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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Since hitting dealer lots in August 2013, the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST has made a splash, racking up 22 industry awards for performance, handling and value

Since hitting dealer lots in August 2013, the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST has made a splash, racking up 22 industry awards for performance, handling and value

The hot little hatchback most recently won a spot on the 2014 Automobile Magazine All-Star list, making it perhaps the most-awarded performance subcompact in history; Fiesta ST has earned more honors than any small performance vehicle from Ford ever Fiesta ST is not only capturing critical acclaim, it is helping Ford w ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Accord Chosen as Automobile Magazine 'All-Star

2014 Honda Accord Chosen as Automobile Magazine 'All-Star

The Honda Accord (automobiles.honda.com/accord-sedan) is the only midsize sedan to be named to the prestigious 2014 Automobile Magazine 'All-Star' list (automobilemag.com/2014AllStars). Automobile Magazine editors used a combination of factors to determine the list of ten 'All-Stars' including results from performance ... Continue reading

GM ANNOUNCES BIG INVESTMENT IN MICHIGAN FACILITIES AT APA MEETING

GM ANNOUNCES BIG INVESTMENT IN MICHIGAN FACILITIES AT APA MEETING

Detroit-Hamtramck and Brownstown Get Major Upgrades Detroit April 8, 2014; At an APA meeting held Detroit Athletic Club this morning, General Motors VP of North American Manufacturing, Gerald Johnson, took the stage before the Automotive Press Association with Michigan governor, Rick Snyder, and Detroit’s new mayo ... Continue reading

Ford China March sales reach 103,815 vehicles, up 28%, crossing the 100,000 mark for the first time; first quarter sales reach 271,321 vehicles, up 45%

Ford China March sales reach 103,815 vehicles, up 28%, crossing the 100,000 mark for the first time; first quarter sales reach 271,321 vehicles, up 45%

CAF passenger car March sales reach 71,888 units, up 30%; first quarter sales reach 195,198 units, up 52% JMC commercial vehicle March sales reach 28,501 units up 11%; first quarter sales reach 67,125 units, up 19% Ford China goes into the Beijing Auto Show with record monthly sales of 103,815 vehicles, a 28 percent in ... Continue reading

Pennsylvania Records Lowest Number of Traffic Deaths Ever

Pennsylvania Records Lowest Number of Traffic Deaths Ever

The number of highway deaths on Pennsylvania roads tumbled to a record low last year when 1,208 were recorded, the lowest number since recordkeeping began in 1928, PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch announced today. "Though Pennsylvania has made significant progress in reducing highway crashes and deaths, our efforts to ... Continue reading

Subaru BRZ Named To Automobile Magazine's All-Star List For Second Consecutive Year

Subaru BRZ Named To Automobile Magazine's All-Star List For Second Consecutive Year

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that Automobile Magazine has named the Subaru BRZ to its prestigious All-Star list for 2014, repeating the award bestowed upon the rear-wheel-drive sports car last year. Judged against every new car currently on sale in the United States, the BRZ was one of just 10 cars selected ... Continue reading

Big win for Nissan is a big win for the planet

Big win for Nissan is a big win for the planet

Air is free, right? Tell that to the Nissan Energy Management Team who combed through countless miles of tubing in the compressed air system in U.S. manufacturing facilities and repaired enough leaks to save 11,300 megawatt hours of energy last year. "We saved enough energy to power more than 700 homes for a year, offs ... Continue reading

Tesla in Lemon Law Fight in Wisconsin

Tesla in Lemon Law Fight in Wisconsin

Washington DC April 8, 2914; NADAonline reported that a lemon-law suit by an unhappy Tesla Model S owner who wants his money back could be the first test of Tesla's restrictive customer sales agreements. The Wisconsin lawyer handling the state lawsuit against Tesla, a specialist in automobile lemon-law cases, says he b ... Continue reading

Porsche supplies over 38,500 vehicles to customers in the 1st Quarter of 2014

Porsche supplies over 38,500 vehicles to customers in the 1st Quarter of 2014

In the first three months of 2014, Porsche AG sold more than 38,500 vehicles to customers, which beat the 2013 first quarter of 37,009 vehicles. Over the remainder of the year, Porsche anticipates further growth with the introduction of the new Macan, which is now available at Porsche Dealers in Europe and the Mideast. ... Continue reading

2014 Ram 1500 Named to AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Stars--Two Years in a Row

2014 Ram 1500 Named to AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Stars--Two Years in a Row

The Ram 1500 has been named a 2014 AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star by the publication's editorial staff for the second year in a row and the fourth time in the past five years. AUTOMOBILE Magazine chooses its All-Stars from the complete array of vehicles on sale in the U.S. for the 2014 model year, including passenger car ... Continue reading

Mazda3 Named a 2014 All-Star Car

Mazda3 Named a 2014 All-Star Car

The redesigned 2014 Mazda3 compact car was today named one of the ten "All-Stars" for 2014 by the editors of AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America's leading automotive lifestyle publication. This marks the 22nd All-Stars award earned by Mazda and fourth overall award for Mazda3. As the brand's best-selling vehicle worldwide, th ... Continue reading

The Weather Channel Visits Honda's Manufacturing Plant Wind Project Developed by Juhl Energy

The Weather Channel Visits Honda's Manufacturing Plant Wind Project Developed by Juhl Energy

Juhl Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: JUHL, the "Company"), a leading provider of clean energy solutions and a leader in community wind power development, is pleased to announce the recent broadcast of The Weather Channel®'s visit to the Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America plant in Russells Point, Ohio, and tour of the fa ... Continue reading

Continental Receives 2014 Automotive News PACE Award for Pedestrian Protection System

Continental Receives 2014 Automotive News PACE Award for Pedestrian Protection System

Pressure sensor-based Pedestrian Protection System (PPS pSAT) reduces pedestrian injuries in collisions. - Continental earns third Automotive News PACE award in two years. - This innovation will help automakers meet new pedestrian safety requirements in Europe, United States and Japan. ... Continue reading

Park Avenue Pianos Treats Rolls Royce and Tesla to Private Concerts

Park Avenue Pianos Treats Rolls Royce and Tesla to Private Concerts

During the past 12 months, Park Avenue Pianos have displayed their Golden Age Steinway Grand pianos alongside both Rolls Royce and Tesla Motors at two exclusive events. Park Avenue Pianos specializes in vintage Steinway Grand pianos from Steinway's Golden Age and has showrooms in Manhattan, Miami and Washington DC. The ... Continue reading

2014 KOGOD "MADE IN AMERICA" AUTO INDEX

2014 KOGOD "MADE IN AMERICA" AUTO INDEX

KOGOD MADE IN AMERICA AUTO INDEX TABLE ... Continue reading

IIHS Mid-size SUV Small Overlap Front Crash Test-Only Two of Nine Earn Good Rating - GM Leads The Way +VIDEO

IIHS Mid-size SUV Small Overlap Front Crash Test-Only Two of Nine Earn Good Rating - GM Leads The Way +VIDEO

The Chevrolet Equinox and its twin, the GMC Terrain, are the only midsize SUVs out of nine evaluated to earn a good rating in the IIHS small overlap front crash test, which continues to challenge manufacturers more than a year and a half after its introduction.The Equinox and the Terrain qualify for the Institute's hig ... Continue reading

The 560HP Q50 Eau Rouge Springs to Life

The 560HP Q50 Eau Rouge Springs to Life

Sebastian Vettel tests running prototype in his role as Infiniti’s Director of Performance Full schedule of prototype testing and evaluation continues Hong Kong – Infiniti is pressing ahead with the evaluation of the Q50 Eau Rouge high-performance vehicle and will show footage of the testing of a prototype ve ... Continue reading

Toyota Helps Deliver World-First Copper Recycling Technology

Toyota Helps Deliver World-First Copper Recycling Technology

Copper is one of the world’s most sought-after metals, yet independent estimates* suggest that, at current levels, the global mineable supply will be exhausted in around 40 years. Toyota has worked with a group of industry partners to define a world-first system to retrieve and recycle copper from vehicle wiring h ... Continue reading

Corsa Classica Exhibition in London

Corsa Classica Exhibition in London

The London Motor Museum celebrated its 10th anniversary this week and launched a new exhibition named ‘Corsa Classica.’ To celebrate its first 10 years, the museum, based in Hayes, London, invited friends of the museum, local dignitaries and car collectors to admire a collection of over 200 cars, followed by ... Continue reading

Peugeot UK Sees Strong Showing in March

Peugeot UK Sees Strong Showing in March

Desire for new cars in 2014 exceeds the same period last year With a very modern range of vehicles, demand for PEUGEOT products continues to grow March sales for retail customers with new ’14 registration plate vehicles were up by 30% The Brand’s strategy to substantially grow its retail penetration is paying ... Continue reading

Mazda UK and March--Soaring Together

Mazda UK and March--Soaring Together

All-new Mazda3 posts strong first quarter FY13 sales increase by 35% Further growth expected Mazda posted sales of 8,576 cars in March, a surge of 40 per cent over the same month last year, well ahead of the industry rise of 18 per cent. The magnificent March performance helped boost sales in the financial year ending ... Continue reading

Audi Has Record Quarter in the UK and Worldwide

Audi Has Record Quarter in the UK and Worldwide

Global sales increased in March by 15.4% to around 170,450 cars UK sales up 13.3% to record 28,841* cars Sales chief Luca de Meo: “Growth in Europe stronger than the market” Cabriolet extends successful new A3 family In March, Audi delivered more cars to customers than ever before in a single month, both in t ... Continue reading

New Iveco Daily Van Debuts in June

New Iveco Daily Van Debuts in June

A totally redesigned vehicle that satisfies all the needs of light commercial vehicle transport: from a robust chassis cab to a more spacious van with improved manoeuvrability The third generation of the Iveco Daily, which will soon make its arrival in markets across Europe, will be presented to the international press ... Continue reading

Stong March 2014 Showing for FIAT UK

Stong March 2014 Showing for FIAT UK

Best-ever month in UK for Fiat 500 Jeep sales up 41.3 per cent – Grand Cherokee rises 63.8 per cent Alfa Romeo sales rise 17.6 per cent Abarth sales up 14.7 per cent Best-ever month in UK for Fiat Professional Fiat Group Automobiles UK has had a strong start to the 2014 sales period with broad increases in volume ... Continue reading

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