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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Three of Eight Corvettes Removed from Museum Sinkhole: Remaining five buried classics expected to be removed over next 60 days

Three of Eight Corvettes Removed from Museum Sinkhole: Remaining five buried classics expected to be removed over next 60 days

Three of eight historic Corvettes that fell into a sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum last month are back on solid ground following delicate removal techniques on Monday and Tuesday. "The recovery of the first three cars went flawlessly, and the cars are in remarkably good shape," said John Spencer, manufactur ... Continue reading

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales Automakers Experience Flat Sales Month in February

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales Automakers Experience Flat Sales Month in February

“ The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today released February 2014 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents Am erica’s approximately 10,000 international nameplate franchises whose brands accounted for 53.2 percent of all vehicles sold in th ... Continue reading

Ford unveils three new King Ranch models launching this year: F-150, F-Series Super Duty and Expedition

Ford unveils three new King Ranch models launching this year: F-150, F-Series Super Duty and Expedition

HOUSTON--The introduction of the new Ford F-150, F-Series Super Duty and Expedition King Ranch® models celebrates an association with the iconic Texas ranch that spans 15 years. To mark the 15th anniversary of the relationship, a special photo shoot at the King Ranch was undertaken by Texas State Photographer Wyman ... Continue reading

New 2015 Ford F-Series Super Duty Will Deliver Best-in-Class Horsepower, Torque and Towing Capacity

New 2015 Ford F-Series Super Duty Will Deliver Best-in-Class Horsepower, Torque and Towing Capacity

Second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke® V8 turbo diesel boosts horsepower to a class-leading 440 horsepower; torque to class-leading 860 lb.-ft. for all models F-450 chassis upgrades raise maximum gooseneck trailer towing capacity to class-leading 31,200 pounds, fifth wheel towing capacity to class-leading 26,500 ... Continue reading

Perfect Storm Brewing in Venezuela: Oil industry needs long-term solutions, incentives to increase production; Automotive market may be in for a further drop in 2014

Perfect Storm Brewing in Venezuela: Oil industry needs long-term solutions, incentives to increase production; Automotive market may be in for a further drop in 2014

One year on from Hugo Chávez’s death, a “perfect storm is brewing in Venezuela,” according to Diego Moya-Ocampos, senior Latin America analyst at IHS Inc. , a leading global source of critical information and insight. “Due to new measures enacted by the Executive branch to control vehicle prices ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Opens Two America's Natural Gas Highway Stations, Expands CNG Network and Signs Multiple Fueling Agreements

Clean Energy Opens Two America's Natural Gas Highway Stations, Expands CNG Network and Signs Multiple Fueling Agreements

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced fueling has begun at its Valdosta, Ga., and London, Ohio, America’s Natural Gas Highway stations to serve Raven Transport and Epes’ fleets of heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks. An agreement with PECO, the largest electric and natural gas utility in Pennsylv ... Continue reading

Frost & Sullivan Sees Vehicle Sales in Thailand Declining 11.7 Per Cent in 2014 Due to Political Uncertainties

Frost & Sullivan Sees Vehicle Sales in Thailand Declining 11.7 Per Cent in 2014 Due to Political Uncertainties

Total vehicle sales in Thailand is expected to dip 11.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.175 million units in 2014 due to the current political turmoil and post-election uncertainties, says Frost & Sullivan. Mr. Dushyant Sinha, Associate Director, Automotive Practice, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan said that weak economic ... Continue reading

Special Product Line Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Iconic GEN II 426 Race HEMI Available from Mopar

Special Product Line Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Iconic GEN II 426 Race HEMI Available from Mopar

2014 marks 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Gen II 426 Race HEMI® engine Mopar created an exclusive merchandise product line with items featuring 50th anniversary HEMI logo to celebrate the iconic engine More than 50 unique HEMI anniversary merchandise items available at WearMopar.com With 2014 marking the ... Continue reading

Walgreens and Roush Fenway Racing Stage Season-Long "Race Around America" Fueled by Fan Input and Interaction

Walgreens and Roush Fenway Racing Stage Season-Long "Race Around America" Fueled by Fan Input and Interaction

Walgreens and Roush Fenway Racing have launched a partnership to stage "The Race Around America" Interactive Promotion Presented by Balance™ Financial Prepaid MasterCard from Walgreens. The multi-faceted campaign will be fueled by fan interaction, and will culminate with the awarding of the grand prize: the fully- ... Continue reading

2014 Mazda3 Review By Steve Purdy

2014 Mazda3 Review By Steve Purdy

2014 Mazda3 Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

New McLaren 650S Spider just as engaging on road and track as fixed-roof Coupé

New McLaren 650S Spider just as engaging on road and track as fixed-roof Coupé

0-100km/h (62 mph) takes 3.0 seconds, 0-200 km/h (124 mph) in 8.6 seconds No reduction in torsional strength due to unique carbon fibre MonoCell chassis; similar weight, too Two piece roof can be raised or lowered in less than 17 seconds on the move at speeds up to 30 km/h (19 mph) McLaren Automotive has now released i ... Continue reading

Suzuki at Geneva

Suzuki at Geneva

Suzuki Motor Corporation is unveiling the new European-specification CELERIO. The New CELERIO has been developed as an “A+ compact” car - a new type of A-segment vehicle which exceeds its category’s standards. The driver-friendly, compact size has not been compromised as regards best-in-class space and u ... Continue reading

Volvo's 3rd new concept car in 12-months, the Concept Estate, revealed at the Geneva International Motor Show today, featuring Bridge of Weir leather

Volvo's 3rd new concept car in 12-months, the Concept Estate, revealed at the Geneva International Motor Show today, featuring Bridge of Weir leather

The trio of concepts from Volvo mark a new generation of design from the company under Senior Vice President of Design, Thomas Ingenlath All the new concepts feature Bridge of Weir leather, marking 30 years of Volvo specifying the fine Scottish leather for its flagship products Bridge of Weir, Scotland, 4th March 2014 ... Continue reading

Jaguar XE: Premium Sports Sedan with State-of-the-Art 'Ingenium' Engine Family and Advanced Aluminium Construction Technology

Jaguar XE: Premium Sports Sedan with State-of-the-Art 'Ingenium' Engine Family and Advanced Aluminium Construction Technology

Jaguar announces the name of its all-new mid-sized premium sports sedan as the Jaguar XE The Jaguar XE will be the first aluminium monocoque product in the segment and is set to be the most advanced, efficient and refined sports sedan in its class This will be the first product from the new advanced aluminium architect ... Continue reading

The all-new Nissan Qashqai in Geneva

The all-new Nissan Qashqai in Geneva

All-new crossover icon enjoys excellent start in Europe Production fully underway at Nissan's Sunderland plant New Qashqai crowned Car of the Year 2014 by leading UK consumer brand What Car? Bold design combined with segment-leading technology Premium quality interior design, materials and specification Suite of techno ... Continue reading

World Car of the Year

World Car of the Year

For Immediate Release At a press conference hosted by Bridgestone Corporation and the New York International Auto Show at the Geneva International Motor Show, the top three finalists for the World Car of the Year, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design of the Year awards were anno ... Continue reading

Audi RS 5 DTM in Geneva

Audi RS 5 DTM in Geneva

2014 generation of the Championship winning car clearly more aggressive New season is under the motto of ‘title defence’ Audi CTO Hackenberg: “Motorsport accelerates development” Ingolstadt, March 4, 2014 – Audi has unveiled the new generation of the DTM Championship winning car at the Geneva M ... Continue reading

Nissan GT-R Nismo and Nissan BladeGlider

Nissan GT-R Nismo and Nissan BladeGlider

Geneva, Switzerland, 4th March 2014: Two of the biggest attractions of the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show have made the trip to Geneva to make their European debuts today. The thrilling GT-R Nismo is a thrilling race-inspired version of Nissan's legendary supercar, delivering 600PS (441kw) from advanced 3.8-litre twin-turbochar ... Continue reading

Nissan's Nismo range expands with an even more focused version of the new Juke compact crossover

Nissan's Nismo range expands with an even more focused version of the new Juke compact crossover

Power rises by 18PS to 218PS Torque increases by 30Nm to 280Nm (manual) Ride and handling enhanced Strengthened body structure Sports brakes and large diameter muffler Mechanical Limited slip differential standard on 2WD models Design changes include new V-motion grille, RS badges and red brake callipers, plus the opti ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled Ghost Series II in Geneva

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled Ghost Series II in Geneva

Goodwood Today at the 2014 Geneva Salon, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled Ghost Series II to the world. Ghost Series II delivers the latest industry-leading technology from Rolls-Royce clad in a subtle re-design. It exudes the timeless yet cool, modern luxury that the car’s customers – the Captains of Industry ... Continue reading

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