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2014 Toyota 4Runner - Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Toyota 4Runner - Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Toyota 4Runner - Heels on Wheels Review ... Continue reading

Impala and Traverse Among 12 Best Family Cars of 2014

Impala and Traverse Among 12 Best Family Cars of 2014

In a quest to find the vehicles best suited for families, Kelley Blue Book editors collaborated with real families to test an array of vehicles including anything from sedans to minivans. Two Chevrolets made their way into KBB.com’s 12 Best Family Cars of 2014 recommended list, the Chevrolet Impala four-door sedan ... Continue reading

Rob Dyrdek Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in Chevrolet Sonic

Rob Dyrdek Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in Chevrolet Sonic

– Driving a Chevrolet Sonic, television star and former professional skateboarder, Rob Dyrdek successfully set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record today for the Farthest Reverse Ramp Jump by a Car with a total of 89 feet 3¼ inches. This is the second time Dyrdek, star of MTV’s “Rob Dyrdek’s Fanta ... Continue reading

Record cold drives spike in Chevy Cruze remote starts and vehicle data reports

Record cold drives spike in Chevy Cruze remote starts and vehicle data reports

The Polar Vortex over most of eastern North America sent outdoor and coolant temperatures plummeting during most of January. Chevrolet Cruze owners with OnStar’s RemoteLink Mobile application avoided some of the chill because they could check their car’s status and warm the interior from any distance. RemoteL ... Continue reading

All-New 2015 Subaru Legacy Integrates Pandora Internet Radio

All-New 2015 Subaru Legacy Integrates Pandora Internet Radio

Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the all-new 2015 Legacy sedan, introduced today at the Chicago Auto Show, would come equipped as standard with Pandora smartphone integration as part of the standard Subaru STARLINK™ infotainment connectivity feature. Pandora, the leading Internet radio service with more than ... Continue reading

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Fleet operators planning for the future can save time this year by trying out 23 sustainable technology vehicles in one place during the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive at The Work Truck Show® 2014. Every vehicle is available for test-drives on city streets and in a new closed-access course, providing Show attendees with ... Continue reading

Presidents Day Marks Best Time to Buy So Far in 2014

Presidents Day Marks Best Time to Buy So Far in 2014

CHICAGO--Feb. 14, 2014: Ongoing economic uncertainty coupled with extreme weather conditions across most of the country over the past month has caused a slump in auto sales and low traffic numbers at dealerships throughout the United States. With Presidents Day weekend quickly approaching, a weekend historically known ... Continue reading

12 Best Family Cars Of 2014

12 Best Family Cars Of 2014

Not all options are as obvious as a minivan when it comes to cars best suited for families. In the same light, not all families have the same needs when it comes to their ideal car. Helping ease the struggle to find the best new cars tailored for families of all sizes, the editors of Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com have n ... Continue reading

Subaru Announces Pricing On All New 2015 WRX And WRX STI Sedans

Subaru Announces Pricing On All New 2015 WRX And WRX STI Sedans

Subaru of America, Inc. has announced pricing on the carmaker's performance icons, the 2015 WRX and WRX STI. Both vehicles arrive into dealerships this Spring exclusively as wide-body design sedans. Starting at $26,295, the 2015 WRX delivers more performance value than ever before. Powered by a new 268-horsepower 2.0-l ... Continue reading

Acura MDX Earns Kiplinger's Personal Finance 2014 Best Value Award

Acura MDX Earns Kiplinger's Personal Finance 2014 Best Value Award

The 2014 Acura MDX has earned a Best Value Award from Kiplinger's Personal Finance in the "Large Crossover" category of the publication's Best New Car Values, 2014. Kiplinger's selects the winners based on a number of qualifications including performance, safety, value, and driving impressions. ... Continue reading

Belmont Wallyford Heads To The Races

Belmont Wallyford Heads To The Races

A Scottish Mitsubishi dealership has signed a deal to become the Official Vehicle Supplier of Musselburgh Racecourse for the next two years. ... Continue reading

Positive Start To The Year For Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Positive Start To The Year For Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started 2014 with growth in deliveries across its core European markets. ... Continue reading

New Lexus RC F And RC Coupe To Make European Debuts At Geneva

New Lexus RC F And RC Coupe To Make European Debuts At Geneva

Lexus's presentation at the 2014 Geneva motor show will be led by European debuts for the new RC coupe and high-performance RC F and world-first reveals of the RC F Sport and RC F GT3 racing concept. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Launches Business Mentoring Initiative With Former Dragons' Den Investor

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Launches Business Mentoring Initiative With Former Dragons' Den Investor

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched an eight-month business mentoring initiative with YO! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe OBE and in association with The Times. ... Continue reading

Flying Spur Stars At Bentley Power On Ice Event

Flying Spur Stars At Bentley Power On Ice Event

Bentley's new Flying Spur is proving to be one of the star attractions at this year's Power on Ice 2014 event in Finland ... Continue reading

Toyota Pulls The Plug On Plug-In Charging With New Wireless Technology

Toyota Pulls The Plug On Plug-In Charging With New Wireless Technology

Recharging a Toyota plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicle could in future be as simple as parking the car. ... Continue reading

Sinclair Volkswagen In Swansea Opens Its Doors In Star-Studded Style

Sinclair Volkswagen In Swansea Opens Its Doors In Star-Studded Style

The UK's largest Volkswagen showroom - Sinclair Volkswagen in Swansea - has opened its doors in style with a host of leading Welsh stars, including rugby legend Ieuan Evans and tenor Wynne Evans. ... Continue reading

Kia to show all-new Soul EV and next-generation hybrid powertrain at Geneva

Kia to show all-new Soul EV and next-generation hybrid powertrain at Geneva

The all-new Kia Soul EV will make its European debut at the 84th Salon International de l'Automobile in Geneva on 4 March 2014, alongside a special technology exhibit for the brand's next-generation hybrid powertrain. ... Continue reading

Kia Pioneers Energy-Saving Ventilation Systems for Soul EV through Extreme Winter Testing

Kia Pioneers Energy-Saving Ventilation Systems for Soul EV through Extreme Winter Testing

A comprehensive winter testing programme is being carried for the Soul EV pure electric vehicle ahead of its launch in the second half of 2014, finalising development of the car and testing several innovative new drivetrain and on-board technologies. ... Continue reading

BBR, the planet’s leading Mazda tuner, is launching two versions of its uniquely UK developed and produced turbocharger upgrade

BBR, the planet’s leading Mazda tuner, is launching two versions of its uniquely UK developed and produced turbocharger upgrade

Demand driven release of ‘GT270’ style turbo upgrade packages Stage One upgrade produces 262 bhp and 225 lb.ft of torque Drive-in, drive-out conversions available from BBR and selected Mazda UK dealers DIY kits available for both domestic and export customers 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds and 150 mph top speed in 2 ... Continue reading

AlertDriving Launches Hazard Perception 360o

AlertDriving Launches Hazard Perception 360o

AlertDriving, the global leader in web-based driver risk management solutions, has announced the launch of Hazard Perception 360o, an interactive mobile driver risk assessment solution. The new release builds on AlertDriving’s proven, industry-standard Hazard Perception Evaluation program. “The fact that Aler ... Continue reading

FIAT Brand Announces Launch of 2014 Abarth Track Experience

FIAT Brand Announces Launch of 2014 Abarth Track Experience

The Abarth Track Experience offers professional driving instruction sessions to Fiat 500 Abarth owners Drivers will learn to maximize their driving skills on the street, strip and track 2014 schedule includes events in California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois The 2014 Abarth Track Experience kicks off this m ... Continue reading

Audi Canada launches S3, A3 e-tron concept and S8 at Canadian International Autoshow

Audi Canada launches S3, A3 e-tron concept and S8 at Canadian International Autoshow

Product offensive continues with new additions S3 and S8 A3 e-tron showcases Audi plug-in hybrid technology New Audi Q3 is also being shown For 2014 the Audi lineup will grow with a number of new additions to the portfolio. Few models will have more presence than the new 2015 S3, S8 and Audi Q3 which will make their Ca ... Continue reading

Ford Selects Canadian Plant to Build All-New Global Utility Vehicle for Export to More Than 60 Countries

Ford Selects Canadian Plant to Build All-New Global Utility Vehicle for Export to More Than 60 Countries

Ford will build an all-new Edge utility vehicle for global markets at its Oakville Assembly plant, near Toronto, and export to more than 60 countries Adding a new global product at Oakville follows Ford’s C$700 million investment in the plant to make it one of the most competitive and advanced global manufacturing ... Continue reading

Chevrolet to Oversee Restoration of Historic Corvettes

Chevrolet to Oversee Restoration of Historic Corvettes

DETROIT – To help the National Corvette Museum recover from the massive sinkhole that opened under the facility this week, Chevrolet will oversee restoration of the Corvettes damaged. General Motors Design in Warren, Mich., will lead the project. “The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the m ... Continue reading

Colorado police prepare to recognize those driving while high

Colorado police prepare to recognize those driving while high

- Colorado police prepare to recognize those driving while high On January 1 of this year, the recreational use of marijuana became legal in the state of Colorado. This does not mean, however, that it is legal to use marijuana in every circumstance. Indeed, similar to alcohol, those who use marijuana are expected to do ... Continue reading

Porsche Boxster and Panamera recipients of award from Canadian Black Book for 2014

Porsche Boxster and Panamera recipients of award from Canadian Black Book for 2014

Canadian Black Book presented awards for the Boxster and Panamera to Alexander Pollich, President & CEO of Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. this morning at the 2014 Canadian International Auto Show. The models were picked as winners for Best Retained Value in the Premium Sports Car and Premium Luxury Car categories, respectiv ... Continue reading

Porsche Returns to the Canadian International Auto Show With Two Introductions

Porsche Returns to the Canadian International Auto Show With Two Introductions

Photos for this release will be available on the CP picture wire via Marketwired. For the first time since 2008, Porsche is back at the Canadian International Auto Show for its 2014 edition. In addition showing its highly-anticipated Macan compact sport utility vehicle for the first time in Canada, the all-new 911 GT3 ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Golf, 2013 World Car of the Year Makes Canadian Debut

Volkswagen Golf, 2013 World Car of the Year Makes Canadian Debut

AJAX, ONTARIO--Feb. 13, 2014: Since its launch almost 40 years ago, over 30 million Volkswagen Golfs have found their way onto roads around the world. Today at the Canadian International Autoshow in Toronto, Volkswagen Canada proudly unveiled the all-new, seventh generation of the car that created an entire segment. Al ... Continue reading

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