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NHTSA RECALLS: June 15, 2015 : Dodge, Volvo, Acura, Ducati, Kenworth

NHTSA RECALLS: June 15, 2015 : Dodge, Volvo, Acura, Ducati, Kenworth

NHTSA RECALLS: June 15, 2015 : Dodge, Volvo, Acura, Ducati, Kenworth ... Continue reading

Isuzu and GM Enter Commercial Vehicle Collaboration Agreement in the U.S.

Isuzu and GM Enter Commercial Vehicle Collaboration Agreement in the U.S.

General Motors Co. and Isuzu Motors (TSE 7202) have reached an agreement on a U.S. commercial vehicle collaboration, allowing Isuzu to strengthen its product lineup and GM to expand its commercial vehicle portfolio. Isuzu will produce low cab forward models for GM, based off of the Isuzu N-Series. The vehicles will be ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Delivers 4.2 Million Vehicles in May

Volkswagen Group Delivers 4.2 Million Vehicles in May

The Volkswagen Group delivered 4.20 (January-May 2014: 4.19; +0.3 per cent) million vehicles from January to May. “Deliveries so far this year have been characterised by mixed market trends. Even with their broad range of young and eco-friendly models, the Volkswagen Group brands are not entirely immune to this s ... Continue reading

Added Efficiency, The Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion

Added Efficiency, The Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion

Volkswagen is boosting the appeal of its multi-award-winning Passat and Passat Estate ranges with the addition of ultra-efficient BlueMotion variants. Both saloon and Estate models return 76.3 mpg and emit just 95 g/km of carbon dioxide. Such efficiency is made possible thanks to the installation of a modified version ... Continue reading

An Inside Look Into FCA: A View From Every Angle on FCA360

An Inside Look Into FCA: A View From Every Angle on FCA360

Each month, the digital magazine FCA360 provides in-depth feature articles about FCA US LLC and its Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, FIAT, Jeep®, Ram, Mopar and SRT vehicles and products. Optimized for use on multiple web browsers and mobile devices, FCA360 enables users to explore product news, innovations, lifestyle, pr ... Continue reading

Inviting Global Participation the Annual Voting for China Road Trip Routes Launched in Hubei

Inviting Global Participation the Annual Voting for China Road Trip Routes Launched in Hubei

The annual contest for Best China Road Trip Routes was launched on June 6, 2015 at Hubei Province's Enshi Grand Canyon, known as China's most beautiful canyon. The contest was launched in Central China's Hubei province, with support from 36 partners in the road trip industry in China. The contest ranks the top 48 road ... Continue reading

GEICO Bringing End-to-End Ridesharing Coverage to Texans

GEICO Bringing End-to-End Ridesharing Coverage to Texans

If you drive for an on-demand Transportation Network Company (TNC) like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and other similar companies in Texas, you'll want to know that GEICO is now offering a new auto insurance product in the Lone Star State that covers both your personal and ridesharing needs. “We continue to receive positive ... Continue reading

Nissan and 4R Energy Partner with Green Charge Networks for Commercial Energy Storage Featuring Second-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries

Nissan and 4R Energy Partner with Green Charge Networks for Commercial Energy Storage Featuring Second-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries

Partnership enables commercial use of second-life lithium-ion vehicle batteries SANTA CLARA, CA -- June 15, 2015: Nissan Motor Company and Green Charge Networks, the largest provider of commercial energy storage, have joined forces to deploy second-life lithium-ion vehicle batteries for stationary commercial energy sto ... Continue reading

UAW-Ford Donates $1.8 Million for State-of-the-Art Baseball Field

UAW-Ford Donates $1.8 Million for State-of-the-Art Baseball Field

UAW-Ford today celebrated the opening of a newly remodeled ballpark in Detroit, dedicated to the late William Clay Ford Sr. The state-of-the-art field includes renovated pitching and batting cages, new bleachers, a digitized scoreboard, scenic landscaping, new lighting and restrooms.  ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Builds On Strong Arts and Music Commitment with $500,000 Contribution to The Ark in Ann Arbor

Ford Motor Company Builds On Strong Arts and Music Commitment with $500,000 Contribution to The Ark in Ann Arbor

Ford Motor Company is building on its strong commitment to the arts by contributing $500,000 to The Ark, Michigan’s iconic folk and roots music venue celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Ark will recognize this commitment from Ford with the naming of the Ford Listening Room at The Ark. “The Ark is a cultur ... Continue reading

Ford F-150 Halo Sandcat Lands at E3 to Promote Halo 5: Guardians for Xbox One

Ford F-150 Halo Sandcat Lands at E3 to Promote Halo 5: Guardians for Xbox One

Ford, Xbox, 343 Industries and Galpin Auto Sports are celebrating the release of Halo 5: Guardians for Xbox One with a special version of the 2015 Ford F-150 that is so awesome, it could have been designed by the Master Chief himself. The Ford F-150 Halo Sandcat is a one-of-a-kind vehicle inspired by Halo’s United Nat ... Continue reading

Daimler Driving Simulation Center: Digital testing supplements real-life trials

Daimler Driving Simulation Center: Digital testing supplements real-life trials

With DYNAMIC SELECT, the handling characteristics of the new-generation A-Class can be altered instantaneously at the push of a button. DYNAMIC SELECT allows a particularly broad range of setting options in combination with the new suspension featuring the Adaptive Damping System. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Off Road Award: Unimog is Cross-country Vehicle of the Year 2015

Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Off Road Award: Unimog is Cross-country Vehicle of the Year 2015

For the eleventh time in a row the Mercedes-Benz Unimog has been named best Cross-country Vehicle of the Year in the "special-purpose vehicles" category by readers of the specialist journal "Off Road". This year, the "Cross-country Vehicle of the Year" poll had a total of twelve categories. More than 36,000 votes were ... Continue reading

Childhood Vehicle Playsets Meet the Information Age at the Tokyo Toy Show

Childhood Vehicle Playsets Meet the Information Age at the Tokyo Toy Show

Ever wonder how you would look racing to rescue a cat from a tree in a purple fire truck? Or cruising around town in a hot pink hot-dog truck? Now you can see for yourself through Camatte Vision, an all-new interactive experience from Toyota for families, debuting at this year's International Tokyo Toy Show. Camatte Vi ... Continue reading

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Toyota USA Foundation and Toyota Give Back at Annual Congressional Baseball Game

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Toyota USA Foundation and Toyota Give Back at Annual Congressional Baseball Game

Toyota USA Foundation Presents Major Grant to Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Toyota Awards New Corolla to Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year WASHINGTON, DC -- June 12, 2015: While Democrats bested Republicans 5-2 at last night’s 2015 Congressional Baseball Game before 5,00 ... Continue reading

Volvo's Electric Bus Launched on Route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden

Volvo's Electric Bus Launched on Route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden

ELECTRIC BUS ROUTE 55 LAUNCHED IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN ... Continue reading

Israel's First Ever Natural Gas Powered Vehicle is an Iveco Stralis

Israel's First Ever Natural Gas Powered Vehicle is an Iveco Stralis

The partnership between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), CNH Industrial and Israel's Fuel Choices Initiative (IFCI) sees its first concrete result with the sale of an Iveco Stralis heavy truck powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The order from Fridenson Group, one of the country's largest logistics companies, is b ... Continue reading

Lexus Swings into Action at the U.S. Open Championship

Lexus Swings into Action at the U.S. Open Championship

Fore! Get ready to cheer on your favorite world-class golfers during this year's U.S. Open Championship June 18–21 at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Washington. Lexus returns as the official vehicle of the U.S. Open Championships in partnership with the United States Golf Association (USGA) to once ... Continue reading

Toyota Adds New Aygo x-cite and x-pure Models to its City Car Range

Toyota Adds New Aygo x-cite and x-pure Models to its City Car Range

The updated x-cite follows the theme set by the original x-cite model, replacing the vibrant Orange Twist paintwork with bright Cyan Splash. The blue metallic bodywork strikes a strong contrast with gloss black custom features, including 15-inch twin-spoke alloy wheels, door mirror casings, front X, front pillar extens ... Continue reading

Renault Reveals Pricing and Spec for Clio Renaultsport 220 Trophy

Renault Reveals Pricing and Spec for Clio Renaultsport 220 Trophy

Renault Friday revealed the pricing and specification for the hotly awaited Clio Renaultsport 220 Trophy, the exclusive new flag-bearer of the Clio range which was one of the star attractions of the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. ... Continue reading

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