2014 Kia Forte EX Review By Carey Russ
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2014 Kia Forte EX This week's test car has leather seats, with the driver's both heated and cooled and the front passenger and rear outboard positions heated. The driver's seat is power-adjustable, the (leather, of course) steering wheel rim is heated. Pushbutton start-stop and pro ... Continue reading
2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track A/T Review By John Heilig
THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Model: 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track A/T Engine: 3.8-liter Turbocharged V6 Horsepower/Torque: 348 hp @ 6,400 rpm/295 lb.-ft. @ 5,100 rpm Transmission: 8-speed automatic with Paddle Shift Wheelbase: 111.0 in. Length x Width x Height: 182.3 x 73.4 x 54.5 in. Tires: P245/40YR19 (R)/ P22 ... Continue reading
New E15 Analysis Confirms No Issues with Engine Durability and Maintenance
Despite feverish attempts by Big Oil to villianize ethanol GRAND FORKS, ND - October 24, 2013: In the latest edition of ETHANOL WEEK its Managing Editor Holly Jessen provided details of the latest U.S. government testing that one again confirmed that E15 and E20 fuels (15% ethanol and 20% ethanol, respectively) has no ... Continue reading
Austin Texas Heating Up As F1 Returns For Year 2
By Nicholas Frankl Special to The Auto Channel MEven whilst Austin was in the midst of its annual, wildly successful âAustin City Limitsâ music festival, featuring big name stars like Lionel Richie, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Phoenix, the city was already in F1 mode, gearing up for year two of the Formula One ... Continue reading
5Minute Drive with Fireball Tim in the New 2014 Kia Sorento EX AWD +VIDEO
HOLLYWOOD USA - October 24, 2013: Fireball Tim and his Bride (Kathie) rocket a 2014 KIA Sorento EX AWD SUV through Malibu. ... Continue reading
Chevy Silverado All-new full-size pickups engineered to outlast the toughest tasks
DETROIT âbenefits from 12.5 million miles of durability testing before the first customer ever receives the keys. From the scorching desert of Yuma, Ariz. to the sub-zero cold of Kapuskasing, Ontario, and the outdoor torture tests of General Motorsâ Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Mich., the all-new full-s ... Continue reading
AutoNation Total retail new and used vehicle unit sales are up 14% compared to the year-ago period
AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, today reported 2013 third quarter net income from continuing operations of $93 million, or $0.75 per share, compared to net income from continuing operations of $82 million, or $0.66 per share, for the same period in the prior year, a 14% improvement on a per-sh ... Continue reading
Pointer Telocation Ltd. (Nasdaq CM: PNTR) - a leading developer, manufacturer and operator of Mobile Resource Management (MRM) and roadside assistance services for the automotive industry, announced that the Pointer IQ System was selected, by the Office of the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, to monitor d ... Continue reading
Drivers with Poor Credit Pay 91% More for Car Insurance than Drivers with Excellent Credit
Drivers with poor credit-based insurance scores pay almost twice as much for car insurance (91% more) than drivers with excellent scores, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Drivers with median credit pay 24% more than those with excellent credit. Credit is one of many factors that insurance companies use to ... Continue reading
Bridgestone Launches Conquer the Cold Campaign
This winter Bridgestone Americas is challenging consumers to "Conquer the Cold," by launching a campaign and promotion that underscore the benefits of changing to winter tires when temperatures drop below freezing and road conditions can be wet, dry, snowy or ice covered. Many drivers rely on their all-season tires yea ... Continue reading
GM Foundation Donates $150,000 to MADD
The General Motors Foundation is donating $150,000 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to expand prevention education initiatives and provide support services to victims of drunk driving crashes and their families. In 2011, drunk driving killed more than 9,800 people and injured approximately 315,000. To aid in recovery, ... Continue reading
Ally Honors 2014 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominees
Ally Financial is proud to announce that 57 U.S. auto dealers have been selected as nominees for the 2014 TIME Dealer of the Year award, which recognizes the nation's most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service. Now in its 45th year, the TIME Dealer of the Year awar ... Continue reading
Twelve Chrysler Group Women Technical Leaders Recognized at Annual "Women of Color" Event
Women of Color Conference is the only multi-cultural celebration held to honor the significant achievements of women in technology Awards recognize the most innovative professionals in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields for career accomplishments despite the "traditional obstacles faced by wome ... Continue reading
FRIMO Showcases Plastics Technology Solutions and Hosts Industry Experts at TechDay North America
FRIMO, one of the leading developers and providers of system solutions for the manufacture of high quality plastic components, hosted its second TechDay North America customer event at its TechCenter in Wixom, Mich. today. With more than 200 registered participants, the all-day event allows FRIMO customers and industry ... Continue reading
2013 RAM 1500 Big Horn Crew Cab 4x4 Review
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SsangYong Launches Rexton W in the UK - Serious Off-Roader Meets Smooth Urban Cruiser
SsangYong is gaining a solid reputation for producing strong, comprehensively equipped and extremely well priced vehicles and this latest addition to the range further underlines this. Noted for being an extremely competent off-roader, Rexton W is the third iteration of the Rexton, a car that has won customers and admi ... Continue reading
Volvo Car Group Completes Successful Study of Cordless Charging for Electric Cars
Volvo Car Group has been a partner in an advanced research project that has studied the possibilities of inductive charging for electric vehicles â and the results show that this technology for transferring energy via an electromagnetic field has a promising future. ... Continue reading
'MPG Marathon' Underlines Impressive Real-World Fuel Efficiency of Civic 1.6 i-DTEC
A rigorous round of real-world testing dubbed the 'MPG Marathon' has once again underlined the impressive fuel-efficiency of the new Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC. In the test of 23 cars driven by independent journalists and company car drivers on UK roads, the Civic took third place for overall mpg, behind the Ford Fiesta EC ... Continue reading
SEAT Wins the Prestigious Lean Award for the Efficiency of Its Production Processes
The SEAT factory in Martorell has been distinguished with the Automotive Lean Production award for the quality and efficiency of its production processes. More specifically, the Spanish company was singled out in the OEM category (Original Equipment Manufacturer) by the renowned annual study conducted by the German tra ... Continue reading
Ferrari for the Emilia Region 1.9 Million Euros Go to Families of Quake Victims
Today at Mirandola, a journey begun a little over a year ago came to an end, with Ferrari handing over funds raised at the auction held at the companyâs Maranello headquarters, to the families of victims of the earthquake that hit the Emilia region of Italy in May 2012. ... Continue reading
Abarth's 50th Anniversary Present Coming to Birmingham
The Performance Car Show will give UK car enthusiasts their first opportunity to see Abarth's sensational 595 50th Anniversary Edition, at Birmingham's NEC in January. Marking 50 years since the launch of the original, Abarth 595 at the Turin Motor Show in 1963, the legendary Italian racing car manufacturer unveiled th ... Continue reading
New Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Overall Safety Rating
The SX4 S-Cross has been rated one of Europe's safest cars, according to new independent crash testing results from Euro NCAP, receiving the maximum 5-star rating. Suzuki's new C-segment crossover has been highly rated among the 5-star vehicles tested by Euro NCAP in 2013, achieving an above-average overall result. The ... Continue reading
The BMW Individual 760Li Sterling Inspired by ROBBE & BERKING
A manufactory implies one-off products, traditional craftsmanship, perfection and the fulfilment of the most discerning requirements. Those are the principles which the BMW Individual Manufaktur has followed for more than 20 years now. What began in the early 1990s as a bespoke BMW 750Li for Karl Lagerfeld has since ev ... Continue reading
Young Creative Chevrolet (YCC) Winners Celebrate the Art of Football at Memorable Manchester Event
To honor the top winners of pan-European art and design contest Young Creative Chevrolet (YCC) 2013, Chevrolet will host an invitation-only event which joins up two seemingly unrelated passions: art and football. The YCC 2013 award festivities will be held on October 25-27, 2013 in Manchester, U.K., and bring together ... Continue reading
Fiat 500L Stars at the Gallery of Modern Art in Turin
The exhibition entitled 'Renoir. From the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie Collections' organised by Sylvie Patry and Riccardo Passoni will be held at the Modern Art Gallery of Turin from October 23, 2013 to February 23, 2014.Some sixty masterpieces are on display allowing to retrace the irresistible creative v ... Continue reading
Daimler reports another significantly improved quarter
Unit sales up by 13% to 595,000 vehicles Revenue above prior-year level at â¬30.1 billion Group EBIT of â¬2,231 million (Q3 2012: â¬1,923 million) again on a very high level Net profit of â¬1,897 million (Q3 2012: â¬1,238 million) Growth in unit sales and revenue anticipated for full-year 2013 Group ... Continue reading
From Gulfstream Aqua to Ruby Red, 50 Years of Shifting Ford Mustang Color Favorites
Ford Mustang exterior paint color popularity shifts from the top-selling green and blue in the 1960s to best-selling black and red today Red has been consistently popular throughout Mustangâs history and is the top seller overall, adorning about 21 percent of all Mustangs ... Continue reading
New Ford Transit Connect Taxi Ready for Service from New York City to Los Angeles to Hong Kong
Ford Transit Connect Taxi adds Hong Kong to list of global cities where the vehicle will be in service All-new this model year, Ford Transit Connect Taxi features an unmatched combination of performance, fuel economy, safety, comfort and flexibility Ford C-MAX Hybrid also being adopted by taxi operators across the Unit ... Continue reading
GM fleet of Project Driveway test vehicles nears 3 million cumulative miles
One of General Motorsâ fuel cell research vehicles recently passed a milestone for a hydrogen-powered vehicle, topping 100,000 miles of real-world driving. By using renewable hydrogen, this vehicle has saved 5,260 gallons of gasoline. At $3.50 per gallon, thatâs more than $18,000 in fuel cost savings. The spe ... Continue reading
GM Announces 1.8 Megawatt Solar Project in Ohio
General Motors says that a 1.8-megawatt rooftop solar array at its Toledo Transmission plant in Ohio would be completed next month. The project, which will generate nearly 3 percent of the plantâs overall electricity consumption, will be the largest rooftop array in Ohio. The energy produced will be enough to powe ... Continue reading
AlertDriving Launches Advanced Defensive Driver Training
AlertDriving has announced the launch of six new Advanced Defensive Driver training courses to target and reduce the most common fleet collision causes. With a focus on intersection crashes, rear-end collisions, and other high-risk situations facing fleets today, this advanced safety training solution is currently avai ... Continue reading
M.I.T. Professor Addresses First Axalta R&D Symposium
Gareth H. McKinley, M.I.T. School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation and Associate Head for Research, offered the keynote address at the first annual global Axalta Coating Systems Innovation Symposium. Over 100 Axalta researchers from more than ten countries participated in the symposium to showcase their ... Continue reading
Toyota Boshoku Strengthens Its Sales Activities for Automotive Manufacturers in India
Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TOKYO:3116), a premier manufacturer of automotive interior systems, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to establish a joint sales venture with Relan Group of Industries, an automotive components supplier that makes seats and other components in India. With the aim to str ... Continue reading
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Offering $9.99 Per Day Weekend Special
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, North America's largest rental car brand, kicked off the fall travel season today by announcing its annual $9.99-per-day special weekend rate. The offer runs through May 21, 2014, at the majority of Enterprise's 5,500 neighborhood locations. "The $9.99 offer makes weekend getaways more attainable ... Continue reading
Deer Collision Season Has Arrived
With the arrival of fall, it's deer hunting and mating season, and Meemic Insurance Company is reminding motorists to be aware of the increased risk of deer-car collisions that always occurs around this time of year. Deer collisions are the cause of an estimated 1.23 million collisions, 200 deaths and $4 billion in dam ... Continue reading
Bernie Glaser Promoted to Vice President & Managing Director Mercedes-Benz Vans USA
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) announced today the promotion of Bernhard (Bernie) Glaser to vice president and managing director Mercedes-Benz Vans USA and the promotion of Drew Slaven to vice president, marketing, Glaser's former position. These appointments are effective as of January 1, 2014. In his new role as vice pres ... Continue reading
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