Low SUV Sales Force Ford To Idle Plants 9 Weeks
Sales slump leads Ford to close plant that makes Navigator and Expedition SUVs for 9 weeks DETROIT June 15, 2008; Tom Krisher writing for the AP reported that sagging demand for large sport utility vehicles has forced Ford Motor Co. to close a Michigan factory for nine weeks starting June 23. The Michigan Truck Plant i ... Continue reading
Ford To Export More Than $800 Million in Vehicles and Parts to China
- Ford Motor Company enters into export agreement today valued at more than $800 million - Ford to export more than 30,000 North American-built vehicles to China - Sale to include Michigan-built transmissions - Production for China to benefit various Ford operations in the United States and Canada WASHINGTON, June 16 - ... Continue reading
NASCAR - Tony Stewart Prepares for Opening Round of WoO Sprint Series
INDIANAPOLIS (June 16, 2008) â Fans of NASCAR and dirt track racing will have an opportunity to see the best of both worlds collide this week as two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will square off against some of the best winged Sprint car drivers in the country in the Ollieâs 360 Challeng ... Continue reading
RISI FINDS REDEMPTION WITH LE MANS VICTORY
All the hard luck and heartache in the first half of 2008 has been washed away. No matter what happens the rest of the season, Risi Competizione can claim the GT2 championship at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Houston-based team and drivers Mika Salo, Jaime Melo and Gianmaria Bruni scored an eight-lap victory for Risi's ... Continue reading
BROOKLYN, Mich. - Penske Racing drivers Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr. and Ryan Newman finished 21st, 22nd and 42nd respectively in Sunday's 200-lap LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS). Busch used fuel mileage and pit strategy to make up a lost lap to finish just outside the top 20 in the No. 7 Miller Li ... Continue reading
THE AUTO PAGEBy JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2009 Nissan Maxima Engine: 3.5-liter V6 Horsepower/Torque: 290 hp @ 6400 rpm/261 lb.-ft. @ 4400 rpm Transmission: CVT Wheelbase: 109.3 in. Length/Width/Height: 190.6 x 73.2 x 57.8 in. Tires: P245/45R18 all-season Cargo volume: 14.2 cu. ft. ... Continue reading
World Challenge at Watkins Glen Airs Wednesday on SPEED
TOPEKA, Kan. (June 16, 2008) â Round Four of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT Championship and Round Six of the SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship from Watkins Glen International will be shown on SPEED, Wednesday, June 18, beginning at noon (EDT). The afternoon begins with Peter Cunningham taking up the pole position ... Continue reading
Nissan's Smyrna Plant Reaches Major Milestone in Tennessee
Nissan celebrates 25 years of making quality vehicles in Smyrna SMYRNA, Tenn., June 16 -- Nissan North America's (NNA) vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn., celebrated 25 years of building high quality vehicles at the award-winning facility today. Since the plant produced its first compact pickup truck in June 1983, ... Continue reading
TSS Announces Promotion of Kristi King To Senior Director of Communications and Consumer Marketing
TALLADEGA, Ala. â Talladega Superspeedway President Rick Humphrey today announced that Kristi R. King has been promoted to Senior Director of Communications and Consumer Marketing. Since joining TSS in 2004, King has played an integral role in expanding national media exposure as well as targeting and exploring ne ... Continue reading
INDY RACING LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION HEADS TO LAS VEGAS
INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, June 16, 2008 - The stars of the IndyCar® Series and Firestone Indy Lights⢠will travel to Las Vegas for the annual Indy Racing League Championship Celebration, league officials announced. The Celebration will take place Nov. 5, the second night of the 43rd annual SEMA Show, the premier au ... Continue reading
Fresh faces fill-in for JEGS ProMod Challenge regulars
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 16) -- Busy summer schedules will keep two of the top 10 and four of the top 20 racers in the JEGS ProMod Challenge out of the field at this weekend's 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The most notable driver out of the mix is Eddie Ware, the Disturbe ... Continue reading
DALE EARNHARDT JR. WINS LIFELOCK 400 AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
BROOKLYN, Mich. (June 15, 2008) â Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended a 76-race winless streak on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway after he used fuel strategy to take his first point-paying win with Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LifeLock 400. It was that kind of a bizarre, stirring, almost unb ... Continue reading
Coughlin all tuned-up for Englishtown
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 16) -- While his rivals rested over Father's Day weekend in anticipation of the upcoming 39th Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals, reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. was at Indianapolis Raceway Park winning $25,000 at the JEGS U.S. Open Bracket Championships. Coughlin logged more than a doze ... Continue reading
TORRANCE, Calif., June 16 -- Toyota Financial Services (TFS), in partnership with Toyota Motor Sales, announced today that it is donating $200,000 and two utility vehicles to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in the Cedar Rapids flood areas. TFS, which has had a large Call Center in Cedar Rapids since 19 ... Continue reading
DALLAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announced the winners of its 6th annual MADD Media Awards program today and Florida media should be especially proud. WFOR-TV in Miami won the Award of Excellence for Broadcast with their series covering alcohol-laced energy drinks. The Pen ... Continue reading
Four Chrysler LLC Plants Award $10,000 in Scholarships to Kokomo Students
KOKOMO, Ind., June 16 -- The Indiana Transmission Plants I and II (Kokomo, Ind.); Kokomo (Ind.) Casting Plant and Kokomo (Ind.) Transmission Plant have awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships on behalf of The Chrysler Foundation to Kokomo-area students for the 2008-2009 calendar school year. Ten students each receiv ... Continue reading
Novak Named Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Program Manager
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Novak Named Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Program Manager TOPEKA, Kan. (June 16, 2008) - SCCA Pro Racing is pleased to announce Kyle Novak as the Program Manager for the new Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup. Novak brings a wealth of motorsports experience to SCCA Pro Racing, most recently working as Director o ... Continue reading
Subaru Expands its Presence in California
- The Company Celebrated The Grand Opening Of Its Puente Hills State-Of-The-Art Dealership - CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 16 -- Subaru of America, Inc. announced the opening of its latest dealership, Subaru of Puente Hills, CA. The company celebrated the opening with a VIP ceremony at which executives from Subaru of America ... Continue reading
Commercial Vehicle Group Announces Investor Day
New Research and Development Center Will Be Featured NEW ALBANY, Ohio, June 16 -- Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. , a leading supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, will host an Investor Day for investment professionals on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The meeting will be held ... Continue reading
Bosch and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. Plan Joint Venture to Develop and Manufacture Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Joint venture planned to start in September 2008 - Company to be headquartered in Korea STUTTGART, Germany, June 16 -- Robert Bosch GmbH and the Korean company Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. have decided to set up a joint venture to develop, manufacture, and sell lithium-ion batteries. It is planned that the joint venture, whi ... Continue reading
Subaru Sponsors the Geological Society of America
- The Company Recognizes Those Involved With the Study of Earth Sciences - CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 16 -- Subaru of America, Inc., SOA, announced it will sponsor the Geological Society of America, GSA, for the eighth consecutive year. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080325/SUBARULOGO ) With more than 21,000 ... Continue reading
Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental to Open in Poland
TULSA, Okla., June 16 -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. today announced that its successful value brands -- Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental -- are opening locations in Poland for the first time this month. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020412/DTGLOGO) As part of a master franchise agreeme ... Continue reading
3,000 BMW Workers Temporarily Laid-off due to Spanish Fuel Protests
LONDON, June 16 -- Unite members at BMW in Cowley have temporarily been laid-off because of Spanish fuel protests. 3,000 Workers at the site in Oxfordshire were sent home on full pay on Friday 13th June, in line with the Working Time Account when production ground to a halt after component parts they rely on could not ... Continue reading
Production Begins for the New Honda FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle - VIDEO ENHANCED
LONDON, June 16 -- - Zero Emission, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Roll off Line for First Time Today (Monday, 16 June), the FCX Clarity - Honda's advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle - came off the line at the world's first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan. After 19 years of development, the ... Continue reading
BBS to Acquire Hoboken, Belgium Subsidiary and Certain Gainesville, Georgia Assets of Hayes Lemmerz
SCHILTACH, Germany, June 16 -- BBS International GmbH ('BBS'), German world-leading firm in the development and production of lightweight wheels for sports and passenger cars in the premium segment and a subsidiary of Punch International nv ('Punch'), a diversified industrial holding company with its head office in Sin ... Continue reading
To the Point: 2008 Research Roadmap - Volkswagen Presents the Technologies of Tomorrow
Volkswagen - according to a recent study by the renowned German "Center of Automotive" (CoA) - "is the automotive corporation with the greatest innovative strength of the year." The reasoning of the CoA with headquarters in the Cologne metropolitan area: "For the third year in a row, the Wolfsburg-based corporation was ... Continue reading
Driving Challenge Thrills for Mazda Fans at British International Motor Show
Mazda has confirmed its plans to return to the British International Motor Show, with the thrilling 'Mazda Zoom-Zoom Challenge' attraction, from 23 July to 3 August at ExCel, London Docklands. ... Continue reading
Subaru Ireland Bring Their First Diesel Range to the Irish Market
This is Subaru&'s first diesel engine - developed in-house using over 40 years' expertise in 'boxer' engine technology coupled with turbocharging know-how gleaned from the fierce World Rally Championship arena. ... Continue reading
Make It Double With Two Top London Shows
The multi award-winning British International Motor Show sponsored by Zurich Connect has joined forces with the hugely successful King Tutankhamun exhibition 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' at The O2, to offer visitors an amazing deal on combination tickets to see both events. ... Continue reading
More than 50,000 People Gathered at the Technocentre for Renault Roadshow
More than 50,000 people attended the Renault Roadshow of June 15, which took place at the Technocentre (in Guyancourt, near Paris). This event, the most popular of its kind ever organized in France, took place in a family atmosphere. ... Continue reading
Fiorino Qubo, the New 'Free Space' Vehicle from Fiat
Fiorino Qubo is the name of the new car marketed by the Fiat dealer network. This original name clearly conveys the model's attributes: it is reliable and robust, as well as being uniquely practical and versatile. And the original choice of the letter Q evokes the distinctive personality of the car as much as the round ... Continue reading
HughesNet Powers Automotive Broadcasting Network at Automobile Dealerships Nationwide
Auto dealerships across US will be able to receive customized content to increase sales, improve customer loyalty, and improve customer satisfaction GERMANTOWN, Md., June 16 -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, announced today that the Automot ... Continue reading
Daimler AG Invests in Expansion of Sprinter Production
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter introduced to the market in spring 2006 has been outstandingly well received by customers. To better satisfy the persisting high demand for the vans manufactured in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde, the Board of Management of Daimler AG has decided to invest a total of 177 million euros in the tw ... Continue reading
BMW Group to Invest a Billion US Dollars in the USA by 2012
The BMW Group will be investing over a billion US dollars in the USA by the year 2012. The company is thus underlining its long-term commitment to the largest automobile market in the world. ... Continue reading
The New Audi S Tronic - Seven Gears for Dynamics and Efficiency
Seven gears that shift at lightning speed without interrupting traction - Audi presents a new phase in the evolution of transmission systems. The seven-speed S tronic has an extremely dynamic, high-efficiency action. This new dual-clutch transmission is designed for use with a longitudinally installed engine and quattr ... Continue reading
JATO to Offer Video Test Drives in Partnership with AutoMotion
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 16 -- JATO the world's leading provider of automotive data and intelligence is to offer automotive video test drives following a strategic partnership agreement with AutoMotion, a leader in video technology solutions. From today JATO's global network of technology partners will be able to offe ... Continue reading
To the Point: Volkswagen Scirocco - Comeback of a Sports Car Legend
Volkswagen is staging the comeback of a legend with the debut of the two-door car - Scirocco generations I and II wrote history as the most successful Volkswagen coupé of all time with about 800,000 units sold. ... Continue reading
2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman Review
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman "Enlarging the brand" usually means more offerings to customers, and while this is true concerning the Mini Cooper Clubman, an addition to the lineup, the Clubman also enlarges the Mini. But BMW's British subsidiary hasn't succumbed to the "longer, lower, ... Continue reading
50 International Journalists are Putting the "Pedal To The Metal"!
The scene was a little reminiscent of the infamous Area 51: an old military airport, giant hangars in the background and armed guards at the gate. But what IKmedia presented to the 50 journalists who had travelled to Mendig from 17 countries appealed to the engine fans far more than any UFO. Because, as is generally kn ... Continue reading
New Mazda Concept Car to Premiere at Moscow International Automobile Salon
Mazda will present an all-new show car at this year’s Moscow International Automobile Salon. The concept is a sporty, compact crossover SUV designed especially for the Russian market. ... Continue reading
GM Certified Used Vehicles National Inventory Goes Live on New eBay Motors CPO Showroom
DETROIT - GM Certified Used Vehicles, the industry's top-selling manufacturer-certified used vehicle brand*, announced today that its 60,000-plus-vehicle inventory from 3,900-plus U.S. dealers is now listed on eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com), the Internet's largest marketplace for buying and selling all things automot ... Continue reading
New Appointments Build GM Brand Channel Alignment
DETROIT - General Motors announced personnel moves today in support of its four retail channels: Chevrolet; Premium (Cadillac, Hummer, Saab); Buick-Pontiac-GMC; and Saturn. The moves streamline the organization by combining or eliminating job functions. This will help the brands better deliver world-class products to c ... Continue reading
Breakthrough zero emissions vehicle to be delivered in July TOCHIGI, Japan, June 15 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced five of the first customers for its advanced new FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle and also provided details of the world's first fuel cell vehicle dealership network in th ... Continue reading
"The GM Military Discount" Rolls Out
DETROIT â General Motors today announced an online vehicle discount program for active and reserve military members that can save military families thousands of dollars when purchasing a new car or truck from Chevrolet, Saturn, Pontiac, Buick, Saab, Cadillac, GMC or HUMMER. âThe GM Military Discount Programâ ... Continue reading
Innovative Next-Generation Battery
Toyota to Start Developing Nagoya, June 11, 2008; Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will launch a new team in late June for the research and development of innovative next-generation automotive batteries. The team will initially have some 50 engineers, and the number will be doubled two years later, according t ... Continue reading
Toyota Picks Up Strong Orders for Alphard, Vellfire
Tokyo, June 13, 2008; Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it has received about 36,000 purchase orders for its new luxury minivans, the Alphard and the Vellfire, one month after their debut on May 12. The total is six times more than the joint monthly sales target of 6,000 units. The models' luxurious interiors and high fue ... Continue reading
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