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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

When Arabs Massacred Jews Because they Sat While Praying

When Arabs Massacred Jews Because they Sat While Praying

As Israelis and Palestinians struggle with a twenty-first century peace process, the world must face the forgotten history that was so pivotal in determining the present crisis. In many ways, a turning point was the day Arabs massacred Jews because they dared to sit at the Wailing Wall while praying. This simple act of ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson Teams up With Biggest Names in Action Sports to Thank U.S. Troops During Bikes Over Baghdad 3 Tour

Harley-Davidson Teams up With Biggest Names in Action Sports to Thank U.S. Troops During Bikes Over Baghdad 3 Tour

Holiday cheer will come early for some of the 50,000 U.S. and Coalition Armed Forces serving in the Middle East. This November and December, Harley-Davidson Motor Company is teaming up with Bikes Over Baghdad for seven unforgettable and adrenaline-packed action sports performances at military bases throughout Iraq and ... Continue reading

Honda Accord and Fit Receive Car and Driver Magazine's '10Best Cars' Awards

Honda Accord and Fit Receive Car and Driver Magazine's '10Best Cars' Awards

Car and Driver magazine has named the 2011 Honda Accord and the 2011 Honda Fit as two winners of its prestigious and highly competitive, annual "10Best Cars" award. Now in its eighth generation, the Accord has achieved "10Best" status 25 times in the 29 years that Car and Driver editors have been conducting the competi ... Continue reading

Chrysler $843 Million Investment to Produce Future Generation Front-Wheel Drive Transmission and Retain 2,250 U.S. Jobs

Chrysler $843 Million Investment to Produce Future Generation Front-Wheel Drive Transmission and Retain 2,250 U.S. Jobs

KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 23, 2010 -- Chrysler Group's Indiana Transmission Plants and Kokomo Casting would be retooled and modernized Largest investment in a single community in a year when combined with previously announced investments Plant investment would help retain nearly U.S. 2,250 jobs Company's total investment in U ... Continue reading

'Brake' Thanksgiving Tryptophan Blues With the Los Angeles Auto Show

'Brake' Thanksgiving Tryptophan Blues With the Los Angeles Auto Show

Walk off your Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the LA Auto Show with the opportunity to see 1,000 of the newest electric, exotic and concept vehicles. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060612/LAM005LOGO) Stroll through the halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center, the equivalent of 12 football fields, and burn ... Continue reading

2012 MAZDA5 Priced From $19,990; on Sale in January 2011

2012 MAZDA5 Priced From $19,990; on Sale in January 2011

2012 MAZDA5 compact multi-activity vehicle will have a starting manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,990, including destination and delivery. The 2012 MAZDA5 will go on sale at dealers across the U.S. in January 2011. The 2012 MAZDA5 will be offered in three trim grades: a well-appointed Sport, the mid-l ... Continue reading

Car and Driver Names Its 10 Best Cars for 2011

Car and Driver Names Its 10 Best Cars for 2011

Car and Driver, the world's largest automotive enthusiast publication, today announced its 10Best Cars for 2011. Amid high-horsepower machinery such as the 556-hp Cadillac CTS-V, the editors at Car and Driver included an electrically-powered vehicle for the first time ever – the groundbreaking Chevrolet ... Continue reading

Magellan Releases Major Update to RoadMate App for iPhone

Magellan Releases Major Update to RoadMate App for iPhone

Magellan, a Pioneering GPS brand, today announced a major update to its popular RoadMate navigation app for iPhone. The updated Magellan RoadMate App is available now on the App Store. Version 1.3 of the Magellan RoadMate App is fully compatible with iOS4, taking advantage of iPhone 4's multitasking ability as well as ... Continue reading

Hyundai Smashes All-Time Sales Record - With Five Weeks Still To Go!

Hyundai Smashes All-Time Sales Record - With Five Weeks Still To Go!

Hyundai has defied all industry predictions by beating its best ever annual sales total. In a year that saw the end of the scrappage scheme, Hyundai has maintained its remarkable sales momentum - eclipsing 2009's sales figures with five weeks of the year still remaining. To date, Hyundai sales for 2010 stand at 57,391, ... Continue reading

Fiat: MultiAir engine Scoops Another Award

Fiat: MultiAir engine Scoops Another Award

FPT's MultiAir engine award-winning has been awarded further recognition - this time as Best of What's New in the influential US magazine Popular Science. ... Continue reading

Troy Coughlin Jr Completes Marathon Winter Series Tour

Troy Coughlin Jr Completes Marathon Winter Series Tour

DELAWARE, Nov. 22, 2010: Third-generation racer Troy (T.J.) Coughlin Jr. is looking forward to a relaxing off-season following a whirlwind tour of three Florida dragstrips during the annual Winter Series high stakes E.T. bracket races. Competing in 15 events in a span of 17 days, Coughlin put more than 80 runs on his J ... Continue reading

Newman Finishes Strong; Posts 7th-Place Result in Season Finale

Newman Finishes Strong; Posts 7th-Place Result in Season Finale

HOMESTEAD, Nov. 22, 2010: Ryan Newman ended the 2010 NASCAR season with a seventh-place finish in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It was the second straight top-10 result for Newman, who finished second last week in Phoenix. It was also his 14th top-10 of the season, eight of which came in the las ... Continue reading

Elliott Perseveres To Post Season-Best Finish in Ford 400

Elliott Perseveres To Post Season-Best Finish in Ford 400

Homestead, November 22, 2010: Bill Elliott and the crew of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion battled back from adversity in the season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to score the team’s best finish of the year. Elliott and the team overcame damage to both front fenders of their Ford Fusion. ... Continue reading

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver's 17th Top-10 of 2010 Bumps Him to Seventh in Points

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver's 17th Top-10 of 2010 Bumps Him to Seventh in Points

Homestead, November 22, 2010: Tony Stewart had an impressive drive in Sunday’s season-ending Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The pilot of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) rallied from his 31st-place starting spot to finish a solid ... Continue reading

Peter Shadowen, 40th annual RRDC Mark Donohue Awardee

Peter Shadowen, 40th annual RRDC Mark Donohue Awardee

HILLIARD, Nov. 22, 2010: Peter Shadowen, of Loxahatchee, Fla., was selected as the 40th annual recipient of the prestigious Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) Mark Donohue Award for his remarkable victory at the 2010 SCCA National Championship Runoffs. He will be officially presented the award at the 2011 SCCA National Co ... Continue reading

Raser Closes Transaction with Major Investor Launching a New Electric Vehicle Company Using Raser's Technology

Raser Closes Transaction with Major Investor Launching a New Electric Vehicle Company Using Raser's Technology

PROVO, Utah--Raser Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: RZTI), an energy technology company, announced today that it has finalized a transaction with a group of private investors lead by California investor Carl E. Berg to form a new electric automotive company focused initially on trucks and SUVs for fleet customers. “We h ... Continue reading

Sales of Special Edition Jaguar XFR Sales to Boost Poppy Appeal

Sales of Special Edition Jaguar XFR Sales to Boost Poppy Appeal

Stratstone Jaguar has pledged to donate up to £5,000 to the Royal British Legion, raised through the sale of its limited edition Jaguar XFRs. ... Continue reading

Aspirational Motoring Magazine Influx is Back in Print

Aspirational Motoring Magazine Influx is Back in Print

A unique motoring magazine that celebrates car and bike culture, and the human imaginations behind it, has been relaunched by a leading insurance broker. ... Continue reading

Electric Cars Offer Lowest Lifetime Cost Public Says

Electric Cars Offer Lowest Lifetime Cost Public Says

Electric cars are winning the battle to convince motorists that they are a value-for-money proposition, according to the latest research ... Continue reading

Volkswagen: BlueMotion Technology Now Available on Scirocco and Passat CC

Volkswagen: BlueMotion Technology Now Available on Scirocco and Passat CC

The cleanest and most fuel efficient versions of the Scirocco and Passat CC yet produced have been unveiled in the form of BlueMotion Technology models. ... Continue reading

Ford's New Police Interceptors Deliver at Public Testing

Ford's New Police Interceptors Deliver at Public Testing

CRIMINALS will have a tough time beating Ford's all-new Police Interceptor sedan. ... Continue reading

Saab Historic Rally Team Prepares for Roger Albert Clark Rally

Saab Historic Rally Team Prepares for Roger Albert Clark Rally

This weekend (Friday 26 November - Monday 29 November) marks the beginning of the Roger Albert Clark Rally and is a perfect opportunity to catch a glimpse of some truly iconic Saabs as well as rally legend Erik Carlsson. ... Continue reading

Freight 2011 Launches Safety Drive Day

Freight 2011 Launches Safety Drive Day

The Safety Drive Day and Working Expo will be held on the 3rd and 4th March 2011, at the Sandown Racecourse, in Melbourne. ... Continue reading

Essen Motor Show: BILSTEIN Showing Its Sporty Side

Essen Motor Show: BILSTEIN Showing Its Sporty Side

BILSTEIN - the epitome of sporty driving. BILSTEIN is presenting its broad range of sport and threaded ride height adjustable kits to fans of sports cars, car tuning and motor sports at the Essen Motor Show 2010 from 27 November to 5 December. ... Continue reading

Mazda3 Delivers New Year Treat to Private and Company Car Drivers

Mazda3 Delivers New Year Treat to Private and Company Car Drivers

Mazda is giving its popular lower medium sector car a New Year boost, with power, emission and fuel economy improvements to the 1.6 diesel model that are expected to further enhance sales of the dynamic Mazda3 range. ... Continue reading

Mazda3 to Deliver New Year Treat to Company Car Drivers

Mazda3 to Deliver New Year Treat to Company Car Drivers

Mazda is giving its popular lower medium sector car a New Year boost with power, emission and fuel economy improvements to the 1.6 diesel model that are expected to further boost fleet sales. ... Continue reading

SEAT Fine-Tunes Its Engine Offerings

SEAT Fine-Tunes Its Engine Offerings

SEAT is continuing its extensive programme of product renewal and improvement with the launch of a brace of impressive new engines in its best-selling models. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Creates Bespoke Bingo Ball Corsa for Special Event

Vauxhall Creates Bespoke Bingo Ball Corsa for Special Event

On Wednesday 1st December Vauxhall Motors is teaming up with great music, design, and style talents to drive some bingo-fuelled excitement into a very, very old church in Manchester for a one-off night of high jinx and game madness. ... Continue reading

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