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2014 Dodge Durango Citadel AWD Review By Steve Purdy

2014 Dodge Durango Citadel AWD Review By Steve Purdy

Dodge Durango started life as a mid-size, rear-wheel drive, body-on-frame SUV and has evolved into this large, 7-passenger, three-row, uni-body CUV. It is still rear-wheel drive but can be optioned with either an unobtrusive all-wheel drive or a fully competent 4-wheel drive for serious towing or off-roading, and it ca ... Continue reading

Joyride Continues Momentum as Featured 'Android Auto' App

Joyride Continues Momentum as Featured 'Android Auto' App

Debuted at Google I/O earlier this year, Joyride announced today it will be one of the initial apps featured in the new Android Auto platform rolling out later this year to nearly 30 car brands. Joyride is on a mission to change the commuter experience by delivering a personalized aggregation of streaming audio shows a ... Continue reading

Top 10 Safe Driving Tips for a Great School Year

Top 10 Safe Driving Tips for a Great School Year

The excited text messages to friends, your iPad all set in your new backpack and a quick glance at your phone’s camera say it all. It’s back-to-school and you are ready. But here’s the best part. It’s not only your first day at school, but it’s also the first day you get to drive to school your ... Continue reading

NADA Statement on New NHTSA Search Tool for Vehicle Recalls

NADA Statement on New NHTSA Search Tool for Vehicle Recalls

In response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) look-up tool for vehicle recall information, Forrest McConnell, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association and a Honda/Acura dealer in Montgomery, Ala., issued the following statement: "The new onlin ... Continue reading

Mazda Foundation Gives the SPCA for Monterey County a $25,000 Grant

Mazda Foundation Gives the SPCA for Monterey County a $25,000 Grant

The Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc. believes strongly in helping furry friends (and some not so furry) who find themselves neglected, homeless or injured. On Saturday, August 16th, the Mazda Foundation presented the local, independent SPCA for Monterey County with a generous $25,000 grant. "The work that the SPCA of Monte ... Continue reading

Carfax, Honda Extend Decade-Long Certified-Pre-Owned Relationship

Carfax, Honda Extend Decade-Long Certified-Pre-Owned Relationship

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has selected Carfax as a provider of vehicle history information for the Honda and Acura Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle programs. For the last 10 years, Carfax® Vehicle History Reports™ have been a key component in the Honda and Acura certification process. Eligible vehicles also mus ... Continue reading

The 11 Best Labor Day 2014 Car Deals

The 11 Best Labor Day 2014 Car Deals

With auto loan interest rates at the lowest they've been for years and dealerships scrambling to clear out 2014 inventory in time for next year's models, the upcoming Labor Day weekend is the ideal time to buy a new car. To help consumers find the best money-saving Labor Day car deals, GOBankingRates partnered with Aut ... Continue reading

National Car Rental Offers Free Rental Days through Annual "One Two Free" Promotion

National Car Rental Offers Free Rental Days through Annual "One Two Free" Promotion

National Car Rental, the award-winning rental car brand for business travel, is launching its annual One Two Free® promotion for registered Emerald Club members. Renters receive one free rental day* for every two qualifying rentals** of a mid-sized or larger vehicle (for two or more consecutive days). This year Nation ... Continue reading

Rand McNally Launches All-New RV GPS: RVND 7730 LM

Rand McNally Launches All-New RV GPS: RVND 7730 LM

Just in time for Labor Day getaways, today Rand McNally has made available its third-generation RV GPS device. Redesigned inside and out, the RVND™ 7730 LM provides all-new hardware, a faster processor, two new graphical user interface options, with improved map appearance. Bringing together Rand McNally's award-w ... Continue reading

AAA Applauds Launch of Vehicle Identification Number Recall Database

AAA Applauds Launch of Vehicle Identification Number Recall Database

Statement By Bob Darbelnet, President and CEO of AAA: "AAA applauds the launch of the NHTSA vehicle identification database that enables consumers to identify the status of any vehicle recall by Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). The huge volume of recalls from automobile makers just this year clearly points to the n ... Continue reading

Consumer Reaction to Vehicle Recalls: GM vs. Toyota; recall impact on used vehicle pricing

Consumer Reaction to Vehicle Recalls: GM vs. Toyota; recall impact on used vehicle pricing

NADA Used Car Guide announced the results of its automaker recall perception survey, an online survey conducted on NADAguides.com in response to the record-breaking number of motor vehicle recalls occurring over the first half of the year. An overwhelming majority of consumers were found to be paying more attention to ... Continue reading

Honda Accord and CR-V are America's Most Popular Car and SUV with Retail Car Buyers in First Half of 2014

Honda Accord and CR-V are America's Most Popular Car and SUV with Retail Car Buyers in First Half of 2014

Retail car buyers choose Accord more than any other car in America(1) - CR-V builds on ten years as the most popular, best-selling SUV in America(2) - Accord, Civic, CR-V and Odyssey each post segment-leading retail results at the halfway mark of 2014(1) ... Continue reading

IAV to Showcase Highly Automated Driving Technology at ITS World Congress in Detroit

IAV to Showcase Highly Automated Driving Technology at ITS World Congress in Detroit

IAV Automotive Engineering, Inc., a leading engineering services firm, will showcase its innovative technology helping to support global mobility at the 2014 World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS World Congress), Sept. 7-11 in Detroit, Michigan. At the event, IAV will have a demo vehicle equipped wi ... Continue reading

Jaguar XE In-Car Technology

Jaguar XE In-Car Technology

All-new InControl infotainment system with 8-inch touchscreen InControl Remote enables smartphone control of functions such as door unlocking or engine start – from anywhere in the world InControl Apps allows users to access Apple and Android smartphone apps through the vehicle’s touchscreen Wi-Fi connectivit ... Continue reading

New Peugeot 308 Stars in 'LUCY', The Latest Film by Luc Besson

New Peugeot 308 Stars in 'LUCY', The Latest Film by Luc Besson

Unlimited powers see Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) driving the new PEUGEOT 308 in new film PEUGEOT 308 is Car of the Year 2014 The film ‘LUCY’ is in cinemas from Friday, 22nd August Starring in its first big screen role, the Car of the Year 2014 appears alongside leading actors Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freem ... Continue reading

New SKODA Fabia

New SKODA Fabia

Å KODA’s Head Designer Jozef Kabaň speaks about the demands on form and function of the new Å KODA Fabia. Question: A few months ago, the ‘ŠKODA VisionC’ design study gave us a first glimpse of the future Å KODA design language. In what way does the new Å KODA Fabia reflect this development? J ... Continue reading

New Car Sales in Europe Increase 5.4% in July

New Car Sales in Europe Increase 5.4% in July

Sales in Europe’s five biggest markets are up over 5% on average for July Volkswagen continues to be Europe’s most popular brand with sales up 8.1% on last July The European new car sales market is showing no sign of slowing down with July’s sales up 5.4% on the same period last year according to the lat ... Continue reading

100,000 People Want the New Vauxhall ADAM

100,000 People Want the New Vauxhall ADAM

Over 100,000 orders registered of Vauxhall’s fashionable ADAM city car ADAM ROCKS AIR urban three-door crossover set to roll next month New 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine available across the ADAM range Luton – ADAM, Vauxhall’s urban-chic city car, has racked up 100,000 European orders after just 18 mon ... Continue reading

Infiniti Likes to Tease

Infiniti Likes to Tease

Style and substance that push any pre-conceived limits. Soon, Infiniti will share a vision, its soul, on a scale not seen before from the company. For now, this. ... Continue reading

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