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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Visteon to Announce 2013 Second-Quarter Financial Results on Thursday, Aug. 8

Visteon to Announce 2013 Second-Quarter Financial Results on Thursday, Aug. 8

Visteon Corporation today announced that it plans to release its second-quarter 2013 financial results at approximately 6 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 8. The company will host a conference call for the investment community at 8 a.m. EDT to discuss the results and related matters. The conference call is also available to ... Continue reading

Aston Martin Debuts at Pebble Beach

Aston Martin Debuts at Pebble Beach

Irvine CA, 16 July 2013 - Aston Martin's new Vanquish Volante and V12 Vantage S are set for premieres at the 2013 Pebble Beach® Automotive Week alongside the CC100 Speedster Concept, capping a stunning trio of unveilings in the British brand's centenary year. As the company continues its centennial celebrations around ... Continue reading

BrandIndex: Customers rank Ford tops in brand perception

BrandIndex: Customers rank Ford tops in brand perception

BrandIndex puts Ford No. 1 in customer perceptions in its midyear review survey – based on responses from 600,000 Americans rating 1,100 U.S. companies. Respondents reacted favorably to Ford when asked if they’d heard anything good or bad in the past two weeks about a brand. Ford jumped from sixth place in th ... Continue reading

GM Receives Eight Certified Pre-Owned Awards

GM Receives Eight Certified Pre-Owned Awards

GMC top truck brand in Vincentric's 2013 Best CPO Value in America Awards DETROIT “ General Motors received eight Vincentric 2013 Best Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Value in America awards, with no manufacturer earning more awards. In addition to vehicle awards, GMC was honored as the best truck brand. ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Delivers Record Global Sales in First Half of 2013

Chevrolet Delivers Record Global Sales in First Half of 2013

More than 1.3 million units sold in best-ever second quarter Small car lineup attracting new U.S. customers; sales up nearly 25 percent over 2012 GM sales up nearly 4 percent in the first six months of the year DETROIT “ Chevrolet sold a record 2.5 million vehicles around the world in the first six months of 2013, up ... Continue reading

Auto Industry Is Major Growth Market For INFICON North America

Auto Industry Is Major Growth Market For INFICON North America

The North American auto industry is a major growth market for INFICON, a leading global provider of leak-detection systems critically important to auto makers and their suppliers. Thousands of leak tests to assure product quality take place on a daily basis at supplier facilities and automotive assembly plants througho ... Continue reading

Area Gas Prices Jump 20 Cents

Area Gas Prices Jump 20 Cents

Area Gas Prices Jump 20 Cents West Central Kentucky gas prices have risen 20 cents this week, according to AAA East Central. A gallon of gasoline averages $3.598. Across the Nation Today's national average price for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.635 per gallon. This price is two cents higher than one month ago, 15 ce ... Continue reading

NADA: Used Prices for Full-Size Pickups Up 7.7% through June; Little Change Expected for July

NADA: Used Prices for Full-Size Pickups Up 7.7% through June; Little Change Expected for July

Used cars and light trucks continued to be in high demand through the first six months of the year resulting in prices that outperformed typical seasonal declines, especially full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, says the NADA Used Car Guide in its July edition of Guidelines. ... Continue reading

Leasing Is Shifting the New Car Market But It Isn't the Best Choice for Everyone

Leasing Is Shifting the New Car Market But It Isn't the Best Choice for Everyone

A surge in car leases is helping to boost the popularity of new cars, reports Edmunds.com. According to an Edmunds.com analysis of vehicle registrations from Polk, new cars account for about 29 percent of all sales in 2013 (through May). That puts the year on pace to top last year's rate of 27.6 percent, which was the ... Continue reading

PennDOT Receives Geographic Information Award for Modernized Data Collection

PennDOT Receives Geographic Information Award for Modernized Data Collection

-PennDOT's modernized field data collection process recently received an international achievement award for its innovative use of geographic information system technology. The Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award was presented at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, Calif. The award recognizes vision ... Continue reading

Study Concludes That Honeywell's New Automobile Refrigerant Has Lower Global Warming Potential Than Carbon Dioxide

Study Concludes That Honeywell's New Automobile Refrigerant Has Lower Global Warming Potential Than Carbon Dioxide

Peer-reviewed paper finds HFO-1234yf has global warming potential that is four times lower than previously calculated- Honeywell announced today that a new study has found that its low-global-warming refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, has a global-warming potential (GWP) four times lower than previously calculated “ below that ... Continue reading

Goodyear to Announce Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Goodyear to Announce Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results

AKRON, OH--July 16, 2013: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will report second quarter 2013 financial results on Tuesday, July 30, to be followed by an investor conference call at 9 a.m. Participating in the conference call will be Richard J. Kramer, chairman and chief executive officer, and Darren R. Wells, executive ... Continue reading

10 Best Luxury SUVs Of 2013 Named By KBB.com; Land Rover Range Rover Ranked No. 1

10 Best Luxury SUVs Of 2013 Named By KBB.com; Land Rover Range Rover Ranked No. 1

For Shoppers Who Crave Style, Comfort and Lavish Amenities, Kelley Blue Book Editors Rank Top New Luxury SUVs SUV shoppers searching for a just-right high-end combination of style and comfort can see which models the experts recommend most in the list of 10 Best Luxury SUVs of 2013 from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, th ... Continue reading

Honda Factory Performance Package Now Available for Accord Coupe V6

Honda Factory Performance Package Now Available for Accord Coupe V6

Limited-edition HFP package enables the sportiest Accord available today July 16, 2013: The limited-edition Honda Factory Performance (HFP) package for the Honda Accord Coupe V6 goes on sale today at select Honda dealers in the United States. First shown at the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas and recently performance teste ... Continue reading

Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics

Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that the leading provider of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, Proterra Inc., has standardized on the Mentor Graphics VeSys tools for its electrical systems design and manufacture of wire harnesses. ... Continue reading

Great American Group Analysts See Prices Rise for Flat Rolled Steel

Great American Group Analysts See Prices Rise for Flat Rolled Steel

Analysts with Great American Group, Inc. report pricing for flat rolled steel products has recently increased, with the price range for market transactions also narrowing and stabilizing. The trend reflects the market response to a $50 per-net-ton price hike implemented by major steel mills at the end of May 2013. ... Continue reading

Navistar Selects Dana Axles, Driveshafts for Newest Vehicle

Navistar Selects Dana Axles, Driveshafts for Newest Vehicle

Dana Holding Corporation announced today that it has been named the standard and exclusive supplier of steer axles, drive axles, and driveshafts on the new International TerraStar 4x4 medium-duty truck. Navistar recently began customer deliveries of the all-wheel-drive vehicles. "Not only do Spicer axle and driveshaft ... Continue reading

VINtek Assists with Successful Electronic Lien and Title Legislation in Nevada

VINtek Assists with Successful Electronic Lien and Title Legislation in Nevada

VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management, electronic lien and title (ELT) services and direct finance processing, reports that it assisted with the passage of ELT legislation in Nevada which has been signed into law by Governor Brian Sandoval. ... Continue reading

MaxTradeIn DealerDirect Lets Consumers Receive an Online Offer on Their Used Car Directly Through a Dealership's Website

MaxTradeIn DealerDirect Lets Consumers Receive an Online Offer on Their Used Car Directly Through a Dealership's Website

MaxTradeIn, the free website that gives car owners the ability to trade in or sell their used vehicle by selecting trusted local dealers to compete for their business, is expanding with a new service that lets consumers receive actual offers--not just estimates--directly through a participating dealership's website ... Continue reading

2014 Nissan Lineup - Specs and Changes

2014 Nissan Lineup - Specs and Changes

Nashville TN July 16, 2013; All information current as of July 16, 2013 - Following a banner 2013 model year that saw the introduction of all-new generations of the Nissan Altima, Nissan Sentra and Nissan Pathfinder, the parade of innovative all-new designs continues for 2014. Leading the way is the right-sized Nissan ... Continue reading

2014 Nissan GT-R Special Edition Pricing and Specs

2014 Nissan GT-R Special Edition Pricing and Specs

2014 Nissan GT-R Special Edition package with a hand-painted "Midnight Opal" exterior, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced United States pricing for the car of $105,590 USD, a $6,000 USD increase over the GT-R Premium model M.S.R.P.* Half of the 100 total units available worldwide will be available in the ... Continue reading

Ford Meets Commitments On UK Restructuring

Ford Meets Commitments On UK Restructuring

Ford is meeting its commitments to maintain UK investment and to complete UK restructuring plans entirely through voluntary separations or redeployment within the company ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Ampera Leads Field At The ITU World Triathlon Series

Vauxhall Ampera Leads Field At The ITU World Triathlon Series

The Vauxhall Ampera will be the official lead car at the Grand Final of the ITU World Triathlon Series 2013 in London (September 11th - 15th). Vauxhall is the official auto supplier and one of the key sponsors of the series. ... Continue reading

Worldwide Deliveries Of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles In The First Half Of 2013 Reach Previous Year's Levels

Worldwide Deliveries Of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles In The First Half Of 2013 Reach Previous Year's Levels

Deliveries of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles were stable during the first six months of the current year. ... Continue reading

Maserati Ghibli Makes Uk Debut At 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Maserati Ghibli Makes Uk Debut At 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

The 150,000 spectators at the Goodwood Festival of Speed were treated to an amazing sight as an extraordinary array of over 30 supercars sped up the hill at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday lunchtime. ... Continue reading

Rosie Puxley Joins Kia Press Office

Rosie Puxley Joins Kia Press Office

Kia Motors (UK) Limited are excited to welcome Rosie Puxley onto their Press Office Team to continue the brand's commitment to the successful 12 month student placement scheme. ... Continue reading

Ferrari Celebrates Goodwood Festival Of Speed's 20th Anniversary

Ferrari Celebrates Goodwood Festival Of Speed's 20th Anniversary

Although the excitement of the 20th Anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is over for another year, Ferrari fans will have many memories on which to reflect until next year's event. ... Continue reading

Ford's Unique 1.0-Litre EcoBoost Single-Seater Stars At 20th Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Ford's Unique 1.0-Litre EcoBoost Single-Seater Stars At 20th Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Ford's record-breaking FF1, a 1.0-litre Formula Ford-based road car, will be making its first public appearance in anger - and on track − at the 20th Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Friday Action At Goodwood: SLS Amg Black Series Thunders Into The UK

Mercedes-Benz Friday Action At Goodwood: SLS Amg Black Series Thunders Into The UK

In front of crowds estimated to number in excess of 50,000 people, Mercedes-Benz cars both old and new took on the notorious 1.16-mile Goodwood Hill at the 20th running of the Festival of Speed. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Dealer Principal Awarded Dealer Principal Of The Year At Motor Trader Industry Awards

Mitsubishi Dealer Principal Awarded Dealer Principal Of The Year At Motor Trader Industry Awards

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has cause to celebrate after Nathan Tomlinson, Dealer Principal at Devonshire Motors, Barnstaple, was named Dealer Principal of the Year at this year's prestigious Motor Trader Industry Awards. ... Continue reading

The MINI John Cooper Works Range

The MINI John Cooper Works Range

The legendary MINI line-up in Australia has just received a performance boost with the arrival of the final models to complete the John Cooper Works range. ... Continue reading

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