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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales March is Industry's Best Month in Five Years The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today released March 2013 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents America's approximately 10,000 in ... Continue reading

DUI Lawyer Virginia Landry Featured in Car and Driver Magazine

DUI Lawyer Virginia Landry Featured in Car and Driver Magazine

Virginia L. Landry of The Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry was featured as a "Top DUI Defense Attorney in 2013" in the May 2013 edition of Car and Driver magazine. The featured advertisement listed five total attorneys and law firms that were ranked as some of the best in the nation. Car and Driver magazine has a circ ... Continue reading

ADEPT Driver Encourages Californians to Focus on Safe Driving During National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Teen Safe Driving Week

ADEPT Driver Encourages Californians to Focus on Safe Driving During National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Teen Safe Driving Week

ADEPT Driver, a California company that develops proven crash reduction programs, called on all drivers to observe National Distracted Driving Awareness Month by putting away phones, food, iPods and other diversions that can distract from safe driving. "While it may be tempting to reach for your smartphone, eat, or do ... Continue reading

Digital Air Strike Named as 2013 Dealers' Choice Award Winner for Reputation Management

Digital Air Strike Named as 2013 Dealers' Choice Award Winner for Reputation Management

Digital Air Strike, the nation's leading automotive social media, online reputation and lead-response company, yesterday was named the Diamond Award Winner for Reputation Management in the 2013 Dealers' Choice Awards as awarded by Auto Dealer Monthly. This award is the highest honor given to any social media reputation ... Continue reading

Ram Truck Brand Brings Popular 'Ram Ride and Drive' Track to 'The ACM Experience,' April 5-7, at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Ram Truck Brand Brings Popular 'Ram Ride and Drive' Track to 'The ACM Experience,' April 5-7, at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Free 'Ram Ride and Drive' returns to Las Vegas for 'The ACM Experience' Test rides feature the 2013 Ram 1500 -- the 2013 Motor TrendTruck of the Year, North American Truck of the Year and Truck of Texas 25,000-square-foot track provides one-of-a-kind interactive experience for country music fans Ram sponsored Raminator ... Continue reading

Tenneco Supplying Emission Control Technologies on 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Tenneco Supplying Emission Control Technologies on 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Tenneco announced it is supplying key emission control technologies, including electrical valves, for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, one of the most highly anticipated vehicles debuting in 2013. Considered one of the key performance features of the car, the Corvette's exhaust system delivers a unique signature s ... Continue reading

Ford eNews -- April 3, 2013

Ford eNews -- April 3, 2013

PR Newswire DEARBORN, Mich., April 3, 2013 DEARBORN, Mich., April 3, 2013 -- Fusion, Escape achieve all-time record sales Ford's newest vehicles set all-time monthly sales records in March, driving Ford's best U.S. sales results since May 2007. Fusion posted all-time record monthly and quarterly sales volume, while Esc ... Continue reading

2013 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 Review By Steve Purdy

2013 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 Review By Steve Purdy

2013 GMC SIERRA DENALI 1500 AWD CREW CAB Review By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau When I mentioned at dinner the other night that I would be reviewing this beautiful pickup soon my tablemate, a lovely young PR gal, asked, “Why would anyone want to drive one of those things every day?” She obvi ... Continue reading

Best Automobile Web site of 2013 to be named by Web Marketing Association in 17th Annual WebAward Competition

Best Automobile Web site of 2013 to be named by Web Marketing Association in 17th Annual WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best automobile websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site developmentat www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including automobile web sites, ... Continue reading

Surprise! Americans Paid Less for Gasoline in First Quarter 2013, Says GasBuddy

Surprise! Americans Paid Less for Gasoline in First Quarter 2013, Says GasBuddy

Consumers in the U.S. saw gasoline prices steam to a record average price in February, but the motor fuel market cooled considerably in March. Contrary to public perception, average first quarter 2013 gas prices averaged below 2012 numbers, GasBuddy reported today. In fact, Americans paid about 30cts gal less for gasol ... Continue reading

What's in a Name? William Most Likely to Drive a Ferrari While Kate Prefers a Maserati

What's in a Name? William Most Likely to Drive a Ferrari While Kate Prefers a Maserati

Harry prefers the style of a Bentley, while Kim's car for dashing around in is a Lexus James most likely to drive a Alfa Romeo but Daniel prefers the reliability of a Volkswagen Analysis by MoneySupermarket.com reveals that the type of car you drive is not just a matter of personal choice, but can also be influenced by ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Appoints New North American Regional Director

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Appoints New North American Regional Director

Eric C. Shepherd has been appointed Regional Director for North America by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Shepherd replaces David Archibald who retires after 11 years of service to the company. The new appointment takes effect on 1 May 2013. Shepherd joins Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from Mercedes-Benz USA where he filled the role ... Continue reading

More Than 1,200 Students Gearing Up for Goodyear's Engineering Career Day

More Than 1,200 Students Gearing Up for Goodyear's Engineering Career Day

More than 1,200 students, parents and teachers from across the Akron/Cleveland area will visit Firestone High School on April 20, for the 13th annual Goodyear Engineering Career Day. During this competition, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will give away more than $30,000 in grant awards and scholarship money to stu ... Continue reading

Toyota and Discovery Education Announce Finalists for the Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge and Invite You to Choose the Winner Online

Toyota and Discovery Education Announce Finalists for the Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge and Invite You to Choose the Winner Online

Toyota and Discovery Education today announced the top ten finalists for the‚ Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge. Now in its second year, the contest challenges teens across the country to create two-minute videos to inspire their friends to drive more safely and avoid distractions. The contest is part of‚ Toyota Tee ... Continue reading

Ford Expands Environmentally Friendly 3-Wet Paint Capacity by 50 Percent Globally in 2013

Ford Expands Environmentally Friendly 3-Wet Paint Capacity by 50 Percent Globally in 2013

Ford is adding four more plants to its network of manufacturing operations that use its industry-leading 3-Wet paint process; the process will be added to two facilities in the United States, as well as one in China and one in Spain Ford, which was the first automaker to implement the high-solids solvent-borne 3-Wet te ... Continue reading

Erie Insurance releases police data on top 10 driving distractions involved in fatal car crashes

Erie Insurance releases police data on top 10 driving distractions involved in fatal car crashes

- Of the more than 65,000 people killed in car crashes over the past two years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers was distracted. That's according to police report data analyzed by Erie Insurance in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a nationwide census of fatal motor vehicle traff ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Partners With POPSUGAR Circle Of Moms To Produce Online Webisodes Geared Towards Mothers

Kia Motors Partners With POPSUGAR Circle Of Moms To Produce Online Webisodes Geared Towards Mothers

Kia Motors America (KMA), and POPSUGAR, Inc., a leading women's lifestyle brand, announced today the launch of "POPSUGAR Circle of Moms, Everyday Answers," a series of online episodes geared towards mothers. Featuring celebrity mom and reality star Tia Mowry, the series of eight online episodes will feature Mowry and m ... Continue reading

Three Out of Four Cars Need Service

Three Out of Four Cars Need Service

If you own a vehicle, chances are it needs some work, according to the Car Care Council. National Car Care Month in April is the ideal time to give your car some extra attention. The results of vehicle inspections held at community car care events across the country during Car Care Months in April and October 2012 reve ... Continue reading

All-New Ford Fusion Set to Sail the High Seas as Part of Ford's Involvement with the Tom Joyner Foundation

All-New Ford Fusion Set to Sail the High Seas as Part of Ford's Involvement with the Tom Joyner Foundation

This weekend the 2013 Ford Fusion will cruise the high seas of the Caribbean Islands with a "purpose." The Fusion will sail for eight days and seven nights aboard the 2013 Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage, as part of Ford's relationship with the Tom Joyner Foundation. This marks the seventh consecutive year Ford has been th ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda6 Helps Fleets Limit April Tax Rise Impact

All-New Mazda6 Helps Fleets Limit April Tax Rise Impact

Changes to Capital Write Down Allowances on April 1 impacting on company cars, business costs and cash flow irrespective of whether organisations buy or lease their company cars, play to the low carbon dioxide (CO2) emission strengths of the all-new Mazda6. ... Continue reading

Alnwick Man Leads Incredible Double-Life

Alnwick Man Leads Incredible Double-Life

A Northumberland man has clocked-up an incredible 10,000 car sales...while holding down a full-time job as an ambulance driver and paramedic. ... Continue reading

BMW Australia Expands Dealer Network

BMW Australia Expands Dealer Network

BMW Group Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Waverley BMW as the newest authorised BMW dealership in Melbourne. ... Continue reading

New Honda CR-Z Delivers More

New Honda CR-Z Delivers More

Honda's innovative and sporty hybrid, the CR-Z, now has a new look and increased performance. ... Continue reading

Evans Wants To Break All-Time Record With Eight Wins From Eight Starts

Evans Wants To Break All-Time Record With Eight Wins From Eight Starts

Eli Evans of Evans Motorsport is hoping to break the all-time record at this weekend's Quit Forest Rally, by winning eight rallies from eight starts in his Honda Jazz. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Lights up Milan with Innovative Installation Art

Hyundai Lights up Milan with Innovative Installation Art

April Hyundai is set to mark its third consecutive year of involvement in Milan Design Week with an exciting and interactive light installation, inspired by the brand's fluidic sculpture design language. ... Continue reading

BMW Group Australia Announces the New 3 Series 316i Entry Level Variant

BMW Group Australia Announces the New 3 Series 316i Entry Level Variant

BMW Group Australia has announced a new entry level variant for its iconic 3 Series range. Powered by a gutsy 1.6-litre engine, and enjoying the high level of specifications customers expect from any BMW, the new 316i is priced at a very accessible $50,900. ... Continue reading

Holden Barina CDX will be First Car in Australia to get Siri Eyes Free Integration

Holden Barina CDX will be First Car in Australia to get Siri Eyes Free Integration

Holden has today confirmed that the Barina CDX is the first car in Australia to offer full Siri Eyes Free Integration. ... Continue reading

Safety Beyond Stars: Global Ratings Confirm Volvo Cars' Safety Leadership

Safety Beyond Stars: Global Ratings Confirm Volvo Cars' Safety Leadership

Every year is a safety year at Volvo Cars. The company is working towards the vision that by 2020, nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo - and data from independent rating institutes all over the world emphasise and reinforce this life-saving philosophy. ... Continue reading

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