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Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Setting the Record Straight on Misunderstood Topic, Alan Baum and NRDC Auto Expert to Detail Historic Highs in Average Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy, Conventional Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Sales. Contrary to what is being suggested in some news accounts, the market for clean cars is thriving, with every major record f ... Continue reading

2013 Ford Taurus Ride'm Review By Maureen McDonald

2013 Ford Taurus Ride'm Review By Maureen McDonald

High Chaparral- Ride'm 2013 Ford Taurus by Maureen McDonald Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel When the leaves in Michigan start turning gold and the temperature dips below freezing at night the call of the high chaparral gets louder – climb up where the air is clear and the nights are warm, where the ... Continue reading

Lexus Offers Test Drive During Accenture Innovation Trip

Lexus Offers Test Drive During Accenture Innovation Trip

During the Accenture Innovation Trip, an initiative of LIDE JOVEM -- Grupo de Jovens Lideres Empresariais [Group of Young Business Leaders] and LIDE INOVACAO [INNOVATION], a group of 20 young businesspersons will share their knowledge and experiences with Brazilian and American entrepreneurs in California's Silicon Val ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading

NBA All-Star Blake Griffin Travels Back In Time To Give Prescient Advice To His Younger Self In New Ad Campaign From Kia Motors

NBA All-Star Blake Griffin Travels Back In Time To Give Prescient Advice To His Younger Self In New Ad Campaign From Kia Motors

With the 2012-13 NBA season about to tip off, Kia Motors' global brand ambassador, superstar Blake Griffin, is back in a series of humorous new television commercials featuring the fast-growing automaker's best-selling Optima midsize sedan and innovative UVO voice-activated infotainment system. In the five 30-second sp ... Continue reading

Lexus LS Marketing Campaign Lives Loudly

Lexus LS Marketing Campaign Lives Loudly

Generations of the Lexus LS have inspired an entire industry through visionary innovation, craftsmanship and design. And now the flagship not only has a new face, but has more than 3,000 new parts. The LS line-up also includes the first-ever LS F SPORT, and a marketing campaign to highlight the thrilling, exclusive lif ... Continue reading

Nissan Teams With Sony PlayStation For Second Season Of Nissan GT Academy Competition In U.S.

Nissan Teams With Sony PlayStation For Second Season Of Nissan GT Academy Competition In U.S.

Nissan GT Academy is back for a second season, seeking to determine which of America's best Gran Turismo video gamers has what it takes to become a professional racing driver. Nissan North America, in collaboration with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Polyphony Digital, is announcing the first of six episodes t ... Continue reading

2013 Volvo XC60 T6 Review By Dan Poler

2013 Volvo XC60 T6 Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel The XC60 has been around since the 2009 model year and is one of the best-selling vehicles in Volvo’s stable. Despite this, it’s just not a car you see every day. We had the opportunity to take the XC60, and we find ourselves wondering why there aren’t ... Continue reading

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Audi A7 Review

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Audi A7 Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2012 AUDI A7 REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE A7 VEHICLE The all-new Audi A7 is a luxurious and powerful four-passenger sedan – a redesign of the A6, but with a couple-like look and attitude thanks to a low and wide stance, a hatchback-ins ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Ponders Peace in the 2012 Honda Insight - REVIEW

Fireball Tim Ponders Peace in the 2012 Honda Insight - REVIEW

By Fireball Tim Lawrence HOLLYWOOD, USA - October 26, 2012: Spending a week with the 2012 Honda Insight was just that… insightful. But people didn’t turn their heads and say, “wow…” They didn’t stop me on the street and ask me what it was. And they didn’t react when I drove it into a ... Continue reading

Scion Expands "What Moves You" Brand Campaign with "Motivate" Program Driven by Cross-Media Creative Elements from ATTIK

Scion Expands "What Moves You" Brand Campaign with "Motivate" Program Driven by Cross-Media Creative Elements from ATTIK

As the newest facet of its "What Moves You" brand campaign, Scion has launched a new program this week entitled Motivate that presents young self-starters in the creative arts community with opportunities to achieve their dreams by winning personal business mentors, up to $10,000 and Scion vehicles. The evolving brand ... Continue reading

2013 Cadillac XTS Review By Carey Russ

2013 Cadillac XTS Review By Carey Russ

2013 Cadillac XTS American expectations for a luxury car are not what they once were. The extra-large, softly-suspended, V8-powered insulating cocoon on wheels -- exemplified most recently in the Cadillac line by the late DTS, and DeVille and Fleetwood before it -- is gone. Today's luxury car buyer is more likely than ... Continue reading

Subaru of America Hits One Million Facebook Fans

Subaru of America Hits One Million Facebook Fans

Subaru of America, Inc. has surpassed one million Facebook fans on its official Facebook page. "Subaru has some of the most passionate owners and now, more than a million Subaru fans are following us on Facebook," said Dean Evans, chief marketing officer for Subaru of America. "The Subaru Facebook page is all fan engag ... Continue reading

41-Mile Extension of State Highway 130 Opens Ahead of Schedule in Central Texas

41-Mile Extension of State Highway 130 Opens Ahead of Schedule in Central Texas

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters joined state and local leaders Wednesday to celebrate the opening of State Highway 130 Segments 5 and 6, weeks ahead of schedule. The new roadway spans approximately 41 miles from Mustang Ridge to I-10 in Seguin, and was also designated as the Pickle Parkway by the Te ... Continue reading

New 2013 Ram 1500 is on Its Way to Michigan Dealers

New 2013 Ram 1500 is on Its Way to Michigan Dealers

The new, highly anticipated 2013 Ram 1500 is here. Nearly 200 dealers gathered at the Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.) to deliver the new 2013 Ram 1500 to dealerships across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. "The new Ram 1500 is the truck folks are talking about," said Fred Diaz, President and CEO Ram Truck Brand and ... Continue reading

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