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Jeep Celebrates 75 Years With Two Commercials Honoring the Brand's Anniversary During the Super Bowl 50 Broadcast +VIDEO

Jeep Celebrates 75 Years With Two Commercials Honoring the Brand's Anniversary During the Super Bowl 50 Broadcast +VIDEO

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 7, 2016 -- The Jeep® brand celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and it is highlighted by two new distinct videos launched during the Super Bowl 50 broadcast that recognize the brand milestone, both paying tribute to its legacy and looking ahead to its future. The first :60 video "Portrai ... Continue reading

First-Ever Buick Super Bowl Ad Features Odell Beckham Jr. and Emily Ratajkowski +VIDEO

First-Ever Buick Super Bowl Ad Features Odell Beckham Jr. and Emily Ratajkowski +VIDEO

Latest Experience the New Buick ad spotlights new Cascada convertible DETROIT - Buick's first-ever Super Bowl ad will bring the brand's award-winning "Experience the New Buick" campaign to the biggest night in TV advertising. The campaign launched in 2014 and challenges consumers' false perceptions of the brand. ... Continue reading

Neste's Renewable Diesel Fueled The Super Bowl 50 Fan Village And Got The Fans To The Game

Neste's Renewable Diesel Fueled The Super Bowl 50 Fan Village And Got The Fans To The Game

Environmental Benefits Will Continue After The Game SAN FRANCISCO - January 7, 2016: Neste delivered 40,000 gallons of renewable diesel to San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee for the electricity production at the Super Bowl City fan village, saving 238 tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL Graco Child Seats

NHTSA RECALL Graco Child Seats

NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 15C001 Synopsis : Graco Children's Products Inc. (Graco) is recalling certain ComfortSport child restraints, model numbers 1813040 and 1794333; Ready Ride child restraints, model numbers 1924520 and 1924519; and Classic Ride child restraints, model number 1812930. These seats were manufacture ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - February 1-7, 2016

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - February 1-7, 2016

*January auto sales beat the expectations of many but were still down from a year ago by 0.4%, taking a big hit from the heavy snows around he country. FCA, Nissan, Hyundai and Subaru were up. GM was flat. Ford, VW, Toyota and Honda were down. Sales were 1.148 million. ... Continue reading

NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo-Era Astronaut Edgar Mitchell

NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo-Era Astronaut Edgar Mitchell

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the passing of NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell: "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my condolences to the family and friends of NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell. As a member of ... Continue reading

How the spirit of hospitality is shaping Aston Martin

How the spirit of hospitality is shaping Aston Martin

Special to The Auto Channel From BCCJ ACUMEN TOKYO Feb. 01, 2016; Julian Ryall writing for BCCJ reported that Aston Martin, that quintessentially British luxury sports car, is having “omotenashi” injected into its DNA thanks to a new chief executive who spent 13 years in this country. Dr Andy Palmer was appoi ... Continue reading

Column of Seawater Used to Receive Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Signals

Column of Seawater Used to Receive Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Signals

TOKYO Feb. 07, 2016 Norio Matsumoto writing for Ja[an Today reported that Mitsubishi Electric Corp says it has succeeded in using a column of seawater as an antenna to receive the signals of terrestrial digital broadcasting for the first time in the world. When seawater being ejected upward with a pump, etc is used as ... Continue reading

2016 Cadillac ATS-V - MOTORING TV 2016 Car of the Year

2016 Cadillac ATS-V - MOTORING TV 2016 Car of the Year

TORONTO, Feb. 6, 2016 Celebrating 29 seasons on TSN, MOTORING TV, one of the longest-running and most respected Canadian automotive television programs, has selected the Cadillac ATS-V as its Car of the Year for 2016. "The takes an award winning car and amps every aspect up to the point where it can compete with any of ... Continue reading

2016 Honda Pilot Elite AWD Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2016 Honda Pilot Elite AWD Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Featuring significant improvements for 2016 DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Since its debut for 2003, the Honda Pilot has become a benchmark in the "small" three-row crossover class. The third generation debuts for 2016, and life for the competition just got harder. The 2016 Pilot offers seating for up to eight p ... Continue reading

Minivan Review: 2015-16 Ford Transit 150 LR Wagon XLT Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Minivan Review: 2015-16 Ford Transit 150 LR Wagon XLT Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Ford's NEED Solver If a three-row SUV or a minivan is just too small for your needs, what can you do? Think big! As in a Ford Transit. Introduced to North America a year ago as a replacement the long-running Econoline/E-Series full-size van, the Transit has long been a mainstay of ... Continue reading

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