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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Bosch Technology Receives 2014 Automotive News PACE Award

Bosch Technology Receives 2014 Automotive News PACE Award

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.—Robert Bosch LLC was awarded a 2014 Automotive News PACEâ„¢ (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award on Monday. The company earned recognition for its laser-drilling technology for spray enhancements in gasoline direct injection in the Produ ... Continue reading

EyesOn Design 2014 Commemorative Poster to be Revealed at Automotive Hall of Fame

EyesOn Design 2014 Commemorative Poster to be Revealed at Automotive Hall of Fame

Media and Public Invited to Attend Tuesday, April 22 The commemorative poster for the 2014 EyesOn Design Automotive Design Exhibition will be unveiled at 10 a.m. on April 22 at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan. The poster, by artist Nicola Wood of Los Angeles, features a blue 1936 Cadillac coupe in fro ... Continue reading

Toyota UK announces safety recalls covering three issues affecting some RAV4, Hilux, Yaris and Urban Cruiser models

Toyota UK announces safety recalls covering three issues affecting some RAV4, Hilux, Yaris and Urban Cruiser models

Toyota announces safety recalls covering three issues affecting some RAV4, Hilux, Yaris and Urban Cruiser models A total of 35,124 UK-registered vehicles are affected No reports worldwide of any accidents, injuries or fatalities linked to these issues Toyota to provide customers with prompt inspection and repair progra ... Continue reading

Cadillac CTS is 2014 Automobile Magazine All-Star

Cadillac CTS is 2014 Automobile Magazine All-Star

The 2014 Cadillac CTS today was named to the prestigious Automobile Magazine 2014 All-Stars list. Automobile Magazine editors used a combination of factors to determine the list of 10 All-Stars, including results from performance testing, feature evaluation and overall value. All vehicles on sale for the 2014 model yea ... Continue reading

Silverado High Country: HD Pickups with All-Day Comfort

Silverado High Country: HD Pickups with All-Day Comfort

Rugged luxury with heavy-duty capability, Silverado dependability Choice of gas, diesel or CNG power Advanced chassis controls for more capable, confident towing DETROIT – When you spend long days on the worksite or long nights towing a heavy trailer, comfort and capability are hardly a luxury. With its quiet, wel ... Continue reading

Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain Earn Top Safety Pick+ Ratings

Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain Earn Top Safety Pick+ Ratings

The Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain with available forward collision alert technology, earned 2014 Top Safety Pick+ ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the only midsize SUVs of nine evaluated to earn Good ratings in the Institute’s small overlap front crash test. The Equinox and Terrain join ... Continue reading

GM Invests $449 Million for Next Generation Electrification

GM Invests $449 Million for Next Generation Electrification

In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors will invest $449 million to upgrade manufacturing processes at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Brownstown Battery Assembly plants. “General Motors is committed to building award-winning products and develop ... Continue reading

From Acid Baths to Power Hop Hill, 10 Ways Ford Torture-Tested the 2015 F-150

From Acid Baths to Power Hop Hill, 10 Ways Ford Torture-Tested the 2015 F-150

Ford to increase durability testing to 10 million cumulative miles for 2015 F-150 Extensive testing proves this all-new F-150 lives up to Built Ford Tough standards Ford went to new extremes – from mountaintops to frozen lakes – to put the truck through its paces April 09, 2014 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time ... Continue reading

Ford Reveals All-New 2015 Focus Sedan

Ford Reveals All-New 2015 Focus Sedan

Ford Focus retains its title as world’s best-selling vehicle nameplate for 2013, according to Ford analysis of the just-released full-year Polk new vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive. The news comes as a new Focus four-door sedan prepares to make its debut at next week’s 2014 New York International ... Continue reading

New 2015 Lincoln Navigator Introduces Higher Level of Automotive Luxury with Ziricote Wood

New 2015 Lincoln Navigator Introduces Higher Level of Automotive Luxury with Ziricote Wood

You’ll find it in luxury yachts. Fine furniture. Premium acoustic guitars, too. Now you’ll see it in the new 2015 Lincoln Navigator. “Altering the ziricote wood would blemish its beauty” Lincoln is the first automobile manufacturer to use ziricote wood, an exotic hardwood found in South America, sou ... Continue reading

All-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee Named "SUV of the Year" by the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press association

All-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee Named "SUV of the Year" by the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press association

2014 Jeep Cherokee wins "SUV of the Year" award from journalist organization at Denver International Auto Show Rocky Mountain Automotive Press cite unstoppable off-road ability and impressive on-road performance in naming the Jeep Cherokee "SUV of the Year" From the stage of the Denver Auto Show Charity Preview, the 20 ... Continue reading

Live Webcasts and HD Satellite Feeds of Jeep and Dodge Brand Product Reveals at 2014 New York International Auto Show

Live Webcasts and HD Satellite Feeds of Jeep and Dodge Brand Product Reveals at 2014 New York International Auto Show

Live webcasts and high-definition satellite feeds of Jeep and Dodge brand product reveals will be provided during the 2014 New York International Auto Show on April 16 and 17, 2014. Details: Jeep brand reveal, 10:50 a.m.-11:15 a.m. EDT, April 16. ... Continue reading

Polar Vortex-stricken Midwest and Northeast see 9 percent hike in car repair costs,but hybrid repairs drop as much as 28 percent

Polar Vortex-stricken Midwest and Northeast see 9 percent hike in car repair costs,but hybrid repairs drop as much as 28 percent

CarMD, provider of leading-edge car repair data and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, today released its 2014 CarMD Vehicle Health Index™ report on common check engine-related car repairs, associated costs and annual trends for model year 1996 to current vehicles. For the second year in a row, 2013 saw an in ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' "First Ride" event provides New York City newborns a safe, free ride home from hospital

Mitsubishi Motors' "First Ride" event provides New York City newborns a safe, free ride home from hospital

Three New York infants will be making their inaugural ride home in one of America's safest SUV/crossovers as part of Mitsubishi Motors' "First Ride" event – a program that focuses on creating awareness and educating parents on child safety. "Every day, thousands of newborns in New York City and around the nation l ... Continue reading

New 2014 Ram Power Wagon--The Most Off-Road-Capable Pickup--Has Evolved from America's First Mass Production 4x4

New 2014 Ram Power Wagon--The Most Off-Road-Capable Pickup--Has Evolved from America's First Mass Production 4x4

Simply no other pickup on the market matches Power Wagon's on- and off-road capability Standard 6.4-liter HEMI® V-8 with best-in-class 410 horsepower and 429 lb.-ft. of torque features unsurpassed powertrain warranty – five years/100,000 miles Unique "Ram Articulink" front suspension system incorporates high mo ... Continue reading

Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept technology

Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept technology

Land Rover reveals Transparent Bonnet virtual imaging concept New level of driver awareness with a ‘see-through’ augmented reality view of the terrain ahead, making the front of the car ‘virtually’ invisible from inside the cabin Technology provides full visibility of what is underneath and in front ... Continue reading

2014 Tow Car Awards Has Record Number of Entries

2014 Tow Car Awards Has Record Number of Entries

Testing for 2014 Tow Car Awards takes place this week at MIRA proving ground Record number of cars (55+) to go through series of dynamic tests by experts from The Camping and Caravanning Club, Practical Caravan and What Car? magazines Cars entered range from a Fiat 500L up to a Range Rover Sport, including engines as s ... Continue reading

All-new Mazda3 stars in massive, three-dimensional street art installation

All-new Mazda3 stars in massive, three-dimensional street art installation

All-new Mazda3 stars in massive, three-dimensional street art installation 'Mazda3D' created in collaboration with record-breaking, London-based street artists ‘3D Joe and Max’ Over 600 visitor photos uploaded to social media ‘'We're continuing to collaborate with and celebrate those whom, like Mazda, ha ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Launches "Think Blue. Nature"

Volkswagen Launches "Think Blue. Nature"

Long-term commitment to state-supported biodiversity corridor in the Sierra Madre supplements previous environmental sustainability projects Young environmental ambassadors help plant trees and clean watercourses Cooperation with Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources and Deutsche Gesellschaft für ... Continue reading

Luxury goes extreme as Infiniti and Poltrona Frau join forces

Luxury goes extreme as Infiniti and Poltrona Frau join forces

Ultimate luxury makeover for Infiniti Q50 and QX70 models Two concepts: good and evil – exemplars of precision and passion Unveiling in Milan for start of the city’s famous Furniture Fair ROLLE – Two stunning new faces of Infiniti cars will be revealed tomorrow in a “good and evil” pairing desi ... Continue reading

Complete range of Bentley Home Collections on show at the prestigious Salon del Mobile

Complete range of Bentley Home Collections on show at the prestigious Salon del Mobile

Complete range of Bentley Home Collections on show at the prestigious Salon del Mobile A modern aesthetic sensibility and refined craftsmanship, expressing a synthesis between tradition and innovation Collaboration with leading Italian interiors company defines luxury lifestyle direction for homes and offices (Crewe, 8 ... Continue reading

Ford shows exclusive Vignale Collection

Ford shows exclusive Vignale Collection

Ford displays Vignale Collection at Salone del Mobile in Milan Design team that specialises in applying global style trends to car design produces award-winning Vignale Weekender travel bag Ford will host panel discussion titled “Designing a Premium Experience” in the Ford Vignale lounge at the Fiera Milano e ... Continue reading

The New Kia Soul

The New Kia Soul

Bigger, roomier, all-new second-generation model Even more dramatic styling Five trim levels DAB radio fitted as standard across Soul line-up Design cues taken from Track’ster concept car Enhanced driving dynamics thanks to new cee’d-based chassis Priced from just £12,600 A new, second-generation version o ... Continue reading

Ford Unviels S-Max Vignale Concept

Ford Unviels S-Max Vignale Concept

Ford introduces S‑MAX Vignale Concept in Milan, expanding the Ford Vignale vision of creating a unique upmarket product and ownership experience Inspired by trends from furniture and fashion, the S-MAX Vignale Concept features distinctive 21-inch alloy wheels; dark-chromed polished aluminium detailing; special Vi ... Continue reading

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