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Friday, March 7, 2014

Milan Design Week and Lexus

Milan Design Week and Lexus

he concept of Amazing in Motion expresses the essence of today’s Lexus brand and the inspiration behind such impressive new models as the latest GS and IS saloons and forthcoming RC and RC F coupes and NX crossover. Adding vibrant new perspectives to the theme, a group of international designers have responded to ... Continue reading

Abarth 695 biposto is not a Limited Edition, but it is certainly a special car

Abarth 695 biposto is not a Limited Edition, but it is certainly a special car

With 190 hp, 997 kg, a 1.4 T-Jet engine, the Abarth ‘695 biposto’ offers the best weight-to-power ratio in its category (5.2 kg/hp) as well as the best acceleration, at 0-62 mph (just 5.9 sec) A fusion of street and race car: it’s the road-going reinterpretation of the Abarth 695 Assetto Corse, competito ... Continue reading

Ford to Move Production of All-New 2016 F-650/F-750 Medium-Duty Trucks from Mexico to Ohio Assembly Plant in Early 2015

Ford to Move Production of All-New 2016 F-650/F-750 Medium-Duty Trucks from Mexico to Ohio Assembly Plant in Early 2015

Ford investing $168 million to shift production of all-new 2016 Ford F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks from Mexico to Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, near Cleveland F-650/F-750 trucks anchor Ford’s commercial truck range – America’s best-selling line of commercial trucks for 29 years. Every vehicle in ... Continue reading

ISPBC Unveils ZERO-ENERGY INC’s Zero-Heat Auto Glass at New York Technology Show

ISPBC Unveils ZERO-ENERGY INC’s Zero-Heat Auto Glass at New York Technology Show

International Self-Powered Building Council (ISPBC) premiered ZERO-ENERGY INC’s Zero-Heat Auto Glass in the presence of McLaren 12C Coupe and Spider sports cars at the exclusive RAND Luxury Technology Show in New York. ZERO-ENERGY utilizes advanced Nano-Shielding glass technology in a new generation of affordable ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Awards Winners of 'Autorama High School Design Competition' at Meguiar's 62nd Detroit Autorama

Chrysler Group Awards Winners of 'Autorama High School Design Competition' at Meguiar's 62nd Detroit Autorama

Chrysler Group LLC today awarded eight talented young artists for their winning sketches in this year's "Autorama High School Design Competition" at an award presentation during the Meguiar's 62nd Detroit Autorama hot rod show. Michigan public high school students were asked to explore their creative side and design a ... Continue reading

ZAP Launches New Small EV Sedan SPARKEE for City Commuters in China

ZAP Launches New Small EV Sedan SPARKEE for City Commuters in China

ZAP (ZAAP) an automotive company incorporated in California and headquartered in Santa Rosa, California announced that Jonway Auto, its subsidiary in Zhejiang, China is launching a small EV sedan, SPARKEE for city commuters in China. Focusing on the growing demands for electric vehicles (EVs) in China driven by Chinese ... Continue reading

Ride & Drive Vehicles Announced For AltCar Expo March 14-15

Ride & Drive Vehicles Announced For AltCar Expo March 14-15

AltCar Expo, the nation's leading forum for green car ride and drive, public education and demonstration of the latest green technology vehicles, will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 14 - 15, 2014, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. Showcasing the area's largest selection of electric, ... Continue reading

New Diesel Construction & Farm Equipment Has Near Zero Emissions With Added Benefit of Increased Efficiency

New Diesel Construction & Farm Equipment Has Near Zero Emissions With Added Benefit of Increased Efficiency

Developing and manufacturing the most advanced clean diesel technology to meet 2014 EPA standards for construction, industrial and farm equipment was a complex and challenging process, according to several leading manufacturers exhibiting at the CONEXPO CON/AGG 2014 convention this week. The end result has been advance ... Continue reading

Onyx Concept Releases New Onyx Range Rover San Marino Sport

Onyx Concept Releases New Onyx Range Rover San Marino Sport

ONYX CONCEPT, a bespoke automotive company, has just released images and details about their long awaited flagship design, the new Onyx Range Rover Sport San Marino. The V8 5.0-litre supercharged engine propels the wide body with an amazing 625 bhp. The Onyx Range Rover Sport San Marino displays a 35mm wider wheelbase, ... Continue reading

MAZDA Gets Teens to R.A.C. E.

MAZDA Gets Teens to R.A.C. E.

More than 300 students at Tampa's Middleton High School participated in Mazda's R.A.C.E. program earlier this week. The program, Racing Accelerates Creative Education (R.A.C.E), is designed to encourage the nation's middle- and high-school students to consider studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... Continue reading

The New Fiat 500 1957 Edition Arriving Soon in FIAT Studios

The New Fiat 500 1957 Edition Arriving Soon in FIAT Studios

Order allocations open this week, with the 2014 Fiat 500 1957 Edition arriving in studios in late spring New 2014 Fiat 500 1957 Edition offers vintage Italian styling starting at $20,400 U.S. MSRP Limited-production model builds on the Fiat 500's storied past with unique exterior and interior design elements Novel exte ... Continue reading

European Commission's Top Scientific Body Concludes That Honeywell's Low-Global-Warming Refrigerant Is Safe For Use In Automobiles

European Commission's Top Scientific Body Concludes That Honeywell's Low-Global-Warming Refrigerant Is Safe For Use In Automobiles

Honeywell announced today that the European Commission's top scientific and technical body has concluded that Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential mobile air conditioning refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, is safe for use in automobiles, marking the final word in a thorough and inclusive evaluation process. "A scientific ... Continue reading

Six vehicles featured in the new Channel 4 series ‘Cars’led by star Philip Glenister are to be sold at auction

Six vehicles featured in the new Channel 4 series ‘Cars’led by star Philip Glenister are to be sold at auction

Also on offer Brian Epstein’s Bentley Six vehicles featured in the new Channel 4 series ‘Cars’ (working title) led by star Philip Glenister are to be sold on behalf of the major broadcaster by international auctioneers Coys at their famous Spring Classics auction in London on March 11th. The cars going u ... Continue reading

British sporting icon David Beckham to front Jaguar's new marketing campaign across China

British sporting icon David Beckham to front Jaguar's new marketing campaign across China

Jaguar commissions Peter Lindbergh for new Beckham campaign photography David Beckham has joined Jaguar as a brand ambassador and will support significant forthcoming Jaguar product launches in China. British sporting icon Beckham will feature in above-the-line marketing campaigns for the brand in one of its most signi ... Continue reading

Follow the adventures of a globetrotting football passing from person to person and being aided in its travels by PEUGEOT vehicles

Follow the adventures of a globetrotting football passing from person to person and being aided in its travels by PEUGEOT vehicles

In partnership with facebook, the Brand is organising the fantastic journey of a football across five continents This original feat can be followed on facebook and Instagram social networks PEUGEOT initiates an international adventure of social responsibility and solidarity Bouncing and rolling across deserts and mount ... Continue reading

Renault Trucks UK has recognised the best performers in its Advanced Apprenticeship Options Programme

Renault Trucks UK has recognised the best performers in its Advanced Apprenticeship Options Programme

Renault Trucks UK has recognised the best performers in its Advanced Apprenticeship Options Programme at a dedicated Apprentice of the Year awards and graduation. The awards were presented to the highest achieving apprentice technicians in each of the three years of the programme at the Renault Trucks UK Head Office in ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the launch of National Apprenticeship Week

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the launch of National Apprenticeship Week

Goodwood Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the launch of National Apprenticeship Week at an event hosted by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) earlier this week. Rolls‑Royce apprentices met Matthew Hancock, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, and demonstrated the unparalleled hand craf ... Continue reading

Geneva show car based on all-new Audi TT features four-cylinder TFSI engine with exceptional 420PS output

Geneva show car based on all-new Audi TT features four-cylinder TFSI engine with exceptional 420PS output

Four-cylinder 2.0 TFSI engine with 420PS Over 312PS per ton, 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg: “An extreme driving machine for the motorsports enthusiasts among our customers” The scope for taking the power and performance of the Audi TT Coupé to unprecedented extremes has been explored i ... Continue reading

Concept electric bike showcases Qoros design and connectivity

Concept electric bike showcases Qoros design and connectivity

Designed for modern metropolitan always-connected commuters and leisure riders Geneva, 4 March 2014 – Qoros, the new international car brand, is today staging the premiere of its eBIQE Concept at the 84th Geneva Motor Show. The eBIQE Concept is created for the modern metropolitan consumer, with exceptional perform ... Continue reading

The world premiere of the Quant e-sportlimousine with nanoflowcell powertrain concept

The world premiere of the Quant e-sportlimousine with nanoflowcell powertrain concept

“A vision becomes reality.” With these words, Nunzio La Vecchia presented the new QUANT e-Sportlimousine during the press day of the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The world premiere of the first automobile with a nanoFLOWCELL® powertrain aroused great international media interest. This highly anticipated, revolu ... Continue reading

Lexus to reveal the new NX Crossover at the Beijing Motor Show

Lexus to reveal the new NX Crossover at the Beijing Motor Show

Lexus announced today that it will reveal its much anticipated new crossover at the 2014 Beijing Motor Show. Named NX, it is the production-ready model derived from the LF-NX concept vehicle introduced last year at the Frankfurt and Tokyo Motor Shows. This vehicle will mark Lexus’ entrance into the growing segment ... Continue reading

Ford UK is accelerating sales momentum in 2014

Ford UK is accelerating sales momentum in 2014

Ford is accelerating sales momentum in 2014, with the latest results for February confirming a stretched market lead and increased total vehicle sales and share. This puts Ford in prime position heading into March, when sales increase significantly due to the registration plate change. According to official sales figur ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz sold 43,160 vehicles on the European market in February, a gain of +6.7%

Mercedes-Benz sold 43,160 vehicles on the European market in February, a gain of +6.7%

Mercedes-Benz sold 104,968 vehicles in February. Ola Källenius: “We are keeping up the high momentum of the previous months.” Sales increases in all regions E-Class and S-Class show particularly high growth. Mercedes-Benz sold 104,968 units in February, thus achieving a growth of 16.5%. Since the beginning ... Continue reading

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