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API Announces Improved Engine Oil Standards

API Announces Improved Engine Oil Standards

PPI-API-Header.jpg 202.682.8114 | press@api.org (mailto:press@api.org) API Announces Improved Engine Oil Standards First Licensing for GF-6A, GF-6B and API SP set for May 1, 2020 WASHINGTON – June 5, 2019 – Today, API announced the approval of improved performance standards for engine oils that will provi ... Continue reading

2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, Jeep® Compass and Fiat 500L Earn Top Honors From Automotive Science Group

2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, Jeep® Compass and Fiat 500L Earn Top Honors From Automotive Science Group

FCA US vehicles earned four awards from the Automotive Science Group (ASG) in their 2019 Automotive Performance Index™ (API) study. 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid wins Best All-around Performance Award from Automotive Science Group for the third consecutive year, continuing to lead the minivan segment Pacifica Hybrid ... Continue reading

Looking Back - The Federal-Aid Highway Act Signed: June 29, 1956

Looking Back - The Federal-Aid Highway Act Signed: June 29, 1956

Special to The Auto Channel By Jenny Ashcraft Courtesy of Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com On June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, also known as the National Interstate Defense Highways Act, creating a 41,000-mile system of interstate highways that would forever change travel ... Continue reading

LMC Asks: Are We Still Keeping Up With The Premium Car Joneses?

LMC Asks: Are We Still Keeping Up With The Premium Car Joneses?

Special to The Auto Channel LMC Automotive Sammy Chan, Analyst Premium Car market share in Europe has, generally, been on a steady incline over the last couple of decades. In the 2000-2010 period, Premium market share of European Passenger Cars grew from 15% to 18%. By the end of 2018, this stood at 22%. A closer look, ... Continue reading

Introducing the 2020 Yamaha Star Venture Transcontinental Tourer +VIDEO

Introducing the 2020 Yamaha Star Venture Transcontinental Tourer +VIDEO

Yamaha Motor Corporation has introduced the 2020 Star Venture, a luxurious, technologically advanced transcontinental touring motorcycle that offers riders the opportunity to journey further than ever before. The Star Venture incorporates convenient features like Sure-Park forward and reverse parking assist, dual-zone ... Continue reading

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