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2013 Dodge Avenger Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Dodge Avenger Review By Steve Purdy

2013 DODGE AVENGER SE V6 A LITTLE CHARGER By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau One of the few midsize sedans from a mainstream manufacturer that has not been fully updated is our test car this week – the Dodge Avenger, front-wheel drive, 5-passenger family sedan. It’s just a bit long in the tooth ... Continue reading

Ford Sponsors Innovation Conference

Ford Sponsors Innovation Conference

Boing Boing, the Internet's favorite technology/culture website, Federated Media Publishing, the conversational marketing pioneer, and Ford Motor Company, an automotive technology leader and the first automaker to open source the car, announced Boing Boing: Ingenuity today. This two-day celebration of innovation begins ... Continue reading

Korean New Car Assessment Program (KNCAP) Grants Chevrolet Trax Top Safety Rating

Korean New Car Assessment Program (KNCAP) Grants Chevrolet Trax Top Safety Rating

Achieves best score ever in pedestrian protection Follows five-star safety rating from Euro NCAP Seoul “ Chevrolet's all-new small SUV, the Trax, was awarded the top safety rating by the Korean New Car Assessment Program (KNCAP), which released its latest results today. It received 93.5 points in the testing of new ve ... Continue reading

2013 Mazda CX-9 7 Passenger Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Mazda CX-9 7 Passenger Review By Steve Purdy

2013 MAZDA CX9 A Nice Three-row Hauler By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau For those who need – or want – a three-row, 7- or 8-passenger people mover there is no shortage of choices, from the luxury Audi Q7 to the popularly priced Mitsubishi Outlander and lots of choices in-between. (7-8 Passeng ... Continue reading

USW, Bridgestone-Firestone Reach Tentative Agreement

USW, Bridgestone-Firestone Reach Tentative Agreement

The United Steelworkers (USW) have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Bridgestone-Firestone covering 4,500 workers at six facilities. The union and the tire company had been working since June on a new collective bargaining agreement. The previous contract expired on Saturday. "This agreemen ... Continue reading

USW, BF Goodrich Reach Tentative Contract Settlement

USW, BF Goodrich Reach Tentative Contract Settlement

The United Steelworkers (USW) have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with BF Goodrich covering 2,400 workers at facilities in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Fort Wayne, Ind. The union and the tire company had been working since June on a new collective bargaining agreement. The previous contract expired ... Continue reading

How to Keep Children Safe When Babysitter is Driving

How to Keep Children Safe When Babysitter is Driving

For some parents, just leaving the kids with a babysitter or nanny can be a nerve-racking experience. But it can be several times more distressing when the babysitter is also responsible for chauffeuring the kids around town. ... Continue reading

VOXX International Corporation Announces Results From Its Fiscal 2013 Annual Meeting Of Stockholders

VOXX International Corporation Announces Results From Its Fiscal 2013 Annual Meeting Of Stockholders

VOXX International Corporation , today announced that all corporate proposals were approved at the Company's fiscal 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders which was held on July 24, 2013. The items voted upon included the election of Directors and the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registe ... Continue reading

TRW Starts Production Of 24 GHz Radar On Citroen C4 Picasso

TRW Starts Production Of 24 GHz Radar On Citroen C4 Picasso

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has started production of its 'AC100' 24 GHz forward-looking radar on the new PSA Platform 'EMP2'. The first vehicle is the Citroen C4 Picasso which has recently launched this summer, and will be followed at the end of 2013 by the new Peugeot 308. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Bring Passion for Health and Wellness

Chrysler Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Bring Passion for Health and Wellness

Companies to create an interactive health pavilion experience at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention Pavilion will feature health, nutrition, and exercise education programs in an engaging demonstration of best practices in health and wellness ... Continue reading

2014 BMW i3 Specs, Details and Performance Data

2014 BMW i3 Specs, Details and Performance Data

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. July 29, 2013; BMW today introduced the all-new BMW i3 electric car, constructed in a revolutionary way from next-generation materials. 2014 BMW i3 Specs, Details and Performance Data, The BMW i3 will go on sale in the US market in the second quarter of 2014, and starts with a base MSRP of $41,350, ... Continue reading

Mini Vision Design for New Generation - "Keep the fire burning" +VIDEO

Mini Vision Design for New Generation - "Keep the fire burning" +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel MUNICH, July 26, 2013. Mini has showed us its design direction for the near future. The very near future indeed, as the first model of the next generation will be unveiled before the end of this year. At yesterday’s MINI Design@Home event in the lion’s d ... Continue reading

Frost & Sullivan Presents 2012 United States Overall Best Brand of Automotive Batteries Award to Interstate

Frost & Sullivan Presents 2012 United States Overall Best Brand of Automotive Batteries Award to Interstate

Survey shows that Interstate Batteries offers the highest quality among suppliers of batteries to U.S. automotive technicians On the basis of Frost & Sullivan's review of United States automotive technicians' ratings of automotive batteries, Interstate Batteries emerged as the overwhelming leader. One out of every two ... Continue reading

2014 Jaguar F-TYPE Daily Rental In Europe

2014 Jaguar F-TYPE Daily Rental In Europe

First Jaguar two-seater sports car in 50 years stars in the new Hertz Dream Collection in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands -- The Hertz Corporation , the world's leading general use car rental brand, now offers the Jaguar F-TYPE, the award winning, two-seat convertible, for rental in Belgium, France ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Electric Vehicles 2013 Report: Revived Government Incentives Expected to Help Electric Auto-makers Deal with Market Barriers

Research and Markets: Electric Vehicles 2013 Report: Revived Government Incentives Expected to Help Electric Auto-makers Deal with Market Barriers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Revived Government Incentives Expected to Help Electric Auto-makers Deal with Market Barriers" report to their offering. 'Revived Government Incentives Expected to Help Electric Auto-makers Deal with Market Barriers' Increasing concerns for the environment and ste ... Continue reading

MetLife Unveils Innovative Electric Car Charging Program for Its Employees at 14 U.S. Campuses

MetLife Unveils Innovative Electric Car Charging Program for Its Employees at 14 U.S. Campuses

MetLife, Inc. , an official partner of the U.S. Department of Energy's Workplace Charging Challenge, has installed innovative electric car charging stations at company offices for employees to power up their plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) during the workday. ... Continue reading

LoJack Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2013 Results Webcast And Conference Call

LoJack Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2013 Results Webcast And Conference Call

LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ GS: LOJN) announces the following webcast and conference call for its second quarter 2013 results on Tuesday, August 6, 2013: What: LoJack Corp. to report second quarter 2013 results When: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 -- 08:30 AM ET How: To listen to the live webcast, visit: http://investors.lojac ... Continue reading

World Premiere BMW i3, New York City, 29 July 2013

World Premiere BMW i3, New York City, 29 July 2013

Statement by Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG Ladies and Gentlemen, Innovation drives change. And truly revolutionary innovations can even transform society. There is a powerful idea behind them – and a strong desire to create something better for tomorrow. This is why we are he ... Continue reading

Newest Masterpiece from Lexani Motorcars is Reale Customized Armored Mercedes-Benz Motor Coach

Newest Masterpiece from Lexani Motorcars is Reale Customized Armored Mercedes-Benz Motor Coach

Lexani Motorcars, the internationally recognized leader in customized luxury coaches, has introduced its newest masterpiece, the Reale ”a beautiful armored Mercedes-Benz B6 Sprinter for the ultimate in personal security. The spacious interior, lined with Alcantara suede, features handcrafted fine leather seats, a gall ... Continue reading

BMW i3 World Premiere in New York, London and Beijing

BMW i3 World Premiere in New York, London and Beijing

Series version of the BMW i3 unveiled simultaneously worldwide - Reithofer: BMW i3 is a great leap forward - BMW i3 sets new benchmark for sustainable mobility - Already more than 90,000 requests for test drives The BMW Group debuted the series version of its innovative electric vehicle, the BMW i3, simultaneously in N ... Continue reading

Buy Tires Online Tires-easy Online Shop

Buy Tires Online Tires-easy Online Shop

BENICIA, Calif.--Tires-easy.com online store in the US, part of Europe’s largest web based tire retailing group Delticom, has re-designed its store website. Tires-easy.com offers a full range of tires, including car/passenger tires, truck tires, all season tires and tires for motorcycles, for almost all ... Continue reading

Simeone Automotive Museum - Racing Solutions for 1954

Simeone Automotive Museum - Racing Solutions for 1954

Racing Solutions for 1954 By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_3444) The Simeone Automotive Museum is one of the few museums in the world where visitors can stand up close, and also see, hear, and smell famous race cars run. A late-July, slightly overcast, 80 degree Saturday made for a g ... Continue reading

Peugeot Pocket Racing: A Performance Boost For The Gaming Generation

Peugeot Pocket Racing: A Performance Boost For The Gaming Generation

Peugeot's performance cars have been grabbing global headlines in recent weeks. The 208 T16 was a stunning success at Pikes Peak in Colorado, while the Goodwood Festival of Speed marked the debut of the RCZ R. ... Continue reading

50th Anniversary Celebrations For Porsche 911 Continue At Silverstone Classic

50th Anniversary Celebrations For Porsche 911 Continue At Silverstone Classic

In an exciting initiative to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 911, Porsche Cars GB is racing a classic example of the iconic sports coupe in Historic motor sport this year. ... Continue reading

Toyota Weaves Past Glories Into Future Technology

Toyota Weaves Past Glories Into Future Technology

Weaving is where it all began for Toyota in the 19th century and it still has a place in the company's latest technology advances, as its contribution to a new Design Museum show demonstrates. ... Continue reading

Honda Tops What Car? Reliability Chart For Eight Years Running

Honda Tops What Car? Reliability Chart For Eight Years Running

Honda has once again been named the most reliable car manufacturer in the annual What Car? and Warranty Direct Reliability Survey. ... Continue reading

European Premiere For Subaru WRX Concept At Frankfurt Motor Show

European Premiere For Subaru WRX Concept At Frankfurt Motor Show

The Subaru WRX concept vehicle - first shown earlier this year at the New York International Auto Show - will make its European debut at the 65th Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday 10 September. ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan Sells its 100,000th Zero-Emission Car

Renault-Nissan Sells its 100,000th Zero-Emission Car

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 100,000th zero-emission car. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Australia Appoints Media and Public Relations Officer

Volkswagen Group Australia Appoints Media and Public Relations Officer

Volkswagen Group Australia has appointed Alicia Howard to the position of Media and Public Relations Officer. ... Continue reading

Scrum Down: Volvo to be Lead Sponsor of NSW Waratahs

Scrum Down: Volvo to be Lead Sponsor of NSW Waratahs

Volvo has today extended its support of the NSW Waratahs, announcing that it will step up to become the team's principal sponsor from next season. ... Continue reading

CLS 63 AMG 'S' -The Benchmark

CLS 63 AMG 'S' -The Benchmark

Perpetuating the success of the CLS 63 AMG, the new Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG 'S' sets new standards in design, performance and efficiency. ... Continue reading

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