Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Subaru Launches the Next Generation of its STARLINK Infotainment System

Clarion Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of premium in-vehicle electronics, and Subaru of America today announced the debut of the Subaru STARLINK infotainment system, utilizing Clarion's Smart Access platform, in all 2015 model year Subaru Legacy and Outback models. Co-developed by Clarion and Subaru, ST ... Continue reading

MADD Urges Texas Parents to Send a Clear "No Alcohol" Message to Underage Children Before They Head Back to School

Before teens head back to school, MADD is calling on Texas parents to talk with their kids about the dangers of drinking underage – before another adult does. MADD encourages families to use resources from MADD's Power of Parents program to learn ways to empower their children to say no to alcohol. It is particula ... Continue reading

Honda Launches Summer #Cheerance Event Spreading Cheer to Three Million People through Five-Day Honda Summer Clearance Event

Multifaceted, large-scale effort across Twitter, Facebook and YouTube includes real-world stunts, comedy and concerts August 4-8 - Honda will donate $100,000 to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation - 'Summer Cheerance' to feature videos from YouTube superstar, Andrew Hales - Campaign to include TV spots, print, digital ... Continue reading

car2go Launches "ride2provide" To Help car2go Communities To Work Together To Give Back

car2go Launches #ride2provide to Help Members to Work Together To Give Back – car2go To Donate Directly to .@WholePlanet car2go North America LLC, the fastest-growing global carsharing company, announced that it has launched "ride2provide," a donation feature to be integrated into the car2go mobile app for iPhone ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Wins 2014 Altair Enlighten Award for Innovation in Automotive Vehicle Lightweighting

Altair today announced that luxury sport vehicle maker, Jaguar Land Rover, has won the 2014 Altair Enlighten Award competition for the development and implementation of its premium lightweight architecture design concept on the latest Range Rover vehicles. The award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Autom ... Continue reading

Fremont to Host Free Electric Vehicle Test-Drive Event

The "Experience Electric – The Better Ride" campaign will offer free test drives of the latest electric vehicles (EVs) on Saturday, August 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pacific Commons Shopping Center at 43484 Boscell Road in Fremont. The ride-and-drive event will feature the yet-to-be-released Volkswagen E-Gol ... Continue reading

2015 Volkswagen Golf and GTI Introduction By Thom Cannell

By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel The hatchback revolution Volkswagen started back in 1974 has returned for its seventh generation. Indeed, the VW Golf is back in its seventh set of new threads and it is renewed from tires to sunroof. Available in two-door and four-door versions, the 2015 G ... Continue reading

Porsche at Monterey Car Week

The Monterey Peninsula, located along California's picturesque central coastline, plays host to one of the greatest gatherings of automobile tradition and motorsport heritage each August. Once again, Porsche is taking its rightful place among this one-of-a-kind extravaganza of famous brands, priceless cars, their proud ... Continue reading

2014 Volvo S60 T5 Review By Carey Russ

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AARP Members Offered A Smarter Way To Reduce Driving Costs With A Membership Discount From Zipcar

AARP's 38 million members now have access to cost-effective and convenient 'wheels when you want them' at an exclusively discounted annual rate, thanks to a new agreement with Zipcar, the world's leading membership-based car sharing network. AARP members new to Zipcar save $20 off the regular $60 annual membership fee, ... Continue reading

Comedians and Actors Craig Robinson and Jake Johnson Star in New Advertising Campaign for the Dodge Dart

Humorous 'Don't Touch My Dart' campaign tells story of a neighbor's pride and respect for his new Dodge Dart, and his friend's relentless desire to touch it Nearly two dozen broadcast and digital spots of varying lengths will air, including several running on CollegeHumor.com through an exclusive partnership Campaign k ... Continue reading

Ford to Present $30,000 to Winner of Community Leader of the Year Award During Neighborhood Awards This Weekend

2014 marks Ford's eighth consecutive year as title sponsor of the 2014 Neighborhood Awards hosted by Steve Harvey, comedian and best-selling author - Ford will present the winner of the Community Leader of the Year Award with a check for $30,000 to be used as a donation to his or her nonprofit organization of choice - ... Continue reading

July 2014 U.S.Sales Results

Incentives Drive Hot July Sales High end-of-model-year incentives helped drive sales to healthy heights in July. Across the board, incentives were up eight percent from July 2013, averaging $2,774 per vehicle. Mazda’s sales were up 17 percent, Nissan’s were up 11.5 percent, and Toyota saw an 11.6 percent impr ... Continue reading

2014 Mazda Mazda6 Rocky Mountain Review

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Given recent concessions to fuel economy, there are a lot of vehicles coming onto the market which are fun, but not in the traditional sense of big-power-must-go-fast. The 2014 Mazda6 is a perfect example of this trend. All-new for 2014, we found this new family sedan ... Continue reading

Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster Will Be Revealed at Pebble Beach

Most potent, fastest and fastest-accelerating series production roadster in Aston Martin history set for Pebble Beach bow To be joined by stunning Design Prototype 100 – DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo New cars shown at the exclusive Aston Martin Estate; host to more than 1,000 customers 4 August 2014 – Aston Mart ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Announces Three Product Debuts

Global debut of the new 550HP high-performance Range Rover Sport SVR U.S. production version of F-TYPE Project 7 to debut Global debut of first prototype of new Lightweight E-type vehicles - the “missing” six Lightweights that were never built from the intended 18-car series. Jaguar Land Rover to reveal all t ... Continue reading

Mazda Achieves Record Profits-- Up 54% this Fiscal Year

Ultra-efficient SKYACTIV technology models fuel growth Full-year forecasts set to remain unchanged Coming off its best year ever, Mazda Motor Corporation’s first-quarter results confirmed its target of setting another new profit record for the current fiscal year. On the strength of its SKYACTIV Technology-based m ... Continue reading

Road Trip in Honda's All-New Race-Liveried Caravan

Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal arrive at Snetterton with caravan in tow New contender takes to the track on BTCC race day Honda Yuasa Racing-liveried Bailey caravan a hit with both drivers It is no secret that Honda Yuasa Racing team-mates Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal are buddies away from the racetrack as well as on it, ... Continue reading

Sing While You're Driving with the Toyota Yaris Hybrid

The new Toyota Yaris hybrid is so easy and relaxing to drive in town you’ll want to sing with happiness. That’s the idea behind Toyota’s new TV ad which features members of the public driving around renamed city streets belting out some pop and rock classics like Uptown Girl, Karma Chameleon and Locked o ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Workers Celebrate Production Milestone

Last current generation Vivaro built in Luton ahead of all-new model Approaching a million vans built in Luton since 2001 Over eight million vehicles manufactured in Luton since 1905 Luton – Vauxhall reached an important milestone on Friday as the last current generation Vivaro rolled off the production line at it ... Continue reading