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Monday, February 15, 2010

Three All-New Special Edition Volkswagens Now Available in Dealer Showrooms

Three All-New Special Edition Volkswagens Now Available in Dealer Showrooms

The 2010 CC R-Line, 2010 Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition, And 2010 New Beetle Red Rock Edition add performance and individuality HERNDON, Va., Feb. 15 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced that three all-new 2010 special edition models are now available in dealer showrooms. The CC R-Line, Jetta TDI® Cup Street E ... Continue reading

Toyota Sales Incentives To Break in March

Toyota Sales Incentives To Break in March

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 15, 2010; Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall writing for Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp is planning an aggressive incentive program for March to lure U.S. consumers sidelined by a damaging product safety crisis, executives said on Monday. The world's largest automaker, reeling from the largest r ... Continue reading

Four More Yokohama Commercial Tires Earn EPA SmartWay Verification

Four More Yokohama Commercial Tires Earn EPA SmartWay Verification

FULLERTON, February 15, 2010: Four more Yokohama Tire Corporation commercial truck tires have been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay list of verified technologies for tires. This brings the number to seven of Yokohama products that are recognized as SmartWay “low rolling resis ... Continue reading

Derek Daly Launches New Weekly RFR Show; Mario Andretti First Guest!

Derek Daly Launches New Weekly RFR Show; Mario Andretti First Guest!

INDIANAPOLIS (February 11, 2010) – Former F1 / IndyCar driver and longtime media personality Derek Daly will join the RaceFanRadio weekly line-up with his new show debuting Wednesday night, February 17th at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. "Derek Daly's Complete Champion" will discuss what it takes to become a top level driver ... Continue reading

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to Hold 9th Annual Dale Earnhardt Candlelight Tribute

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to Hold 9th Annual Dale Earnhardt Candlelight Tribute

Mooresville, February 13, 2009: Dale Earnhardt, Inc. will hold its 9th Annual Dale Earnhardt Tribute on Thursday, February 18, 2010. The event, taking place at the DEI headquarters in Mooresville, N.C., has been held yearly since the loss of Dale Earnhardt in 2001. The Dale Earnhardt Tribute will allow fans to celebrat ... Continue reading

Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas Honors Dale Earnhardt

Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas Honors Dale Earnhardt

Las Vegas, February 13, 2009: Stratosphere to Dim Lights, Host Dale Earnhardt Foundation Celebrity Poker Tournament The Stratosphere Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip will pay special tribute to Dale Earnhardt during the month of February, dimming the lights on the Stratosphere Tower on February 18, 2010 in honor ... Continue reading

John Force and Timothy Peters Today at 4pm EST

John Force and Timothy Peters Today at 4pm EST

Indianapolis, February 15, 2009: NHRA Funny Car Driver JOHN FORCE NASCAR Daytona Truck Winner TIMOTHY PETERS You can tell the "Off Season" is over as RaceFanRadio kicks it's 2010 program line-up into full swing this week! Coming back for its second season, "On Track On Radio" returns to the grid at a new time: 4pm EST ... Continue reading

Several New Cars Benefit from Exposure at Recent Auto Shows

Several New Cars Benefit from Exposure at Recent Auto Shows

Toyota Maintains Strong Presence on AutoTrader.com Top 20 Lists; AutoTrader.com Hits Record January Traffic ATLANTA, Feb. 15 -- Revamped versions of several popular cars got boosts in new-car searches on AutoTrader.com in January 2010 compared to their rankings in January 2009, likely as a result of high-profile exposu ... Continue reading

Add Some Sparkle to Your Spark!

Add Some Sparkle to Your Spark!

Buyers of Chevrolet's new Spark urban supermini, available from only £6,945 on-the-road, can now choose from a range of personalised graphics, or 'Tags', that further emphasise the model's youthful and stylish appeal. ... Continue reading

T. Boone Pickens to Meet with Media Today at the NADA Convention in Orlando

T. Boone Pickens to Meet with Media Today at the NADA Convention in Orlando

Barring any travel delays, T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, is scheduled to meet with media today at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention in Orlando, Fla. Later, Pickens will make a keynote address to the nation's new car dealers at the NADA convention, which run ... Continue reading

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Sports Car Manufacturer Lotus Cars Join Forces For Haiti

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Sports Car Manufacturer Lotus Cars Join Forces For Haiti

In response to the horrific natural disaster that has crippled the nation of Haiti, Naomi Campbell together with Lotus Cars will be auctioning eight special edition "Naomi for Haiti" Lotus Evora sports cars, with the proceeds from the auction going to help the relief effort in Haiti. ... Continue reading

The KTM X-Bow Meets the Snowciety in Lech

The KTM X-Bow Meets the Snowciety in Lech

The Arlberg, voted amongst the world's best skiing resorts for the sixth year running, is home to a selection of the most exclusive hotels and restaurants in Austria ... Continue reading

Honda Announces Limited Edition Civic Type R Mugen 200

Honda Announces Limited Edition Civic Type R Mugen 200

An enhanced, limited edition Civic Type R featuring exclusive MUGEN equipment will go on sale through Honda dealers in the UK in April. ... Continue reading

New Michelin Pilot Sport 3

New Michelin Pilot Sport 3

Michelin has launched the new Pilot Sport 3 to replace part of its Pilot Exalto and Pilot Sport 2 ranges. It is the only tyre to combine outstanding on-road performance with environmental features which are unrivalled in its category ... Continue reading

Hyundai's Evolution Continues With The I-Flow

Hyundai's Evolution Continues With The I-Flow

An all-new concept car is set to catch the 'i' of visitors to the Geneva Motor Show next month. Hyundai has chosen the event to reveal the i-flow, a stylish saloon that previews the look of its new D-segment contender ... Continue reading

2010 Chicago Auto Show: Exclusive Press Pass Coverage - EXTENSIVE VIDEOS

2010 Chicago Auto Show: Exclusive Press Pass Coverage - EXTENSIVE VIDEOS

Once again, The Auto Channel was proud to be able to present the most complete and comprehensive coverage of another major auto show, the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. We have loads of text reports, photos and complete press conference videos, most in HD. To experience our coverage just CLICK HERE. ... Continue reading

Citroen Brings Back the Spirit Of Lennon and Monroe In Brand New 'Anti Retro' DS3 Tv Advertising

Citroen Brings Back the Spirit Of Lennon and Monroe In Brand New 'Anti Retro' DS3 Tv Advertising

John Lennon and Marilyn Monroe return to the small screen from this weekend (Sunday 14th February), to launch the eagerly awaited Citroen DS3. ... Continue reading

Alfa's Immortal 158 Racer Coming to Phillip Island

Alfa's Immortal 158 Racer Coming to Phillip Island

Alfa Romeo's all conquering 158 Alfetta that totally dominated the inaugural F1 World Championship season 60 years ago in 1950, is heading to the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport from 19-21 March to kick-start the Italian manufacturer's 100th anniversary celebrations in Australia. ... Continue reading

Evans Raring to Go

Evans Raring to Go

Australian Rally star Eli Evans had his first outing in the Honda Civic Type R and declared himself ready to go for the 2010 ARC championship. ... Continue reading

More Power, More Safety, More Efficiency for New SX4

More Power, More Safety, More Efficiency for New SX4

Suzuki has launched a new SX4 line-up, delivering more power, more fuel efficiency, more safety and more creature comforts ... Continue reading

Honda Has a New Vibe

Honda Has a New Vibe

A Limited Edition Honda Jazz Vibe that is. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Starts 2010 with Strong Rise in Deliveries

Volkswagen Group Starts 2010 with Strong Rise in Deliveries

The Volkswagen Group started 2010 with robust unit sales growth, delivering 538,500 vehicles to customers in January ... Continue reading

Powerful Compact Narva L.E.D Step Light Adds to Safety

Powerful Compact Narva L.E.D Step Light Adds to Safety

A powerful compact multi-voltage entry / step light has been developed by Narva providing additional passenger safety for a wide range of vehicle applications such as buses, coaches, emergency and special vehicles. ... Continue reading

Maruti 800 runs out of gas

Maruti 800 runs out of gas

New Delhi,: The Maruti 800 — the tiny runabout that changed the face of motoring in India in the early eighties — will be withdrawn from Calcutta and 12 other cities from April. Suzuki Motors of Japan, which has a 54.21 per cent stake in the Indian automaker, has decided to halt sales of the M-800 in these ci ... Continue reading

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