While Truth About CASH FOR CLUNKERS Funds Remains Unclear More Money is Approved
Jul 31, 2009
AUTO CENTRAL - July 31, 2009: Late yesterday the Associated Press published a report stating that the CARS "Cash for Clunkers" program was being suspended because funds had run out (just days after the program commenced). AP cited an annonymous source. This source has still not been revealed. The story was published ev ... Continue reading
Daimler at the St. Moritz Art Masters 2009 Festival
Jul 31, 2009
As a committed patron of the arts and culture, Daimler AG is once again supporting the "St. Moritz Art Masters" (SAM) with its Mercedes-Benz, smart, Maybach, AMG brands this year, as well as with the Daimler Art Collection. Now in its second year, this festival of the contemporary arts is being held in the famous holid ... Continue reading
Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.Com Names Their Top 10 Road Trip Cars of 2009
May 21, 2009
Kbb.com Editors Offer Their Top New Car Choices for Road Trips in a Variety of Categories IRVINE, Calif., May 21 -- The Top 10 Road Trip Cars of 2009, www.kbb.com/roadtripcars2009, were named today by the expert editors from Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information. Memori ... Continue reading
Daimler To Sell About $2.7 Billion in Shares to Oil Rich Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments
Mar 23, 2009
BERLIN March 22, 2009; Matt Moore(AP) -- Abu Dhabi is poised to become the biggest shareholder in Daimler AG after the German maker of luxury cars, buses and trucks said it would sell nearly euro2 billion ($2.72 billion) in shares to the country's Aabar Investments PJSC. In a statement released Sunday by the Stuttgart- ... Continue reading
Mar 3, 2009
- Mercedes-Benz Cars Division Sold a Total of 15,614 Units in the U.S. - Mercedes-Benz USA Records February Sales of 14,199 - smart USA Records 1,415 Sales in February NEW YORK, March 3 -- Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported sales for the Mercedes-Benz Cars division (Mercedes-Benz and smart comb ... Continue reading
Why The Auto Channel's Press Pass Coverage of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show is So Important?
Mar 1, 2009
This may be the last great international auto show GENEVA - February 28, 2009: One of most visible effects of the current economic depression on the automotive world is what has happened to the once fabulous new car expositions. Not only have important shows in Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago been neutered by the abse ... Continue reading
Mar 1, 2009
IIHS Top Crash Test Results - 72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner ARLINGTON, VA - Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more ... Continue reading
Did You Miss the 2008 Auto Shows? We Didn't! Experience Them Here! - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO COVERAGE
Feb 28, 2009
Even if you were at the 2008 Auto Shows in Los Angeles, London, Geneva and Detroit there was so much to see and the media introduction schedules were so hectic that chances are you would have missed something. And you may have missed some of the best. But don't worry, because we have it all on TheAutoChannel.com. In ad ... Continue reading
Back to Reality - Bankers Slow Down on Buying Fast Cars
Feb 25, 2009
Washington DC February 25, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that for the past several years January has been Christmas for many luxury car dealers. That's when investment bankers, flush, with their hefty bonuses, used to begin prowling through their local Mercedes and Maserati dealerships. Luxury brand vehicles were ... Continue reading
The New Maybach Zeppelin: The Reincarnation Of An Automotive Legend
Feb 12, 2009
The Maybach brand is bringing out the new Maybach Zeppelin to spearhead its luxury saloon model range. The new model, which is receiving its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, represents the absolute zenith in the high-end luxury saloon segment. This makes it a worthy successor to the legendary Maybach Zeppelin, which ... Continue reading
Germany's VDA Forecasts US Auto Market Will Grow in 2010 - Clean Diesels Go on the Offensive
Jan 14, 2009
Wissmann: German brands increase shares of US market Frankfurt am Main/Detroit, 11 January 2009. âEven if the current crisis is cutting deeper and more painfully than anything that we have experienced in recent decades, the following motto still applies to the German manufacturers, especially here and now in the U ... Continue reading
The World's Most Exclusive Open-Top Luxury Saloon: The Maybach Landaulet - Only The Sky Is The Limit
Jan 12, 2009
The Maybach Landaulet, the fifth model of the Maybach luxury brand, resurrects the legend of the classic luxury landaulets, a feature of which is that only the chauffeur's area is closed. An extra-large folding roof opens up over the pampered rear-seat passengers when required, leaving no obstructions between them and ... Continue reading
Maybach Sets The Standards For The High-End Luxury Class: Luxury And Comfort At The Highest Level
Jan 12, 2009
In the 1920's and 1930's Maybach, together with Mercedes-Benz, already represented the pinnacle of German and international automotive engineering. Maybach has been continuing this tradition since 2002. Firstly Maybach unveiled the 57 and 62 models, followed in 2005 by the high-performance 57 S and in 2006 by the Mayba ... Continue reading
WSJ: Luxury Auto Makers Gird for Sales Slump
Oct 20, 2008
Washibngton DC October 20, 2008; The AIADA newsletter reported that since about 2002, BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Acura, Audi, Infiniti and a rejuvenated Cadillac boomed as they lured upper middle class consumers into their showrooms with lease deals and financing that made their cars and sport utility vehicles affordable to ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz Cars Increases Year-to-date Sales by Five Percent to 857,600 Units by New Products
Sep 8, 2008
The Mercedes-Benz Cars division has increased sales by five percent since the beginning of the year. A total of 857,600 Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles were delivered to customers in the first eight months of the year (January-August 2007: 817,600 units). In August 2008, which had two working days ... Continue reading
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