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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Follow Up Test: Inside Line's Second Look At The Mercedes E320 BLUETEC

Follow Up Test: Inside Line's Second Look At The Mercedes E320 BLUETEC

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 22nd, 2006 At 8:40 AM CST While going through our inbox this morning our friend Jinx alerted to us a couple of new reviews recently conducted by Inside Line, the first of which takes another look at the recently-introduced E320 BLUETEC. In their follow up test, the reviewers ... Continue reading

Detroit Child Strangled By Power Window

Detroit Child Strangled By Power Window

Detroit December 23, 2006; Two consumer safety groups KIDS AND CARS and Consumers Union – responding to yesterday’s power window strangulation death involving a 3 year old Detroit girl - called on automakers to speed up adoption of safer power window switches. They also renewed their call for Congress to enac ... Continue reading

2007 North American International Auto Show to Provide Easy Parking and Transportation for Show Attendees

2007 North American International Auto Show to Provide Easy Parking and Transportation for Show Attendees

DETROIT, Dec. 22 -- The 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is partnering for the second consecutive year with Click and Park to provide an easy and efficient parking system during NAIAS 2007 Public Days, Jan. 13-21. Also, the NAIAS is pleased to announce new shuttle services from the Detroit Zoo and Gr ... Continue reading

World Series of Off-Road Racing Official "2007 Tour" Announced

World Series of Off-Road Racing Official "2007 Tour" Announced

The 2007 WSORR professional off-road racing Tour includes stops at seven key tracks. New to the professional off-road racing family are circuits in Owatonna, MN, and Wheatland, MO, while a revitalized I-96 Speedway stop near Grand Rapids, MI, promises to thrill race fans in the Wolverine State. Below, a photo of the al ... Continue reading

The Volvo XC60 Concept to Be Unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Motor Show - GREAT VIDEO

The Volvo XC60 Concept to Be Unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Motor Show - GREAT VIDEO

The XC60 Concept - a glimpse of the next Volvo XC - and of the future design language GOTHENBURG - December 22, 2006: The XC60 Concept is very much a car for the future. It not only offers the world a sneak preview of the next XC model to come from the Volvo Cars, the concept car is also full of design innovation and i ... Continue reading

Will GM Be Killed By The Electric Car?

Will GM Be Killed By The Electric Car?

December 22, 2006; John Addison writing for <a href="/link.html?http://seekingalpha.com/by/author/cleantechblog& q uot;>SeekingAlpha</a> submitted this editorial feature: A recent movie and several books asked the question “Who killed the electric car?” then answered GM. Indeed, the major auto makers successf ... Continue reading

Mazda Unveils Special Edition Roadster for the Japanese Market

Mazda Unveils Special Edition Roadster for the Japanese Market

Premium sport 'Blaze Edition' roadster features extensive quality enhancements inside and out HIROSHIMA - December 23, 2006: Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the launch of the special edition Mazda Roadster Blaze Edition for the Japanese domestic market. Mazda's world-renowned lightweight, open-top sports car ha ... Continue reading

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