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Monday, January 7, 2013

Delphi at 2013 International CES Features Technologies For Drivers

Delphi at 2013 International CES Features Technologies For Drivers

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 -- Delphi Automotive today announced a range of powerful connectivity, infotainment, safety and wireless-device charging technologies, which it will showcase at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in the Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall, ... Continue reading

2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Ride and Review By John Heilig

2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Ride and Review By John Heilig

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG Mid-Atlantic Bureau The Auto Channel 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution…It’s Two, Two Cars in One SPECIFICATIONS - 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Model: 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Engine: 2.0-liter turbocharged I4 Horsepower/Torque: 291 hp @ 6,500 rpm/300 lb.-ft. @ 4,000 rpm ... Continue reading

TRW to Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results on February 15, 2013; Schedules Conference Call and Webcast

TRW to Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results on February 15, 2013; Schedules Conference Call and Webcast

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. announced today that it plans to release its fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results at 7:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, February 15 th followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. During the call, John C. Plant, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and Joseph S. ... Continue reading

Actress Kaley Cuoco Makes Her Super Bowl Debut In A Toyota Spot

Actress Kaley Cuoco Makes Her Super Bowl Debut In A Toyota Spot

Kaley Cuoco, star of the award-winning CBS show "The Big Bang Theory," has a busy roster this year, including a debut in Super Bowl XLVII commercial for Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Sweetening the pot for fans of Kaley and Super Bowl fans alike, the public will be offered a chance to "Get In The Big Game" and have the ... Continue reading

Acura to Host Q&A with Sound City Film Director Dave Grohl at 2013 Sundance Film Festival

Acura to Host Q&A with Sound City Film Director Dave Grohl at 2013 Sundance Film Festival

Acura, third time presenting auto sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival, will host a Q&A with Sound City film director Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) at the innovative Acura Studio on January 21, during the Sundance Film Festival. Grohl will participate in the Q&A discussion with press hosted by Acura and moderated ... Continue reading

Inventor Creates Life-Saving Highway Safety Robot

Inventor Creates Life-Saving Highway Safety Robot

John Williams, successful inventor, entrepreneur and CEO of Roundspring Technologies, Inc. has completed work on a new roadway safety device that his company believes will save the lives of hundreds of state, county, city and private road construction and maintenance workers. ROSA (Remote Operated Safety Attendant) all ... Continue reading

Audiovox Launches Car Connection PRO

Audiovox Launches Car Connection PRO

LVCC, CENTERHALL, BOOTH 10415 -- Audiovox Electronics Corporation (AEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VOXX International Corp. announced today that it would launch its Car Connection Pro Telematics device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Car Connection Pro includes the ability to add a remote start and/or ... Continue reading

Porsche Showcases New Aha Integration at CES

Porsche Showcases New Aha Integration at CES

Porsche now offers Aha as part of a new Online Services option, available across its entire product line. Aha is a free service that seamlessly organizes and integrates your favorite content from the web between your phone and car, so you can easily access it wherever you go, including in your Porsche. The new feature ... Continue reading

Ford First with Kaliki App In-Car Integration for Audio Playback of Major Newspapers and Magazines

Ford First with Kaliki App In-Car Integration for Audio Playback of Major Newspapers and Magazines

Kaliki provides radio talent-read audio versions of news and articles from top newspaper and magazine publications Using Ford SYNC AppLink, drivers can now voice-command and control the Kaliki smartphone app to listen to their favorite news content while driving Thanks to Kaliki Audio Newsstand and Ford SYNC AppLink, c ... Continue reading

New SAE International Book Delves Into Analysis and Control System Design of Automatic Transmissions

New SAE International Book Delves Into Analysis and Control System Design of Automatic Transmissions

While the basic working principle and the mechanical construction of automatic transmissions in vehicles has not changed significantly, increased requirements for performance, fuel economy, and drivability, as well as the increasing number of gears has made it more challenging to design the systems that control modern ... Continue reading

Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy Gears Up For 2013

Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy Gears Up For 2013

The Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy is gearing up for 2013 with a new schedule providing driving enthusiasts and AMG aficionados an opportunity from coast-to-coast to enhance their driving skills and push the most exclusive highest performance Mercedes-Benz cars to their limits at top tracks. For those who crave a true co ... Continue reading

2013 Nissan Altima 3.5 SL Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Nissan Altima 3.5 SL Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

(PLEASANT)SURPRISE SURPRISE By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Suppose you’re a vehicle manufacturer with a vehicle that’s been wildly successful for nearly the past two decades. When it comes time to update the vehicle, what do you change to make the vehicle better but not endanger the platf ... Continue reading

INRIX Introduces The Industry's First Global Parking Navigation Service

INRIX Introduces The Industry's First Global Parking Navigation Service

INRIX, a leading international provider of traffic information and driver services, launched at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the industry's first parking navigation service. As a real-time connected service, INRIX Parking goes beyond static parking Points-Of-Interest (POIs) to provide the current cost to pa ... Continue reading

iHeartRadio Expands Its Reach Across The Automotive Industry With‚ Integrations in Chrysler Group and General Motors Vehicles

iHeartRadio Expands Its Reach Across The Automotive Industry With‚ Integrations in Chrysler Group and General Motors Vehicles

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, which has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America, today announced iHeartRadio's expansion across the automotive industry with its‚ integrations in Chrysler Group and General Motors (GM) vehicles and a new made-for-driving application “iHeartRadio for Auto ... Continue reading

VINtek Helps Automotive Lenders Improve Service to Military Borrowers

VINtek Helps Automotive Lenders Improve Service to Military Borrowers

VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management and electronic lien and title (ELT) services for automotive finance lenders, has announced growing adoption of its VINtekTIME automotive collateral management system and processes as well as increased interest in its eSignature and eContracting solution by military ... Continue reading

ChargePoint Named Leading Electric Vehicle Charging Station Equipment Manufacturer by Pike Research

ChargePoint Named Leading Electric Vehicle Charging Station Equipment Manufacturer by Pike Research

ChargePoint, Inc. has been named as the leading electric vehicle charging station manufacturer by Pike Research. ChargePoint achieved the highest worldwide ranking for feature-rich EVSE offerings, market share, geographic reach and vision. ChargePoint maintained its leadership spot with strong strategy and execution sc ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.7.13

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.7.13

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810pp ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Stage 1 Report Dakar Rally

Special Motorsports Event - Stage 1 Report Dakar Rally

Piscoe, Jan. 6, 2013: The start of the 2013 Dakar Rally kicked off yesterday and the first time that it has started in Peru since it moved to South America. The stage went from Lima to Pisco and was complied of a 250-km liaison leading to a very short Special where spectators were able to view the competitors quest to ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Napleton Leads Testing For 2013 Rolex

Special Motorsports Event - Napleton Leads Testing For 2013 Rolex

DAYTONA BEACH, Jan. 6, 201: Napleton Racing and No. 16 Porsche Cayman S drivers David Donohue, Shane Lewis, Dr. Jim Norman and Nelson Canache continued to set the pace Saturday in the new GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series GX class at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona test. The Rolex 24 debuting team turned the top ... Continue reading

SCCA Club Racing - First Round Of Sebring Races Open BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour

SCCA Club Racing - First Round Of Sebring Races Open BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour

SEBRING, Jan. 6, 2013: The opening round of the 2013 SCCA U.S. Majors Tour ran under sunny skies on Saturday at Sebring International Raceway, with 28 drivers taking wins at the BFGoodrich Tire Super Tour. Saturday’s races were just the first of the doubleheader weekend, with drivers scoring points in both the Eas ... Continue reading

Daniel Sturridge Takes Delivery Of New Generation Santa Fe

Daniel Sturridge Takes Delivery Of New Generation Santa Fe

Daniel Sturridge, Liverpool and England player and Team Hyundai ambassador recently took delivery of his New Generation Santa Fe. ... Continue reading

Prius Plug-In: The UK's Best Selling Plug-In Hybrid 2012

Prius Plug-In: The UK's Best Selling Plug-In Hybrid 2012

Sales figures announced today confirmed Prius Plug-in as the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the UK. ... Continue reading

Complete All-Rounder: Nissan Launches Qashqai 360

Complete All-Rounder: Nissan Launches Qashqai 360

Nissan has launched a new addition to the Qashqai range - the 360. Set to be the best-selling example yet of Nissan's sector-defining crossover, the 360 sits between the Acenta and Tekna trims, replacing the n-tec+ but offering more equipment for the same £19,945 starting price. ... Continue reading

Peugeot 2008: The New Urban Crossover For The World Over

Peugeot 2008: The New Urban Crossover For The World Over

With the 2008, Peugeot capitalises on its expertise, acquired with the success of the award-winning 3008 Crossover, to create an innovative vehicle for the B segment ... Continue reading

New 500 Fleet Deal As Estate Agency Moves To Fiat

New 500 Fleet Deal As Estate Agency Moves To Fiat

A leading estate agency has made the right move - by switching its entire fleet of sales consultants' vehicles to Fiat 500 city cars. ... Continue reading

Mazda Magazine Wins 'Best Automotive Title' For Third Time

Mazda Magazine Wins 'Best Automotive Title' For Third Time

Mazda's Zoom-Zoom customer magazine recently won the 'Best Automotive Title' at the Content Marketing Association's (CMA) International Awards 2012, held in London. ... Continue reading

Record Breaking Year for Hyundai

Record Breaking Year for Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Company Australia finished 2012 with an all-time annual sales record with 91,536 units sold, equating to an 8.2% market share. ... Continue reading

Sharper Pricing for the Award-Winning Audi A6

Sharper Pricing for the Award-Winning Audi A6

The award-winning Audi A6 sedan benefits from sharper pricing in MY13 vehicles, with price reductions of up to $9,000 across the six-cylinder models. ... Continue reading

SUVs Lead the Way for Strong Suzuki Sales

SUVs Lead the Way for Strong Suzuki Sales

A strong performance by its legendary SUV range saw Suzuki Australia make 2012 one of its best ever sales years. ... Continue reading

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