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Thursday, September 18, 2014

German Cars Learning US Traffic Regulations

German Cars Learning US Traffic Regulations

On 16 September 2014 the US federal state of California introduced a legal requirement for an official licence for testing vehicles in autonomous driving mode on public roads. On "Senate Bill No. 1298" taking effect, Mercedes-Benz received a corresponding licence permitting it to test vehicles in autonomous driving mod ... Continue reading

Volkswagen of America Presents 'Dating Site' for Car Buyers

Volkswagen of America Presents 'Dating Site' for Car Buyers

Volkswagen of America has launched an innovative configuration solution at vw.com. which revolutionizes purchasing new cars on the U.S. market. The new website is based on Mackevision technology from the F_Box family. It gives both the manufacturer and its dealers an unprecedented level of integration in the production ... Continue reading

GM's Toledo Plant Recognized for Pollution Prevention

GM's Toledo Plant Recognized for Pollution Prevention

TOLEDO, Ohio – General Motors’ Toledo Transmission plant today received a national pollution prevention award for successful efforts to reduce its impact on the environment. The award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, received during an event marking Pollution Prevention Week, recognizes GM T ... Continue reading

GM to Add Third Shift, 750 Jobs at Wentzville Assembly

GM to Add Third Shift, 750 Jobs at Wentzville Assembly

General Motors will add a third shift at its Wentzville Assembly plant, creating an estimated 750 new jobs, to build the all-new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups and Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans. Dealers have ordered nearly 30,000 Colorados, which is very high for early orders. With ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Start Shipping to Dealers

Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Start Shipping to Dealers

The two newest entries in the midsize truck segment are one step closer to being on the road, with the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon shipping to dealers today. Consumers have created more than 100,000 configurations of the trucks since the Colorado Build Your Own and Canyon Build Your Own websites went live on Sept ... Continue reading

Mustang Unites Brings Together Pop Artist Burton Morris and Ford Mustang to Create a Unique Art Collection

Mustang Unites Brings Together Pop Artist Burton Morris and Ford Mustang to Create a Unique Art Collection

Mustang Unites brings together pop artist Burton Morris and Ford Mustang to create a unique art collection featuring the car’s globally recognizable pony badge Collection celebrates Mustang’s global expansion; for the first time in its 50-year history, Mustang will be available outside the United States to cu ... Continue reading

Ford Expedition Unleashed as Official Vehicle of Fido Friendly's Sixth Annual Pet Adoption Tour

Ford Expedition Unleashed as Official Vehicle of Fido Friendly's Sixth Annual Pet Adoption Tour

2015 Ford Expedition is official vehicle of FIDO Friendly magazine’s sixth annual pet adoption tour, Get Your Licks on Route 66® Get Your Licks on Route 66 kicked off Sept. 12 and runs through Oct. 19, with Ford Expedition supporting various pet adoption events along the way from Los Angeles to Chicago to Kansa ... Continue reading

The Plano Plan: Toyota to Work with JLL to Oversee Development of New Headquarters

The Plano Plan: Toyota to Work with JLL to Oversee Development of New Headquarters

First they helped the world’s largest automaker find the place; now they’ll help with the space. Real estate strategy firm JLL will be Toyota’s third partner in building the company’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. Toyota has already tapped developer KDC and design firm Corgan. JLL ... Continue reading

Toyota FT-1 'Vision GT' Car Available for Download in Gran Turismo 6

Toyota FT-1 'Vision GT' Car Available for Download in Gran Turismo 6

Gamers Can Experience the Ultra High-Performance Virtual Race Version of Toyota’s Sports Car Concept September 16, 2014 TORRANCE, Calif. (Sept. 16, 2014) – Rev up those virtual engines. Toyota’s stunning FT-1 sports car concept takes the track again inside Gran Turismo 6 (GT6), the latest iteration of th ... Continue reading

Lend a Hand to Protect Public Lands

Lend a Hand to Protect Public Lands

Parks (and other public lands) do their part. They provide a safe place for native flora and fauna. They help keep air and water clean. ... Continue reading

Elio Motors Takes Major Step Toward Producing New Vehicle at Massive Shreveport Plant

Elio Motors Takes Major Step Toward Producing New Vehicle at Massive Shreveport Plant

Elio Motors, Inc., announced today that it will work with its manufacturing partner, Comau, to sell surplus manufacturing equipment from the former GM manufacturing facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, where the company will begin production of its enclosed, three-wheeled vehicle in 2015. The strategy allows Elio Motors ... Continue reading

Erie Insurance Will Award $20,00 In Cash and Prizes in Teen Driver Awareness Contest

Erie Insurance Will Award $20,00 In Cash and Prizes in Teen Driver Awareness Contest

According to the most recent data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 16-19-year-olds are three times more likely to die in car crashes than people 20 and older. And car crashes remain the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. Analysis by Erie Insurance shows how individual states compare in terms o ... Continue reading

How to Hack the Increasingly Connected Car

How to Hack the Increasingly Connected Car

WHEN: 11:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 LOCATION: Online, with free registration SPEAKERS: Frost & Sullivan Automotive and Transportation Research Manager Praveen Chandrasekar and Cisco Systems Chief Scientist for Smart Connected Vehicles Dr. Tao Zhang. Cybersecurity has emerged as a key growing concern in the ... Continue reading

Ford Focus: What Car? Best Used Car of the Year

Ford Focus: What Car? Best Used Car of the Year

For the second time in three years a Ford has claimed top honours at the What Car? Used Car Awards. This year it is the Ford Focus which has been crowned the magazine’s Best Used Car of the Year, following in the wheel tracks of 2012 winner, the Ford Fiesta. The Fiesta’s continued excellence was also recognis ... Continue reading

Lexus IS 220d is Named Used Car of the Year by What Car?

Lexus IS 220d is Named Used Car of the Year by What Car?

Executive class honours for Lexus’s sports saloon Premium quality, superb reliability and great purchase and running costs: the Lexus IS 220d has ticked all the right wish-list boxes to earn the executive class title in What Car’s Used Car of the Year awards. The IS 220d, part of the second-generation line-up ... Continue reading

Jaguar XJ Crowned Luxury Car King at What Car?

Jaguar XJ Crowned Luxury Car King at What Car?

Jaguar XJ wins its class at What Car? Used Car Of The Year Awards Judges praise its “wow factor” along with its performance and refinement LONDON -- September 17, 2014: The Jaguar XJ is the best used car in the luxury car class, according to What Car?. It was awarded the coveted accolade at the magazine’ ... Continue reading

Porsche GB debuts at Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show

Porsche GB debuts at Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show

Porsche GB will make its Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show debut with a unique display of around 13 to 16 freshly restored Turbo and Targa models, entered into the manufacturer’s Classic Restoration Competition, including the overall winner. The Classic Restoration Competition, now in its second year, challen ... Continue reading

Audi Invests in the Future by Celebrating the Apprentice

Audi Invests in the Future by Celebrating the Apprentice

Audi UK aims to boost annual intake to its apprenticeship programme to nurture even more untapped talent Number of apprentice opportunities within Audi UK more than doubles Two and three-year schemes offer formal on-the-job training and NVQ Level 3 qualifications Exciting and varied roles available including Service Te ... Continue reading

Britain's Best Used Cars

Britain's Best Used Cars

Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec wins top accolade in annual ceremony The Ford Focus 1.6 105 Zetec 5dr has been voted the overall What Car? Used Car of the Year for 2014. The event, which was held at The Hurlingham Club, London, and sponsored by Warranty Direct, was attended by all major vehicle manufacturers and named 13 outstand ... Continue reading

NISMO Celebrates 30 Years of Maverick Engineering

NISMO Celebrates 30 Years of Maverick Engineering

Nissan invites the fans to join NISMO’s birthday party across the world #30YearsOfMaverick used to bring the 30th celebrations to the digital world YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – Wednesday 17 September 2014: To mark NISMO’s 30th anniversary, Nissan is celebrating 30 years of maverick engineering with a week of events ... Continue reading

Citroen C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept

Citroen C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept

Citroën C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show Concept achieves fuel economy of over 141mpg (2l/100km) Optimised design on C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L results in 20% improvement in aerodynamics PureTech 82 engine with Hybrid Air technology reduces fuel consumption by 30% Lightweight, high-perfo ... Continue reading

Magna Delivers Industry-First Technologies

Magna Delivers Industry-First Technologies

Magna International announced today that it is supplying two innovative, industry-first systems on the BMW i8 plug-in electric sports car: outside mirrors with hidden turn signals and SmartLatch™, an electronic side-door latch system. ... Continue reading

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