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Monday, February 7, 2011

American International Automobile Dealers Announce 2011 Chairman, Officers

American International Automobile Dealers Announce 2011 Chairman, Officers

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. (Feb. 7) – The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today announced Pennsylvania auto dealer Jim Smail as its new 2011 chairman. Smail took over the position during AIADA’s 41st Annual Meeting and Luncheon, held today in San Francisco, Calif. Also during the meet ... Continue reading

Research Frontiers Provides Technology for Mercedes Benz' New MAGIC SKY CONTROL SPD-SmartGlass Roof

Research Frontiers Provides Technology for Mercedes Benz' New MAGIC SKY CONTROL SPD-SmartGlass Roof

Mercedes-Benz SLK debuting in early 2011 will be the first large-scale series production vehicle to offer SPD-SmartGlass Woodbury, New York and Sindelfingen, Germany February 7, 2011; After evaluating various technologies, Daimler AG selected Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart light-control technology for one of it ... Continue reading

Two-Minute Ad Delivers Huge Post-Super Bowl Traffic Hike for Chrysler

Two-Minute Ad Delivers Huge Post-Super Bowl Traffic Hike for Chrysler

Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, reports that site traffic for Chrysler, Volkswagen and Chevrolet saw the most significant spikes after their ads ran during Super Bowl XLV. The traffic spikes represent important returns on investment for companies that reportedly spent as much as $3 ... Continue reading

Toyota To Recognize 3 Millionth Certified Used Vehicle Owner at 2011 Chicago Auto Show

Toyota To Recognize 3 Millionth Certified Used Vehicle Owner at 2011 Chicago Auto Show

Cook County resident Sara Hirschhorn will be the guest of honor at the Toyota exhibit when she is reimbursed the purchase price of her 2008 Sienna – Toyota's 3 millionth certified used vehicle sold in the United States.  A local nurse and mother, Hirschhorn will be recognized by Toyota Division Group ... Continue reading

2011 NASCAR National Series Television Times Announced

2011 NASCAR National Series Television Times Announced

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 7, 2011: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) released today its telecast times for the 2011 season, primarily preserving the earlier and consistent start times established in 2010. ... Continue reading

Top 10 Fuel Economy Lists

Top 10 Fuel Economy Lists

EPA Rated - 2011EPA Rated - All Years Real World - All Years Misconceptions 2011 vehicles are ranked by city, then highway MPG. In the event of a tie, multiple vehicles may share the same ranking. Electric vehicles are not considered for this list. 1. 2011 Toyota Prius City 51 Highway 48 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Automatic (variab ... Continue reading

Black Swan Movie Investor Awaits Oscar Results and Le Mans Race Invitation

Black Swan Movie Investor Awaits Oscar Results and Le Mans Race Invitation

Braselton, February 7, 2011:Texas oil tycoon, Tracy W. Krohn, awaits the results of the Academy Awards for his recent investment in the production of the five-time Oscar-nominated “Black Swanâ€� movie. At the same time, he also awaits the results of his entry to the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Series, a ... Continue reading

NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Moves To Saturday For June Events

NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Moves To Saturday For June Events

BROOKLYN, Feb. 7, 2011: The most recent of Michigan International Speedway’s changes has to be one of the best values in professional sports and entertainment today. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole qualifying for Michigan International Speedway’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 has been moved to Saturday, June ... Continue reading

Weelky NHTSA Recalls

Weelky NHTSA Recalls

NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 11V067 Manufacturer : NEWMAR CORPORATION Make / Model Years : NEWMAR / 2011 Subject : V-BUS FET-8 CONTROL BOARDS/KIB ELECTRONICS NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 11V066 Manufacturer : COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC Make / Model Years : COACHMEN / 2004-2008 Subject : PLUG IN REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER FOR FI ... Continue reading

Will Traction Battery Winner will be Toyota?

Will Traction Battery Winner will be Toyota?

By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx We used to have battery makers and car makers and little connection between the two. The lead acid battery in a car never controlled cost or performance and it became a commodity. Now we are in the decade of the hybrid electric vehicle to the extent that the three percent of new c ... Continue reading

Labonte And JTG Daughterty Racing Spread Word About Six Year Olds Race Of Her Life

Labonte And JTG Daughterty Racing Spread Word About Six Year Olds Race Of Her Life

CORNELIUS, February 7, 2011: This week NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are hurrying to get equipment and cars loaded to leave for Daytona Beach, Fla. spending countless hours in preparation of the Mecca race of NASCAR. As the Daytona 500 excitement builds on who will win arguably the race of the year, six-year-old Jorda ... Continue reading

Biffle Looking For Hard Work To Pay Off In 2011

Biffle Looking For Hard Work To Pay Off In 2011

CONCORD, Feb. 7, 2011: On the wall in the Roush Fenway training room there is a quote that says “The only substitution for hard work is a miracle.â€� The 3M team, led by crew chief Greg Erwin, believes in that quote wholeheartedly and are expecting their hard work to pay of this season. “We are start ... Continue reading

Canadian Maryeve Dufault Ready to Tackle Daytona in ARCA Season Opener

Canadian Maryeve Dufault Ready to Tackle Daytona in ARCA Season Opener

DAYTONA BEACH, February 7, 2011: Testing is now complete and ARCA Rookie Maryeve Dufault is ready to put the knowledge gained to use in the ARCA season opener at Daytona International Speedway on February 12. Dufault, who previously competed in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, will attempt to qualify the No. 12 Dodge C ... Continue reading

RyanWilsonMotorsports.com Re-Launched

RyanWilsonMotorsports.com Re-Launched

RANDLEMAN, February 7, 2011: In time for the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS), RyanWilsonMotorsports.com, the home of Randleman, North Carolina native Ryan Wilson has been re-launched featuring an updated look and a new personal blog straight from the winner of the Richard Petty’s Driver Search II. T ... Continue reading

The Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht Sets Sail in Summer 2011 as BMW Group DesignworksUSA Continues its Creative Collaborations with Leading Brazilian Firms

The Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht Sets Sail in Summer 2011 as BMW Group DesignworksUSA Continues its Creative Collaborations with Leading Brazilian Firms

February 7, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA. – BMW Group DesignworksUSA has collaborated with Intermarine, Brazil’s leading shipyard for luxury yachts, to create the elegant, powerful and refined Intermarine 55. Setting sail in July 2011, the Intermarine 55 is the first in a new era yachts for Intermarine, and th ... Continue reading

SsangYong to Show SUT 1 Concept at Geneva

SsangYong to Show SUT 1 Concept at Geneva

SsangYong will show a stylish new concept of its popular Actyon Sports at the Geneva Motor Show, 3-13 March. ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover to Boost Apprentice Schemes

Jaguar Land Rover to Boost Apprentice Schemes

As National Apprentice Week commences, Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it will double the number of Advanced (Level 3) Apprenticeship places available during 2011 and that the 1500 new recruits currently joining the workforce at Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood plant to build the new Range Rover Evoque will be trained ... Continue reading

Va Va Voom is Back: Rihanna, Thierry Henry and Dita Von Teese Star in Sensational New Renault Clio TV ad Campaign

Va Va Voom is Back: Rihanna, Thierry Henry and Dita Von Teese Star in Sensational New Renault Clio TV ad Campaign

Rihanna and Dita Von Teese have joined Thierry Henry, the star of the original Renault Clio Va Va Voom ads, in a sassy new TV ad campaign. Launching tonight during ITV1's '˜Dancing on Ice', the commercial also stars screen icons Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando and features music legend, David Bowie. ... Continue reading

Four-By-Four By Far Better

Four-By-Four By Far Better

According to BCA - the UK's biggest seller of commercial vehicles - there has been a significant increase in the value of 4x4 pick-ups in recent weeks with both lifestyle and workhorse models performing strongly. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Marches Ahead as ADBOWL® Voters' Favorite Super Bowl XLV Commercial

Volkswagen Marches Ahead as ADBOWL® Voters' Favorite Super Bowl XLV Commercial

Volkswagen's Imperial March for the Passat was voted consumers' favorite advertisement during Super Bowl XLV according to ADBOWL® (www.ADBOWL.com), the original advertising ranking website and iPhone App developed by McKee Wallwork Cleveland. As of 12 am EST*, ADBOWL® voters rated these top five ads: Volkswagen -- Th ... Continue reading

Turbocharged Toyota Power for Dynojet Avensis

Turbocharged Toyota Power for Dynojet Avensis

The Dynojet Race Team's Avensis BTCC car will be powered by a Toyota engine, it can be confirmed today. To be raced this season by Frank Wrathall Jnr, the squad's Avensis will have under its bonnet a 2.0-litre turbocharged power unit adapted from one of Toyota's road-going range. ... Continue reading

BMW Group UK Reports Sales Incrase in January Record Start to New Year Sales for BMW Brand

BMW Group UK Reports Sales Incrase in January Record Start to New Year Sales for BMW Brand

The BMW Group in the UK (BMW and MINI combined) has reported January sales of 10,340 vehicles, an increase of 40.6 per cent from the 7,353 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago in a market which has seen overall sales fall by 11 per cent. ... Continue reading

Sales Leader Ford Boosts Share in Weaker UK Market

Sales Leader Ford Boosts Share in Weaker UK Market

UK market leader Ford is celebrating its centennial by boosting shares across its range in a weakened January market. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Full Year Forecasts

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Full Year Forecasts

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced its sales and financial results for the first three quarters of the 2010 fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, and outlined its forecasts for the full fiscal year. ... Continue reading

New Special Edition Alfa Mito Sprint Celebrates the Best of UK Athletics

New Special Edition Alfa Mito Sprint Celebrates the Best of UK Athletics

Alfa Romeo is celebrating its continued support of UK Athletics (UKA) with a new Special Edition to its sporty compact car range - the Alfa MiTo Sprint. ... Continue reading

Toyota Focuses on Hybrid Power Future at Geneva

Toyota Focuses on Hybrid Power Future at Geneva

Toyota will unveil the next major advances in its hybrid power technology strategy for sustainable future transport at the Geneva motor show in March. ... Continue reading

First Images of Revised Tiguan Revealed Ahead of Geneva Show Debut

First Images of Revised Tiguan Revealed Ahead of Geneva Show Debut

The first pictures of the revised Tiguan compact 4x4 have been revealed ahead of the car making its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. ... Continue reading

Latest Models to Embody Hyundai's New Brand Direction at Geneva Motor Show

Latest Models to Embody Hyundai's New Brand Direction at Geneva Motor Show

Hyundai will unveil two new models for Europe, as well as the company's latest concept car, at the 2011 Salon International de L'Automobile in Geneva on 1st March. The three newcomers signify a new era for Hyundai captured neatly by the new brand slogan, 'New Thinking. New Possibilities'. ... Continue reading

Kubica Could Be Out For A Year

Kubica Could Be Out For A Year

Genoa, Feb. 6, 2011: According to SuperSport.com, Robert Kubica will need up to a year to regain full use of his right hand, according to the surgeon who operated on the Formula One driver after his rally car accident on Sunday. The 26-year-old Kubica spent seven hours in surgery after suffering serious injuries in a h ... Continue reading

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