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2015 Mitsubishi Lancer, Outlander And Outlander Sport Named Insurance Institute For Highway Safety Award Winners

2015 Mitsubishi Lancer, Outlander And Outlander Sport Named Insurance Institute For Highway Safety Award Winners

7-passenger Outlander named an IIHS "Top Safety Pick+" - 5-passenger Outlander Sport designated an IIHS "Top Safety Pick" - Lancer compact sports sedan earns an IIHS "Top Safety Pick" rating CYPRESS, Calif., Dec. 23, 2014 -- Today a pair of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) crossovers – the 2015 Outland ... Continue reading

New-Vehicle Sales To Jump Nearly 10 Percent In Best December Since 2004

New-Vehicle Sales To Jump Nearly 10 Percent In Best December Since 2004

Fiat Chrysler Increases Market Share; Full-Size Trucks to Top 2 Million Units for First Time Since 2007 IRVINE, CA -- Dec. 23, 2014: New-vehicle sales are expected to increase 9.8 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.49 million units, resulting in an estimated 16.7 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), acco ... Continue reading

Santa Claus Cleared for a Safe Take-Off

Santa Claus Cleared for a Safe Take-Off

Transport Canada is pleased to announce that Santa Claus has successfully passed his pre-flight inspection and is set for a safe take-off. His cargo has been screened, his sleigh loaded, and his flight plan filed. Santa and his team of reindeer are expected to leave the North Pole, which is located in Canada's north, o ... Continue reading

Recall: Porsche Replaces Chassis Components in 205 Vehicles Worldwide

Recall: Porsche Replaces Chassis Components in 205 Vehicles Worldwide

Recall subsequent to an internal quality check - 918 Spyder customers concerned have already been contacted directly ATLANTA, Dec. 23, 2014 -- As a precautionary measure, Porsche will replace chassis components in 205 vehicles of the 918 Spyder model worldwide. The reason for this is that for vehicles that were manufac ... Continue reading

IIHS 2015 Top Safety Picks +VIDEO

IIHS 2015 Top Safety Picks +VIDEO

afety gains ground: More vehicles earn top honors from IIHS The number of vehicles earning either of the Institute's two awards has jumped to 71 from 39 this time last year, giving consumers more choices for optimum protection in crashes. The number of winners in the top tier — Top Safety Pick+ — has increase ... Continue reading

Honda's "Building Dreams of Friendship" Float Reunites Japan Earthquake Survivors with U.S. Military First Responders at the 2015 Rose Parade

Honda's "Building Dreams of Friendship" Float Reunites Japan Earthquake Survivors with U.S. Military First Responders at the 2015 Rose Parade

Students impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011 and U.S. military service members who participated in the humanitarian relief effort to ride float Honda will lead the Rose Parade for the fifth year as presenting sponsor Honda's 2015 Rose Parade float entry, Building Dreams of Friendship, will l ... Continue reading

A New Breed of Performance Starts with Ford EcoBoost Engines

A New Breed of Performance Starts with Ford EcoBoost Engines

Ford now offers EcoBoost® engines in all of its high-performance nameplates – from Fiesta ST to Mustang – making room for a new kind of aftermarket tuning Modifying engine performance can be accomplished with hand-held programmers that adjust several engine parameters Adjusting engine control unit programm ... Continue reading

Four Chevrolet Models Are 2015 IIHS Top Safety Picks

Four Chevrolet Models Are 2015 IIHS Top Safety Picks

Awards cover brand’s mini car, small car, midsize sedan and midsize SUV segments DETROIT – The 2015 Chevrolet Spark, Volt, Malibu and Equinox have been named 2015 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Picks. The designation goes to models that achieve a good or acceptable rating in the challenging ... Continue reading

Conventional Gasoline Models Are Expected to Represent Less Than Half of Vehicles Sold Worldwide by 2017, According to Navigant Research

Conventional Gasoline Models Are Expected to Represent Less Than Half of Vehicles Sold Worldwide by 2017, According to Navigant Research

Stop-start capability anticipated to be the most important innovation in improving fuel efficiency, report concludes BOULDER, Colo.--A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the emerging global market for technologies that improve fuel economy, including global market forecasts for light-duty vehicle sales, segment ... Continue reading

All Subaru Models Receive IIHS Top Safety Pick (TSP) For 2015

All Subaru Models Receive IIHS Top Safety Pick (TSP) For 2015

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that all seven 2015 Subaru models; the Legacy, Outback, Forester, BRZ, WRX/STI, Impreza and XV Crosstrek, have earned 2015 Top Safety Pick awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Subaru is the only manufacturer with IIHS Top Safety Picks for all models for ... Continue reading

Vehicle delivery experience reaches new high in 2014

Vehicle delivery experience reaches new high in 2014

More customers than ever collect their new BMW in person at BMW Welt The BMW Welt has been a major attraction for the citizens of Munich, tourists and fans of BMW Group brands since it opened in 2007. The experience centre has established itself not only as a desirable event venue and gourmet destination, but also as a ... Continue reading

Significantly Enhanced 2015 Honda CR-V Earns a 2015 TOP SAFETY PICK+ Rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Significantly Enhanced 2015 Honda CR-V Earns a 2015 TOP SAFETY PICK+ Rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

America's bestselling SUV for the past decade1 raises the bar for 2015 with numerous safety-performance updates Available Honda Sensing™ suite of advanced safety and driver-assistive technologies combines camera and radar systems to help detect vehicles, pedestrians and roadway markings Honda's vision is to reduce ... Continue reading

Order Books are Open for the New FIAT 500X

Order Books are Open for the New FIAT 500X

New FIAT 500X crossover available to order now in exclusive Opening Edition specification Only 500 examples of the specially-badged FIAT 500X Opening Edition will be offered to UK customers Available in “City Look” or “Off-Road Look” bodystyles, the FIAT 500X Opening Edition offers up to £2,850 w ... Continue reading

Increasing Vehicle Sales Means Additional $266 Million Investment in FCA US Kokomo Facility for Eight-Speed Transmission Production

Increasing Vehicle Sales Means Additional $266 Million Investment in FCA US Kokomo Facility for Eight-Speed Transmission Production

New investment will increase capacity of fuel-efficient transmission at Kokomo Transmission Plant (KTP) Sixth investment in five years at KTP for transmission production TorqueFlite eight-speed automatics are projected to power more than a million vehicles and help owners save 700 million gallons of gas KTP achieves mi ... Continue reading

Infiniti Enhances the Q70 Saloon Line-Up

Infiniti Enhances the Q70 Saloon Line-Up

New Infiniti Q70 range to cost from £32,650 129g/km CO2 2.2 diesel engine replaces 3.0 V6 diesel Full LED headlights among equipment enhancements Q70 Hybrid now faster and more efficient than ever ROLLE, SWITZERLAND -- December 22, 2014: An attractive new entry price point, lower CO2, extra equipment including full ... Continue reading

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