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All-New Ford Mustang Hits 62 MPH in Under Five Seconds + Video

All-New Ford Mustang Hits 62 MPH in Under Five Seconds + Video

All-new Ford Mustang 5.0-litre V8 sprints to 0-62mph in 4.8sec; the fastest accelerating Ford coup&#233; ever offered in Europe</li> <li>Mustang with new 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine accelerates to 62mph in 5.8sec yet exceeds 35mpg with 179 g/km CO<sub>2</sub> emissions*</li> <li>More than 1,200 UK customers have ordered ... Continue reading

Quadro 4 Wheel Scooter Expands to United Kingdom +VIDEO

Quadro 4 Wheel Scooter Expands to United Kingdom +VIDEO

VACALLO, Switzerland -April 27, 2015: Quadro, the world's only 4 wheel scooter and innovative Hydraulically damped 3 wheel scooter has arrived in the UK! Swiss engineering has become a world mainstay for precision and engineering excellence. With this familiar ethos Quadro has created a scooter like no other in the wor ... Continue reading

Six New SsangYong Dealerships Appointed Ahead of the TIVOLI Launch

Six New SsangYong Dealerships Appointed Ahead of the TIVOLI Launch

Six new SsangYong sales & service dealerships appointed in Chichester, Guernsey, Jersey, Newcastle upon Tyne, Preston and Rainham A further six new dealers have joined the SsangYong franchise ahead of the arrival of the brand’s all new Tivoli B-segment SUV this summer. ... Continue reading

Volvo Car UK Shows New Brand Direction

Volvo Car UK Shows New Brand Direction

Volvo Car UK has marked the next step in its new global marketing strategy, first announced late last year, with the launch of its Next Generation website volvocars.co.uk. ... Continue reading

Land Rover introduces Advanced Ingenium Engine To Discovery Sport

Land Rover introduces Advanced Ingenium Engine To Discovery Sport

Land Rover has announced its innovative Ingenium diesel engine will be introduced to the Discovery Sport. Following its highly successful launch in September 2014, the premium compact SUV will now be available with enhanced performance and economy. ... Continue reading

New Mercedes-Benz Wheels for Summer 2015 - Big Wheels with Fine Details

New Mercedes-Benz Wheels for Summer 2015 - Big Wheels with Fine Details

It's time to say goodbye to normal street shoes and start wearing trendy sneakers again – footwear fashion for spring has a chic and sporty air to it. And the same is true of cars when the time comes to switch back to summer tyres: attractive light-alloy wheels from Mercedes-Benz Accessories enhance the appearance ... Continue reading

New Factory-Installed Strobe Warning LED Lights Available On All 2016 Ford F-Series Super Duty Trucks

New Factory-Installed Strobe Warning LED Lights Available On All 2016 Ford F-Series Super Duty Trucks

Ford is offering an available factory-installed strobe warning LED light kit for all models of 2016 F-Series Super Duty trucks for customers – such as utility, road construction or municipal crews – that require enhanced vehicle visibility while working on-site. The no-drill option is warranted and not suscep ... Continue reading

Ford Issues Safety Recall in North America for Door Latch Issue on Ford Fiesta and Fusion, Lincoln MKZ

Ford Issues Safety Recall in North America for Door Latch Issue on Ford Fiesta and Fusion, Lincoln MKZ

<p>Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety recall for approximately 390,000 2012-2014 Ford Fiesta and 2013-2014 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles for a door latch issue. The door latch in these vehicles may experience a broken pawl spring tab, which typically results in a condition where the door will not latch. If a ... Continue reading

Nissan Donates $500,000 to Support Mississippi History and Civil Rights Museums

Nissan Donates $500,000 to Support Mississippi History and Civil Rights Museums

ompany remembers Mississippi’s past and celebrates its promise with donation - CANTON, MS -- April 27, 2015: Nissan has donated $500,000 to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to support ongoing construction efforts and future exhibits at the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil R ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Americas Recognized With 2015 Edison Gold Award for Innovation in Automotive Solutions

Bridgestone Americas Recognized With 2015 Edison Gold Award for Innovation in Automotive Solutions

Company recognized for innovative approach to diversifying world's natural rubber supply Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced that it was recognized with a 2015 Edison Gold Award for Innovation in Automotive Solutions during the ceremony and gala dinner, held in New York on April 23. The company received ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Names Ally as its Preferred Financing Source

Mitsubishi Names Ally as its Preferred Financing Source

Ally to provide broad suite of financial products and services to support sales growth plans Ally Financial and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced that Ally will become the preferred financing source for Mitsubishi Motors in the U.S., replacing the brand's captive finance company, Mitsubishi M ... Continue reading

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 26

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 26

Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: FIRST LICENSE PLATES Profile America — Sunday, April 26th. Many automobile license plates proclaim glories of the issuing states; others spell out something dear to the drivers but indecipherable to anyone else. Those plates and the more ... Continue reading

SAE Franz F. Pischinger Powertrain Innovation Award Goes to Tom Stephens

SAE Franz F. Pischinger Powertrain Innovation Award Goes to Tom Stephens

FEV North America, Inc. sponsored award recognizes Stephens for breakthrough powertrain development and analysis, commitment to development of GMs hybrid vehicle developmentThe FEV Group (FEV), a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that the seventh annual SAE Franz F. Pisc ... Continue reading

NICB: Leave Your Keys, Lose Your Car

NICB: Leave Your Keys, Lose Your Car

In a first-of-its-kind analysis of vehicle thefts released today, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) found a disturbing trend — an increasing number of thefts of vehicles with the keys left inside. For the years 2012 through 2014, at total of 126,603 vehicles were reported stolen with the keys left in the ... Continue reading

Seeing Machines Launches Fleet Product

Seeing Machines Launches Fleet Product

New Lifesaving Technology Combats Distracted Driving and Fatigue (NPTC ANNUAL CONFERENCE) -- Seeing Machines (AIM: SEE), the AIM-listed company with a focus on operator monitoring and intervention sensing technologies and services, is pleased to announce the U.S. launch of Seeing Machines Fleet, an incident avoidance s ... Continue reading

Most and Least Expensive States for Car Insurance

Most and Least Expensive States for Car Insurance

Michigan Most Expensive By Far; North Carolina Cheapest SAN FRANCISCO -- April 27, 2015: Michigan has the nation's most expensive car insurance and North Carolina has the cheapest, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Michigan drivers pay more than double the national average (+136%), while North Carolina dri ... Continue reading

Quantum Receives Significant Follow-On Order from Linde North America for Hydrogen Dispensers

Quantum Receives Significant Follow-On Order from Linde North America for Hydrogen Dispensers

To Support the Continued Development of California's Hydrogen Infrastructure Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a leader in natural gas storage systems, integration and vehicle system technologies, today announced the receipt of multiple orders from Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, to ... Continue reading

More Customers Are Shopping for New Auto Insurance, but Fewer Are Switching

More Customers Are Shopping for New Auto Insurance, but Fewer Are Switching

Erie Insurance Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction with the Auto Insurance Purchase Experience for a Third Consecutive Year WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 27, 2015 -- Auto Insurance rate increases have many customers shopping for a new insurer, but few are actually switching insurers, according to the J.D. Power 20 ... Continue reading

Morgan Aero - First Look At Soft Top And New Wheels +VIDEO

Morgan Aero - First Look At Soft Top And New Wheels +VIDEO

MALVERN, England - April 26, 2015: Following the hugely successful launch of the new Morgan Aero 8 at the Geneva Motor Show 2015, Morgan presents updates with the latest developments from their R&D team. As well as dynamic and visual changes, the Aero 8 also signifies a return to soft top motoring for the Morgan flagsh ... Continue reading

TxDOT Motorcycle Campaign Urges Drivers to Look Twice, Share the Road

TxDOT Motorcycle Campaign Urges Drivers to Look Twice, Share the Road

More than 2,000 motorcyclists killed in Texas since 2010 AUSTIN, Texas--As spring weather draws more motorcyclists onto Texas roadways, the Texas Department of Transportation is launching its “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign to reduce crashes and save lives. The campaign – part of Na ... Continue reading

The All-New Mazda2 Named Car Of The Year By Car Dealer Magazine

The All-New Mazda2 Named Car Of The Year By Car Dealer Magazine

The all-new Mazda2 has been named Car of the Year in the annual Car Dealer Power Awards. The leading motor trade title&rsquo;s annual awards are decided by votes from UK car dealers, who choose the best manufacturers, models and suppliers they deal with.</p> <p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had dozens of dealers telling us what a ... Continue reading

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