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Auto Lab - Live Radio Car Show Call-in | Saturday July 18, 2015

Auto Lab - Live Radio Car Show Call-in | Saturday July 18, 2015

harold wohchuk, auto lab, live radio call in show, car talk from new york, Harold Bendell-Major Auto Fred Bordoff-Bronx Community College CUNY Libby DeMarco-Broadway Sunoco Jerry Pastore-D & J Diagnostic Johanna Pastore-D & J Diagnostic Joanne Porcelli,Esq. Michael Porcelli-Central Avenue Information Nicholas Prague-MT ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL RECAP (33) - July 13, 2015 +VIDEO

NHTSA RECALL RECAP (33) - July 13, 2015 +VIDEO

recall 2004 BUICK / 2004 CHEVROLET / 2004 PONTIAC / Recall VOLKSWAGEN / 2015, Recall LAND ROVER / 2013-2016, recall JEEP / 2014-2015, recall CHEVROLET / 2011-2013 PONTIAC / 2008-2009 recall BUICK / 2008-2012 CHEVROLET / 2009-2012 GMC / 2007-2012 SATURN / 2007-2010 recall HUMMER / 2006-2010, recall FORD / 2015 Recall DO ... Continue reading

Auto Lab - Live Radio Call-in | Saturday July 11, 2015

Auto Lab - Live Radio Call-in | Saturday July 11, 2015

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Braking System Cuts 3rd Party Injury Claims by 45%

Volkswagen Braking System Cuts 3rd Party Injury Claims by 45%

The Volkswagen Golf and Passat models have been praised by vehicle safety experts at the Thatcham Research Centre, who have seen a 45 per cent drop in third party personal injury insurance claims thanks to the fitment of auto-emergency braking systems. The latest generation Golf went on sale in the UK in January 2013. ... Continue reading

CMBS Radar Error Recall: 2014-2015 Acura MDX and RLX

CMBS Radar Error Recall: 2014-2015 Acura MDX and RLX

Approximately 19,500 model-year 2014-2015 MDX and RLX vehicles equipped with the Collision Mitigation Braking System are affected in the U.S. System software will be updated, free of charge Acura will voluntarily recall approximately 19,500 model-year 2014-2015 MDX and RLX vehicles equipped with the Collision Mitigatio ... Continue reading

A Closer Look at the Shelby GT350 Suspension, Chassis and Braking Systems

A Closer Look at the Shelby GT350 Suspension, Chassis and Braking Systems

Advanced suspension tuning on Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R includes Mustang-first MagneRide dampers Two-piece brake rotors for Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R are the most powerful brakes ever fitted to a production Mustang – with Michelin tires and high-performance wheels engineered to match Stiffened chassis â ... Continue reading

Stop-Start Vehicles Are Expected to Account for 55 Percent of Vehicles Sold by 2024

Stop-Start Vehicles Are Expected to Account for 55 Percent of Vehicles Sold by 2024

Smoother and faster operation is key to gaining acceptance for stop-start systems in North America, report concludes BOULDER, CO -- April 13, 2015: A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the opportunities and challenges present in the global market for light duty stop-start vehicles (SSVs), including global marke ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Econic: Assistance Systems for Active Safety

Mercedes-Benz Econic: Assistance Systems for Active Safety

With effect from March 2015 the Mercedes-Benz Econic will be equipped as standard with the assistance systems Active Brake Assist and Lane Keeping Assist, while adaptive cruise control will be available as an option. Active Brake Assist will initiate braking if necessary, thus potentially preventing rear-end collisions ... Continue reading

Lexus and Toyota Roll-Out Low-Cost Automated Braking Safety Packages

Lexus and Toyota Roll-Out Low-Cost Automated Braking Safety Packages

Toyota Safety Sense and Lexus Safety System-Plus Raise The Bar On Automated Driver-Assist Packages Available On Nearly All Models and Trim Levels By End of 2017 NEW YORK--The world’s first compact crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) and the world’s first luxury crossover SUV are helping to bring advanced sa ... Continue reading

Why An Auto Care Career Is A Good Choice For You +VIDEO

Why An Auto Care Career Is A Good Choice For You +VIDEO

Auto care industry stats There are over 254.8 million registered vehicles plus 7.2 million commercial trucks and vehicles in the U.S. that make up the auto care industry. The auto care industry is a significant sector of the U.S. economy, employing more than 4 million people. Industry sales in 2013 totaled $318.2 billi ... Continue reading

The Original AEB Test System is Becoming a Necessity for US Carmakers and Automotive Suppliers

The Original AEB Test System is Becoming a Necessity for US Carmakers and Automotive Suppliers

The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has announced a further implementation of the AEB (Automatic Emergency Braking) test systems into the respective recommended safety list of the US NCAP Organization. This will eventually lead to a full implementation of the AEB tests into the well-known NCAP st ... Continue reading

Suzuki Celerio Safety Recall Campaign

Suzuki Celerio Safety Recall Campaign

Following a condition experienced when carrying out an emergency braking test from high speed by Autocar magazine on a private road test facility on 30th January, Suzuki carried out an immediate investigation into the cause and is now in a position to provide further information to its customers and media. The Celerio ... Continue reading

RxSpeed - New Auto Parts Search Site Launched

RxSpeed - New Auto Parts Search Site Launched

White Plains, NY -- February 2, 2015 -- RxSpeed, the largest comparison search engine for the motor vehicle aftermarket, officially launched today, featuring the industry's most advanced product database showing consumers where to buy products at the lowest cost. Following the announcement of its beta version at the 20 ... Continue reading

Start of Production at the Mercedes-Benz Kecskemét plant: First Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake Rolls off the Line

Start of Production at the Mercedes-Benz Kecskemét plant: First Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake Rolls off the Line

Stuttgart, Germany/Kecskemét, Hungary -- Jan 20, 2015: Kecskemét plant adds third model to production portfolio CLA Shooting Brake second model series to be produced exclusively in Hungary Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management: "The start of prod ... Continue reading

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