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Toyota to Recall 600,000 Siennas for Potential Corrosion on Spare Tire Cable

Toyota to Recall 600,000 Siennas for Potential Corrosion on Spare Tire Cable

First and Second-Generation Siennas In Cold Climate Areas with High Road Salt Use May Exhibit Condition TORRANCE, CA - April 16, 2010: Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it will launch a voluntary Safety Recall involving approximately 600,000 first- and second-generation Sienna 2WD minivans sold in t ... Continue reading

Saab to Continue to Offer OnStar Hardware and Service to Customers

Saab to Continue to Offer OnStar Hardware and Service to Customers

DETROIT, April 16 -- Saab Cars North America has reached an agreement with OnStar to continue to offer OnStar subscription service to Saab customers under the automaker's new owner, Spyker Cars NV. The agreement begins with model year 2010 vehicles and applies to Saab vehicles sold in the United States. As a standard f ... Continue reading

Alfa Romeo Presents the Giulietta - VIDEO ENHANCED

Alfa Romeo Presents the Giulietta - VIDEO ENHANCED

Having made its world preview at the recent Geneva International Motor Show, the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta makes its debut today and, from May this year, will be marketed progressively on all the major markets, thus relaunching the brand in one of the most important segments in Europe. In Alfa Romeo’s Centenary yea ... Continue reading

NADAguides.com Names Most Exciting New Cars for Spring 2010

NADAguides.com Names Most Exciting New Cars for Spring 2010

- New Models Fuse Affordable Luxury with Hybrid Technology - COSTA MESA, Calif., April 16 -- NADAguides.com, the leading provider of vehicle pricing and information, today revealed its picks for the most exciting cars for spring 2010. With the New York International Auto Show serving as the launching pad for what's to ... Continue reading

Wouldn't You Prefer a Guarantee? Valvoline Expands Engine Guarantee

Wouldn't You Prefer a Guarantee? Valvoline Expands Engine Guarantee

Innovative Program Now Open to More Drivers, New Advertising Debuts LEXINGTON, Ky., April 16 -- Automotive travel is a road paved with an endless list of uncertainties. Valvoline® can't control the weather or eradicate traffic jams, but the motor oil pioneer is aiming to eliminate one potential realm of uncertainty - ... Continue reading

New York Acura Dealers Debut Technology That Stands to Change the Face of Print Advertising

New York Acura Dealers Debut Technology That Stands to Change the Face of Print Advertising

NEW YORK, April 16 -- The New York Acura Association, a group of three leading New York dealers, is bridging the once seemingly unbridgeable gap in advertising between digital ad content and the physical products they represent. It's a leap that advertisers have for years dreamed of making. In this case, a bar code tec ... Continue reading

April Is National Car Care Month

April Is National Car Care Month

Time to Spring For Vehicle Maintenance AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 16 -- With the summer driving season coming up, spring is the time to spring for vehicle maintenance. "Preventative maintenance is the key to maintaining optimum performance for your vehicle," said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO - Mopar® Service, Par ... Continue reading

Biggest New Car Discounts - April TrueTrends Report

Biggest New Car Discounts - April TrueTrends Report

April Brings Great Deals on Cars; Domestic Brands Offer Top Discounts SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16 -- As the economy continues its recovery, deals are cropping up for consumers this spring and TrueCar's April TrueTrends Report helps consumers get the most car for their money in this buyers market. TrueCar.com, the le ... Continue reading

Bring The Chevrolet Spark Unscheduled Tour To Your City

Bring The Chevrolet Spark Unscheduled Tour To Your City

Following on from the launch of the Chevrolet Spark Unscheduled Tour last week at the Vinyl Factory in London's Soho, members of the public have been voting in their thousands on where they'd like the tour to go to next from a selection of cities and unique venues. ... Continue reading

Efficient, Go-Anywhere Subaru Forester Powers Incredible Snowsport 'First'

Efficient, Go-Anywhere Subaru Forester Powers Incredible Snowsport 'First'

A pair of Subaru Foresters helped make British snowsport history recently by supporting a unique challenge - to ski in both the south of England and the north of Scotland on the same day, and travelling between locations using a single tank of fuel. ... Continue reading

Toyota Recall Programme Passes 80 Per Cent Completion As New Car Sales Continue To Rise

Toyota Recall Programme Passes 80 Per Cent Completion As New Car Sales Continue To Rise

In just two months since the launch of its recall programme, Toyota has successfully processed 80 per cent of the UK cars that required adjustment to their accelerator pedal. ... Continue reading

Peugeot UK Launches Fan Page On Facebook

Peugeot UK Launches Fan Page On Facebook

Peugeot has today launched its Peugeot UK Facebook fan page. ... Continue reading

Fiat Professional in Major New Fleet Supply Deal

Fiat Professional in Major New Fleet Supply Deal

Fiat Professional announced this week that Scottish Southern Energy has committed to a 1100-vehicle supply arrangement. ... Continue reading

Volvo Car UK Is Named Official Automotive Partner Of Hard Rock Calling

Volvo Car UK Is Named Official Automotive Partner Of Hard Rock Calling

To celebrate the UK arrival of the all-new Volvo S60, Volvo has teamed up with Live Nation's Hard Rock Calling Festival to become the events' Official Automotive Partner. ... Continue reading

Gaucho Productions Has Produced the Launch Film for the New Honda CR-Z - VIDEO ENHANCED

Gaucho Productions Has Produced the Launch Film for the New Honda CR-Z - VIDEO ENHANCED

Gaucho Productions, the London-based film and digital agency, has produced the launch film for the new Honda CR-Z. ... Continue reading

Fiat Kicks Off New Football Promotions

Fiat Kicks Off New Football Promotions

With the football season coming to a close, and the FA Cup Final and World Cup tournament just weeks away - Fiat is celebrating by presenting a soccer-related reason to have your car serviced by an authorised Fiat dealer. ... Continue reading

Buy A TomTom Go Live and Get Your Money Back If England Win the World Cup

Buy A TomTom Go Live and Get Your Money Back If England Win the World Cup

Buy A TomTom Go Live and Get Your Money Back If England Win the World Cup ... Continue reading

Peugeot: Double Awards Delight At The CV Operators' Show Continues Peugeot's 'Van-Tastic' Year

Peugeot: Double Awards Delight At The CV Operators' Show Continues Peugeot's 'Van-Tastic' Year

Peugeot got off to a flying start on the first day of the CV Operators’ Show, collecting two prestigious iVan Awards. The Peugeot Bipper picked up the 'Best Light Van 2010' Award and the Peugeot Expert won 'Best Compact Van' ... Continue reading

Award Winning i30 Reaches Half a Million Sales

Award Winning i30 Reaches Half a Million Sales

Hyundai Motor Company's i30 range has passed cumulative sales of 500,000 units worldwide, cementing its position as a multi-award winning class leader. ... Continue reading

"Time to pack my...MINI Countryman"

"Time to pack my...MINI Countryman"

Margherita Maccapani Missoni, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, Maarten Baas and Dean & Dan Caten from Dsquared present their personal Weekend Getaway feeling. ... Continue reading

New York Auto Show Ends On a High-Note

New York Auto Show Ends On a High-Note

1 million visitors, 35 vehicle introductions, strong media coverage, new trade & consumer programs NEW YORK, April 15 -- The 110th edition of North America's first and largest publicly attended auto show proved another smash-hit. Filled with every type of vehicle imaginable, including 35 of which were unveiled for the ... Continue reading

Air News Release (HQ): EPA Finalizes the 2008 National U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Air News Release (HQ): EPA Finalizes the 2008 National U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

*CONTACT: *Cathy Milbourn milbourn.cathy@epa.gov 202-564-7849 202-564-4355 *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* April 15, 2010 *EPA Finalizes the 2008 National U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory ** WASHINGTON *- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the15th annual U.S. greenhouse gas inventory report, which shows a ... Continue reading

ASA Press Release - ASA Racing for April 16-18

ASA Press Release - ASA Racing for April 16-18

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE April 15, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ~ ... Continue reading

Hella Says Proven Technologies Help Automakers Meet U.S. Rules

Hella Says Proven Technologies Help Automakers Meet U.S. Rules

PLYMOUTH, Mich.--Proven energy-management technologies will provide the key to meeting new U.S. fuel-economy regulations, according to Hella, a global supplier of automotive electronics and lighting systems. “more widespread adoption of conventional technologies that are already in commercial use.” Despite a growin ... Continue reading

Racer Rhys Millen to Slay the Monster at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Racer Rhys Millen to Slay the Monster at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Hyundai, Red Bull and Rhys Millen Racing Launch 'Operation: Record Retrieval' with Construction of a New Unlimited Race Car HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 15 -- Hyundai, Red Bull and Rhys Millen Racing will attempt to set a new world record at the famous Pikes Peak course in an all-new, never-before-seen race car. Rhy ... Continue reading

State Auto Insurance Brings New Jobs to New Eastern Region Headquarters in Maryland

State Auto Insurance Brings New Jobs to New Eastern Region Headquarters in Maryland

TOWSON, Md.--The State Auto Insurance Group is hiring additional professional underwriting, sales and support staff at its newly established Eastern Region Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Md. When fully staffed, the local Hunt Valley team will grow to 51 employees from a base of six employees just three years ago. “This ... Continue reading

SteelSeries Introduces New R.U.S.E.â„¢ Edition Xai Laser Mouse and QcK Gaming Surface for RTS Fans

SteelSeries Introduces New R.U.S.E.â„¢ Edition Xai Laser Mouse and QcK Gaming Surface for RTS Fans

CHICAGO--SteelSeries has teamed with game publisher Ubisoft to bring fans exclusive branded peripherals for the upcoming real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. Designed to give players a competitive advantage, the SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse R.U.S.E. Edition enhances performance with its superior technology and a preconfigur ... Continue reading

Thorn in Driver's Seat in SRL Championship

Thorn in Driver's Seat in SRL Championship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thorn in Driver's Seat in SRL Championship Strandwold Racing's Rookie Driver Leads Southwest Tour in Orange Show Clash BAKERSFIELD, CA (April 15, 2010) Derek Thorn, driver of the Le Rivage Hotel/Approved Memory Chevrolet in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series, has started the year in championship ... Continue reading

Timken to Announce 2010 First Quarter Financial Results April 29

Timken to Announce 2010 First Quarter Financial Results April 29

CANTON, Ohio, April 15 -- The Timken Company will release its 2010 first-quarter financial results on Thursday, April 29, 2010, prior to the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. The financial release will be available on the Internet at www.timken.com. The company will host a conference call that day with investors ... Continue reading

Quantum's Diesel Hybrid-Electric Extended Range Vehicle on Display at the 2010 SAE World Congress at Cobo Center in Detroit.

Quantum's Diesel Hybrid-Electric Extended Range Vehicle on Display at the 2010 SAE World Congress at Cobo Center in Detroit.

IRVINE, Calif., April 15 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , announced today that its Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV), developed for and in cooperation with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), is on display at the 2010 SAE World Congress at Co ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Equips 40 MPG Hyundai-Kia Diesel Engines With Optimized Turbocharger Technology (Sorry North America Not For You!)

BorgWarner Equips 40 MPG Hyundai-Kia Diesel Engines With Optimized Turbocharger Technology (Sorry North America Not For You!)

BorgWarner's New Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG) Turbochargers Boost Performance and Lower Emissions for New Diesel Engines AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 15 -- BorgWarner will supply its new generation of variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbochargers for the newly developed 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel engine featured i ... Continue reading

2010 Honda Civic Tour Brings the Rock - and Chance to Win Honda Civic Si Coupe Customized and Autographed by Paramore

2010 Honda Civic Tour Brings the Rock - and Chance to Win Honda Civic Si Coupe Customized and Autographed by Paramore

New Found Glory and Kadawatha join the line-up, which also includes pop-rock band Tegan and Sara LOS ANGELES, April 15 -- The Honda Civic Tour (HCT) is giving excited fans, music lovers and everyone else under the summer sun a chance to win a Honda Civic Si Coupe customized and autographed by Paramore. This one-of-a-ki ... Continue reading

NAFA's 2010 Institute & Expo Features Powerful Keynote Speakers from the Detroit Three

NAFA's 2010 Institute & Expo Features Powerful Keynote Speakers from the Detroit Three

PRINCETON, N.J., April 15 -- When NAFA Fleet Management Association decided to hold its 2010 Institute & Expo in Detroit, the Association reached out to the Detroit Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler). All three automakers jumped at the opportunity to speak directly to fleet managers from throughout North Americ ... Continue reading

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