Tuesday, October 14, 2014

2015 Nissan Armada Pricing Specs And Comparisons

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Debunking Myths Concerning Winter and Cold Weather Tyres

Winter tyre moaners can be really creative in finding excuses why they shouldn’t move over to “winter specialists�??. But what is actually the truth behind the most common winter tyre prejudices? Here’s a check list of 5 typical statements.* ** “Only use ... Continue reading

More Than a Silver Lining: Plug-In Electric Vehicles to Talk to Electric Companies via the Cloud

Ford Motor Company will join seven global automakers for a first-ever test of technology that will allow plug-in vehicles to respond in concert to a request from energy providers to stop, then restart charging. ... Continue reading

Symphony Teleca's Connected Vehicle, M2M Initiatives Drive Next Generation in Machine Intelligence

Gartner Recognizes Symphony Teleca for Remote Diagnostics, Embedded Software and Electronics Design, in Hype Cycle Reports ... Continue reading

Is It a Car or an iPad?

Model S’s Electronics Reflect Tesla’s Unconventional Approach, IHS Teardown Reveals EL SEGUNDO, CA -- October 14, 2014: Everyone knows that Tesla Motors Inc. doesn’t do things the same way as other automakers. “It’s like looking at the components from the latest mobile device from an Apple iPad ... Continue reading

2015 Nissan Rogue SL AWD Review By John Heilig

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Statement by Acura Regarding Seat Belt Recall: 2014 RLX and 2014-2015 MDX

Acura will voluntarily recall 340 units of 2014 model year RLX vehicles and 3,670 units of 2014-2015 model year MDX vehicles in Canada to replace the front seat belts, free of charge. In low temperatures (below -10oC), the driver’s and front passenger’s seat belts may not release from the retracted position. ... Continue reading

Maserati Leads the 70th Annual Columbus Day Parade

Maserati, with 100 Years of Italian Manufacturing Excellence, Sets the Pace for New York City's Famed Celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ -- Oct. 13, 2014: The 70th Annual Columbus Day Parade, the world's largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture, came alive today on Manh ... Continue reading

Toyota Is Global Hybrid Leader With Sales Of 7 Million

Recent million-unit milestone achieved in record time TORRANCE, CA -- Oct. 13, 2014: Toyota Motor Corporation announced today global hybrid sales surpassed the 7 million unit mark in September. Toyota achieved this latest million-unit hybrid milestone at the record pace of nine months. "Hitting the 7 million mark repre ... Continue reading

Philips: Technology an Integral Part of Defensive Driving

Safety is foremost on the minds of many drivers. Automobile accidents can be detrimental to a driver's health as well as his or her wallet, causing potentially costly damage to vehicles and resulting in higher insurance premiums. Driving defensively is a great way for drivers to reduce their risk of accident, but even ... Continue reading

NICB - Newer Model Vehicles Stolen Less and More Likely to be Recovered

In a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), analysis of thefts of 2013 model year vehicles provides good news for consumers who are upgrading from their older models in favor of a new set of wheels. According to data from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), thefts of 2013 models through J ... Continue reading

Audi Takes to the Race Track With the Sportiest Piloted Driving Car in the World

Audi has developed the world's sportiest piloted driving car. At the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) season finale, the Audi RS 7 piloted driving concept car will demonstrate its dynamic potential and driving capabilities for the first time on the Hockenheimring - at racing speed, without a driver. "We are pressing fo ... Continue reading

Americans Will Waste $2.8 Trillion On Traffic By 2030 If Gridlock Persists

Traffic is actually more detrimental to our wallets than our patience, a new study shows. In 2013, traffic congestion robbed the US economy of $124 billion. Without significant action to alleviate congestion, this cost is expected to increase 50 percent to $186 billion by 2030. The cumulative cost over the 17-year peri ... Continue reading

Nissan Launches UK Skills Foundation

Major expansion of Nissan’s UK schools engagement programme Inspiring the engineers, scientists and manufacturers of the future New activities include F1 In Schools programme and Eco-School SUNDERLAND, UK -- October, 2014: Nissan has announced a major expansion of its schools engagement activities in the UK, using ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan Alliance Accelerates Gender Diversity

Percentage of women in manager-level positions globally continues to increase year over year Renault remains auto industry benchmark for women at the senior executive level; Nissan Japan more than double national average for manufacturers Renault and Nissan are taking creative approaches to new products, working teams ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Presents First New Vivaro to Homeserve

First vehicle off line delivered to new fleet customer Part of major order, comprising Vivaros and Movanos Luton – Vauxhall has handed over the first New Vivaro built at its Luton plant to Homeserve, a major new customer. Tim Tozer, Vauxhall’s Chairman and Managing Director presented the keys to Jadon Silva, ... Continue reading

80 Schools Race in First Ever Greenpower International Final at Goodwood

Famous faces Lord March, David Richards CBE and Jason Bradbury attend David Cullimore wins IET Formula F24+ for the third year in succession The Weald School IET Formula F24 team take second title in eight years GOODWOOD, Monday October 13, 2014: Thousands of competitors, supporters and spectators turned out at Goodwoo ... Continue reading

SEAT Celebrates Series of New UK Sales Records

SEAT celebrates series of new UK sales records, including best ever single month, best quarter and year-to-date market share Retail sales up 27% year-to-date and fleet up 11.5% SEAT international sales up more than 10% too, with UK its largest growth market SEAT is celebrating a series of new UK sales records, includin ... Continue reading

Isuzu captures unique 360-degree FanPic image at Grand Final

Isuzu captures unique 360-degree FanPic image at Grand Final Isuzu the official pick-up partner of the 2014 Super League XIX season Spectators at Saturday’s epic Super League Grand Final between St Helens and Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford, Manchester, took part in one of sport’s largest ever 360-degree pictu ... Continue reading

Impressive Chinese Debut for Bentley Continental GT3

Bentley and Absolute Racing score second-place finish in Shanghai Continental GT3 proves popular with Chinese fans Team hopes for another strong performance to come in Macau (Crewe / Shanghai, 13th October 2014) Bentley’s race-winning Continental GT3 achieves second place in the 11th round of the 2014 GT Asia Seri ... Continue reading

Citroen C4 Cactus Finishes on the Podium in 2014 MPG Marathon

A Citroën C4 Cactus BlueHDi 100 Feel has demonstrated its exceptional fuel efficiency in this year’s ALD Automotive Fleet World MPG Marathon. Returning an impressive 95.0mpg, the C4 Cactus came third overall for outright mpg (in field of 20 conventionally powered passenger cars). The Citroën C4 Cactus was dr ... Continue reading