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Friday, February 27, 2015

Volkswagen Group: Solid Performance in the First 9 Months

Volkswagen Group: Solid Performance in the First 9 Months

The Volkswagen Group improved its earnings strength again in 2014 and continued along its qualitative growth path despite major economic challenges. With sales revenue of EUR 202.5 billion (previous year: EUR 197.0 billion) and an Operating profit of EUR 12.7 billion (EUR 11.7 billion), the Group generated new record h ... Continue reading

The PEUGEOT Partner Van One of UK's Most Popular and Best-Selling Light Vans

The PEUGEOT Partner Van One of UK's Most Popular and Best-Selling Light Vans

With low CO2 Euro 6 engines, it also has improved economy and performance New technology features include optional reversing camera and Active City Brake safety equipment COVENTRY, UK -- February 27, 2015: PEUGEOT revolutionised the small van segment in 1996 with the Partner Van and its original one-box body style, ent ... Continue reading

FIAT 500 Ron Arad Edition Now Available in the UK

FIAT 500 Ron Arad Edition Now Available in the UK

Limited edition FIAT 500 Ron Arad now on sale in the UK Developed in partnership with Ron Arad, an Israeli-born and London-based industrial designer, architect and artist, and life-long fan of the original FIAT 500 Just 200 examples will be produced for the UK, with standard equipment including glass sunroof, Poltrona ... Continue reading

The new PEUGEOT Partner Tepee has New Look

The new PEUGEOT Partner Tepee has New Look

The new PEUGEOT Partner Tepee has new look, Euro 6 engines and the latest equipment Low CO2 and improved economy increase the versatility of this multiuse vehicle New features include reversing camera, touchscreen and Active City Brake COVENTRY, UK -- February 27, 2015: In 1996 PEUGEOT created a new category of private ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II Named Best Luxury Car

Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II Named Best Luxury Car

A jury of some of the UK’s most respected and revered automotive journalists has awarded the Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II ‘Luxury Car of the Year’ in the UK Car of the Year Awards. Since making its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Ghost Series II has won plaudits from journalists and customers across ... Continue reading

Mercedes-benz Boosts Support Of At-Risk Youth With $10.5 Million Grant To Laureus Sport For Good Foundation USA

Mercedes-benz Boosts Support Of At-Risk Youth With $10.5 Million Grant To Laureus Sport For Good Foundation USA

Funding will assist Partnership for a Healthier America with goal of curbing childhood obesity WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2015 -- In 2012, more than one in three kids in the U.S. was overweight or obese, a rate that has more than doubled for children and quadrupled for adolescents in the past 30 years.* Today Mercedes-Benz U ... Continue reading

Daimler Honors its Suppliers with the 2014 Supplier Award

Daimler Honors its Suppliers with the 2014 Supplier Award

Daimler AG has honored ten suppliers for their outstanding performance in the past financial year with the 2014 Daimler Supplier Award. Some 450 guests from the supply industry witnessed the seventh award presentation at the Mercedes-Benz Center in Stuttgart on February 26, 2015. For the first time there were three nom ... Continue reading

World Premiere in Geneva of AMG Racing Car

World Premiere in Geneva of AMG Racing Car

All-out attack : the new Mercedes-AMG GT3 February 26, 2015 - Affalterbach Mercedes-AMG will ring in the 2015 motorsport season at the beginning of March with the sonorous sound of the V8 engine: the new Mercedes-AMG GT3, with which the Mercedes-Benz sports car and high-performance brand is systematically expanding its ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA and Five New Let's Move! Active Schools Supporters Announced at Day Two of Building a Healthier Future Summit

Mercedes-Benz USA and Five New Let's Move! Active Schools Supporters Announced at Day Two of Building a Healthier Future Summit

Today at its fourth annual Building a Healthier Future Summit, the Partnership for a Healthier America announced that its first automotive partner, as well as five new Let's Move! Active Schools partners, committed to making healthier choices easier for busy parents and families. Mercedes-Benz USA and Athletes for Hope ... Continue reading

Magna to Present Innovative Plug-In Hybrid Sports Car Concept at Geneva Motor Show 2015

Magna to Present Innovative Plug-In Hybrid Sports Car Concept at Geneva Motor Show 2015

Magna International Inc. is set to debut MILA Plus, an innovative two-seat hybrid sports car at Geneva Motor Show 2015. The concept vehicle, which will be displayed at Magna's booth #6261 in Hall 6, combines a sophisticated, lightweight construction with an intelligent, alternative-drive solution to produce maximum per ... Continue reading

Show Me the "Green!" Toyota Celebrates Five Year CIAA Partnership with Scholarship Donations

Show Me the "Green!" Toyota Celebrates Five Year CIAA Partnership with Scholarship Donations

Toyota Green Initiative drives its commitment to community and environmental education during TGI Serve Block Party with guests Lisa Leslie and MC Lyte TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2015 -- Toyota pulls up for the J, and it's nothing but net! Solidifying its fifth-year partnership with the historical Central Intercollegia ... Continue reading

Mobility Ventures and Bank of America Announce New Agreement to Simplify Retail Consumer Financing for MV-1 Universally Accessible Vehicle

Mobility Ventures and Bank of America Announce New Agreement to Simplify Retail Consumer Financing for MV-1 Universally Accessible Vehicle

Mobility Ventures LLC, an AM General Company, is proud to announce an agreement with Bank of America that will make it easier for consumers nationwide to receive financing of the revolutionary MV-1 - - the world's first and only universally accessible vehicle, designed from the ground up to provide safe and comfortable ... Continue reading

Car Sales Rose in February Despite Higher Gas Prices and Winter Storms

Car Sales Rose in February Despite Higher Gas Prices and Winter Storms

Edmunds.com forecasts that 1,285,019 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in February for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 16.6 million. The projected sales will be an 11.8 percent increase from January 2015, and a 7.9 percent increase from February 2014. "Gas prices inched back up this mo ... Continue reading

Kia Sportage Ranks Highest Among Small SUVs In 2015 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study

Kia Sportage Ranks Highest Among Small SUVs In 2015 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study

Top Honor Reinforces Brand's Continued Commitment to Craftsmanship - Dynamic and capable crossover earns Kia's first-ever Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) award - Sportage's VDS award follows two consecutive Initial Quality Study (IQS) awards for the model in 2013 and 2014 IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2015 -- J.D. Power 2 ... Continue reading

The Votes are in Chicago and Ford Wins

The Votes are in Chicago and Ford Wins

Chicago voters have spoken, and Ford is their top choice in three of five categories represented in Best of Show balloting at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show – the only major auto show to poll its attendees. With 38 percent of the vote, Ford GT is the runaway favorite for best all-new production vehicle, beating out th ... Continue reading

Generation Z Shopping List: Ford Fuel Economy and Car Segments Rank Highest

Generation Z Shopping List: Ford Fuel Economy and Car Segments Rank Highest

Ford is the No. 1 brand of vehicle that Generation Z, those ages 16-21, most seriously consider – according to MaritzCX Fuel economy tops the reasons for purchase for this group, followed by vehicle design and value Car segment offerings make up the overwhelming majority of vehicles considered by Gen Z buyers The ... Continue reading

The Kia SPORTSPACE Concept

The Kia SPORTSPACE Concept

Seoul February 27, 2015; The working week is over. The late afternoon sun is glinting on the ice crystals in the road-side snowbanks and turning the snow-capped peaks ahead pink. The road snakes ahead towards a weekend of fun and action. The journey demands a swift, efficient and refined machine to allow the maximum pl ... Continue reading

Drug drive warning: Drivers urged to get up to speed with new drug driving rules

Drug drive warning: Drivers urged to get up to speed with new drug driving rules

    Drug drive warning: Drivers urged to get up to speed with new drug driving rulesNew legislation from 2 March includes some prescription medications taken in high doses As new tougher rules on drug driving come into force in March, Gocompare.com car insurance warns drivers that some prescribed or over the ... Continue reading

Northwest Drivers Bumper Stickers, Personalized Vanity Plates

Northwest Drivers Bumper Stickers, Personalized Vanity Plates

If dog is your co-pilot, you have a "baby on board," or you're proud of your alma mater, chances are you're among the one in four Northwest drivers who, according to the latest PEMCO poll, have an appetite for adhering personal proclamations to the cars they drive. According to the PEMCO Insurance Northwest Poll, 25 pe ... Continue reading

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