Toyota to Exhibit at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2016 Yokohama
May 20, 2016
Toyota City, Japan, May, 19 2016; Toyota Motor Corporation will be exhibiting at the 2016 Automotive Engineering Exposition in Yokohama; organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan. This annual event will be held at Pacifico Yokohama from May 25 to 27 and Toyota plans to display its initiatives to build e ... Continue reading
Hitachi Automotive Systems' Electric Parking Brake is Used on the New Mazda CX-9 SUV
May 20, 2016
TOKYO, May, 20 2016; Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. today announced that its electric parking brake is being used on Mazda Motor Corporation's new three-row midsize crossover SUV, the Mazda CX-9, to be sold in North America and other locations. In recent years, in the case of cable-operated mechanical parking brakes ... Continue reading
FAA Deems B-29 Doc Airworthy, First Flight Imminent
May 20, 2016
WICHITA, Kan., May 20, 2016 -- The Federal Aviation Administration today deemed the B-29 known as Doc airworthy by officially presenting the restoration crew with an FAA airworthiness certificate. The airworthiness certificate is the most notable milestone yet for the team working to restore the historic B-29. It also ... Continue reading
U.S. Auto Sales to Fall 5.7% in May
May 20, 2016
Detroit MI, May 20, 2016; The AIADA newsletter reported that the days of lofty year-over-year increases in monthly U.S. auto sales may be reaching an end, industry consultants J.D. Power and LMC Automotive said on Thursday. Automotive News reports that May U.S. new vehicle sales will slide 5.7 percent from the same mon ... Continue reading
Chicago Clean Cities Fleets Reduce Petroleum Use by 25 Million Gallons in 2015
May 20, 2016
NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 19, 2016 â The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition today announced that in 2015 its member fleets saved more than 25 million gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs) of petroleum and 225,000 tons of greenhouse-gas emissions. âThat is the equivalent of removing 3,000 tanker trucks of gasoline f ... Continue reading
Hooker LS Swap System for '68-'72 GM A-Body
May 20, 2016
Click the image to download Holley is proud to announce the release of Hooker's LS swap system for '68-'72 GM A-Bodies. GM's '68-'72 A-Body platform produced many of the most iconic muscle cars of all-time from Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick. When those cars rolled off of the assembly line, they were powered ... Continue reading
May 20, 2016
DUBLINâResearch and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biofuel Additives Market By Type; and By Geography -Forecast (2015-2020)" report to their offering. Biofuel additives are a special kind of chemicals which are known as specialty chemicals in the industry, which increases the efficiency of biofuel such ... Continue reading
Memorial Day Weekend Is Key to May's New-Vehicle Retail Sales
May 20, 2016
DETROIT, May 19, 2016 -- Automakers are counting on strong new-vehicle sales over the Memorial Day holiday weekend to help give May sales the boost needed for a moderate increase over this month in 2015, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. New-vehicle retail sales i ... Continue reading
AAA: More Than 38 Million Americans Expected to Travel This Memorial Day Weekend
May 20, 2016
ORLANDO, FL - May 19, 2016: AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That is the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record and the most since 2005. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year. The ... Continue reading
Baleno - Suzuki's All New Hatchback For A New Era
May 20, 2016
Suzuki is well known globally for its expertise in small cars and the new Baleno hatchback is its latest example. Since launching its first car in 1955, the Suzulight, Suzuki has produced a vast range of significant models each tailored to the needs of its time. ... Continue reading
2016 MAZDA6 Touring Roadtrip Review By Steve Purdy
May 20, 2016
2016 MAZDA6 TOURING Review and Road Trip to DC By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau It is not just coincidental that my pretty wife and I made a week-long trip to Alexandria, VA (essentially Washington DC) nearly six years ago in a Mazda6. (See that road trip story here: http://www.theautochannel.com/news/20 ... Continue reading
Fireball Tim Drives a 2015 Kia Sorento, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO GSR and 2016 Jaguar F-Type R +VIDEO
May 20, 2016
HOLLYWOOD USA - August 12, 2015: Today's Fireball Tim VLOG is chock-a-block with cars. ... Continue reading
May 19, 2016
An electric classic car duo to be auctioned on June 11th In 2009, Boris Johnson commented: âElectric vehicles are a clear example of how technology can provide the solution to the biggest challenge of our generation." But what the then Mayor of London failed to mention was that the electric car epiphany is not exa ... Continue reading
Volvo Provides First Look at New Range Of Smaller Cars +VIDEO
May 19, 2016
GOTHENBURG - May 19, 2016: Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, today unveiled two new concept cars that move the Swedish brand in an audacious new direction and mark the official launch of its global small-car strategy. Todayâs newly revealed 40 series concept models demonstrate for the first time how Volvo plans t ... Continue reading
2017 Subaru Forester Models Pricing
May 19, 2016
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