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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Research and Markets: Actual Engine Oil Consumption by Motor Vehicles in Russia

Research and Markets: Actual Engine Oil Consumption by Motor Vehicles in Russia

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Actual Engine Oil Consumption by Motor Vehicles in Russia" report to their offering. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group extends partnership with Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Chrysler Group extends partnership with Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Chrysler Group LLC extends partnership with Las Vegas Motor Speedway LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Chrysler Group LLC are expanding a long-running agreement that keeps the U.S.-based multinational automaker firmly entrenched in American motorsports. As part of the partnership, Dodge will return as the Offici ... Continue reading

U.S. Army Materiel Command to Address Fuel Usage and More Sustainable Future at MPG Meeting

U.S. Army Materiel Command to Address Fuel Usage and More Sustainable Future at MPG Meeting

The U.S. Army is the largest fuel consumer in the world and operates one of the world's largest ground fleets. ... Continue reading

Elliott Management to Nominate Five Highly Experienced Executives to the Board of Hess Corporation

Elliott Management to Nominate Five Highly Experienced Executives to the Board of Hess Corporation

Elliott Management Corporation today sent a letter to shareholders of Hess Corporation urging them to elect at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting the following slate of five independent directors to the Board. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Announces Firestone-Brand Radial All Traction RC Tires

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Announces Firestone-Brand Radial All Traction RC Tires

Bridgestone Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales (BAAG), manufacturer of Firestone-brand farm tires, announced the launch of Firestone-brand Radial All Traction RC tires specifically for use on today's high-capacity, self-propelled sprayers. The Firestone-brand Radial All Traction RC tires are made wi ... Continue reading

Penske Automotive Increases Dividend 7.7%

Penske Automotive Increases Dividend 7.7%

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. , an international automotive retailer, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend of $0.14 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012. The dividend is payable on March 1, 2013, to shareholders of record on February 11, 2013. 'Increasing the dividend to $0.14 pe ... Continue reading

New-Car Sales To Start New Year Strong At 15.1 Million Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

New-Car Sales To Start New Year Strong At 15.1 Million Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

As January comes to a close, analysts predict that new-car sales are positioned to surpass 15.1 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), marking a 13 percent year-over-year improvement, according to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information. (Please note that there was an ... Continue reading

DealerSocket Releases Price Alert: Vehicle Price Change Alert Enhancement

DealerSocket Releases Price Alert: Vehicle Price Change Alert Enhancement

Leading auto dealer CRM DealerSocket continues to innovate, providing auto dealers with new products, tools and enhancements to facilitate user success. DealerSocket announced today the release of Price Alert convenient, vehicle price-change-alert enhancement that complements its highly successful CRM product. Price Al ... Continue reading

Largest Nonprofit Carsharing Organization Expands Its AccessMobile Fleet in the Bay Area

Largest Nonprofit Carsharing Organization Expands Its AccessMobile Fleet in the Bay Area

City CarShare, the largest nonprofit carsharing organization in North America, is adding three wheelchair-accessible minivans to its AccessMobile fleet. City CarShare is adding one additional vehicle to Berkeley and introducing two to the city of San Francisco. In 2008, City CarShare introduced the nation's first wheel ... Continue reading

Hyundai tackles marauders for a touch down with 'Gaspocalypse' Super Bowl ad

Hyundai tackles marauders for a touch down with 'Gaspocalypse' Super Bowl ad

Hyundai's exclusive-to-Canada commercial released before the game at - For the second year in a row, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp (HACC) is dialing up the entertainment value of the Super Bowl by producing a unique TV commercial which targets Canadian viewers. As North America's premier sports and entertainment event, the ... Continue reading

Oil Industry Stages Another Sham Anti-Ethanol Press Conference

Oil Industry Stages Another Sham Anti-Ethanol Press Conference

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - January 29, 2013: This morning, the American Petroleum Institute held their latest telephone press conference in their continuous attempt to undermine any alternative fuel solutions and keep us addicted to gasoline. The information relea ... Continue reading

Motorsports Venues - Kentucky Speedway Single-Race Tickets Go On Sale Jan. 30/ 9 a.m.

Motorsports Venues - Kentucky Speedway Single-Race Tickets Go On Sale Jan. 30/ 9 a.m.

<i>Single tickets for five 2013 races including the June 27-29 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Quaker State 400” Weekend events go on sale at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30, at www.kentuckyspeedway.com, by calling (859) 578-2300 and visiting Kentucky Speedway offices at 1 Speedway Drive, Sparta, Ky., 41086. Kentucky ... Continue reading

Grand Am Rolex - Velocity Wayne Taylor Daytona Race Report

Grand Am Rolex - Velocity Wayne Taylor Daytona Race Report

Daytona, Jan. 28, 2013: It wasn’t that frustratingly elusive win to end its eight-year victory drought at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, but second place in this weekend’s 51st renewal of the traditional GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season opener was most certainly the next-best thing. And the drivers and crew ... Continue reading

Continental Tire Grand Sport - Jack Roush Jr. And Billy Johnson Win Daytona Round

Continental Tire Grand Sport - Jack Roush Jr. And Billy Johnson Win Daytona Round

Mooresville, Jan. 28, 2013: Roush Yates Engines were back in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway this weekend celebrating Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson's repeat win in the Continental Tire Grand Sport (GS) class. With 68 cars on the starting grid, the official kickoff for Daytona Speedweeks played out und ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - 2013 F1 Team Reveal Schedule

Special Motorsports Event - 2013 F1 Team Reveal Schedule

Auto Central, January 27, 2013 – The 2013 season of the World Formula 1 championship is about to kick off in less than 60 days in Melbourne, Australia. For Formula 1 fans, the first week of February is always an exciting moment in the year: it’s the time for each team to unveil their new car and to present th ... Continue reading

Winter Car Accessories Necessary to Deal with Late Cold Snap

Winter Car Accessories Necessary to Deal with Late Cold Snap

Countless motorists have been caught out in the last few days because of the sudden return of very cold weather. Car parts retailer Euro Car Parts is keen to do its bit to make sure that drivers are prepared for the possibility of a cold snap at any time. This winter has been unusually mild so far and motorists have se ... Continue reading

Ford Credit Earns Full Year 2012 Pre-Tax Profit of $1.7 Billion, Net Income of $1.2 Billion*

Ford Credit Earns Full Year 2012 Pre-Tax Profit of $1.7 Billion, Net Income of $1.2 Billion*

Ford Motor Credit Company reported a pre-tax profit of $1.7 billion in 2012, compared with $2.4 billion a year earlier. The decrease in pre-tax earnings is more than explained by fewer lease terminations, which resulted in fewer vehicles sold at a gain, and lower financing margin as higher yielding assets originated in ... Continue reading

Ford Posts Highest Fourth Quarter Pre-Tax Profit in More Than a Decade; Full Year Pre-Tax Profit of $8 Billion and Net Income of $5.7 Billion+

Ford Posts Highest Fourth Quarter Pre-Tax Profit in More Than a Decade; Full Year Pre-Tax Profit of $8 Billion and Net Income of $5.7 Billion+

Strong full year pre-tax profit was $8 billion, or $1.41 per share, a decrease of $797 million from a year ago Full year net income was $5.7 billion, or $1.42 per share; excluding impact of 2011 changes in valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, full year 2012 net income was $307 million lower than 2011Â Po ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Teases "Space Babies" Super Bowl Ad Through Screenvision Theaters Nationwide

Kia Motors Teases "Space Babies" Super Bowl Ad Through Screenvision Theaters Nationwide

Kia Motors America (KMA) will be back in-cinema advertising for the premiere of its 2013 big game commercial. The fast-growing automaker will be running a 15-second teaser for its upcoming 60-second, "Space Babies," ad for the redesigned 2014 Sorento CUV on more than 14,000 screens in Screenvision's coast-to-coast, in- ... Continue reading

Auto Shoppers of All Ages in China Use the Internet

Auto Shoppers of All Ages in China Use the Internet

Auto shoppers of all ages in China are using the Internet to make auto buying decisions, according to Market Insight Corporation. Two-thirds of the auto shoppers visiting MyProductAdvisor.cn were age 30 or over in January 2013, up from January 2012 when about half of shoppers in China were 30 or over. 'The data suggest ... Continue reading

CarCharging Now Provides Electric Vehicle Charging Services at Harbor Bay Business Park in Alameda, CA

CarCharging Now Provides Electric Vehicle Charging Services at Harbor Bay Business Park in Alameda, CA

Car Charging Group, Inc., a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, through its partnership with Broadway Management, now provides EV charging services at Harbor Bay Business Park in Alameda, California. The Harbor Bay Business Park is nearly 325 acres and is home to over 100 companie ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group to Park Garage at 2013 Chicago Auto Show

Chrysler Group to Park Garage at 2013 Chicago Auto Show

1,015 sq.-ft. garage and more than 300 quality-tested Mopar performance parts and accessories Exhibit to feature the new Mopar '13, a Moparized all-new 2013 SRT Viper, and a full line of Mopar custom, commercial-grade cabinetry and toolboxes Chrysler Group LLC will feature a Mopar garage at this year's Chicago Auto Sho ... Continue reading

MG And Castrol Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

MG And Castrol Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

MG and Castrol have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement that will see the two companies working even closer together. ... Continue reading

Nissan Juke Nismo: The Design Story

Nissan Juke Nismo: The Design Story

Take something with a totally unique visual character... and then give it a new and exciting twist. That was the challenge facing Nissan's design team when creating the all-new Juke Nismo. ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Ice-Cool Mikkelsen Thrills The Crowds On An Arctic Adventure

Special Motorsports Event - Ice-Cool Mikkelsen Thrills The Crowds On An Arctic Adventure

Andreas Mikkelsen marked a brief return to SKODA with a crowd-pleasing second place finish on the Lapland Arctic Rally in Finland (25-26 Jan). ... Continue reading

Nissan Juke Nismo - Manufactured In The UK

Nissan Juke Nismo - Manufactured In The UK

Production of the new Nissan Juke Nismo at the company's state-of-the-art factory in Sunderland, UK, is now well underway. ... Continue reading

Bosch Accelerates Development Of Autonomous Driving

Bosch Accelerates Development Of Autonomous Driving

Bosch already provides high-performance assistance systems, including Adaptive Cruise Control and Predictive Emergency Braking System, to help drivers reach their destinations safely and more comfortably. ... Continue reading

The Strategic Cooperation Between Daimler And The Renault-Nissan Alliance Forms Agreement With Ford...

The Strategic Cooperation Between Daimler And The Renault-Nissan Alliance Forms Agreement With Ford...

Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have signed a unique three-way agreement to accelerate the commercialisation of fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology. ... Continue reading

Cliffhanger ending for Audi IRC Australian Championship

Cliffhanger ending for Audi IRC Australian Championship

The Audi IRC Australian Championship for 2013 has been decided with Geelong-based entry, Rob Hanna's 'Shogun V' hitting the jackpot in the Class A championship in a cliffhanger finish to the nine-race series. ... Continue reading

Opel's German Exchange Program: 24-hour Test Drives and Driveaway Pricing Across the Range

Opel's German Exchange Program: 24-hour Test Drives and Driveaway Pricing Across the Range

At Opel, Wir leben Autos - we live cars and now Opel are letting you live with one for 24 hours as part of the German Exchange Program. ... Continue reading

Stunning 'S-Code' Mustang in Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Auction

Stunning 'S-Code' Mustang in Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Auction

A stunning 1967 Ford Mustang GT Convertible fitted with the rare factory big-block 390-cid V8 'S-Code' engine and four-speed manual gearbox combination is a standout vehicle in Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Auction on February 18. ... Continue reading

A Day at Fisker with Fireball Tim

A Day at Fisker with Fireball Tim

By Fireball Tim Lawrence HOLLYWOOD USA - January 29, 2013: Monday was super cool, thanks to Alex Klatt of FISKER. He's the head honcho for their design team and despite the suit, is a rock n’ roller all the way. Scott Robertson, Daniel Simon and I went down to Anaheim to visit their top secret design facility and ... Continue reading

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