As Predicted by The Auto Channel, Hugo Chavez Blames America for His Cancer
On September 29th of this year, TheAutoChannel.com published a story predicting that Chavez would blame America AUTO CENTRAL - December 29, 2011: In a Huffington Post story yesterday, Venezuelan weasel and dictator Hugo Chavez finally got around to blaming (although surrepticiously) the United States for his cancer. Th ... Continue reading
AutoChina International Limited (OTC: AUTCF), China's largest commercial vehicle sales, servicing, leasing, and support network, today reported its second quarter financial results ended June 30, 2011, and third quarter and nine month financial results ended September 30, 2011 (see attached tables). AutoChina also file ... Continue reading
NHTSA INVESTIGATION: INFINITI M45
Vehicle Make / Model / Year(s): INFINITI / M45 2003-2004 Manufacturer : NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. NHTSA Action Number : PE11038 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Component(s) : FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM Date Investigation Opened : December 14, 2011 Date Investigation Closed : Open Summary: The Offi ... Continue reading
NHTSA INVESTIGATION: FORD FREESTAR, MERCURY MONTEREY
Vehicle Make / Model/ Year(s): FORD / FREESTAR 2004 MERCURY / MONTEREY 2004 Manufacturer : FORD MOTOR COMPANY NHTSA Action Number : PE11039 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Component(s) : SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE:BODY LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Date Investigation Opened : December 21, 2011 Date Investigation Clo ... Continue reading
Ford Product Award to Superlift's Matchbox Car
Superlift received a Ford Product Excellence Award for its efforts on the Matchbox F-350 Brush Truck, which debuted in Ford's booth at the 2011 SEMA Show. Matchbox designers created the concept for the vehicle. Superlift's R&D department then turned the toy rendering into reality using a 2011 Ford F-350. Limited-editio ... Continue reading
NHTSA INVESTIGATION : CHEVROLET EXPRESS
Vehicle Make / Model/ Year(s): CHEVROLET / EXPRESS 2003 CHEVROLET / EXPRESS 1500 2003 CHEVROLET / EXPRESS 2500 2003 CHEVROLET / EXPRESS 3500 2003 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS LLC NHTSA Action Number : PE11040 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Date Investigation Opened : December 14, 2011 Date Investigation Closed : O ... Continue reading
The Sun Sets on the Lincoln Town Car. What Will the Dawn Bring?
For the luxury transportation industry, the discontinuation of the Lincoln Town Car marks the end of an era. Since the 1990s, the Lincoln Town Car has been the flagship of limousine companies' fleets. In 2010, however, Lincoln announced they would cease production of the Town Car series, leaving the luxury transportati ... Continue reading
2011 Editors Picks - IndyCar Suggests That The Track Did It...
By its very nature, today's tendency toward political correctness has become an intellectual blight on this country. Illustrations of this malignancy abound and range from political policies based on zero accountability for decisions made by public servants, to sports figures who offer cardboard cut-outs of what leader ... Continue reading
Vehicle Make / Model/ Year(s): CHEVROLET / CAPTIVA 2011-2012 Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC Mfr's Report Date: DEC 19, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V591000 NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID Potential Number of Units Affected: 3,150 Summary: GENERAL MOTORS (GM ... Continue reading
RECALL: NISSAN FRONTIER, NV, PATHFINDER, XTERRA; INFINITI FX, M
Vehicle Make / Model/ Year(s): INFINITI / FX 2011 INFINITI / M 2012 NISSAN / FRONTIER 2012 NISSAN / NV 2012 NISSAN / PATHFINDER 2011-2012 NISSAN / XTERRA 2011-2012 Manufacturer: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. Mfr's Report Date: DEC 19, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V592000 NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: ENGINE AND ... Continue reading
Vehicle Make / Model: CADILLAC / SRX Model Year(s): 2010-2011 Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC Mfr's Report Date: DEC 20, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V595000 NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Potential Number of Units Affected: 8,789 Summary: GENERAL MOTORS (GM) IS RECALLING CE ... Continue reading
Vehicle Make / Model: SUZUKI / EQUATOR Model Year(s): 2011-2012 Manufacturer: AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. Mfr's Report Date: DEC 19, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V593000 NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Potential Number of Units Affected: 73 Summary: SUZUKI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YE ... Continue reading
Vehicle Make / Model: Model Year(s): FISKER / KARMA 2012 Manufacturer: FISKER AUTOMOTIVE, INC. Mfr's Report Date: DEC 21, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V598000 N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERY: PROPULSION SYSTEM Potential Number of Units Affected: 239 Summary: FISKER IS RECALLING CE ... Continue reading
The Pennsylvania State Police recently participated in a five-day enforcement effort inspecting motor coaches, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan announced today. State and municipal motor carrier enforcement personnel, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh police officers and Public Utility Commission staff, inspe ... Continue reading
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Toyota Motor Corp. , Citigroup Inc. , Bank of America Corp. , Wells Fargo & Co. ... Continue reading
Autobytel Donates to Families Forward
In the spirit of the holiday season, Autobytel Inc. employees participated in a food drive event to benefit Families Forward, an Orange County nonprofit that assists families in financial crisis. Initiated by the company's Good Works Council, Autobytel employees were challenged to raise food donations for the organizat ... Continue reading
2011 Editors Picks - Female Racers Still Looking For Respect
<b>Commentary by Rick Carlton</b> <i>Orginally published January 2011</i> According to the National Women In Racing Directory, at the end of Q4 there were 1,819 drivers actively participating in sanctioned events at all levels of motorsport. However, in investigating the database, the number of recurrent top or develop ... Continue reading
Indy Lights - Carbone Returns To Schmidt Motorsports For 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28, 2011: One of the key ingredients to winning a motorsports championship is team continuity, and Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) will have that in 2012 when Victor Carbone returns as the driver of the No. 3 Nevoni/SSM Dallara in Firestone Indy Lights, which begins March 25 with the Honda Grand Prix o ... Continue reading
BP Joins GE, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, and NRG Energy in Investing in Cool Planet BioFuels
Cool Planet BioFuels, Inc. today announced that BP Technology Ventures has made an investment in the company's C Round along with follow on investments by the company's current investors, General Electric, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, NRG and North Bridge Venture Partners. The C Round was led by Shea Ventures. Cool ... Continue reading
CODA Automotive Selects Marvin K. Brown as Exclusive San Diego Dealer
CODA Automotive, a leading developer of all-electric vehicles, today announced its intention to make Marvin K. Brown its exclusive dealer partner in San Diego County when it initiates consumer sales of CODA sedans. As CODA's first anticipated dealer partner, Marvin K. Brown would open CODA-branded showrooms throughout ... Continue reading
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Detroit Chapter, a 300 member nonprofit business organization of merger and acquisition professionals, and the Turnaround Management Association Detroit Chapter will host a meeting entitled Automotive Outlook, 7 am to 9 am, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Glen Oaks Country Club, 30 ... Continue reading
Make Your 2012 Traffic Safety Resolutions
It's New Year's Resolution time again! Every year around now people look at what they have done wrong in the past year and resolve to do it right, or perhaps start up a new habit or activity that will make their life (or somebody else's life) better. For the second year, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) ha ... Continue reading
If Iran Moves, the USA Has No Plan for an Oil Interruption +VIDEO
How to Save America When the Oil Stops - or the Day Before (Dialog Press). Buy it here. It will come as a shock to most Americans, but no presidential candidate -- nor any candidate, nor any local, state or federal government -- has developed a contingency plan in the event of a protracted oil cut-off. It is not even b ... Continue reading
2012 Honda Civic EX-L with Navi Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Honda Civic Sedan EX-L Navi When the 2012 Honda Civic debuted partway through 2011, somewhat surprisingly it did not get rave reviews. And not just from the enthusiast press, but from consumer-oriented publications as well. Complaints seemed to center around the newest, ninth- ... Continue reading
2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco Gets Ready to Hit the Stores +VIDEO
;First of the all-new, eighth-generation 2013 Malibu lineup to arrive in dealer showrooms - on sale in Q1 2012. First Chevrolet with fuel-saving eAssist technology, enabling GM-estimated fuel economy of 25 city / 37 highway - for the most fuel-efficient Malibu ever. Quietest Chevrolet in history, thanks to sound-reduci ... Continue reading
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