Hyundai Sonata Leads the Competition With Best Fuel Economy in the EPA Large Car Segment
Hyundai Sonata, the popular sedan offering class-above interior volume compared with its key competitors, also provides the best fuel economy in the EPA Large Car segment with an exceptional 28 mpg combined fuel economy rating. Sonata interior volume is a generous 120.2 cubic feet, placing it in the EPA Large Car segme ... Continue reading
Ford introduces Focus Electric, expected to top 100 MPGe Ford's world-class Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric, expected to be the first five-passenger, all-electric car to achieve 100-plus MPGe. Focus Electric can recharge in half the time of the Nissan Leaf. One-third of Ford's ... Continue reading
Heels On Wheels: Katrina's 2012 Top 5 Vehicle Picks
Find Your Perfect New Car Match HERE HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 2012 VEHICLES. Compact, sporty, fuel-saving engines with a fun-to-drive factor define many of my top 2012 vehicles. From the Hyundai Veloster to the Toyota Prius Plug-in, the trend with carmakers is ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Promotes Executives in Company Reorganization
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, announced today that it has promoted three of its long-standing executives. Effective immediately, Jeremy Anwyl is Vice Chairman of the company, stepping up from the Chief Executive Officer position he has held since 2007. Mr. An ... Continue reading
Trivest Partners Announces New Platform With Acquisition of Take 5 Oil Change
Trivest Partners ("Trivest") today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Take 5 Oil Change, Inc. ("Take 5" or the "Company"), a differentiated fast lube chain with 26 locations throughout the Southeast. Take 5 CEO and shareholder, Pete Frey, will continue to lead the Company's daily operations. ... Continue reading
Automotive Council Report Calls for New Approach to Tackle Road Congestion
The "Intelligent Mobility" Report calls for cross industry and government collaboration to enable better mobility through the convergence of intelligent transport systems. Congestion costs the UK around GBP12bn annually.[1] Capacity of existing UK roads could be increased significantly by optimising vehicle movements u ... Continue reading
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "India CNG Vehicle Market Analysis" report to their offering. Over the past years, there has been an ever-quickening drumbeat of grim news over oil imports. Global dependence upon oil is a burning issue and India is also not spared from its dependence on oil import ... Continue reading
Zipcar Announces the Exercise of its Option to Purchase a Majority Stake in Barcelona-based Avancar
Zipcar, Inc. , the world's leading car sharing network, today announced the exercise of its option to purchase a majority ownership interest in Barcelona-based Catalunya Carsharing S.A., known as Avancar. ... Continue reading
Businesses, Utilities Support California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Today, a diverse group of business leaders from across the state, representing tens of thousands of California workers -- including the state's largest electricity and natural gas providers and two of the world's leading carmakers -- released a new advertisement supporting California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The Low ... Continue reading
ECOtality and Outcast Partner to Launch Digital Advertising Network for Blink EV Charging Stations
Outcast, the largest fuel television network at the pump, and ECOtality , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today a partnership to launch the nation's largest digital network at Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. "Outcast specializes in engaging with consumers at ... Continue reading
Automotive Affairs - NHTSA And Now NTSB - Methinks We Doth Discern A Larger Pattern Here
Some time ago, I read a series of comments from NHTSA head David Strickland, suggesting a new agency effort to limit (or potentially eliminate entirely) telematic, mobile and online communications in vehicles, and with today's NTSB assertion that we should eliminate mobile communications, on the basis of 'safety concer ... Continue reading
Hankook Tire Reaches $1 Billion, a U.S. Sales Record
Hankook Tire, the seventh-largest and one of the fastest growing tire companies in the world, announced today that it has reached $1 billion in U.S. FY 2011 sales as of December 13th, 2011 for the first time in its thirty year history in the United States. ... Continue reading
Audi's Media Agency Wins Two Creative Media Awards for the Brand
Last night, Audi of America's media agency, MediaCom, was recognized by Media Magazine with two Creative Media Awards for their campaigns for Audi. Audi received more nominations than any other brand this year. The Creative Media Awards honor advertisers and their agencies for the year's most creative and innovative me ... Continue reading
Cellcontrol, the leading provider of technology driven distracted driving solutions, announced today that its technology can be used by fleets, families and governments to enforce safe driving habits as recommended yesterday by the National Transportation Safety Board. After irrefutable evidence showed that texting and ... Continue reading
TravelCenters of America LLC today announced that it has agreed to purchase and install RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology at all of its locations nationwide. This technology, called Fuel Island Manager, is distributed by Comdata Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Comdata Corporation. Comdata is the exclusiv ... Continue reading
AAA Chicago: 91.9 Million Americans Will Travel During Year-End Holidays, Up 1.4 Percent
AAA forecasts 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-12 Year-End holiday travel season, a 1.4 percent increase over the 90.7 million people who traveled one year ago. This year's expected Year-End holiday travel volume is the second highest in the past decade and represents 30 per ... Continue reading
States Caution Drivers to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
All too often, holiday festivities take a deadly turn when an individual chooses to drink alcohol and then get behind the wheel of a car. Last year, 415 people were killed in traffic crashes involving a drunk driver or motorcycle rider in the last half of December alone. And, according to research from the Insurance In ... Continue reading
E-Z-GO Recalls Golf Cars, Shuttles and Off-Road Utility Vehicles Due to Crash Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. ... Continue reading
Holiday Ads from Auto Makers Fail to Impress Consumers, According to Ace Metrix
In spite of the introduction of more than 150 new ads plugging new models and holiday promotions, automotive advertisers have experienced a lukewarm reception from U.S. consumers in Q4, according to Ace Metrix, the authority in television advertising effectiveness. The company, which today revealed lists of the most ef ... Continue reading
Valley First Credit Union Switches to VINtek ELT Services
VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management, electronic lien and title (ELT) services and direct finance processing for automotive lenders, announced that Modesto, Calif.-based Valley First Credit Union selected VINtek as its ELT technology provider to better manage members automotive titles. "Implementing a ... Continue reading
Automotive Performance Brands - Yokohama Tire-Sponsored Chad George Wins Lucas Oil Off-Road Title
FULLERTON, Dec.13, 2011: Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored off-road racer Chad George wrapped up a stellar season by clinching the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Super Lite title at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona on December 10. George piloted the Funco Motorsports #42 Kawasaki/Yokohama Super L ... Continue reading
Special Motorsports Event - Houses Of Parliament Host Cape Town Rally
London, Dec. 13, 2011: The Houses of Parliament host the start of the London to Cape Town World Cup Rally on 1 January 2012, when 44 cars will set off on a timed rally, covering 10,000 miles in 27 driving days across 14 countries, touching three continents. Three years in the making, the route organised by The Enduranc ... Continue reading
Star Mazda - Juncos Looking to Regain Title In 2012
Brownsburg, December 13, 2011: Following news of Juncos Racing's move to Indianapolis and expansion into the Firestone Indy Lights Series, the team is more fired up than ever to regain the championship title in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. Juncos Racing won its first ever Star Mazda Champions ... Continue reading
Star Mazda - Karam To Compete For 2012 Championship With Andretti Autosport
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13, 2011: Andretti Autosport announced today it will welcome back driver Sage Karam for his second season in the Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear in 2012. Karam will drive the Star Mazda car with support from Comfort Revolution, a leading distributor and marketer of high-end sleep produc ... Continue reading
New Torchmate 4X4 CNC Machine is the Dream Holiday Gift for the Gearhead
The fall launch of Torchmate's 4X4 CNC machine has re-arranged the top of every gearhead and four-wheeler's holiday gift list. Incredibly affordable for a machine of its size and versatility, the 4X4 supplies off-roaders, engineers, hobbyists and fabricators a lifetime of precise, robotic metal-cutting and plasma-cutti ... Continue reading
TireVan, the largest and fastest-growing mobile tire installation business in the United States, today announced the launch of "TireVan's 12 Days of Christmas," an online contest that will award 12 winners an automotive prize from TireVan. Through the contest, which is open to residents in the Washington, D.C., and Phi ... Continue reading
SpeedGauge, a leading provider of business intelligence and location-based analytics for the trucking and insurance industry, is taking speed monitoring to a new level. While SpeedGauge has long provided speed tracking on streets and highways around the world, today the company announced the release of SpeedGaugeAnywhe ... Continue reading
More Economy Plus More Luxury Equals New Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 204PS
Audi Q7 drivers can now use fuel more sparingly and savour seven-seat comfort more completely in the new Q7 3.0 TDI 204PS S line Plus. ... Continue reading
New Plant Manager For Ford Southampton
Ford's former Bridgend engine production manager, John Oldham, has been appointed as the new plant manager at Ford Southampton, UK home of the Ford Transit. ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Rewards Excellence With UK Top Technician Award
Completion of a comprehensive training programme and a passion for customer service has seen aftersales technician, Luke Parlett of W H Brand Chevrolet in Spalding named Chevrolet Top Technician 2011. ... Continue reading
AA Endorses Subaru Winter-Weather Towing Tips
With Britain poised to succumb to winter's icy grip for another year, owners of All-Wheel Drive Subaru vehicles will once again be called upon to become motoring Good Samaritans - rescuing friends, neighbours and fellow motorists stranded in the ice and snow. ... Continue reading
UK Business Minister Welcomes Rols-Royce Motors Investment +VIDEO
GOODWOOD, England - December 14, 2011: Mark Prisk, Business Minister, visited the Home of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Goodwood, West Sussex to learn how the company will expand in 2012. RollsRoyce is investing in a significant expansion of its Assembly Hall and Surface Finish Centre. The Minister toured the manufacturing ... Continue reading
Mazda Teams Up With Donington Park
Mazda is the official vehicle sponsor of Donington Park for the 2012 season and has provided the famous race circuit with a fleet of eight Mazda cars. ... Continue reading
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years At Eastnor Castle
Land Rover is celebrating 50 years of using the Eastnor Castle estate in Herefordshire as its centre for off road testing and development. Tucked away in rural Herefordshire, this historic piece of English countryside is still an important tool in the research and development of new Land Rovers as well as offering a co ... Continue reading
A Brighter Christmas, Delivered By Volvo Car UK And Action For Children
Volvo Car UK has teamed up with Father Christmas to help raise £25,000 for Action for Children and deliver Christmas presents to children at its projects at sites throughout the UK. ... Continue reading
Television personality Matt White is the latest "A" list celebrity to join Kia Motors Australia's ambassador program. ... Continue reading
1,500,000th Octavia II Produced
Skoda has built the 1,500,000th Octavia of the second generation. ... Continue reading
Peugeot Motion & Emotion Show in Rio de Janeiro
An unparalleled launch and worldwide digital buzz. ... Continue reading
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