New Toyota Engine Plant in Indonesia to Go Online in First Half of 2016
Production to Expand Beyond IMV Series Engines Tokyo, July 24, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that its vehicle production subsidiary in Indonesia, PT. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), is to start producing engines for vehicles other than the IMV* series at a new engine pla ... Continue reading
JX Nippon Oil Discovers New Gas in the Carnarvon Basin Offshore Western Australia
Tokyo, July 23, 2013; JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation announced that its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd (JX Australia) has made a gas discovery in the Bianchi-1 appraisal well in Retention Lease WA-49-R, located in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western ... Continue reading
Classic Industries Resurrects Rare Firebird Appearance Package
FIREBIRD APPEARANCE PACKAGE RPO Z20 Spoilers Rise like a Phoenix from the Ashes of Pontiac History Huntington Beach, Calif. (July 24, 2013) - While owners of early F-bodies have access to reproduction and replacement parts for virtually every limited production package conceived, owners of 1982-92 Firebird and Trans Am ... Continue reading
Management Changes At BMW North America
Woodcliff Lake, NJ â July 24, 2013⦠Today, the BMW Group is announcing three changes in its senior management team in the U.S. to become effective September 1, 2013. Gene Donnelly, Vice President of the Southern Region will retire in September. During his distinguished 40+ year career in the automotive indust ... Continue reading
Dealer.com's Unveils Unified Auto Dealer Advertising Exchange
Burlington, VT, July 24, 2013 - Dealer.com, a leading provider of marketing and operations software and services for the automotive industry, has enhanced its family of digital Advertising products with new features, capabilities, and services designed to work together as one cohesive Unified Advertising Exchange (UAX) ... Continue reading
J.D. Power Announces Apeal Awards... Does Your Car Rank Well?
J.D. POWER 2013 U.S. AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE, EXECUTION AND LAYOUT (APEAL) STUDY Volkswagen Group Receives Five Model-Level Awards, GM Receives Four, and Ford Receives Three; Porsche Ranks Highest among Nameplates WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 24 July 2013 -- The most appealing vehicles tend to remain on dealer lots for sho ... Continue reading
Automotive Rectifiers from Diodes Incorporated Provide up to Ten Times Greater Avalanche Capability
Diodes Incorporated , a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today introduced a family of its Super Barrier Rectifiers (SBR) qualified to the AECQ101 high-reliability automotive standard and bac ... Continue reading
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds Electric Vehicles and Charging Station in Northampton
Enterprise Rent-A-Car today announced five new Nissan LEAF electric vehicles (EVs) and a charging station at its Northampton, Mass. location. ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Receives Most APEAL Awards Among Auto Brands
Volt, Sonic, Avalanche and Buick Encore rank highest in their respective segments For a second year in a row, Chevrolet has three segment award recipients - more than any other brand - in the 2013 J.D. Power Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. The Chevrolet Volt ranks highest in its segment t ... Continue reading
Global NCAP Chairman Max Mosley Asks Car Industry Chiefs to Give Latin America Safer Vehicles
Global NCAP chairman Max Mosley has urged CEOs at Renault-Nissan, General Motors and Suzuki to apply the UN's minimum crash safety standards to their global passenger car production. New crash test results have indicated that popular cars sold by the manufacturers in Latin America pose an unacceptably high risk of deat ... Continue reading
Daimler reports on successful second quarter
Group EBIT of â¬5,242 million (Q2 2012: â¬2,268 million), thereof â¬3.2 billion from the sale of remaining EADS shares Net profit of â¬4,583 million (Q2 2012: â¬1,565 million) Unit sales up by 6% to 605,800 vehicles Revenue of â¬29.7 billion (Q2 2012: â¬28.9 billion) Growth in unit sales and ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company Fund Awards $60,000 to American Indian College Fund
Ford Motor Company Fund has awarded a $50,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund for Native student scholarships through the Ford Motor Company Blue Oval Scholars Program and an additional $10,000 to support the American Indian College Fund's Flame of Hope Gala on October 10, 2013, which raises money for student ... Continue reading
MAZDA ANNOUNCES PRICING AND FUEL ECONOMY OF ALL-NEW 2014 MAZDA3
Redesigned Compact Car Offers Competitive Pricing, Best-in-Class Fuel Economy - -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced official pricing and fuel economy figures for the all-new 2014 Mazda3. Starting at $16,945[1] MSRP, ... Continue reading
2014 Mazda3 to Undergo 9,300 Mile Test Drive
Lengthy road trip set to showcase durability of new Mazda3 -- The 2014 Mazda3 has garnered plenty of attention from auto enthusiasts, bloggers, and journalists since its unveiling in June. But now, Mazda is letting some of those same people get behind the wheel of the 2014 Mazda3 for a 9,300 mile test drive from Hirosh ... Continue reading
Dodge, Fiat Models Receive J.D. Power APEAL Awards
Dodge Charger ranks highest in the Large Car segment for third consecutive year Fiat 500 leads the City Car segment Ram Truck brand is the highest ranking non-premium brand in the industry Chrysler 300 ranks third in the Large Car segment The 2013 Dodge Charger and Fiat 500 lead their segments in J.D. Power's 2013 U.S. ... Continue reading
Toyota Celebrates Latino Business Success at 2013 National Council of La Raza Annual Conference
No. 1 Brand Among Hispanic Consumers Gives Away RAV4 to Deserving Contest Winner -- Toyota built on its long-term commitment to the U.S. Hispanic community at the 2013 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Annual Conference in New Orleans this past weekend by celebrating Latina entrepreneurs and giving away a 2014 RAV4 to ... Continue reading
Ford Credit Reports Second Quarter Pre-tax Profit of $454 Million; Net Income of $275 Million
Ford Motor Credit Company reported a pre-tax profit of $454 million in the second quarter of 2013, compared with $438 million a year earlier. The increase in pre-tax earnings is more than explained by higher receivables and financing margin, offset partially by lower credit loss reserve reductions. Ford Credit's net in ... Continue reading
Many Drivers Missing Car Insurance Discounts, Especially Young Drivers
Almost two in five drivers are either not receiving any car insurance discounts (30%) or do not know if they are receiving any discounts (9%), according to a new InsuranceQuotes.com report. A common discount that most people are not aware of is a discount for receiving statements by email; only 33% of Americans with ca ... Continue reading
Teens in Houston Regularly Drive with Multiple Teen Passengers and No Adults, Despite Significant Risks Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), today announced Houston findings from a major, national study of teen drivers (ages 16 to 18) and parents of teen drivers conducted jointly with the University of Michigan Tran ... Continue reading
Connected and Self-Driving Vehicle Sessions Bring Technology and Automotive Leaders Together
2013 CAR Management Briefing Seminars, Sessions on Monday and Tuesday afternoon of the 2013 CAR Management Briefing Seminars will highlight the progression of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) active safety as they converge towards an autonomous and connected vehicle future. ... Continue reading
MINI USA Names Peppercomm Agency Of Record
Firm to provide a full range of PR services to iconic automotive brand MINI USA, a business unit of BMW of North America, announced today it has named Peppercomm the public relations agency of record. The appointment is through December 2016. Peppercomm bested two other firms in the competitive review. The agency's sco ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Group Receives Five Model-Level Awards, GM Receives Four, and Ford Receives Three; Porsche Ranks Highest among Nameplates -- The most appealing vehicles tend to remain on dealer lots for shorter periods, command higher transaction prices, and are more likely to create owner loyalty when they are ultimately t ... Continue reading
Porsche Ranks Highest Among Nameplates in J.D. Power 'APEAL' Study for Ninth Consecutive Year
Cayenne and Boxster take highest honors in their individual segments For the ninth year in a row, U.S. customers have rated Porsche highest among all nameplates in the industry in the J.D. Power 'APEAL' (Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout) Study. In addition to the brand taking overall honors, the Porsche Cay ... Continue reading
The Stealth M Group, whose focus is on advancing female entrepreneurs, is giving away its concept car, the Stealth M7, to raise business capital for women in technology and other fields to start and/or maintain their own businesses. ... Continue reading
Volvo Group -- the second quarter 2013
The Volvo Group's sales for the second quarter of 2013 recovered considerably compared with the first quarter of 2013 and amounted to SEK 72.8 billion, up 25%. Profitability also improved thanks to higher sales volumes and better capacity utilization in our plants. Despite having to increase our warranty reserves by SE ... Continue reading
IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced the formation of a new study group to consider initiating a formal project to standardize Power over Data Lines (PoDL). The IEEE 802.3 1-pair Power over Data Lines (1PPoDL) Study Group will consider a new single-pair, ... Continue reading
Digital Air Strike, the nation's leading automotive social media, online reputation and lead-response company, is pleased to announce that they have awards as one of the Top 10 Most Interesting and Innovative Automotive Companies of 2013" by DealerELITE, the nation's fastest growing online community of dealership and ... Continue reading
Ford Supports New University Technical College For Teenagers
Ford is supporting the launch of a new University Technical College (UTC) at the Dagenham-based Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME). ... Continue reading
Limited Edition Megane Knight Armed And Ready For Battle
Armed with shiny GT style body armour and a host of extras, including sword-sharp alloy wheels and rear parking sensors, the limited edition Renault Mégane Knight is leading the way in value and style this summer. ... Continue reading
Everyday Items Get vRS Treatment In New Ad
Skoda will unveil a groundbreaking new advert to launch flagship new model; the Octavia vRS on Thursday 25 July. ... Continue reading
Winners Of First Ever Land Rover Bursary Announced At World's Largest Outdoor Countryside Event
Land Rover and The Prince's Countryside Fund today named their first ever successful candidates for the inaugural Land Rover bursary. ... Continue reading
Bentley Motors today confirms that it will proceed with the development of the Bentley SUV, the company's fourth model line. The SUV will be made in Crewe and will go on sale in 2016. ... Continue reading
How To Double Sales When Times Are Tough
The last four years have been tough for the motor trade - but one Mazda dealer has managed to double sales and turnover in that time and says that profits are 'well on the way to doubling' too. ... Continue reading
Renault-Nissan Sells Its 100,000th Zero-Emission Car
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 100,000th zero-emission car. ... Continue reading
The All-New Audi S3 Sportback sets a Blistering Pace at a Blistering Price of $59,900
Never before has this kind of dynamism been available to Australian premium sports car buyers at such an affordable price ... Continue reading
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