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Friday, October 23, 2015

Ford and Hispanic Federation Kick Off Fifth Year of the New York Hunger Relief Campaign

Ford and Hispanic Federation Kick Off Fifth Year of the New York Hunger Relief Campaign

Ford Motor Company Fund and the Hispanic Federation have joined forces for the Lucha Contra El Hambre initiative to feed New York’s most underserved Latino communities Lucha Contra El Hambre has provided more than 325,000 meals to needy families living in New York Ford Fund participates in a wide range of hunger r ... Continue reading

Volkswagen: EA288 Engines Designed for the EU5 and EU6 are not Affected

Volkswagen: EA288 Engines Designed for the EU5 and EU6 are not Affected

Thorough appraisal of the Diesel emissions issue WOLFSBURG -- October 23, 2015: Volkswagen confirms today that no software constituting an improper defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA288 EU5 as well as EU6-engines in the European Union. Consequently, new vehicles of the Volkswagen Group off ... Continue reading

The New 2016 MINI Convertible Specs, Prices and Features +VIDEO

The New 2016 MINI Convertible Specs, Prices and Features +VIDEO

The reinvention of the MINI brand continues apace with the launch of the all-new MINI Convertible. With major refinements against its predecessor, the car features a striking new design and significant enhancements to make open-topped MINI motoring even more dynamic, stylish and practical. Officially on sale in the UK ... Continue reading

Nissan named Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year at GreenFleet Awards

Nissan named Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year at GreenFleet Awards

Nissan was the star of the show at last night’s prestigious GreenFleet Awards, collecting three of the evening’s top honours. The brand was named Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year and LCV Manufacturer of the Year for the all-electric e-NV200 van. Clare Collings, a member of Nissan’s specialist EV ... Continue reading

Hyundai i20 Takes Northern Ireland Car of the Year Awards

Hyundai i20 Takes Northern Ireland Car of the Year Awards

The Hyundai i20 took the top spot at the 2016 NIIB Finance Northern Ireland Car of the Year Awards held at Cultra Manor, part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum on the outskirts of Belfast. Speaking at the awards, Jim McCauley, Chairman of the Ulster Motoring Writers Association commented that, "The i20 has immedi ... Continue reading

Nautilus Solar Energy Selected to Speak at VERGE 2015

Nautilus Solar Energy Selected to Speak at VERGE 2015

SUMMIT, NJ - October 22, 2015: Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC, ("Nautilus") a leading full service solar solutions provider in the United States and Canada, has announced that Jim Rice, CEO, has been selected as a featured speaker at VERGE 2015, to be held October 26-29, 2015 in San Jose, CA. Jim Rice will present on the c ... Continue reading

Mazda Takes 2 Titles at the Northern Ireland Car of the Year Awards

Mazda Takes 2 Titles at the Northern Ireland Car of the Year Awards

The all-new Mazda2 named Best Supermini by the Ulster Motoring Writers Association. The Mazda6 Tourer takes the sought-after Best Executive Car award. Mazda’s fully SKYACTIV range available from five dealers across Northern Ireland. DARTFORD, UK -- Oct. 23, 2015: With awards for both the all-new Mazda2 and the Maz ... Continue reading

"FCA Replay" Wraps the Week--October 23, 2015 + VIDEO

"FCA Replay" Wraps the Week--October 23, 2015 + VIDEO

"FCA Replay" is a weekly recap of what's happening at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. This week's edition includes ratification of new four-year labor agreement between FCA US and the UAW, teaser images for Moparized vehicles to go on display at the 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in November, Ferrar ... Continue reading

Director of Mercedes-Benz Classic and Customer Centre Hands Over the Reigns

Director of Mercedes-Benz Classic and Customer Centre Hands Over the Reigns

Change of leadership after almost 10 successful years: With effect from 1 December, Michael Bock, Director of Mercedes-Benz Classic and Customer Centre, will take over the management of Sport and Lifestyle Marketing at Mercedes-Benz. Bock will be succeeded by Christian Boucke, the previous Chairman of the Board of Mana ... Continue reading

Ford Works with Petty's Garage to Release Three Mustang GT King Edition Models

Ford Works with Petty's Garage to Release Three Mustang GT King Edition Models

Featuring up to 727 horsepower, the new Petty’s Garage 2016 Mustang GT King edition means that Ford’s pony will be hell for some cats. Petty’s Garage – the in-house speed shop of NASCAR legend Richard “The King” Petty – returns with a limited number of highly modified Mustang GTs buil ... Continue reading

Axalta Announces Celebrity Line-up for the 2015 SEMA Show

Axalta Announces Celebrity Line-up for the 2015 SEMA Show

Rachel De Barros, chief marketing officer, host and executive producer of "Gearhead Diva," a DIY car building community and network producing edutainment style videos for today's social media generation. De Barros will host a number of events at SEMA on behalf of Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems, a leadin ... Continue reading

Praxair Skills Pipeline Students Graduate from Louisiana Colleges--Training New Welders

Praxair Skills Pipeline Students Graduate from Louisiana Colleges--Training New Welders

Praxair, Inc. today announced that nearly 100 welding students are graduating from the company’s inaugural “Skills Pipeline” program in Louisiana. Additionally, the company announced it will continue to support the program in 2016 through the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). †... Continue reading

Kubota Revolutionizes Comfort and Cargo with the New RTV-X1140 'K-Vertible' Four-Passenger Diesel Utility Vehicle

Kubota Revolutionizes Comfort and Cargo with the New RTV-X1140 'K-Vertible' Four-Passenger Diesel Utility Vehicle

a Introduces at GIE+Expo its New Four-Seater, Cargo Conversion 4WD Utility Vehicle; PTO K-Connect Debuts for the RTV-X1100C, Making it the Ultimate Snow Removal Machine From the floor of GIE+Expo, Kubota Tractor Corporation today introduced a new addition to its popular RTV-X Series line. The new RTV-X1140, featuring a ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Electric Introduces Road-Illuminating Directional Indicators

Mitsubishi Electric Introduces Road-Illuminating Directional Indicators

Illuminated projections on road surfaces expected to help avoid accidents accidents TOKYO -- Oct. 23, 2015: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today an innovative directional-indicator system that illuminates road surfaces at night to inform pedestrians and other drivers of a vehicle’s intende ... Continue reading

Kia Soul Wins Active Lifestyle Vehicle Of The Year Award

Kia Soul Wins Active Lifestyle Vehicle Of The Year Award

Soul Takes Top Honors in Urban Category for Fourth Straight Year - 2016 Soul praised for spacious cabin, spirited performance and superb styling - Kia's iconic urban passenger vehicle combines form and function to support active lifestyles IRVINE, CA -- Oct. 22, 2015: Kia Motors America's (KMA) fun, funky and functiona ... Continue reading

Jeep Grand Cherokee Wins Inaugural PAPA Best of the Southwest Award and Luxury Off-Road Award

Jeep Grand Cherokee Wins Inaugural PAPA Best of the Southwest Award and Luxury Off-Road Award

Jeep® Grand Cherokee wins inaugural Phoenix Automotive Press Association (PAPA) Best of the Southwest award PAPA Best of the Southwest winner chosen from the Active Lifestyle Vehicle finalists Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel wins "Luxury Off-Road" category More than 100 athletes and outdoor enthusiasts evaluated ... Continue reading

Honda to Showcase Ridgeline Desert Race Truck Concept, HR-V Tuner Project Program, Refreshed 2016 CR-Z and more at 2015 SEMA Show + VIDEO

Honda to Showcase Ridgeline Desert Race Truck Concept, HR-V Tuner Project Program, Refreshed 2016 CR-Z and more at 2015 SEMA Show + VIDEO

Honda Ridgeline Desert Race Truck to showcase design direction for all-new Ridgeline pickup debuting next year - HR-V project vehicles will bring extreme performance and personality to the compact crossover segment - Updated 2016 Honda CR-Z sport hybrid coupe to make first appearance on North American soil - Honda Powe ... Continue reading

Mopar Brand Previews Modified Vehicles for Upcoming SEMA Show

Mopar Brand Previews Modified Vehicles for Upcoming SEMA Show

Teaser images offer a glimpse of the Mopar-modified vehicles to debut at the 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show Vehicles representing the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram and FIAT brands will be displayed in Mopar's 15,345-square-foot SEMA exhibit on November 3-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Hund ... Continue reading

Subaru Share The Love Event Returns For Its Eighth Year

Subaru Share The Love Event Returns For Its Eighth Year

Subaru of America, Inc. has announced the return of its annual Share the Love event for 2015. Entering the program's eighth year, Subaru is hoping to donate up to $15 million to its Share the Love charitable partners, which would mean a total of $65 million donated throughout the life of the program. From November 19, ... Continue reading

American Honda Recognizes Top Performing Suppliers in 2015

American Honda Recognizes Top Performing Suppliers in 2015

Fifteen suppliers to American Honda have received the company’s 2015 Premier Partner Award from Executive Vice President John Mendel in a special ceremony today in Torrance, Calif. This year’s recipients were selected from a pool of more than 1,000 eligible companies based on excellence in quality, value and ... Continue reading

FCA Publishes Agenda for the EGM to Approve the Proposed Separation of Ferrari

FCA Publishes Agenda for the EGM to Approve the Proposed Separation of Ferrari

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. ("FCA") announced today that it has published the agenda and explanatory notes for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of FCA ("EGM") to be held on December 3, 2015 in Amsterdam. The EGM is scheduled to approve a demerger pursuant to which FCA would transfer all of the share ... Continue reading

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