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Show Me 2014 Lexus IS 350 F Sport AWD Review

Show Me 2014 Lexus IS 350 F Sport AWD Review

Unbiased Lexus Review, 2014 Lexus IS 350 F-Sport AWD Review, Expert Review, AWD Sedan, AWD Luxury Sedan ... Continue reading

New Car Models At International Motor Press Association Test Days

New Car Models At International Motor Press Association Test Days

New Car Models At International Motor Press Association Test Days:2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC 4matic sedan;2014 Hyundai Equus Ultimate;2014 Jetta SEL;2014 Fiat 500L; 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray;2014 SRT Viper;2014 Mercedes-Benz S550;2014 Bentley Flying Spur; 2014 Ford Focus ST; 2014 BMW 328i GT xDrive; 2014 Vo ... Continue reading

Boston Engineering Corporation will be exhibiting at the Unmanned Vehicle Maritime Summit at the Naval War College

Boston Engineering Corporation will be exhibiting at the Unmanned Vehicle Maritime Summit at the Naval War College

Boston Engineering Corporation will be exhibiting at the Unmanned Vehicle Maritime Summit at the Naval War College in Newport, RI on October 9th and 10th. Sponsored by the AUVSI New England Chapter, this second annual event will feature unmanned system topics including Industry Partnering for IRAD Funding, Big Data, Mi ... Continue reading

USW Calls on School Bus Drivers to Return to Work

USW Calls on School Bus Drivers to Return to Work

The United Steelworkers (USW) released the following statement today from USW District 4 Director John Shinn in response to an unauthorized work stoppage by members of USW Local 8751 employed by Veolia Transportation as drivers for Boston Public Schools: ... Continue reading

The Chrysler Brand to Support Bullying Prevention Initiative through "Drive for the Kids" Program

The Chrysler Brand to Support Bullying Prevention Initiative through "Drive for the Kids" Program

As Chrysler Group LLC celebrates the 30th anniversary of the minivan and students are back in school, the Chrysler brand's "Drive for the Kids" program will supports Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights bullying prevention initiative October is national "Bullying Prevention Month" The Chrysler brand wi ... Continue reading

Navistar Receives More Than 2,100 Orders for Medium-Duty Trucks with Cummins ISB

Navistar Receives More Than 2,100 Orders for Medium-Duty Trucks with Cummins ISB

Navistar, Inc. today announced it secured nearly 5,900 Class 6-8 truck orders in September, making it the company's highest order receipt month since December 2011. The company's orders for the month include more than 2,100 medium-duty trucks with the Cummins ISB 6.7 liter engine. ... Continue reading

I Drive Safely Contest Called On Teens with Traffic Mishaps to Encourage their Peers to Follow the Rules of the Road During Dangerous Summer Months

I Drive Safely Contest Called On Teens with Traffic Mishaps to Encourage their Peers to Follow the Rules of the Road During Dangerous Summer Months

I Drive Safely, the nation's leading online provider of driver education training, today announced the winners of its Teen Essay Contest, which was designed to encourage teens to use safe driving habits during the "100 Deadliest Days for Teen Drivers" from Memorial Day to Labor Day. According to the National Safety Cou ... Continue reading

Ford Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the Moving Assembly Line with New Goals for Advanced, Flexible Manufacturing

Ford Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the Moving Assembly Line with New Goals for Advanced, Flexible Manufacturing

By 2017, Ford will increase its global flexible manufacturing to produce on average four different models at each plant around the world Largest manufacturing expansion in 50 years with eight new assembly plants and six new powertrain plants globally to support growth and retain approximately 130,000 manufacturing jobs ... Continue reading

AudaExplore Adds Chrysler North America to Expanding Global Automotive Data Footprint

AudaExplore Adds Chrysler North America to Expanding Global Automotive Data Footprint

AudaExplore, a leading provider of automotive claims, underwriting, information and parts solutions to insurance carriers, repair facilities, government agencies and additional markets, today announced it will expand its global automotive data footprint with the addition of Chrysler vehicle manufacturing build data, fo ... Continue reading

Kubota Debuts All-New, Next Generation RTV X-Series

Kubota Debuts All-New, Next Generation RTV X-Series

From the showroom floor of its National Dealer Meeting in Memphis, Tenn., Kubota Tractor Corporation announced the introduction of its all-new RTV X-Series, the next generation lineup of work utility vehicles re-engineered and Kubota-built from the ground up. With a superior ride and unmatched terrainability, Kubota's ... Continue reading

16.4 Million New Car Sales in 2014 says Edmunds

16.4 Million New Car Sales in 2014 says Edmunds

A continued release of pent-up demand will lead the way to 16.4 million new car sales in 2014, forecasts Edmunds.com, the premier resource for car shopping and automotive information. Edmunds.com predicts that the auto industry is on pace to reach its highest annual sales performance in 2014 since shoppers bought 16.5 ... Continue reading

Rand McNally Unveils the Winners of the 2013 Best of the Road Program

Rand McNally Unveils the Winners of the 2013 Best of the Road Program

The hotly contested Best of the Road 2013 contest has concluded, and six special small towns* have been designated the winners! After several weeks of online voting at bestoftheroad.com, finalist communities demonstrated to a panel of judges—in words, pictures, and/or video—why they deserved to win the title ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Unveils Three World Premieres at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Unveils Three World Premieres at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will unveil three world premiere concept cars at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013*1. Incorporating a new design identity that symbolizes the sense of security and functionality of an SUV, the three models highlight @earth TECHNOLOGY, MMC's next-generation advanced technologies that emb ... Continue reading

Hyundai's Shannon Lands as 17th Most Influential Chief Marketing Officer in Appinions Survey

Hyundai's Shannon Lands as 17th Most Influential Chief Marketing Officer in Appinions Survey

Hyundai's Vice President of Marketing, Steve Shannon has been ranked as the world's 17th most influential CMOs in a 2013 study from Appinions. The second annual CMO Influence Study, conducted by Appinions for Forbes, analyzed the top 500 companies from the Forbes Global 2000 Biggest Public Companies list to determine t ... Continue reading

Consumers can now easily research and retrieve full motor vehicle reports and VINs

Consumers can now easily research and retrieve full motor vehicle reports and VINs

A new website is now available that provides used car shoppers and dealers with the information they need to make informed decisions when purchasing a pre-owned vehicle. VINCheckPro.com is an innovative website that allows members to perform VIN checks and retrieve motor vehicle reports right from their personal comput ... Continue reading

Partnership Provides Touchless, Voice-Activated Parking Data to WonderVoice's Handsfree iOS App for Drivers in U.S. and Canada

Partnership Provides Touchless, Voice-Activated Parking Data to WonderVoice's Handsfree iOS App for Drivers in U.S. and Canada

Today, WonderVoice, a mobile solution that aims to enable voice-activated access to app information while on-the-go, unveiled a touchless virtual parking assistant within its app that is powered by ParkMe, the leading provider of real-time parking information. "We continue to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to he ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Releases Sketches of Mopar-modified Vehicles Headed for SEMA

Chrysler Group Releases Sketches of Mopar-modified Vehicles Headed for SEMA

20 Mopar-modified Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Fiat and SRT vehicles headed for premier aftermarket show in Las Vegas 15,300 square-foot exhibit to highlight custom vehicles, Mopar performance parts and accessories, and Jeep Performance Parts developed by newly created Mopar Off-Road Division It's SEMA season. Today Chr ... Continue reading

Parts distributors, jobbers and retailers can decrease overhead costs with a fully-hosted SaaS solution from MAM Software

Parts distributors, jobbers and retailers can decrease overhead costs with a fully-hosted SaaS solution from MAM Software

MAM Software, Inc. , a leading provider of automotive business management solutions, has announced that its Autopart Online Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is available for use in the United States. ( ) Autopart Online is a cloud-hosted version of MAM's established Windows-based application for distributors, jobb ... Continue reading

National Parking Association Kicks-Off 62nd Annual Convention & Expo with Cisco Executive Keynote, Record Attendance

National Parking Association Kicks-Off 62nd Annual Convention & Expo with Cisco Executive Keynote, Record Attendance

Parking Industry Leaders, Experts, and Vendors Gather inThe National Parking Association (NPA) was joined by a record number of parking industry professionals for the kick off of its 62nd Annual Convention & Expo, Monday, Oct. 7. The convention features high-level parking industry and business experts discussing the la ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Recognized with Prestigious National Safety Council Awards

Chrysler Group Recognized with Prestigious National Safety Council Awards

Chrysler Group presented with two corporate awards recognizing significant achievements in safety, including Culture of Safety Award U.S. facilities receive over 100 safety awards Jefferson North Assembly Plant employee honored with Rising Stars award The National Safety Council (NSC) has recognized Chrysler Group's fo ... Continue reading

Street Skateboarder Kickflips onto Team Toyota

Street Skateboarder Kickflips onto Team Toyota

A road, a railing and even a Toyota Corolla: To Omar Salazar these are playgrounds to showcase his signature creative approach to street-style skateboarding. Salazar is the newest member of Team Toyota, an exceptional group of athletes selected and supported by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Salazar will demonstrate ... Continue reading

Nissan Makes Tracks With Four-Year Bridgestone Deal

Nissan Makes Tracks With Four-Year Bridgestone Deal

Nissan has agreed a four-year deal to provide commercial vehicles to Bridgestone, the world's largest tyre company ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Unveils Three World Premieres At The 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013

Mitsubishi Motors Unveils Three World Premieres At The 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will unveil three world premiere concept vehicles at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013. ... Continue reading

Time To Shine - Classic Finalists From Across The UK To Gather At NEC For Meguiar's Club Showcase

Time To Shine - Classic Finalists From Across The UK To Gather At NEC For Meguiar's Club Showcase

It's the culmination of 50 club shows from all over Britain, with winners of the Best in Show set to go head to head at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, the UK's biggest classic car show, from 15th to 17thNovember at Birmingham's NEC. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Announces New General Manager Western Europe

Infiniti Announces New General Manager Western Europe

Infiniti is pleased to announce that Hugues Fabre has been appointed to head up Infiniti commercial operations for Western Europe. He succeeds Guillaume Pelletreau who is taking up a new role within the Infiniti parent group. ... Continue reading

Scorching new Audi RS Q3 set to arrive in February at $81,900

Scorching new Audi RS Q3 set to arrive in February at $81,900

Sports car buyers are preparing for the arrival of a vehicle that will break new ground. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Premieres Three Next-Generation Concept Cars at 2013 Tokyo Motor Show

Mitsubishi Motors Premieres Three Next-Generation Concept Cars at 2013 Tokyo Motor Show

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will point to its technology and design future when it reveals three new concept vehicles at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 in November. ... Continue reading

Hankook Tyre Australia Appoints PR & Motorsport Executive

Hankook Tyre Australia Appoints PR & Motorsport Executive

Dean Evans has been appointed as Public Relations & Motorsport Executive at Hankook Tyre Australia. ... Continue reading

Solar Challenge takes Audi into the Night

Solar Challenge takes Audi into the Night

The new Audi A3 Sportback 1.4 TFSI COD has covered almost a third of the total distance of the Bridgestone Solar Challenge on the first day of the event. ... Continue reading

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