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Friday, December 28, 2012

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 12.28.12

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 12.28.12

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810pp ... Continue reading

FIA F1 - Force India To Launch 2013 Car February 1

FIA F1 - Force India To Launch 2013 Car February 1

Silverstone, Dec. 26, 2012: Force India have announced that they will unveil their 2013 car at Silverstone on February 1. The team, whose factory is situated next to the British Grand Prix venue, are the first squad to confirm the date of their new car launch. Force India, who finished seventh in the 2012 constructors' ... Continue reading

FIA F1 - McLaren To Launch 2013 Car January 31

FIA F1 - McLaren To Launch 2013 Car January 31

Woking, Dec. 26, 2012: McLaren have confirmed that they will unveil their new car, the Mercedes-powered MP4-28, on January 31 in the UK. The Woking-based squad, who won seven races and finished third in the constructors' championship in 2012, are the second team to announce a 2013 car launch date. On Wednesday Force In ... Continue reading

ALMS - 2012 Season Review

ALMS - 2012 Season Review

Auto Central, ALM has provided a very nice set of review highlight episodes for the 2012 season. ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - 2012 Season Review

Sprint Cup - 2012 Season Review

Auto Central, a range of Cup fans have produced some really nice review highlight episodes for the 2012 season. Enjoy. ... Continue reading

Automotive Accessories Specialist ESCORT Announces One-on-One Collaboration Conferences at 2013 CES Show in Las Vegas

Automotive Accessories Specialist ESCORT Announces One-on-One Collaboration Conferences at 2013 CES Show in Las Vegas

ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), award-winning designer and manufacturer of the world's best premium automotive accessories, today announced open invitations to their first annual Enterprise and Design Collaboration Conference. The Conference meetings are an exclusive opportunity for invitees to work one-on-one with the ES ... Continue reading

GEICO and Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 kicks off 'America's Trash Talks to Keep Kids Alive' campaign

GEICO and Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 kicks off 'America's Trash Talks to Keep Kids Alive' campaign

GEICO has partnered with the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 organization to urge drivers to follow the residential speed limits through the “America's Trash Talks to Keep Kids Alive" campaign. "America's Trash Talks to Keep Kids Alive" According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding was a contrib ... Continue reading

2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ AWD Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ AWD Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ V6 Review By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Representing the small crossover category, the current Chevrolet Equinox was introduced for the 2010 model year. Not much has changed in the intervening time outside of availability of options and packages, but 2013 brings a nice u ... Continue reading

Audi RS4 - ABT Can Do 290 km/h and Tunes the Sound

Audi RS4 - ABT Can Do 290 km/h and Tunes the Sound

Every new generation of the Audi RS4, having been on sale since 1999 and traditionally tuned by ABT Sportsline, has seen an uprating. Incidentally, even its legendary forefather, the RS2 (315 hp/232 kW), is still at a par with many modern sports cars. Although the RS4 is now powered by a 4.2l V8 with 450 hp (331 kW) an ... Continue reading

Volkswagen has Created About 100,000 New Jobs Since 2007, Including 30,000 in Germany

Volkswagen has Created About 100,000 New Jobs Since 2007, Including 30,000 in Germany

Since 2007, the workforce of the Volkswagen Group has grown by about 225,000 employees, representing a rise of 70 percent. This increase includes 100,000 new jobs created throughout the world and 125,000 employees of companies newly integrated into the Group. As of the end of November, the Volkswagen Group employed abo ... Continue reading

Audi Keeps Its Foot on the Gas Pedal: €13 Billion in Capital Expenditures Through 2016

Audi Keeps Its Foot on the Gas Pedal: €13 Billion in Capital Expenditures Through 2016

Despite challenging economic circumstances, Audi is maintaining its ambitious capital-expenditure program. The Audi Group plans on investing €13 billion through 2016 to continue resolutely maintaining its course for growth as per its Strategy 2020. Expenditures will primarily address the development of new products an ... Continue reading

Most Economical Škoda Octavia Emits Only 89 g CO2/km, Equivalent to a Mileage of 3.4 l/100 km

Most Economical Škoda Octavia Emits Only 89 g CO2/km, Equivalent to a Mileage of 3.4 l/100 km

The third generation of the ŠKODA Octavia uses a newly developed generation of modern petrol and diesel engines. Compared with their predecessors, fuel consumption and emission values of the engines are lower by up to 23 per cent. All in all, there will be eight engine versions available: four TSI petrol engines and f ... Continue reading

Renault Launches Industrial Development Project in Algeria

Renault Launches Industrial Development Project in Algeria

Renault, SNVI (Société Nationale de Véhicules Industriels, Algeria's National Company of Industrial Vehicles) and the country's National Investment Fund (FNI) signed a shareholders' agreement on December 19, 2012, in Algiers for the creation of a joint venture (owned 51 percent by the Algerian partners and 49% by Re ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz is Starting with a New Vehicle Configurator and New Mercedes AMG Website into the Year 2013

Mercedes-Benz is Starting with a New Vehicle Configurator and New Mercedes AMG Website into the Year 2013

In future, the new models from Mercedes-Benz will also be presented virtually on the Mercedes-Benz home page in a completely redesigned Vehicle Configurator. And Mercedes-AMG will also be kicking off the new year with a redesigned internet presence too. Visitors to the websites of the two brands will be able to enjoy a ... Continue reading

Jubilee Event at Audi Hungaria: 500.000 Eight-Cylinder Engines Produced

Jubilee Event at Audi Hungaria: 500.000 Eight-Cylinder Engines Produced

The 500.000th eight-cylinder engine rolled off the line yesterday at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. The power plant was a V8 TFSI engine with a rated output of 382 kW (520 bhp) and 650 Nm of torque. The jubilee engine will be installed in an Audi S8 for the German market. ... Continue reading

FinnvedenBulten and GAZ Sign Final Agreement

FinnvedenBulten and GAZ Sign Final Agreement

The Automotive Components division of GAZ Group, which is Russia's largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles, and FinnvedenBulten announce today that they have signed a final agreement to form a company for manufacturing fasteners at GAZ Group's plant Gorky Automobile Plant. FinnvedenBulten thereby establishes its fi ... Continue reading

Opel Ampera No.1 EV Passenger Car for More Than Ten Months Despite Tough Environment

Opel Ampera No.1 EV Passenger Car for More Than Ten Months Despite Tough Environment

Opel's revolutionary and award-winning electric car, the Ampera, is still at the top of the electric passenger car league table in Europe based on latest available sales figures (Jan. – Oct. 2012). The news comes despite very challenging market conditions for the whole electric vehicle market with car makers repor ... Continue reading

Fiat's Melfi Plant to Produce Two New Vehicles

Fiat's Melfi Plant to Produce Two New Vehicles

At the Fiat plant in Melfi, Chairman John Elkann and CEO Sergio Marchionne - with Prime Minister Monti in attendance - have presented plans for the production of a new Jeep brand vehicle and a new Fiat brand vehicle beginning in 2014. ... Continue reading

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