2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track Review
</p><p>By Dan Poler <br>Rocky Mountain Bureau <br>The Auto Channel </p><p>As the automotive landscape has evolved over the past decade or so to reflect the pressures of rising fuel prices, fuel economy has improved greatly but often at the detriment of performance. Very few vehicles manage to check all the boxes â ... Continue reading
California-based Biosynthetic Technologies is about to infuse some green into the worldâs motor oil and industrial lubricants industry. The company today announced that, in partnership with Albemarle, a global leader in catalyst chemistry scale-up, operations of their demonstration production plant within Albemarl ... Continue reading
Forecast: Annual Sales of Light Electric Vehicles to Reach 130 Million Units by 2025
Nearly all electric vehicles are and will remain e-bikes, with the e-bike market growing to be about 1 in 2 bicycles worldwide, or 65 million electric bicycles per year. IDTechEx predict a level of 130 million light electric vehicles (LEVs) sold each year being reached before 2025 - making it one of the world's largest ... Continue reading
The Future Car Will Be a Giant Computer, Driven By a Robot, While You Prepare for Your Day
Car ownership, parking problems and driver distraction are themes of the past: a new video report from Frost & Sullivan summarizes key factors which change the mobility landscape of the future ... Continue reading
Cars.com Lists Top Ten Most Improved Cars Over the Past 15 Years
Cars.com has released a list of its editors' picks for the most improved cars from the past 15 years. The list includes cars that have been substantially redesigned and significantly improved. "Some redesigns and new models replace a onetime star that lingered well past its freshness date, while others are the successo ... Continue reading
Nissan celebrated two major milestones today with the first U.S.-produced 2014 Nissan Rogue rolling off the line in Smyrna, Tenn. as the facility's 10 millionth vehicle. The Nissan Rogue is the fifth in a streak of five launches of core-volume models in just 15 months. The all-new product blitz that began with the new ... Continue reading
RACE THE SUN tells a highly suspenseful, original story through an interactive film that features competitive gaming functionality Project aligns with the adventure and high-performance elements of Land Roverâs DNA RACE THE SUN is a key component of the Range Rover Sport marketing campaign, âDriven to Another ... Continue reading
Rear View Safety Encourages College Students To Use Backup Cameras on Long Road Trips
Rear View Safety is an online retailer specializing in the manufacture and sale of backup camera systems for drivers of any age and temperament. Units can be affixed to cars, trucks, and utility vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Young drivers preparing to embark on their first road trip with their college friends are e ... Continue reading
Muffler Man Construction Underway at Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles
After breaking ground on the Porsche Experience Center in August, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) is making progress on the 53-acre facility located in Carson, Calif. The Center will overlook the Porsche Test Track, which offers drivers a variety of track configurations and surface conditions on which Porsche road ca ... Continue reading
GKN Driveline Discusses Fuel-Efficiency Offerings At AMS 2013
GKN Driveline, a global supplier of automotive driveline components and systems, is continuing to provide OEM customers with an array of new driveline products and components to improve fuel-efficiency and lower CO2 emissions. Speaking at the recently-held 2013 Automotive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) conference in Det ... Continue reading
First Ever Hybrid Ferrari Vehicle Launches With EPHS From TRW
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. today announced that it is supplying Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering (EPHS) technology to Ferrari's latest vehicle launch 'LaFerrari' - the first Ferrari to feature hybrid propulsion. ... Continue reading
All-New Mercedes-Benz Flagship 2014 S-Class Makes Its In-Store And On-Screen Debut
The first of the new-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class model line, the 2014 S550, debuts today at dealerships across the country and on network television as part of an integrated marketing launch. ... Continue reading
Schaeffler Receives 2013 Quality Award from General Motors
Schaeffler was recently awarded General Motors (GM) Supplier Quality Excellence Award for demonstrating some of the highest levels of quality performance. The award went to two of the company's plants in South Carolina. "We are honored that General Motors has recognized our efforts in developing quality products and te ... Continue reading
Renault-Engined Title-Winning Formula One And Road Cars 'Are Family'
Some of the same technology powering Formula One ace Sebastian Vettel potentially towards his fourth straight FIA Formula One World Championship also appears in Renault's road cars and vans. As the French marque's latest promotion will highlight in the coming weeks. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Group Grows Vehicle Deliveries To Seven Million In Period To September
The Volkswagen Group grew worldwide deliveries in the first three quarters of this year by 4.8 per cent, handing over 7.03 (January-September 2012: 6.71) million vehicles to customers ... Continue reading
Peugeot Exceeds Expectations On 2013 MPG Marathon
In the ever-challenging MPG Marathon, this year held from Tankersley, near Sheffield, three new Peugeot cars were pitched against their latest competitors to highlight real-world economy driving. ... Continue reading
The New BMW 4 Series Convertible
The new BMW 4 Series Convertible is the latest entrant to a market segment where BMW has enjoyed widespread acclaim and great success over five generations of premium Convertibles. ... Continue reading
Infiniti Production In Europe Takes A Major Dig Forward
Construction of the first Infiniti production facilities in Europe begins today in Sunderland, UK. ... Continue reading
Renault in Pole Position with New Formula 1 Record
Mark Webber's pole position on Saturday for Infiniti Red Bull Racing took Renault's total number of poles in the FIA Formula One World Championship to 209, a new record for the most pole positions held by an engine manufacturer. ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz Announces Unveiling of the all new S-Class at Motorclassica
Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific is proud to announce the unveiling of the all new Mercedes-Benz S-Class at the 2013 staging of the Australian International Concours D'Elegance at Motorclassica. ... Continue reading
Hyundai Unveils 'Brilliant Cube' a Kinetic Lighting Sculpture in Seoul's Famous Gangnam District
Hyundai Motor, South Korea's biggest automaker, unveiled 'Brilliant Cube,' an innovative lighting sculpture designed to deliver the 'Modern Premium' experience in an artistic way ... Continue reading
Toshiba to Start Car Sharing System Utilizing Solar Power in Lyon, France
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) and Toshiba Solutions Corporation today announced that they have completed construction of a car sharing system for the Lyon Confluence Smart Community Demonstration Project. The system implements Toshibaâs solar-power based electronic vehicle charge management system and entered c ... Continue reading
Auto industry's first direct-linking technology eliminates lead form barrier
LotLinx officially launched today with a mission to tear down the third-party wall between auto dealers and their customers. Offering the auto industry's first direct-linking platform, LotLinx connects over 6.5 million consumers searching for vehicle inventory online directly to dealership websites each month, deliveri ... Continue reading
Winnebago Industries Launches New Solei 38R At Pomona RV Show
Winnebago Industries, Inc. , a leading U.S. manufacturer of recreation vehicles, is showcasing several new and exciting products at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's 61st California RV Show in Pomona, CA, going on now through October 20, 2013, including the Solei 38R, Minnie Winnie 22R, Trend and Travato mo ... Continue reading
Dana's Spicer AdvanTEK 40 Tandem Axle Named 2014 Automotive News PACE Award Finalist
MAUMEE, OH--Oct. 14, 2013: Dana Holding Corporation announced today that its Spicer AdvanTEK 40 tandem axle has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Automotive News PACE Awards, marking the third consecutive year a Dana technology has been so honored. The PACE Awards are the automotive industry's premier award reco ... Continue reading
Houston Grand Prix Showcases Business Value Created by Shell Lubricants
Continuing a rich motorsports history, Shell Lubricants has proven again that its storied relationship with IndyCar translates learning from the track to real-world benefits on the road and beyond. Serving as the ultimate proving ground, education taken from the racetrack adds value to multiple areas of Shell Lubricant ... Continue reading
Fiat 500e Personalized by Hugh Jackman Receives Winning Auction Bid of $50,000
Celebrity Fiat 500e "Into the Green" Charity Auction Includes Nine Additional Fiat 500e Vehicles Personalized by Jennifer Lawrence, Clint Eastwood, Anne Hathaway, Ron Howard, Barbra Streisand, Hans Zimmer, Kate Hudson, Will.i.am and Ryan Friedlinghaus 2013 -- ... Continue reading
2014 Subaru Forester voted sport utility of the year by Motor Trend magazine
Motor Trend magazine recently named the 2014 Subaru Forester the Sport/Utility of the Year. The redesigned Forester beat out 12 other SUVs to become the third Subaru vehicle to have won the award since it was created six years ago. It's the second win for the Forester, which won the 2009 Sport/Utility of the Year award ... Continue reading
The Texas Auto Writers annual truck competition is an important annual event every year, but for Chrysler's brands, this year's was a major coup as the company took home 14 separate awards in truck, SUV and feature categories â virtually every one they entered. Most impressive was the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel win as Tru ... Continue reading
In third installment of The Lincoln Reimagine Projectâ¢, Lincoln announces collaboration with Architectural Digest and Architecture for Humanity to reimagine the urban fabric, transforming a San Francisco street into a pocket park San Francisco's Burrows Street Pocket Park will be transformed from an underutilized ... Continue reading
The all-new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe has been named the 2013 "CUV of Texas" by the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA). Issued at the 21th annual Texas Truck Rodeo near San Antonio, the win complements the Santa Fe Sport's victory as "Compact CUV of Texas" in last-year's competition. ... Continue reading
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