2012 Kia Soul Eco Ride and Review By Larry Nutson
2012 Kia Soul Eco Music to the Soul By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (IMG_3008) Iâm a music-lovinâ guy and I do like to dance. I donât have any music-lovinâ hamsters but I do have a Labrador retriever, named Java. Well, my dog Java liked the Kia Soul. The rear cargo are ... Continue reading
WASHINGTON--Global Automakers commends President Obama for taking steps to encourage consumer purchases of various advanced technology clean vehicles through tax incentives and credits. Our Association has long believed that the U.S. government should take a technology and fuel neutral approach to incentivizing alterna ... Continue reading
Fiat Brand's 'House Arrest' Exceeds 1 Million Views on Brand's YouTube Channel
'House Arrest' to make its broadcast debut during the NCAA Basketball Tournament In less than one week since its debut on the Fiat Brand's YouTube channel, "House Arrest" has hit more than 1 million viewers. The Fiat brand unveiled the new commercial for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth online the afternoon of Thursday, Mar. ... Continue reading
Tops and Flops at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show +VIDEO
Europe's First Major Show of the Year is Bursting with News By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor GENEVA - March 8, 2012: The Salon International de de lAutomobile Genève has always been a most interesting event. During the past two decades that I've attended the show, the car manufacturers from Europe, Japan and N ... Continue reading
Audi Celebrates Grand Opening of New Beverly Hills Dealership
Audi celebrated the grand opening of Audi Beverly Hills, an all-new dealership in partnership with Fletcher Jones Family of Fine Dealerships. The new location, which officially opened its doors on January 26, marks the eighth Los Angeles area dealership for the brand. Grand opening event details The event included a ke ... Continue reading
The Weather Channel launches exclusive cross-platform "Responding by Storm" reports on network and digital platforms sponsored by Ram Truck brand Reports track work of the First Response Team in action after U.S. weather disasters Ram donates heavy-duty trucks to First Response Team The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) ... Continue reading
President Barack Obama proposed expanded tax credits and community research grants to make alternative-energy cars and trucks more attractive to buyers. According to Automotive News, electric, natural gas, and hydrogen-powered vehicles would be covered by the plan, which Obama announced Wednesday in North Carolina. Oba ... Continue reading
Vanity License Plate Anniversary
Contest Links Vanity License Plate Anniversary With Earth Day For Release: Monday, March 12, 2012 Lexington, KY -- In 2012, the personalized license plate celebrates its 75th anniversary. In observance of this event Eagle One, a leading marketer of automotive appearance products, is conducting a contest designed to als ... Continue reading
Winnebago Industries, Inc. , a leading United States (U.S.) recreation vehicle manufacturer, will issue an advisory release and host a conference call on Thursday, March 15, 2012. In compliance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") guidance regarding "notice-and-access" news releases(1), the Compan ... Continue reading
IndyCar - The Dragon Waits For Power
Sebring, Mar. 8, 2012: Dragon Racing ready to test, is in the paddock, and its chassis' have gone through tech, while its drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge are present, but no engines means no go time. Sources indicate problems with funding ghave been resolved which in turn led to Lotus Limited to release ... Continue reading
Nissan Versa Sedan Earns Top Safety Pick From IIHS
Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the 2012 Nissan Versa Sedan a "Top Safety Pick" rating. The rating is given to vehicles that achieve the Institute's highest rating of "Good" for front, rear and side impact protection, earn a "Good" rating in the roof strength test and are equipped with ... Continue reading
In order to make it easier for a driver seated in a wheelchair, the Turny Evo swivels the car seat out of the car and lowers it to the height of the wheelchair. The user transfers to the car seat by sliding over and is comfortably lifted into the car by the Turny Evo. After a successful year with the passenger side sol ... Continue reading
Thank Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Prager and Savage for Rising Gasoline Prices
High profile talkers go pro-OPEC to attract the "most buck for their bang" By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL The only reason that oil and gasoline prices are rising again is because there is no serious competition to oil-gasoline. Itâs not that there aren't legitimate alternatives ... Continue reading
Bridgestone Launches Research Project to Develop a Sustainable Source of Natural Rubber
Bridgestone Corporation (BSJ), today announced the Bridgestone Group's plans for an extensive research project in the United States dedicated to developing Guayule as a commercially viable, renewable source of high-quality natural rubber and as an alternative to the Hevea tree. Guayule (pronounced Why-u-lee) is a peren ... Continue reading
EPA cost predictions were two to five times greater than the actual cost for truck buyers to comply with emissions mandates The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and American Truck Dealers (ATD) released a new report today that calls into question the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) cost analysis o ... Continue reading
Statement From National Coalition for Safer Roads on Support for Speed Enforcement Technology
Today, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a new report, "Survey of the States: Speeding and Aggressive Driving," on the role that speeding plays in traffic deaths. Speeding continues to be a factor in one-third of traffic deaths every year, while almost every other area of highway safety steadily ... Continue reading
IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in four Blink Pedestal electric vehicle charging stations at its Tempe, Arizona store as part of its partnership with ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies. This initiative represents the ninth s ... Continue reading
At the IT Europa ceremony on March 1, in Berlin, Germany, Trubiquity received the Independent Software Vendor 2012 European Software Excellence Award for its automotive supplier customer solution in the Information Management/Content Management category. This award category looks at software solutions that help busines ... Continue reading
Sevcon, Inc. , a global manufacturer of microprocessor based controls for electric and hybrid vehicles, and Flextronics Automotive, a business of Flextronics , a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider, today announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement to provide hybrid and el ... Continue reading
SEBRING, March 7, 2012: Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Ryan Briscoe topped the timesheets as 10 IZOD IndyCar Series drivers and teams concluded a two-day Open Test at Sebring International Raceway. Castroneves set a lap of 52.1413 seconds in the No. 3 Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Chevrolet, jus ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Kurt Busch 'Vegas Preview
MOORESVILLE, March 7, 2012: âWho says you canât go home, thereâs only one place they call me one of their own, just a hometown boy, born a rolling stoneâ¦.who says you canât go home.â� The immortal words sung by Jon Bon Jovi in the 2006 hit âWho Says You Canât Go HomeâA ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - AJ Allmendinger 'Vegas Preview
LAS VEGAS, March 7, 2012: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the No. 22 Pennzoil Dodge, points to Las Vegas Motor Speedway as one of his most difficult tracks. But in an uncanny way, his record on the demanding 1.5-mile âintermediateâ� track is a true reflection of the consistent progress Dinger has made during ... Continue reading
Outlaw Sprints - TSR's Western Swing
INDIANAPOLIS, March 7, 2011: In the dusty world of dirt-track racing, competitors more frequently find themselves knocking mud off their shoes than shading their eyes from the bright lights. This week offers the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) tandem of Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser the chance do a little more of both as the ... Continue reading
2012 Nissan Versa Sedan Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
Arlington Virginia, March 8, 2012; The Nissan Versa, a minicar redesigned for 2012, earns the Institute's top award for good performance in front, side, rollover, and rear impact evaluations. The Versa also has electronic stability control, an important crash avoidance feature that is now required by federal regulation ... Continue reading
Odyne Systems LLC President and CEO, Joe Dalum, discussed the operation and fuel saving benefits of Odyne's new hybrid technology with Dr. Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy and others from the Department of Energy following Dr. Chu's keynote at the Green Truck Summit on Monday, March 5. Odyne, as partner in a projec ... Continue reading
Michigan Economy Improves in December, Reports Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index
Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index rose two points in December, up to a level of 91. The December index level is 31 points, or 52 percent, above the index cyclical low of 60. The index averaged 91 points in 2011, seven points above the 84 point average for all of 2010. "Strong U.S. auto sales, acceleratin ... Continue reading
Ford is joining together with NBC and Telemundo's mun2 network to launch "Escape Routes," a prime-time TV show featuring the all-new Ford Escape that debuts March 31 Ford was the first automaker to reveal vehicles via social media (Fiesta and Explorer) and social gaming (Escape), and is preparing for another first by l ... Continue reading
The Jeep Brand Partners With the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy
Initiative includes development of a mentorship program, educational field trips and support of the academy's boys' and girls' basketball teams Jeep brand will award $100,000 in college scholarships to the first graduating class The Jeep brand has partnered up with the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy (JRLA), an open enro ... Continue reading
2012 Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance March 9-11
Amelia Island Concours DâElegance Opens the Classic and Collector Car Show Season By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Amelia Island Florida, March 8, 2012 This weekend begins the classic and collector car show season with the 14th presentation of the Amelia Island Concours dâElegance at the Ritz ... Continue reading
Aston Barclay Set To Auction Automotive Masterpiece
One of the world's rarest supercars will go under the auctioneers' hammer at Aston Barclay Group's Chelmsford centre later this month. ... Continue reading
Honda Accord Euro and Odyssey's Sales Streak
The Honda Accord Euro and Odyssey have continued to dominate private sales in their segments in February. ... Continue reading
Kia Smashes The 1 Million Visits Barrier
Kia Motors UK Ltd., has surpassed more than 1 million visits to kia.co.uk in February alone, a record breaking number since the website was re-launched in 2009. ... Continue reading
Vito E-CELL Powers Big Dribble
An all-electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL van will be powering the npower Big Dribble; a Great Britain Hockey initiative that will see a giant hockey ball travel the length of the country to raise funds for national children's charity WellChild. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors In The UK Appoint New Dealer In Suffolk
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK is pleased to confirm the appointment of Rawlinson Mitsubishi who have opened their doors in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. This latest addition to Mitsubishi's 115 strong nationwide dealer network will provide Mitsubishi sales, service and parts for the Suffolk area, operating from Easlea Road, ... Continue reading
Kia Partners With Trees For Cities
At Kia Motors we don't just see our corporate responsibility as being global in scale but also local. Starting with Walking Bus in 2000 and with Red Nose Day since 2009, Kia's commitment to corporate responsibility has been expanded to include a new environmental partner - Trees for Cities. ... Continue reading
Land Rover's 'Journey Of Discovery' Expedition Visits Geneva...
To celebrate the One Millionth Land Rover Discovery being built in the UK, a £1 million (GBP) fundraiser has been launched. The appeal is in aid of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), a Land Rover Global Humanitarian Partner. ... Continue reading
Kia Signs On To Support World Environment Day 2012
Kia Motors Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to confirm its support for the organisation's hallmark World Environment Day (WED). The official signing ceremony took place at the United Nations compound in Nairobi, Kenya and marks Kia's continued com ... Continue reading
Sunderland Plant Wins All-New Compact Car
Nissan has revealed a head-turning hatchback concept previewing the company's vision for an all-new compact car to be launched in 2013. ... Continue reading
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