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Monday, July 30, 2012

Research and Markets: General Motors: Leading US Car Maker Emerges From Bankruptcy

Research and Markets: General Motors: Leading US Car Maker Emerges From Bankruptcy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "General Motors: Leading US Car Maker Emerges From Bankruptcy" report to their offering. 'General Motors: Leading US Car Maker Emerges From Bankruptcy' This Case Study examines the factors that led to US auto giant GM's bankruptcy in 2009, describes its rescue plan ... Continue reading

Automotive Performance Industries Revs Up Michigan's Specialty-Vehicle Business

Automotive Performance Industries Revs Up Michigan's Specialty-Vehicle Business

Automotive Performance Industries LLC (API) and its partner companies announced today that they expect to bring 300 new jobs to southeastern Michigan by the end of 2014 as they expand a specialty-vehicle business. Automotive Performance Industries is an umbrella company that consolidates auto suppliers working in the h ... Continue reading

ITW Global Brands Opens New Technology Center in Houston

ITW Global Brands Opens New Technology Center in Houston

ITW Global Brands, known for continuous innovation in leading automotive brands like Rain-, Black Magic, Gumout and Slick 50 has opened a new Technology Center in Houston to coordinate and accelerate new product research and development with ample room for future expansion. ... Continue reading

Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS awarded North Tarrant Express and LBJ Express Projects in North Texas

Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS awarded North Tarrant Express and LBJ Express Projects in North Texas

Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS, Inc., a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom AG has been selected to design, build, and integrate the Managed Lane System (MLS) for both the North Tarrant Express (NTE) and LBJ Express projects in Dallas and Tarrant Counties in North Texas. The project scope for Kapsch encompasses delivery of a Toll ... Continue reading

Clean Diesel Technologies Announces Honda Win

Clean Diesel Technologies Announces Honda Win

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. ("Clean Diesel" or the "Company"), a cleantech emissions control company, is pleased to announce that it has begun supplying catalysts for next-generation four- and six-cylinder Honda Accord models. The Company expects to announce additional model programs in 2013 as it continues close c ... Continue reading

New Mercedes A-Class Price Announced at GBP249 a Month and Available to Pre-Order Today

New Mercedes A-Class Price Announced at GBP249 a Month and Available to Pre-Order Today

The new A-Class price has just been announced, the striking hatchback priced from GBP18,945 on-the-road and now available to pre-order at our Mercedes-Benz retailers in Bishops Stortford, Hertford and Stevenage. Even better, enjoying the class-leading style and specification of the new A-Class doesn't have to come at a ... Continue reading

Ford's MyFord Mobile App and Batteries Allow Customers to Benefit from More Than 9,400 U.S. Public Charging Stations

Ford's MyFord Mobile App and Batteries Allow Customers to Benefit from More Than 9,400 U.S. Public Charging Stations

When using a 240-volt charger -- what most public stations deliver -- Ford Focus Electric can fully charge in four hours and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid can fully charge in two-and-a-half hours The MyFord Mobile app -- available through the App Store -- was developed by Ford engineers for Ford vehicles; it includes ... Continue reading

LoJack Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2012 Results Webcast And Conference Call

LoJack Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2012 Results Webcast And Conference Call

LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ GS: LOJN) announces the following webcast and conference call for its second quarter 2012 results on Thursday, August 2: TO BUSINESS EDITOR: What: LoJack Corp. to report second quarter 2012 results When: Thursday, August 2, 2012 -- 08:30AM EDT ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts to Report Second Quarter Results on August 9, 2012

Advance Auto Parts to Report Second Quarter Results on August 9, 2012

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories and maintenance items, will report its second quarter financial results before market open on Thursday, August 9, 2012. The Company will detail its results on a conference call scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern ... Continue reading

Randrianarison Named President of the Vehicle Group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Galvao Assumes Dual Leadership Role of Eaton's South American Businesses

Randrianarison Named President of the Vehicle Group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Galvao Assumes Dual Leadership Role of Eaton's South American Businesses

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has named Patrick Randrianarison president of the Vehicle Group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) effective August 1. In this role, Randrianarison will report to Ken Davis, president of Eaton's Vehicle Group, and will be based in Turin, Italy. He will be ... Continue reading

Michigan is Costliest State for Car Insurance, According to New State-by-State Research From CarInsuranceQuotes.com

Michigan is Costliest State for Car Insurance, According to New State-by-State Research From CarInsuranceQuotes.com

Michigan residents face the steepest car insurance cost burden in the nation, according to new research released today by CarInsuranceQuotes.com, a Bankrate company. The typical Michigan household pays a whopping eight percent of its annual income for car insurance. CarInsuranceQuotes.com divided the median cost for ca ... Continue reading

Stitcher Unveils Talk Radio's First Unique API to Further Evolve the Connected Car

Stitcher Unveils Talk Radio's First Unique API to Further Evolve the Connected Car

Stitcher Smart Radio, the mobile leader in on-demand news, entertainment, sports and talk radio announced the launch of talk radio's first API developed for the car, Stitcher Connect. The Stitcher Connect platform integrates all the great features of on demand radio directly into the automobile and launches in Chevrole ... Continue reading

TRW Subsidiary Settles Antitrust Case with U.S. Department of Justice

TRW Subsidiary Settles Antitrust Case with U.S. Department of Justice

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , the global leader in active and passive safety systems, today announced that its German subsidiary, TRW Deutschland Holding GmbH, has entered into a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") regarding certain antitrust violations. The subsidiary has agreed to plead guilty to ... Continue reading

USAA Selects VINtek for Automotive Collateral Management Services

USAA Selects VINtek for Automotive Collateral Management Services

VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management, electronic lien and title (ELT) services and direct finance processing for automotive lenders, announced that United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has moved the management of its automotive collateral portfolio to the company. 'We selected VINtek as our n ... Continue reading

U.S. Energy Initiatives Ready To Begin Shipments Of Fuel

U.S. Energy Initiatives Ready To Begin Shipments Of Fuel

U.S. ENERGY INITIATIVES CORP (USEI.OTC) today announces that it is ready to begin shipments of its fuel. The product is branded Singular 96. According to Anthony Miller, CEO, "our partnership has raised sufficient capital to begin shipments of our fuel and we are scheduling to ramp- up shipments to 24 loads per week, w ... Continue reading

Dana Introduces Multi-Layer Steel Transmission Separator Plates

Dana Introduces Multi-Layer Steel Transmission Separator Plates

As demands increase on powertrain performance, Dana Holding Corporation announced today that it has developed multi-layer steel (MLS) transmission separator plates capable of withstanding three times the sealing pressures of current products in the light-vehicle market. This technology also allows optimized channel pat ... Continue reading

Nationwide - Keselowski Wins Indy

Nationwide - Keselowski Wins Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, July 29, 2012: Brad Keselowski delivered a long-awaited stock car victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to legendary team owner Roger Penske, winning the inaugural Indiana 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday, July 28. Penske Racing has earned a record 15 Indianapolis 500 victories, but this wa ... Continue reading

FIA F1 - Hamilton Wins Hungary

FIA F1 - Hamilton Wins Hungary

Budapest, Jul. 29, 2012: It may have been a slow-burning affair, but Sunday's Hungarian race didn’t lack drama with Mclaren’s Lewis Hamilton expertly resisting pressure throughout from the Lotuses of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean to win from the front. On a day when the best that title contenders Fernand ... Continue reading

FIA GP3 - De Costa Does A Double In Race 2 At Hungary, Daly Finishes P9

FIA GP3 - De Costa Does A Double In Race 2 At Hungary, Daly Finishes P9

Budapest, Jul. 29, 2012: This is one weekend Portuguese driver Antonio Felix Da Costa won’t forget in hurry. After winning Race 1 yesterday, the Carlin driver started from eighth on the grid in a race dominated by strategy. He fought his way impressively through the field in the latter stages to produce a magical ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Second-Quarter 2012 Net Income Increased To $436 Million

Chrysler Group Second-Quarter 2012 Net Income Increased To $436 Million

Chrysler Group LLC net income was $436 million in the second quarter, a 141 percent improvement over the Adjusted Net Income(a) of $181 million a year ago Net revenue for the quarter was $16.8 billion, up 23 percent from $13.7 billion a year ago ... Continue reading

GM and Manchester United Announce Chevrolet as Shirt Sponsor

GM and Manchester United Announce Chevrolet as Shirt Sponsor

General Motors and Manchester United today announced that the world's most popular football club's shirt sponsor will be Chevrolet beginning with the 2014/2015 season. Chevrolet, the current Official Car Partner of the Club, will become only the fifth shirt sponsor in the Club's 134-year history. Announcing the deal, s ... Continue reading

Nissan Gives $150K To UTI Foundation

Nissan Gives $150K To UTI Foundation

Automaker Marks Fourth Year of Donations, Topping $600K Nissan Americas has donated another $150,000 to the Universal Technical Institute Foundation. The donation marks the fourth consecutive year that the automaker's charitable foundation has made a contribution to the UTI Foundation. It elevates Nissan's total charit ... Continue reading

TRW Pedestrian Protection Systems evolve to Meet Global Challenges

TRW Pedestrian Protection Systems evolve to Meet Global Challenges

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. is announcing its next generation Pedestrian Protection System (PPS) - a robust and reliable system using a combination of acceleration and pressure sensing technologies to detect a pedestrian impact. "While the auto industry continues its focus on reducing injuries in single and multiple ... Continue reading

Satellite Feed for 3M "The Global Learning Series" "Understanding Night Time Driving Safety"

Satellite Feed for 3M "The Global Learning Series" "Understanding Night Time Driving Safety"

“The Global Learning Series," the storied, education-focused web, cable and public television distributed program, will be offering a North American and Caribbean satellite feed on Tuesday July 31st from 11:00 -- 11:20 AM EDT, featuring 3M Company, in an episode called --“Understanding Night Time Driving Safety. ... Continue reading

New Audi R8 S Tronics Raise The Tempo For 2013 Model Year

New Audi R8 S Tronics Raise The Tempo For 2013 Model Year

The adrenaline-fuelling Audi R8 driving experience is about to be charged with even greater intensity by a new S tronic twin-clutch sports transmission delivering blink-of-an-eye gear shifts and improved sprinting ability. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Announces Significant Upgrades For The 2013 C-Class

Mercedes-Benz Announces Significant Upgrades For The 2013 C-Class

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a series of upgrades to the 2013 C-Class range, designed to appeal to both the corporate and retail markets. ... Continue reading

First Class In Every Situation

First Class In Every Situation

In the SUV world, the new GL-Class is setting new standards in comfort, dynamics, safety, elegance and efficiency and within this spectrum it is regarded as the S-Class among off-road vehicles. ... Continue reading

Swift Sport - Top Rated Sports Car From Carbuyer.Co.Uk

Swift Sport - Top Rated Sports Car From Carbuyer.Co.Uk

Following on from the award presented to Suzuki from Carbuyer.co.uk as the 'Best Hot Hatchback for 2012', Suzuki is pleased to announce that the Swift Sport has now been voted as the top rated car in its latest review of 30 Sports car models on sale also published this week in Auto Express magazine. ... Continue reading

The MacNeillie Legacy From 2012... A New, Secure London Facility, Mot Testing, Plus Holistic Asset Management

The MacNeillie Legacy From 2012... A New, Secure London Facility, Mot Testing, Plus Holistic Asset Management

MacNeillie is ready, fully prepared and under starters orders to deliver a significantly enhanced level of specialist service and support for its major customer fleets both during the Olympics and beyond. ... Continue reading

Free Mot With A Saab Fixed-Price Service

Free Mot With A Saab Fixed-Price Service

Saab Parts UK and its national network of Authorised Service Centres are pleased to offer all Saab owners a complimentary MoT in conjunction with an Oil or Annual service booked in August or September. ... Continue reading

Skoda Continues On Growth Course In First Half Of 2012

Skoda Continues On Growth Course In First Half Of 2012

Skoda increased its sales and financial results in the first half of 2012 ... Continue reading

Nissan Offers Chance to Glimpse into Your Future and Win a New Car Through FlashForward

Nissan Offers Chance to Glimpse into Your Future and Win a New Car Through FlashForward

Nissan Australia has launched a new online promotion that offers consumers a glimpse into their future, as well as the chance to win a new Nissan. ... Continue reading

Liberty Exiga Adds Seat, Not Price

Liberty Exiga Adds Seat, Not Price

Subaru's Model Year 2013 Liberty Exiga is now on sale with a seventh seat, while maintaining the current competitive price. ... Continue reading

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