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2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Review

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Review

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe SEE ALSO: Hyundai Specs, Prices, Reviews and Comparisons THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Engine: 3.6-liter DOHC V6 Horsepower/Torque: 306 hp @ 6,300 rpm/266 lb.-ft. @ 4,700 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic Wheelbase: ... Continue reading

2011 Ford Mustang - 300HP 30 MPG - A Close Up Look

2011 Ford Mustang - 300HP 30 MPG - A Close Up Look

By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Detroit Bureau The Auto Channel Dearborn Michigan, November 30, 2009; There is no other American car with enduring cult status like the perennial pony car, Mustang. It is the eternal muscle car and a purely American aspirational vehicle. It is a car that makes people smile with you and for ... Continue reading

Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. Introduces Car and Driver Makeover, Bringing Bold Redesign to Magazine and Web

Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. Introduces Car and Driver Makeover, Bringing Bold Redesign to Magazine and Web

Magazine Update Focused on Rich User Experience for Loyal Auto Enthusiast Audience NEW YORK, NY December 7, 2009; Today, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. announced a comprehensive redesign for its flagship automotive enthusiast publication, Car and Driver. The redesign includes an entirely new look-and-feel for the over ... Continue reading

AAA: Winter Weather Calls for Driver Preparation

AAA: Winter Weather Calls for Driver Preparation

AURORA, Ill December 7, 2009; Snow and cold weather make driving conditions more difficult for motorists, especially during the first snow and icy conditions of the winter season. AAA advises motorists to prepare themselves and their vehicles. Motorists are advised to allow extra time to get to a travel destination. Mo ... Continue reading

John Coughlin rallies to win Top Dragster title

John Coughlin rallies to win Top Dragster title

DELAWARE, Dec 7, 2009: With two victories and his second Division 3 Top Dragster championship in the last three years, John Coughlin is quick to label 2009 as one of the most successful seasons of his career. Coughlin began the season with a new dragster that carried him to numerous personal bests in the six-second zon ... Continue reading

U.S. News Autos Names 'Best Car for the Money' 2010 Award Winners

U.S. News Autos Names 'Best Car for the Money' 2010 Award Winners

Over 300 models evaluated based on U.S. News car rankings, and IntelliChoice.com cost analysis -- WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2009; U.S. News Autos today released its second annual Best Car for the Money awards, available online at http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-truck/best-cars-for-the-money /. The U.S. News Best Ca ... Continue reading

GM Invests $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Plant to Build Chevrolet Volt

GM Invests $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Plant to Build Chevrolet Volt

DETROIT, Dec. 7, 2009; General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car, with extended-range capabilities, in 2010. This brings GM's combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. Detroit-Ham ... Continue reading

GM to Invest $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Volt Assembly Plant

GM to Invest $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Volt Assembly Plant

DETROIT, Dec 7, 2009; Soyoung Kim writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Co [GM.UL] will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday. Assembly of Volt prototype vehicles will begin in th ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Corporation Introduces the All-New AVID ENVigor

Yokohama Tire Corporation Introduces the All-New AVID ENVigor

FULLERTON, CA. Dec. 7, 2009: Yokohama Tire Corporation is raising the bar on performance with the introduction of its all-new AVID® ENVigor™. The tire is the first to offer consumers the ideal blend of all-season performance, low rolling resistance, smooth comfort and long treadlife. It goes on sale in March 20 ... Continue reading

Mazda Delivers Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Yamaguchi Prefectural Government

Mazda Delivers Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Yamaguchi Prefectural Government

Hiroshima, Dec 1, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today delivered one Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid vehicle to the Yamaguchi prefectural government in western Japan. Mazda's Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid features a unique hybrid system and a hydrogen rotary engine (RE) that burns hydrogen as a fuel.Mazd ... Continue reading

Time Is Running Out For Fan Vote to Determine 2010 PitFit Training Tony Renna Scholarship Winner

Time Is Running Out For Fan Vote to Determine 2010 PitFit Training Tony Renna Scholarship Winner

NDIANAPOLIS December 7, 2009: RaceFanRadio.com and PitFit Training invite fans to vote for this year’s “2010 Tony Renna Scholarship” recipient(s). Simply log on to RaceFanRadio.com, locate the “Scholarship Voting” link and select as many candidates that you would like to see win this year. The ... Continue reading

Derek Daly Academy Launches Driver Development And Management Company

Derek Daly Academy Launches Driver Development And Management Company

Noblesville, December 7, 2009: Derek Daly Academy is pleased to announce that after two years of being asked for it – here it is; The Complete Champion Model driver development and management structure (CCM). CCM is the most comprehensive development and management structure for drivers available today that remove ... Continue reading

NV200 Receives International Van Of The Year 2010 Award

NV200 Receives International Van Of The Year 2010 Award

Andy Palmer, Senior Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, has accepted the International Van of the Year (IVoY) award for Nissan's segment breaking NV200. The award was given by the IVoY Jury Chairman, Pieter Wieman during a ceremony held at Nissan's Barcelona plant, where the NV200 is produced for Europe ... Continue reading

Price Announced for Britain's 'Greenest' Small Van: Fiesta Van Econetic

Price Announced for Britain's 'Greenest' Small Van: Fiesta Van Econetic

Super-frugal, stylish and 'green', the new Fiesta Van ECOnetic is now on sale at £11,635. Compared with the previous-generation, Fiesta Van ECOnetic will use 35 gallons less fuel in an average year - offering genuine savings in daily driving. ... Continue reading

Think Takes Centre Stage In Copenhagen With the Largest Fleet of Zero-Emissions Electric Vehicles at un Climate Summit

Think Takes Centre Stage In Copenhagen With the Largest Fleet of Zero-Emissions Electric Vehicles at un Climate Summit

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, and its largest fleet customer, Move About, the Norwegian car-share fleet operator, are providing 15 THINK City courtesy vehicles to the COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 ... Continue reading

Honda Sponsors COP15 Climate Change Conference

Honda Sponsors COP15 Climate Change Conference

Honda has become one of only four car sponsors of the COP15 Climate Conference, which takes place in Copenhagen from 7-18 December, 2009. The announcement comes after Honda successfully met a series of strict environmental requirements set by the Danish Foreign Ministry. ... Continue reading

Kia Venga Wins Design Award Before it Goes on Sale!

Kia Venga Wins Design Award Before it Goes on Sale!

Not yet on sale, but already new Kia Venga has won one of the most prestigious international design awards. ... Continue reading

XF Drives Jaguar to Sales Success

XF Drives Jaguar to Sales Success

Jaguar's UK sales in November have risen by 50 per cent compared to the same month last year with a total of 1463 models sold ... Continue reading

The New Citroën C3: The Visiodrive

The New Citroën C3: The Visiodrive

Citroën introduces the new C3 - a smart, sophisticated, low CO2 and unique 5-door supermini, designed for the modern family ... Continue reading

Peugeot 207 is The Star Of Peugeot's Strong November Sales' Performance

Peugeot 207 is The Star Of Peugeot's Strong November Sales' Performance

Peugeot new car sales were up over 29% last month compared to November 2008. Sales to private buyers were up 89% as customers took advantage of some great winter deals on Peugeot's range of new cars ... Continue reading

Money Magazine's 'Best of the Best 2010' Awards Honour Two Volkswagen Golfs

Money Magazine's 'Best of the Best 2010' Awards Honour Two Volkswagen Golfs

The Volkswagen Golf has claimed two awards in the Money Magazine 'Best of the Best 2010' Awards. The 'Best-Value Small Cars' Category was taken out by the Golf 90TSI and the Golf 118TSI claimed the 'Best-Value Green Cars' Award ... Continue reading

BMW Co-Partners with NAB Business Banking to Help the Youth of Australia

BMW Co-Partners with NAB Business Banking to Help the Youth of Australia

BMW Group Australia took the opportunity last week to support the 2009 NAB Business Banking inaugural charity golf day, working for the Ardoch Youth Foundation. ... Continue reading

Nissan Dualis Updated for 2010

Nissan Dualis Updated for 2010

Nissan's new, small crossover hatch, the DUALIS will undergo an extensive update in mid-2010 to cement its position as the alternative to the traditional hatchback in Australia. Since its local launch early last year, the DUALIS has built a global reputation as a hugely popular family hatch ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation All-New Compact Crossover to Be Named "RVR" in Japan

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation All-New Compact Crossover to Be Named "RVR" in Japan

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has decided to name its all-new compact crossover the RVR. This all-new compact crossover is planned for sequential release globally, and will be first released in Japan next spring. ... Continue reading

Volvo Drives Climate Meeting in Copenhagen

Volvo Drives Climate Meeting in Copenhagen

Volvo's most fuel efficient models will be used to chauffeur heads of state and other VIPs around Copenhagen for the COP15 Climate Conference, which starts today ... Continue reading

BMW Group at UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

BMW Group at UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

At the Copenhagen climate summit (COP 15, December 7 to 18), the BMW Group will take part in a variety of activities affirming its commitment, as industry leader in sustainability issues, to the fight against climate change. ... Continue reading

ALG Announces 11th Annual Residual Value Awards

ALG Announces 11th Annual Residual Value Awards

SEE ALSO: Total Ownership Cost Guide SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--ALG, a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. and the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, today announced its 11th annual Residual Value Awards, honoring the vehicles in each segment that are predicted to retain the highest percenta ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Analyzing Fuel Cell Technology Analyzes the New Ground Breaking Inventions of Micro Fuel Cells and the Cost Constraints

Research and Markets: Analyzing Fuel Cell Technology Analyzes the New Ground Breaking Inventions of Micro Fuel Cells and the Cost Constraints

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/186852/analyzing_fuel_cel) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Fuel Cell Technology" report to their offering. The race for developing a long term solution to increasing usage of fossil fuels in the automotive sector and the rising effect ... Continue reading

Audi Gears Up for World Cup Ski Events

Audi Gears Up for World Cup Ski Events

- Audi is the official sponsor of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team and the official vehicle of the U.S. Ski Team - 2009 Aspen Winternational this weekend is the next women's Alpine World Cup event - Next men's Alpine World Cup event is 2009 Audi Birds of Prey, Dec. 4-6 HERNDON, Va., Nov. 27 -- Audi kicks off the third year of ... Continue reading

2009 LA Auto Show: Mitsubishi Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

2009 LA Auto Show: Mitsubishi Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

The Auto Channel presents the entire Mitsubishi Press Conference from Media Days at the 2009 LA Auto Show. ... Continue reading

2009 LA Auto Show: Spyker Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

2009 LA Auto Show: Spyker Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

The Auto Channel presents the entire Buick Press Conference from Media Days at the 2009 LA Auto Show. ... Continue reading

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