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Friday, December 23, 2011

Special Motorsports Event - Starworks Motorsports Partners With University Of South Florida Formula SAE Team

Special Motorsports Event - Starworks Motorsports Partners With University Of South Florida Formula SAE Team

THE DEAL: Starworks Motorsports, one of the brightest and fastest-growing outfits on the Grand-Am racing program, has forged an exciting new partnership with the University of South Florida’s Formula SAE team. Starworks’ GS motorsport program, led by Marcus Haselgrove and with lead drivers Ryan Dalziel and En ... Continue reading

Las Vegas Monorail Delivers the Strip to New Year's Eve Partygoers

Las Vegas Monorail Delivers the Strip to New Year's Eve Partygoers

When people from all over the world gather to celebrate America's Party: Las Vegas New Year 2012, the Las Vegas Monorail will provide hassle-free access to the city's best New Year's Eve parties, events and hotspots. Las Vegas Boulevard will close to taxis, buses and other vehicles in the early evening, but Monorail ri ... Continue reading

Source London Expands Network of EV Charge Points

Source London Expands Network of EV Charge Points

London Expands Network of EV Charge Points ... Continue reading

Last Chance Auto--We Won!

Last Chance Auto--We Won!

Hello, Was wondering can we include this information / news of this auto repair award our shop won? Here is a link to our website page all about the award! http://www.lastchanceautorepairs.com/auto-service-excellence-award/ It would be wonderfull to include our info in your wonderfull database. ... Continue reading

Fireman's Fund Offers Tips to Prepare Your Auto for Winter Travel

Fireman's Fund Offers Tips to Prepare Your Auto for Winter Travel

The cold-snap has arrived and the stormy winter days and dark evenings are here. It is time to prepare your car for the winter months to minimise the risk of a breakdown. Such breakdowns could be avoided by carrying out regular checks, so motorists are advised to follow these steps to minimise the risk. There's nothing ... Continue reading

Cadillac ATS Takes On Nürburgring’s North Loop for Continued Testing +VIDEO

Cadillac ATS Takes On Nürburgring’s North Loop for Continued Testing +VIDEO

Latest stage in the development of Cadillac's "agile sport sedan" DETROIT - December 23, 2011: The Cadillac ATS engineering team traveled to the world famous Nürburgring’s in Germany to give the cars an opportunity to perform in a strenuous, yet predictable environment. There, on the Nordschleife, or "North Loop," th ... Continue reading

Wright Express Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI) Results

Wright Express Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI) Results

Wright Express Corporation , a leading global provider of value-based business payment processing and information management solutions, in collaboration with IHS, the leading global source of information and analysis, today released results of its Wright Express Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), which indicate ... Continue reading

American Truck Group Brings Christmas to Gulfport!

American Truck Group Brings Christmas to Gulfport!

The American Truck Group (ATG) decided to share a little Christmas cheer Monday. As part of their employee Christmas party, the trucking company, located off of I-10 and Canal Road in Gulfport, handed out hundreds of presents to children. They invited their families, customers, vendors and the Boys and Girls Clubs of H ... Continue reading

ONYX: New Discovery Could Ignite Solar Boom by Cheaply Doubling Panel Efficiency

ONYX: New Discovery Could Ignite Solar Boom by Cheaply Doubling Panel Efficiency

Onyx Service & Solutions Inc (OTCQB: ONYX) is applauding news released from the University of Texas at Austin stating that one of its chemists has discovered a way that may allow solar panel efficiency to be doubled, possibly reaching as high as 66%. Such a development is capable of causing a positive “sea-change" in ... Continue reading

How Often Should You Change Your Oil?

How Often Should You Change Your Oil?

How often should you change your oil - 3000 miles 5000 miles 10,000 miles? ANSWERS HERE Auto Central December 23, 2011; According to CalRecycle Director Caroll Mortensen; “frequent oil changes do not necessarily mean better performance or longer engine life. With today’s significant advances in auto technolog ... Continue reading

Genesis Coupe Drift Car Heist from Hyundai Headquarters featuring Rhys Millen

Genesis Coupe Drift Car Heist from Hyundai Headquarters featuring Rhys Millen

About two weeks before the wrecking ball was about to completely demolish our old Hyundai Motor America headquarters building in Fountain Valley, California, we had a crazy thought: Wouldn't it be cool to do something outrageous inside the building before all the walls finally came down? Why not put Rhys Millen, his Ge ... Continue reading

Genstar Capital Announces Acquisition of Innovative Aftermarket Systems

Genstar Capital Announces Acquisition of Innovative Aftermarket Systems

Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the insurance and financial services, software, life sciences, healthcare, and industrial technology industries, in partnership with several senior IAS executives, today announced the acquisition of Innovative ... Continue reading

Metrolinx Awards Largest North American Public Transit Vendor Managed Inventory Services Contract to Neopart

Metrolinx Awards Largest North American Public Transit Vendor Managed Inventory Services Contract to Neopart

Neopart LLC, the leading provider of Supply Chain Management and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Services to North American bus transit authorities, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by Metrolinx to provide advanced supply chain management services in support of the bus operations of a conso ... Continue reading

The Boston Globe Names The Kia Optima One of the Top Drives For 2012

The Boston Globe Names The Kia Optima One of the Top Drives For 2012

PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 23, 2011 IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 23, 2011 -- The critically acclaimed, U.S.-built, Kia Optima added another accolade to its trophy case this week when it was named to The Boston Globe's annual Top Ten Drives List for 2012, beating out more than 100 cars and trucks. Optima's world-class d ... Continue reading

IndyCar - New Number, Race Engineer For Briscoe In 2012

IndyCar - New Number, Race Engineer For Briscoe In 2012

Indianapolis, Dec. 22, 2011: Team Penske will switch from No. 6 to No. 2 on the car that will be driven by Ryan Briscoe in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Additionally, Jonathan Diuguid has been named the race engineer for the Chevrolet-powered car. ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Foyt Chooses Conway For 2012

IndyCar - Foyt Chooses Conway For 2012

Indianapolis, Dec. 22, 2011: AJ Foyt Racing has hired Englishman Mike Conway to drive the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series. Conway, who won the 2011 Long Beach Grand Prix in his 26th IndyCar start, brings strength on the road courses to the team. In 2011, he qualified in the top-10 six times on t ... Continue reading

Motorsports Brands - Flight Simulators Assisting F1 Drivers Of The Future

Motorsports Brands - Flight Simulators Assisting F1 Drivers Of The Future

London, Dec. 22, 2011: Business opportunities for companies equipped to design and manufacture flight simulators are continuing to grow within the motorsport sector as strict testing regulations create a need for advanced driving simulators. The world’s leading professional motion simulation company, Cruden, will ... Continue reading

A Home for Everything - Even Your Handbag

A Home for Everything - Even Your Handbag

The sleek and stylish Honda Odyssey achieves the perfect balance between family functionality and personal luxuries, and is packed with features to make life a little bit easier. ... Continue reading

New Renault Twingo - An Artistic Breakthrough, Sees Nicola Roberts Create Unique 'twingo goes pop'

New Renault Twingo - An Artistic Breakthrough, Sees Nicola Roberts Create Unique 'twingo goes pop'

To promote the New Twingo, Renault has enlisted the combined creative talents of four European artists, including Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud, to create a series of bespoke city cars. ... Continue reading

Early 'CR-ZMAS' Present For Honda Technician!

Early 'CR-ZMAS' Present For Honda Technician!

Essex-based Honda technician, John Couldridge, has been given an early Christmas present in the form of a brand new CR-Z (Honda's 'sporty'hybrid car), as recognition of his enormous achievement at WorldSkills London 2011 earlier this year, where he brought home a bronze medal for the UK. ... Continue reading

On The Pull Again... Volkswagen Scoops Third 2011 Top Towcar Award

On The Pull Again... Volkswagen Scoops Third 2011 Top Towcar Award

The Volkswagen Passat Estate has been named as the Top Towcar of the Year 2011 in a poll of caravan enthusiasts. This brings to three the number of overall Towcar of the Year awards claimed by the manufacturer this year. ... Continue reading

Stefan Sielaff To Head Volkswagen Design Centre In Potsdam From February 1, 2012

Stefan Sielaff To Head Volkswagen Design Centre In Potsdam From February 1, 2012

Stefan Sielaff (49), currently Head of Audi Design, has been appointed Head of the Volkswagen Design Centre in Potsdam effective February 1, 2012. ... Continue reading

Liverpool Lad's On Track With Seat

Liverpool Lad's On Track With Seat

A music lover from Merseyside is celebrating winning what he describes as 'the best Christmas present ever'... a one-of-a-kind Seat Ibiza fitted with a state-of-the-art audio-visual system worth thousands of pounds. ... Continue reading

Ford Taps Cambridge University Experts In Effort To Design Vehicles For Growing Number Of Visually Impaired

Ford Taps Cambridge University Experts In Effort To Design Vehicles For Growing Number Of Visually Impaired

Ford has joined forces with Cambridge University to gain a better understanding of visual impairment issues that come with an ageing society and to use digital tools to better design vehicles for those with vision problems. ... Continue reading

Ferrari 458 Italia Wins Autovisie Supertest 2011

Ferrari 458 Italia Wins Autovisie Supertest 2011

The Ferrari 458 Italia has been announced as the winner of Autovisie's annual "Supertest", the leading Dutch car magazine's traditional end of year group test designed to find the best driver's car of the year. ... Continue reading

Renault Announces First Wave Of UK Electric Vehicle Dealers

Renault Announces First Wave Of UK Electric Vehicle Dealers

With the arrival of Kangoo Van Z.E., the first model in Renault's four-strong electric vehicle line-up, the French marque has confirmed the first wave of UK dealers for its electric vehicles (EV). ... Continue reading

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