three heat races of 30 laps each will replace single-car qualifications for the June 23 race under ... Continue reading
NHRA Drag Racing - JEGS Team Preview For Bristol Dragway
Bristol, Jun. 12, 2012: In 2012, Jeg Coughlin Jr. is making his return to the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series after a one-year hiatus. Jeg is driving the all-new JEGS Mopar Dodge Avenger in the Pro Stock class. In his first outing since his return, he drove to a runner-up finish at the OâReilly Auto Parts Wi ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Newman Michigan Race Preview
KANNAPOLIS, June 12, 2012: Two-hundred and thirty-seven years ago, our Nationâs leaders established the Continental Army, beginning a rich heritage of successfully defending this great country and her citizens. This weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Ryan Newman and Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) w ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Andretti Autosport Preview Milwaukee IndyFest
James Hinchcliffe, Team GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, No. 27 Hinchcliffe heads to IndyFest ranked third in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship points standings after a strong fourth-place finish in Texas last weekend. This will be Hinchcliffe's second time racing Indy cars at the historic one-mile oval; he finished sixth in ... Continue reading
NHRA Pro Stock - Coughlin Optimistic About Bristol
BRISTOL, June 12, 2012: With five world championships and a whopping 68 national events on his drag racing resume, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has spent the majority of his career at the top of the world rankings. In an effort to return to his usual perch, the 41-year-old fan favorite from Delaware, Ohio, recently added veteran t ... Continue reading
Historics - Daly To Race At Goodwood
Noblesville, Jun. 12, 2012: Former Formula 1, IndyCar and Le Mans star Derek Daly is to return to racing at the 2012 Goodwood Revival meeting on September 14th to 16th in Chichester, West Sussex, England. US domiciled Irishman Daly, 59, will share a Sunbeam Rapier with Sussex, England, solicitor Harry Sherrard in the P ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Sonic Overdrive Campaign Recognized with Three Awards for Excellence in Online Advertising
AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, was awarded a total of three gold awards for excellence in online advertising for the Chevrolet Sonic Overdrive campaign, which ran at the end of 2011. The campaign received two Communicator Awards in the online advertising and marketing categories and a gold award i ... Continue reading
car2go Continues Expansion in Canada and the USA
car2go North America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, announced today it will expand its carsharing operations in Canada and the United States this summer, making urban mobility more convenient, more flexible, and more widely available than ever before. car2go will officially start o ... Continue reading
General Motors Honors Molle Chevrolet with Dealer of the Year Award
Molle Chevrolet is pleased to announce they have earned top honors as one of General Motors Dealers of the Year for performance in 2011. The award is granted to a small percentage of GM dealerships excelling in customer service, sales and providing the best overall experience by region. 'Being named one of General Moto ... Continue reading
Hyundai Motor America Announces Pricing For 2013 Elantra GT
Hyundai Motor America has announced prices for the new 2013 Elantra GT. The fun-to-drive, functional, five-door compact hatchback will have a starting price of $18,395 and be extraordinarily well-equipped. At $18,395 shoppers will discover 39 highway miles per gallon, more interior space than Ford Focus, Mazda3 and Vol ... Continue reading
Volvo Group Opens the Door to Its Future Research
Regulatory News: 'Times are different and being open about where we are heading is now beneficial for us, our customers and society' Excavators without drivers, virtual sheet painting and electric buses that charge in ten minutes. The Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) is opening the door to the future with its new Te ... Continue reading
Good Technology Helps Ford Motor Company Secure its Global Email on Personally Owned Devices Program
Good Technology, the leading provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility and collaboration tools for a range of mobile devices, announced that Ford Motor Company is deploying Good for Enterprise software to secure personally-owned, employee smartphones and tablets. Good for Enterprise will support Ford's emp ... Continue reading
Remy International Signs Long Term Supply Agreement with DMA
Remy International, Inc. (OTC-PINK: RMYI), a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of starters, alternators, and electric traction and hybrid motors, announced today the signing of a long-term supply agreement with DMA (Derindere) in Istanbul, Turkey. DMA will use Remy's HVH 250 motor to power their PHEV ... Continue reading
BorgWarner Provides Innovative Friction Technology For ZF's Automatic Hybrid Transmissions
BorgWarner's leading expertise in friction plate design and materials improves shift performance and efficiency for the ZF full hybrid 8-speed automatic transmission. The parallel hybrid transmission launched in the 2012 Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro and will also be featured in the Audi A6, A8 and BMW 5-series hybrids. "Borg ... Continue reading
2013 Ford Escape Drives Off Assembly Line with Faurecia Interior and Emissions Control Technology
As the 2013 next-generation Ford Escape begins rolling off the assembly line in Louisville, Ky., it carries Faurecia technology both inside and under the vehicle. A new 200,000-square-foot Faurecia Interior Systems plant in Louisville is producing the Escape's instrument panel with advanced techniques that contribute t ... Continue reading
BMW i Premieres in London: New Concepts Mark the Opening of the World's first BMW i Store
To coincide with the opening of the world's first BMW i Store on London's Park Lane, the BMW Group will present the BMW i3 Concept with a new interior colour and materials concept. Based on the original concept car which premiered at last year's Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), the BMW i3 Concept is now influe ... Continue reading
Bentley To Take Goodwood Festival Of Speed By Storm
An exciting new Bentley is set to make its international debut at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ... Continue reading
Predict The Unpredictable With Hyundai At UEFA Euro 2012
With UEFA EURO 2012 kicking into action in fine style over the weekend, not many people could have predicted the scores from the first round of matches. ... Continue reading
New 'Peugeot Design Lab' Opens Its Global Design Studio Doors To External Clients
A new Peugeot Design Lab is launched to offer external clients an exceptional design capability with its main objective to provide the design of products, services and experiences for external clients from all market sectors. ... Continue reading
Nissan Whips Up A New 99 For The Summer
Nissan's compact city car has been refreshed in time to keep it looking cool for the summer. The new Pixo features fresh exterior colours, an improved interior and, crucially for tax and toll savings - a drop in CO2 emissions to 99g/km. ... Continue reading
UK Engine Plant To Build Engines For BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Sports Cars
At today's SMMT 2012 International Automotive Summit at Canary Wharf, London, Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW, announced that the new generation of high-tech, 3-cylinder petrol engines for the future BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will be produced exclusively at the ... Continue reading
Infiniti Ranked Number One in Total Car Score's "Top 10 Best Car Brands for 2012"
Total Car Score, a leading automotive ranking and comparison website, today announced Infiniti as the number one scoring brand on its listing of the "Top 10 Best Car Brands for 2012." ... Continue reading
Kia Motors Posts 15.5% Global Sales Growth in May
Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for May 2012, recording a total of 240,000 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 15.5%. ... Continue reading
Holden Equips Colorado with Tough New Accesories Range
Holden has launched an extensive range of Genuine Holden Accessories for the all-new Colorado Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV). ... Continue reading
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