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New Zealand Transport Agency Selects Unisys to Modernize Crash Analysis System to Make New Zealand Roads Safer

New Zealand Transport Agency Selects Unisys to Modernize Crash Analysis System to Make New Zealand Roads Safer

New system will automate the input, sharing and analysis of critical data captured at road accident scenes to help identify patterns and hot spots - Unisys Corporation today announced that its New Zealand subsidiary has been selected by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) as the prime system integrator to lead the ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Winners of Silicon Valley App Design Competition

Toyota Announces Winners of Silicon Valley App Design Competition

Toyota Motor Corporation awarded Eye in the Sky $10,000 for developing the best app for its CAN-Gateway ECU platform, which uses data from vehicle sensors. The winning app was created as part of the Onramp 2014 Challenge, a codefest held on December 6 and 7 at the San Mateo County Event Center. Eye in the Sky competed ... Continue reading

2015 Ford Mustang Convertible Shipping to Dealerships Nationwide this Week

2015 Ford Mustang Convertible Shipping to Dealerships Nationwide this Week

Keys to the first 2015 Ford Mustang convertibles will be in customers’ hands shortly Available heated seats and remote start allow the all-new Mustang convertible to be enjoyed year-round, even in the coldest climates Selectable drive modes with a snow/wet setting tunes Mustang to perform well in inclement weather ... Continue reading

Ford Earns 2015 Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award; Company Named Among 50 Best Places to Work in the U.S.

Ford Earns 2015 Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award; Company Named Among 50 Best Places to Work in the U.S.

Ford receives a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award for Best Places to Work for 2015, based on feedback from employees regarding their job, work environment and company No. 35 of 50, Ford is the highest-ranking automotive company in the large company category to receive this honor Ford previously appeared on the Gla ... Continue reading

Finalists for North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Announced

Finalists for North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Announced

The three finalists for the 2015 North American Car of the Year are the Ford Mustang, Hyundai Genesis and the Volkswagen Golf, TDI and GTI. The three finalists for the 2015 North American Truck/Utility of the Year are the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Colorado and the Lincoln MKC. The names were disclosed today at news confere ... Continue reading

Third Annual Hyundai Hope On Wheels 5K Benefiting Childhood Cancer Research Returns To Maui On January 10

Third Annual Hyundai Hope On Wheels 5K Benefiting Childhood Cancer Research Returns To Maui On January 10

Hyundai Hope On Wheels 5K Run/Walk to be held in conjunction with 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions PGA TOUR Golf Tournament MAUI, Hawaii, Dec. 9, 2014 -- Hyundai Hope On Wheels today announced it will return to Hawaii for the third annual Hyundai Hope On Wheels 5K Run/Walk in Maui on Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 a. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Genesis - Finalist For 2015 North American Car Of The Year

Hyundai Genesis - Finalist For 2015 North American Car Of The Year

Today, at the Automotive Press Association Luncheon in Detroit, Genesis was named one of the top three finalists for the 2015 North American Car of the Year. The Ford Mustang and Volkswagen GTI join Genesis as the other two finalists. "We are thrilled that the Genesis has been listed as a finalist among an amazing cast ... Continue reading

Lexus RC F: Engineered For Grip And Agility

Lexus RC F: Engineered For Grip And Agility

Every aspect of the RC F, from its footprint on the road and its body rigidity, to its suspension, brakes, steering and chassis electronics, was designed to achieve the best grip and agile handling. Right from the prototype stage, the RC F was evaluated on race tracks around the world, including Fuji Speedway (true to ... Continue reading

Pinarello, Jaguar and Team Sky win Gold at 2014 London Design Awards

Pinarello, Jaguar and Team Sky win Gold at 2014 London Design Awards

Pinarello, Jaguar and Team Sky have won Gold in the Product Design, Sport and Active life category at this year’s prestigious London Design Awards. This award recognises and celebrates work from both those who commission design and those who create it. Pinarello, Jaguar, and Team Sky successfully collaborated earl ... Continue reading

Infiniti Changes the Retail Environment in the UK

Infiniti Changes the Retail Environment in the UK

Infiniti Europe is making a significant change in the operational control of the UK Infiniti Centres based in Reading, Birmingham, Stockport, Leeds and Glasgow. With immediate effect, all the retail services previously offered at these centres by Rymco UK Limited and Mana Premier Automobiles Limited are now under the c ... Continue reading

Second McLaren Australian Retail Showroom Joins McLaren Sydney

Second McLaren Australian Retail Showroom Joins McLaren Sydney

Second Australian retail showroom joins McLaren Sydney Marks the 20th location for McLaren in the Asia-Pacific region Key location in the city's iconic Eureka Tower SYDNEY -- December 9, 2014: McLaren Automotive has today launched its second Australian retail showroom with the opening of McLaren Melbourne, located with ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Reveals Quality Secret as 5-Millionth Car Leaves Ellesmere Port

Vauxhall Reveals Quality Secret as 5-Millionth Car Leaves Ellesmere Port

Today, in its 50th year as one of the UK’s most prolific car plants, Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory has released dramatic footage of a vehicle sign-off like no other, while celebrating the five-millionth car to be produced at the Cheshire plant. News of the landmark car will be an extra boost for the near- ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Cars Presents Labrinth, Live at Saatchi Gallery

Rolls-Royce Cars Presents Labrinth, Live at Saatchi Gallery

British singer-songwriter Labrinth discusses his ‘painstaking’ pursuit of musical perfection in a candid interview following his intimate gig at the debut of Inside Rolls-Royce, the super-luxury car manufacturer’s interactive exhibition, recently staged at Saatchi Gallery, London. “Strive for perfec ... Continue reading

Halla Visteon Climate Control Honored by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group

Halla Visteon Climate Control Honored by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. (KS: 018880), a full-line supplier of automotive thermal management solutions, has been honored by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Group in Asia Pacific with the 2013 Supplier of the Year award in the electrical export category. The award recognizes the supplier that demonstrates exc ... Continue reading

Daimler Celebrates Production Jubilee: 500,000th Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Rolls Off Production Line in Beijing

Daimler Celebrates Production Jubilee: 500,000th Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Rolls Off Production Line in Beijing

About half of all production comes just within the last two years, showing rapid growth in recent days. Hubertus Troska: “Continuous investment in localization is one of our key growth drivers for Mercedes-Benz’s future in China. BBAC is undoubtedly on its path to become the largest Mercedes-Benz passenger ca ... Continue reading

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