Sunday, September 9, 2012

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2012 HONDA PILOT REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE PILOT VEHICLE The Pilot is a three-row eight-passenger sport utility vehicle holding firm to traditional styling and rugged appeal, but sees quite a few upscale redesign changes for a more sophisticated interior to support popular high ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (September 3-September 9, 2012) Automotive News

* High fuel prices and low interest rates drove August cars sales up 20%. Sales were just under 1.3 million pushing the SAAR to 14.52 million. Chrysler was up 14.1%; Ford, 12.6%, and General Motors, 10.1%. Volkswagen reported its best August since 1973 with sales up 48.2% from a year earlier. Honda (up 59.5%) and Toyot ... Continue reading

Nissan Celebrates Production Start of All-New 2013 Sentra in Aguascalientes, México

AGUASCALIENTES MEXICO September 8, 2012; Nissan has celebrated the production start of the all-new Sentra compact car at its Aguascalientes 1 manufacturing plant in Mexico. The 4th generation Sentra, which boasts a stylish new design, increased fuel economy and additional safety features, will represent about half of t ... Continue reading

Grand Am DP - Fogarty Puts GAINSCO On Front Row At Laguna

MONTEREY, Sep. 9, 2012: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing will start its 99th career race from the outside front row in the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Corvette Daytona Prototype after Jon Fogarty qualified second Saturday for tomorrow’s Continental Tire Sports Car Festival GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race at Ma ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Stock - Jeggy Looking Forward To Sunday Run At Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, Sep. 9, 2012: It's taken a lot longer than expected, but Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s mission of getting the JEGS/Mopar Dodge Avenger into the Countdown to the Championship is nearly complete. "It's going to be a fun day on Sunday," Coughlin said. "We want to etch our names into that Top 10, and seal a spot in this ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Mod - Troy Coughlin Moves Up To P2 On Qualifying Ladder At Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, Sep. 9, 2012: Count JEGS.com driver Troy Coughlin among those who didn't mind that the 58th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway were postponed by rain to this weekend. That's because Coughlin improved to the No. 2 qualifying position Saturday during the final round of qualifying in the Pr ... Continue reading

Scania: Ireland's Gabriel Warde wins Scania's Young Truck Driver Competition

Gabriel Warde from Ireland won the exciting final of Scania Young European Truck Driver 2012 (YETD) competition. The final was decided in Sweden, on Saturday afternoon and attracted close to 10,000 spectators. Warde, who participated in the YETD final for the second time, beat 23 other talented young professional drive ... Continue reading

USW Members Ratify New Madrid Labor Agreement

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced that on Friday, September 7, 2012, United Steelworkers (“USW") members at its aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Missouri ratified a new five-year contract. The contract covers approximately 80% of the workforce in New Madrid. "We deeply value our New Madrid employees, their ... Continue reading

Final 25 Winners Announced in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good Program

Toyota today announced a correction to its press release, "Final 25 Winners Announced in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good Program," issued on August 28, 2012. Two organizations on voting dates July 22 and July 31 were incorrectly identified as winners. ... Continue reading