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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

2011 Toyota Corolla Debuts at LA Auto Show

2011 Toyota Corolla Debuts at LA Auto Show

TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2010 TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2010 -- Making its debut at the Los Angeles Auto show tomorrow, the 2011 Toyota Corolla – the best selling subcompact in America – will feature new front and rear exterior styling, new interior design changes, Toyota Care complimen ... Continue reading

National Petrochemical & Refiners Association Says EPA E15 Regulations Won't Protect Consumers

National Petrochemical & Refiners Association Says EPA E15 Regulations Won't Protect Consumers

PR Newswire CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2010 CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gregory M. Scott, executive vice president and general counsel of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, testified at an Environmental Protection Agency public hearing today that proposed EPA regulations designed to p ... Continue reading

Small Engine Manufacturers (Lawnmowers) Testify That EPA's Mid-Level Ethanol Blend Misfueling Proposal Needs Significant Improvement

Small Engine Manufacturers (Lawnmowers) Testify That EPA's Mid-Level Ethanol Blend Misfueling Proposal Needs Significant Improvement

CHICAGO--Testifying at an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing held in Chicago, the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) stated that EPA’s proposed rule to prevent misfueling with mid-level ethanol blend gasoline (E-15) fails to achieve its goal. Roger Gault, EMA’s T ... Continue reading

Growth Energy Statement on EPA's Hearing on E15 Label

Growth Energy Statement on EPA's Hearing on E15 Label

Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis released the following statement after testifying today at the EPA's public hearing on the agency's proposed rule governing how pumps carrying E15 will be labeled. The E15 pump labeling rule follows the first of two expected decisions by EPA on Growth Energy's Green Jobs petition to permit th ... Continue reading

KIC Offers Immediate Super National Event Hospitality Opportunity

KIC Offers Immediate Super National Event Hospitality Opportunity

Event Summary – <p> The 14th annual SuperKarts USA Super National karting event will once again be held November 17-21, 2010 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. There are a number of important milestones surrounding this event. While this is a single marquee event that caps a national series for the SKUSA race orga ... Continue reading

2010 LA Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 'Sprinklesmobile' - Yum

2010 LA Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 'Sprinklesmobile' - Yum

Sprinklesmobile" is owned and operated by popular Beverly Hills-based Sprinkles Cupcakes bakery, and its appearance at the Mercedes-Benz exhibit on November 17-18 marks the first time in LA Auto Show history, that a food truck is making an appearance on the show floor, where many manufacturers plan to debut cars to int ... Continue reading

2010 LA Auto Show: Ford to Deliver Four 40-mpg Vehicles in 2011, Industry's Broadest Lineup of Fuel Economy Leaders

2010 LA Auto Show: Ford to Deliver Four 40-mpg Vehicles in 2011, Industry's Broadest Lineup of Fuel Economy Leaders

PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2010 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2010 -- Ford will add its fourth nameplate in 2011 with 40 mpg or higher fuel economy, more than any other full-line manufacturer Today, the company already is delivering the broadest vehicle lineup of fuel efficiency leaders: 13 Ford and Lincoln nameplates a ... Continue reading

Mercedes/Petronas GP Young Driver Results - Day 1

Mercedes/Petronas GP Young Driver Results - Day 1

Abu Dhabi, November 16, 2010: The first day of the official Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi began today with British GP2 racer Sam Bird driving for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. Sam completed 67 laps, covering 372 kms of the Yas Marina Circuit, which he knows well from his GP2 racing over the weekend. Sam concentrated ... Continue reading

Elliott Sadler Truck Series Advance: Homestead-Miami Speedway

Elliott Sadler Truck Series Advance: Homestead-Miami Speedway

THE FINAL RUN: The 2010 Truck Series season will come to a close at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Elliott Sadler behind the wheel of the No. 2 Chevrolet. Sadler has made seven previous Truck Series starts for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) this season and has earned one win, (Pocono [Pa.] Raceway) three top-five and four top ... Continue reading

Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Reach Semifinals In Pomona; Share One Ford Success As Force Wins Championship

Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Reach Semifinals In Pomona; Share One Ford Success As Force Wins Championship

POMONA, November 16, 2010: Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team drove to Pomona confident after a strong test in Las Vegas. The red and black Motorcraft racing machine was tuned and ready to go for the four-day season finale event. Tasca qualified in the 13th position for Sunday’s eliminations a ... Continue reading

Final-round Finish At Final Race Of The Year Sends Coughlin Off On A High Note

Final-round Finish At Final Race Of The Year Sends Coughlin Off On A High Note

POMONO, Nov. 15, 2010: After announcing he would be stepping away from the Pro Stock class in 2011, Jeg Coughlin Jr. made his last ride in the JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt a memorable one, zooming to a runner-up finish at the season-ending 46th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. Coughlin scored impressive holeshot victories ov ... Continue reading

New Camaro Convertible Blends Top-Down Driving Fun With Precise Engineering

New Camaro Convertible Blends Top-Down Driving Fun With Precise Engineering

2011 Camaro convertible premieres at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The new convertible begins production in January and goes on sale in February. It includes an enhanced body structure and well-tailored top mechanism – a combination designed to deliver sports coupe-like driving fun and precise ... Continue reading

Motor Trend Names Chevrolet Volt 2011 Car of the Year

Motor Trend Names Chevrolet Volt 2011 Car of the Year

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--Motor Trend, announced today the Chevrolet Volt has been named winner of the 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award®. The award, announced live this morning via streaming video on Motortrend.com from within the GM wind tunnel in Warren, Mich., is one of the world’s most prestig ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi I-Miev Part Of Mayor's Drive To Promote Electric Vehicle Charging Network - Source London

Mitsubishi I-Miev Part Of Mayor's Drive To Promote Electric Vehicle Charging Network - Source London

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is being used to help promote the Mayor Boris Johnson's electric vehicle charging network, Source London, which is to go live in Spring 2011. ... Continue reading

Infiniti: The Essence Of Luxury

Infiniti: The Essence Of Luxury

Infiniti, the Japanese luxury automotive manufacturer is proud to announce the production of a Limited Edition collector's 'Essence Sculpture', inspired by the stunning Infiniti Essence concept car unveiled last year in celebration of the automaker's 20th anniversary. ... Continue reading

Mazda Offers Complete Fleet Solution With New Mazda5 Diesel

Mazda Offers Complete Fleet Solution With New Mazda5 Diesel

Mazda will offer fleet decision-makers a comprehensive five-model range from January when a low emission diesel version of its new seven-seat compact multi-activity vehicle goes on sale. The seven-seat Mazda5 has gone on sale in the UK with the option of 1.8-litre 115ps and 2.0-litre 150ps petrol engines, with a 1.6-li ... Continue reading

Unichip Boosts Power Of VW 2.0-Litre Tdi 140 Models

Unichip Boosts Power Of VW 2.0-Litre Tdi 140 Models

Unichip Europe's latest U-Connect plug and play Uni-Q ECU fitment now offers owners of Volkswagen 2.0-litre TDi (140) powered cars a significant performance upgrade at an affordable price. This covers the core popular VW models including the Golf, Jetta, Passat and Touran. ... Continue reading

BMW Cleans Up

BMW Cleans Up

Research into nearly 900,000 cars operated by the country's biggest 50 leasing companies has found that the BMW 3 Series range is the most reliable model in the 2010 FN50 survey. ... Continue reading

Half A Million Cars On, Peugeot's 107 Is Now The Envy Of All

Half A Million Cars On, Peugeot's 107 Is Now The Envy Of All

Launched in Europe in June 2005, the Peugeot 107 enjoyed immediate success which has never waned. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Announces Katie Melua As Brand Ambassador

Vauxhall Announces Katie Melua As Brand Ambassador

Singer/songwriter Katie Melua, one of the world's top music artists, has become Vauxhall's new brand ambassador. The collaboration between the artist and the motor manufacturer will coincide with the singer's 50-city European tour in 2011. The new partners announced their co-operation today during an exclusive press co ... Continue reading

Fiat Appoints New Group Remarketing Manager

Fiat Appoints New Group Remarketing Manager

Fiat Group Automobiles UK Ltd has just announced the appointment of Jonny Miller to the role of group remarketing manager. ... Continue reading

Small Business Says Proposed Payroll Tax Cuts Do Not Go Far Enough

Small Business Says Proposed Payroll Tax Cuts Do Not Go Far Enough

VACC says the next Victorian Government should do more to support small business through tax reform. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Corporation Donates USD100,000 To Indonesian Disaster Relief

Kia Motors Corporation Donates USD100,000 To Indonesian Disaster Relief

Kia Motors Corporation has presented Palang Merah Indonesia (a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) with a donation of USD100,000 to aid in the relief efforts of the nation's recent disasters. ... Continue reading

Honda Named UK's Most Reliable Car Manufacturer

Honda Named UK's Most Reliable Car Manufacturer

Honda has been named Britain's most reliable car manufacturer by the influential FN50 survey, further strengthening Honda's reputation for bulletproof reliability. ... Continue reading

OECD Report Based on Flawed Analysis

OECD Report Based on Flawed Analysis

The peak body representing the Australian automotive industry, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), is disappointed with the flawed analysis of the automotive industry published at the weekend by the OECD. ... Continue reading

Timeless Classics And Plates Compete At Shannons Spring Sale

Timeless Classics And Plates Compete At Shannons Spring Sale

Timeless classics in top original condition and rare New South Wales numerical number plates battled for top honours at Shannons Sydney Spring Auction on Monday (15 November). ... Continue reading

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