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History Making Mitsubishi Motors' Live Drive Consumer Outreach Creates 5,000 Test Drives and a Guinness World Record

History Making Mitsubishi Motors' Live Drive Consumer Outreach Creates 5,000 Test Drives and a Guinness World Record

PR Newswire CYPRESS, Calif., Nov. 19, 2010 CYPRESS, Calif., Nov. 19, 2010 -- The Mitsubishi Motors North America Outlander Sport Live Drive Campaign, which concluded on November 11th, provided virtual test drives to nearly 5,000 consumers and also earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Guinness World Reco ... Continue reading

Valence Technology-Powered eVito Taxi Takes Home a Win in the United Kingdom's RAC Future Car Challenge

Valence Technology-Powered eVito Taxi Takes Home a Win in the United Kingdom's RAC Future Car Challenge

AUSTIN, Texas--Valence Technology, Inc. , a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of advanced energy storage solutions, announced today that the Mercedes Electric Vito (eVito) Taxi – a seven-seat electric vehicle powered by Valence batteries – was awarded Most Economic & Environment Friendly Mul ... Continue reading

Houston Motorsports Park welcomes Thunderhill Raceway to the NASCAR family

Houston Motorsports Park welcomes Thunderhill Raceway to the NASCAR family

HOUSTON, November 19, 2010 – Houston Motorsports Park (Houston, TX) is headed into its third season with NASCAR and is now proud to welcome Thunderhill Raceway (Kyle, TX) to the NASCAR family. Thunderhill Raceway (THR) has just signed a sanctioning agreement with NASCAR to become part of the NASCAR Whelen All-Amer ... Continue reading

Mercedes/Petronas GP Test Day - Abu Dhabi

Mercedes/Petronas GP Test Day - Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, November 19, 2010: Preparations for the 2011 season with new Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli got underway at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi today with Nico Rosberg as the first of the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS drivers to evaluate the new tyres. Nico's programme for today was to complete an initial performa ... Continue reading

Emerging Tech Day At IMS To Put Green Automotive Ideas On Track

Emerging Tech Day At IMS To Put Green Automotive Ideas On Track

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 19, 2010:The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will continue its legacy as an incubator and proving ground of automotive innovation for more than a century through the 100th Anniversary Indy 500 Emerging Tech Day on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at IMS. Some of the best, brightest young minds in America will displ ... Continue reading

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Cadillac and smart Tie for the Design Challenge Award

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Cadillac and smart Tie for the Design Challenge Award

PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2010 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2010 -- Today, a tie was announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show's 2010 Design Challenge. Â After much deliberation, the judges selected the Cadillac Aera and smart 454 WWT as the two well-deserved winners. The designs were selected for their comfort, safet ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a0bd86/underthehood_aut) has announced the addition of the "Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition" report to their offering. “Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition” Global and regional trends f ... Continue reading

SORL Auto Parts Files 10-Q Amendment With Additional Income Statement

SORL Auto Parts Files 10-Q Amendment With Additional Income Statement

PR Newswire ZHEJIANG, China, Nov. 19, 2010 ZHEJIANG, China, Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SORL Auto Parts, Inc. ("SORL" or "The Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, announced today that it has filed an amend ... Continue reading

2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost Tows Maximum Load at High Speeds Around NASCAR Racetrack

2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost Tows Maximum Load at High Speeds Around NASCAR Racetrack

PR Newswire DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 19, 2010 DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 19, 2010 -- 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoostâ„¢ "hero engine" runs for 24 hours at Homestead-Miami Speedway as another demonstration of the durability of the new 3.5-liter EcoBoostâ„¢ truck engine arriving in early 2011 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBo ... Continue reading

Does The New Fiat 500 Have A Chance For Success In The U.S.?

Does The New Fiat 500 Have A Chance For Success In The U.S.?

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor Amsterdam Bureau The Auto Channel LOS ANGELES, November 18, 2010. When Fiat unveiled the American variant of the 500, I was wondering, who would be buying this small Italian car?. In The Netherlands, the 500 has been on the market for a couple of years and has sold mostly to women ... Continue reading

2010 Cars.com Shopper Choice Awards

2010 Cars.com Shopper Choice Awards

CHICAGO November 18, 2010; Cars.com, one of the nation’s leading resources for buying and selling a car, announced today that the Ford Mustang has been selected by the site’s users as the winner of its first annual Shoppers’ Choice Award. Finalists were selected based on key shopping indicators and owner ... Continue reading

The Police Car Leader for 15 Years, Ford's All-New Police Interceptors Deliver at Public Testing

The Police Car Leader for 15 Years, Ford's All-New Police Interceptors Deliver at Public Testing

Ford's Police Interceptor 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoostâ„¢ sedan turns fastest lap time of any vehicle at Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) testing and outperforms V8 competitors. Ford's new Police Interceptor utility outperforms key competitors in acceleration, while posting fastest lap times Ford's Police In ... Continue reading

Infiniti Makes Noise Around Its Performance Hybrid

Infiniti Makes Noise Around Its Performance Hybrid

The Infiniti M35h will become the world's first hybrid to feature an audible pedestrian warning system as standard when it goes on sale in six months' time. The ground-breaking high performance hybrid model, which can travel further and faster in silent electric-only mode than other hybrids, utilises a range of distinc ... Continue reading

Luxgen EV+ Appointed As The Official Green Shuttle For 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition

Luxgen EV+ Appointed As The Official Green Shuttle For 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition

The 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo is the first international Expo to take place in Taiwan, and host city Taipei city is the 7th Asian city approved by AIPH to host the International Flora Expo in Asia. ... Continue reading

Seat's Leon E Ecomotive Drives Green Hotel's Business

Seat's Leon E Ecomotive Drives Green Hotel's Business

SEAT's latest class leader, the ultra-green Leon E Ecomotive, has been chosen as the perfect courtesy car for one of London's newest and most luxurious green hotels. ... Continue reading

Mazda Puts The Focus On Fleet Sales In Edinburgh

Mazda Puts The Focus On Fleet Sales In Edinburgh

Mazda is to focus on developing the local business sales market in Edinburgh for the first time following the opening of Western Mazda. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Biome: An Ultralight Vehicle At One With Nature

Mercedes-Benz Biome: An Ultralight Vehicle At One With Nature

At this year's Los Angeles Design Challenge, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California, surprised everyone with a revolutionary vision ... Continue reading

Maximum Safety With Optimum Driving Pleasure: The New Mercedes-Benz SLK - Lifting The Lid

Maximum Safety With Optimum Driving Pleasure: The New Mercedes-Benz SLK - Lifting The Lid

In January 2011, Mercedes-Benz will be launching the new SLK to the world. ... Continue reading

2010 LA Auto Show - Still Big Oils' Best Friend

2010 LA Auto Show - Still Big Oils' Best Friend

By Bob Gordon Co-publisher Los Angeles November 17, 2010; In what the official press release from the LA Auto Show is being touted as the “historic arrival” of the modern electric car, this year’s edition of the LA Auto Show seems to be just continuing the status-quo big oil loves and profits from. Sprin ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Pajero Steps Up Safety Standards

Mitsubishi Pajero Steps Up Safety Standards

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has stepped up the safety equipment on its legendary Pajero four-wheel drive wagon, adding side and curtain airbags to every vehicle in the entire Pajero line-up. ... Continue reading

Ford Offers Free WorkHealth Checks to Workers

Ford Offers Free WorkHealth Checks to Workers

Ford Australia yesterday became the latest employer to sign up to provide WorkHealth checks to its workforce, as new data from the WorkHealth program revealed an alarming lack of health awareness among workers. ... Continue reading

Mazda Technicians Cool Under Pressure

Mazda Technicians Cool Under Pressure

Mazda technicians have again demonstrated the skills that consistently keeps Mazda service departments across Australia at the forefront of customer satisfaction. ... Continue reading

Audi A8 Wins the Euro Car Body Award

Audi A8 Wins the Euro Car Body Award

Audi has once again raised the bar with regard to body manufacturing. In the scope of the 12th International Car-Body Benchmarking Conference, the Audi A8 claimed the Euro Car Body Award - the world's most distinguished award for innovations in body manufacturing. Over 500 experts and a jury of specialists gave top sco ... Continue reading

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4X4 Review

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4X4 Review

THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Model: 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4X4 Engine: 5.7-liter V8 Horsepower/Torque : 360 h @5,150 rpm/390 lb.-ft. @ 4,250 rpm Transmission: Multispeed automatic Wheelbase: 114.8 in. Length x Width x Height: 189.8 x 84.8 x 69.4 in. Tires: P265/60R18 Cargo volume: 35.1/68.7 cu. ft. ... Continue reading

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