Monday, July 20, 2015

The Great American Trucking Show Returns with New Events and Experiences

After seeing unprecedented success in 2014, The Great American Trucking Show, Randall-Reilly's award-winning trade show, is returning to the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, TX with a host of new experiences. "This year we really wanted to make sure that all of our efforts were focused around building ... Continue reading

Honda Aircraft Company Expands Sales of the HondaJet to South America

Lider Aviação appointed the exclusive HondaJet dealer in Brazil GREENSBORO, NC -- July 20, 2015: Honda Aircraft Company announced today that it is expanding sales of the HondaJet for the first time to South America. Sales will begin in Brazil with the HondaJet making its first appearance at the 2015 Latin America Bus ... Continue reading

10 Best New-Car Deals For July 2015

The editors from Kelley Blue Book have assembled their list of the 10 best lease, financing and cash back deals for new cars available in July from a variety of auto manufacturers. "This month's list of standout deals includes some smart fuel-sippers, a couple SUVs, full-size sedans and a pickup truck," said Jack R. Ne ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Style Eyewear Collection Autumn/Winter 2015: Combination of Innovative Material

Progressive design and flawless functionality are the hallmarks of the 2015 autumn/winter collection designed by Mercedes-Benz Style and Eyewear specialist Rodenstock. Incorporating newly developed materials, colours and shapes, the five styles of sunglasses and correction lenses take the Mercedes-Benz Style philosophy ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Trucks: With Mercedes-Benz Genuine Accessories Through the Summer

Genuine Accessories make work easier for truckers – also in the summer Made to measure for the current, well-proven Mercedes-Benz model series All products are tested and approved by Mercedes-Benz truck developers Available worldwide from all Mercedes-Benz service outlets STUTTGART -- July 20, 2015: It is midsumme ... Continue reading

June's Fastest Selling Used Cars in the UK

Vauxhall Insignia is the only car to make the national top ten in both May and June June’s national top ten sellers move more quickly than in May, with much cheaper average price Nissan Qashqai continues to shine on the forecourt: fastest seller in two UK regions London, North West and Scotland are hot spots for s ... Continue reading

Europe's New-Car Sales Grew 8.4% in H1 2015, 14.6% in June

25 of 29 countries recorded increased H1 2015 sales Volkswagen Golf, Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio were the best-selling cars for the first six months of the year European new-car sales increased by 8.4% in the first half of 2015, reports JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive intelligence. Sales ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Delivers 5 Millions Cars So Far in 2015

Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “Group’s overall development in first half year was satisfactory. Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand was not immune to current trends in China.” WOLFSBURG -- July 20, 2015: Vehicle deliveries by the Volkswagen Group in the first half of 2015 continued at a hi ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Passenger Car Sales Show Significant Growth in Europe

Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew vehicle deliveries in Europe in the first half year, with some countries reporting a significant rise. The brand delivered 485,200 units (January-June 2014: 451,400; +7.5 percent) in Western Europe (excluding Germany). The percentage increase on markets such as Spain or the Central Europe ... Continue reading

TomTom Selected by the University of Minnesota's Accessibility Observatory

TomTom (TOM2) today announces that its map and traffic information have been chosen by the University of Minnesota’s Accessibility Observatory as part of a new, national accessibility data set. TomTom will provide map and historical speed data to help analyze accessibility to jobs for driving and transit for metro ... Continue reading

TomTom Expands Map Footprint Globally

Esri User Conference – TomTom (TOM2) today announces the addition of navigable maps for thirteen new countries. TomTom’s global map database now covers over 45.6 million kilometers and 4.3 billion people worldwide, and features full navigable coverage for 134 countries. “The addition of nearly 3 million ... Continue reading

Vroom Raises $54 Million Series B Round to Overhaul the Car Buying Experience

Funding to Accelerate Growth and Expedite Delivery of Cars for Nation’s Largest Online Automotive Startup NEW YORK -- July 20, 2015: Vroom, the largest online pre-owned car retailer, today announced a $54 million Series B funding round, bringing its total equity funding to date to $73 million. The investors in the ... Continue reading

FCA US Celebrates One Million Eight-Speed Transmissions Assembled at its Kokomo Transmission Plant

--More than $860 million invested in plant for production of fuel-efficient transmission --Indiana facility launched eight-speed production in September 2012 --TorqueFlite 845RE offered in the Jeep® Grand Cherokee, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Durango and Ram 1500 --Fuel saving transmission i ... Continue reading

MESSRING Constructs its First-ever Forward-looking Laboratory for Dummy Calibration

Additional crashtest facility measuring 7,900 m2, developed and equipped for Chinese customer GSK Protech / cutting-edge InDummy data acquisition system by MESSRING For the first time in the company's history, MESSRING based in Krailling planned and equipped a dummy calibration laboratory complete with cutting-edge tec ... Continue reading

State Farm releases Driver Feedback Instructor Edition Mobile App

Now available free on iOS and Android platforms New app helps instructors teach new drivers Driver Feedback™ Instructor Edition, a free mobile app developed by State Farm®, is now available for both iOS and Android mobile devices. The app is designed to help driver education instructors access, record, organize ... Continue reading

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for July 20

Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: VEHICLE THEFTS Profile America — Monday, July 20th. It took a while after the invention of the gas-powered automobile by Karl Benz in Germany in 1886 for someone to steal the wheels. The first stolen car is said to be of a French aristoc ... Continue reading

Visteon Awarded Global Innovation Prize by Nissan

Automotive electronics supplier recognized for high-specification instrument cluster developed for global Nissan platform Leading automotive electronics supplier Visteon Corporation has received a Global Innovation Award from Nissan Motor Corporation for a pioneering 7-inch display instrument cluster with advanced grap ... Continue reading

Buick Introduces 2016 Encore Sport Touring

Buick today introduced the 2016 Encore Sport Touring – a more spirited take on the brand’s popular crossover. It is distinguished by unique exterior cues and driven by an exclusive, all-new 1.4L turbocharged engine featuring direct injection and stop/start technology. The exterior features include a winged rear spoil ... Continue reading

New Mercedes-Benz Consolidation Center opens in Speyer

The Mercedes-Benz Cars division is taking the next step in its strategic realignment process by investing a high three digits million amount in its global logistics organization. In line with the “Mercedes-Benz 2020” growth strategy, Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its global production and supplier network close to ... Continue reading

Subaru 'Hounds' The Alarm on In-Car Dog Safety

Subaru UK, the AA and Dogs Trust are calling on all animal lovers to consider their pets’ wellbeing if travelling with them in the car over the summer, in particular to ensure their safety when in transit and also ensuring dogs are not left unattended in hot cars. In the coming weeks and months, thousands of families ... Continue reading