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Car Preference May Be the Best Route for Understanding Consumers

Car Preference May Be the Best Route for Understanding Consumers

Car Preference May Be the Best Route for Understanding Consumers ... Continue reading

Topless in Miami

Topless in Miami

Topless in Miami, Cars that is. By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_0803) With plenty of sun and a cool sea breeze the east coast of Florida is one of the best places to drive convertibles. The Southern Automotive Media Association (SAMA) recently awarded the 2015 Porsche Boxster G ... Continue reading

Divergent Microfactories Drives the Future of Car Manufacturing with Blade

Divergent Microfactories Drives the Future of Car Manufacturing with Blade

World’s first 3D-Printed Supercar Built Using Company’s ‘Node’ Technology Platform SAN FRANCISCO--Divergent Microfactories today unveiled a disruptive new approach to auto manufacturing that incorporates 3D printing to dramatically reduce the pollution, materials and capital costs associated with bu ... Continue reading

New Report Finds Parents in the Dark about their Teens' Driving Habits

New Report Finds Parents in the Dark about their Teens' Driving Habits

"Our teen safe driving program has contributed to a nearly 48 percent decline in teen crash fatalities since 2005," said Steve Sorenson, executive vice president, Allstate. "While there has been progress, we continue to encourage parents and teens to have an open dialogue about driving. It's also important that parents ... Continue reading

Motoring Grown Up, Meet The New MINI Clubman

Motoring Grown Up, Meet The New MINI Clubman

Athletic driving, a bespoke interior, and a uniquely MINI design - with incredible versatility. Newest member of MINI lineup goes on sale in U.S. in January 2016 Powered by BMW Group engine technology and architecture WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- June 24, 2015: As the latest addition to the MINI family, the new Clubman, unvei ... Continue reading

Floating on Air: Lexus Creates a Hoverboard

Floating on Air: Lexus Creates a Hoverboard

Collaboration of design and technology results in a creative breakthrough for the new Lexus Amazing in Motion campaign ... Continue reading

NICB's 2014 Hot Spots Vehicle Theft Report

NICB's 2014 Hot Spots Vehicle Theft Report

California's San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had the nation's highest per capita vehicle theft rate in 2014, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) latest Hot Spots report. NICB's Hot Spots report examines vehicle theft data obtained from the National Crime Informati ... Continue reading

In Car Advanced Technology Features - Safety and Entertainment

In Car Advanced Technology Features - Safety and Entertainment

Torrance CA May 29, 2015; Over the years, Lexus engineers have arguably led the luxury-automotive industry in the arena of technical wonders.Here’s a quick cheat-sheet for the most advanced Lexus features to grace various models at the moment—a list that is by no means complete: CRAWL Control: In the LX and G ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan Alliance Sells Its 250,000th Electric Vehicle

Renault-Nissan Alliance Sells Its 250,000th Electric Vehicle

he Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world's leader in zero-emission mobility, has sold its 250,000th electric vehicle: a white Renault ZOE sold to a French engineer. The Alliance reached the historic milestone in early June, 4 ½ years after the launch of the Nissan LEAF, the world's first mass-market zero-emission vehicle ... Continue reading

Seatbelts: Buckle Up the Most Effective Safety Device Inside your Car

Seatbelts: Buckle Up the Most Effective Safety Device Inside your Car

Last month marked 'National Seat Belt Enforcement Mobilization' and, even though seatbelt use has been on the rise, concerns remain about lack of use, especially among younger drivers at night. To help get the word out, the experts at AutoMD.com are offering insight into the anatomy of seatbelts, how they work and why ... Continue reading

Connectivity and Security to be Vital Features in Vehicles, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Connectivity and Security to be Vital Features in Vehicles, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Global Automotive Industry Outlook identifies connectivity, security and women as a significant end-user segment for luxury vehicles as key trends LONDON -- June 24, 2015: Auto sales are expected to peak in 2015, as the average age of the car parc crosses 13 years in the US and 10 years in Europe. Global sales are proj ... Continue reading

As Used Car Listings Boom, Car Shoppers Should Watch Out for Common Scams

As Used Car Listings Boom, Car Shoppers Should Watch Out for Common Scams

Opportunities to buy used cars are getting better each year, as indicated by the surge in used and certified pre-owned vehicle listings on Autotrader (up 4 percent and 12 percent year-over-year, respectively). With more variety than ever, shoppers have plenty of choices of not only which car to buy, but also who and wh ... Continue reading

Rand McNally Publishes 35th Edition of Atlas for Commercial Drivers

Rand McNally Publishes 35th Edition of Atlas for Commercial Drivers

The 2016 Motor Carriers' Road Atlas is now available SKOKIE, Ill., June 24, 2015 -- Rand McNally today released the 2016 edition of its #1-selling trucker's atlas, the Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. The printed atlas, first published in the early 1980s during the period of trucking deregulation, has served over-the-road p ... Continue reading

Ford Collaborates with Silicon Valley Innovation Ecosystem on Autonomous Vehicles, 3D Printing, Wearable Technology

Ford Collaborates with Silicon Valley Innovation Ecosystem on Autonomous Vehicles, 3D Printing, Wearable Technology

Autonomous vehicle technology is another step closer to production at Ford, moving from a research effort to an advanced engineering program, the company announced today.  ... Continue reading

Younger Americans Fear Other Drivers More Than Death, Public Speaking and Spiders, New Study Finds

Younger Americans Fear Other Drivers More Than Death, Public Speaking and Spiders, New Study Finds

Public speaking just lost the top spot as are now the first concern for Millennial and Generation Z consumers, new research finds. For decades, public speaking was America’s most anxiety-inducing activity. Now, dangerous drivers are more frightening than speaking in public, death, spiders and snakes – according to in ... Continue reading

2016 F-150 Continues to Innovate With Available Pro Trailer Backup Assist, Alternative Fuel Capability and SYNC 3

2016 F-150 Continues to Innovate With Available Pro Trailer Backup Assist, Alternative Fuel Capability and SYNC 3

The 2016 Ford F-150, part of Ford F-Series, America’s best-selling truck for 38 years, continues to innovate with the addition of breakthrough towing technology, new Special Edition Appearance Packages, SYNC 3 and alternative fuel capability. All-new Pro Trailer Backup Assist makes it easier for drivers of all skill l ... Continue reading

Ford Issues Two Safety Compliance Recalls in North America--Transit Connect and Escape

Ford Issues Two Safety Compliance Recalls in North America--Transit Connect and Escape

Ford is issuing two safety compliance recalls in North America. There are no accidents or injuries attributed to these conditions. Details are as follows: Ford issues safety compliance recall for certain 2014-2015 Transit Connect and Escape vehicles for instrument panel issue Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety comp ... Continue reading

Renting a Car? Supplimental Insurance? Best and Worst Credit Cards For Car Rental

Renting a Car? Supplimental Insurance? Best and Worst Credit Cards For Car Rental

Countless consumers will thus be faced with a question they’ll have little idea how to answer: Do you want to purchase supplemental rental car insurance? All four major credit card networks provide complimentary car rental insurance, so CardHub today released its 2015 Credit Card Rental Car Insurance Study, which ... Continue reading

Ford Smart Mobility Shifts from Research to Implementation; Company Announces New Programs, Next Areas of Focus | Ford Media Center

Ford Smart Mobility Shifts from Research to Implementation; Company Announces New Programs, Next Areas of Focus | Ford Media Center

Mark Fields, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company today announces the next phase of its Ford Smart Mobility plan --€“ moving from research to the start of implementation, including new strategic areas of focus, new pilot programs and new mobility product experiments. Ford Smart Mobility is the companyâ&#128 ... Continue reading

Emoji Explained: You're Going to Love the All-New 2016 Cruze!

Emoji Explained: You're Going to Love the All-New 2016 Cruze!

In two days at the Fillmore Theatre at 7 p.m., a new Cruze will be born and you are going to love it. The all-new 2016 Cruze blends innovative technology, striking design and impressive efficiency into one sporty ride. It’s the best new thing since sliced bread for stylish and socially connected people. A Chevrolet sp ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Lifts Lid on 2016 Camaro Convertible

Chevrolet Lifts Lid on 2016 Camaro Convertible

Let the sun shine in. Chevrolet will offer a convertible model of the all-new 2016 Camaro, featuring the segment’s most advanced top. The 2016 Camaro is the only convertible in the segment to offer all of the following: Fully automatic operation with latches that automatically release and secure the top Capability of ... Continue reading

90 Years of Chrysler Brand Celebrated With Anniversary Edition Models

90 Years of Chrysler Brand Celebrated With Anniversary Edition Models

Chrysler was founded in 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler, and it was his commitment to the public that Chrysler would deliver consumers a product with quality, beauty, speed, comfort, style and power, all at a low price. And for the past 90 years, this has been the Chrysler brand’s mission. Today's Chrysler brand is the mod ... Continue reading

Nissan North America Names Brian Brockman Director, Internal Communications

Nissan North America Names Brian Brockman Director, Internal Communications

As Nissan North America focuses on improving employee engagement and alignment during a period of rapid growth, the company has promoted Brian Brockman to director, Internal Communications, effective immediately. Brockman will be responsible for coordinating employee communications efforts across the U.S., Canada and M ... Continue reading

Leak Detection Critical Part of Airbag Quality Control Process

Leak Detection Critical Part of Airbag Quality Control Process

Airbag manufacturers are using sophisticated helium leak-detection tests to help assure product quality. “Manufacturers who have introduced automated INFICON test systems have achieved a 100 percent return on their investment within three-to-six-months based on savings from lower maintenance costs and increased pr ... Continue reading

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