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LoJack Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results

LoJack Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results

LoJack Corporation today reported solid year over year growth in bottom line profitability and cash generation on lower than expected revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2010. ... Continue reading

Chrysler and Eight Mile Style Release Gospel Version of 'Lose Yourself' from 'Selected of God' Choir

Chrysler and Eight Mile Style Release Gospel Version of 'Lose Yourself' from 'Selected of God' Choir

'Lose Yourself,' performed by 'Selected of God' choir, available for download on iTunes; Eight Mile Style to donate 100 percent of publishing proceeds to three local Detroit charities Chrysler and Eight Mile Style launch the 'Imported from Detroit Project' Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC, a Detroit-based publis ... Continue reading

Young Men and Women Divided on Digital Advice When Buying Cars

Young Men and Women Divided on Digital Advice When Buying Cars

Young Men and Women Divided on Digital Advice When Buying Cars Women buyers look to the web, men prefer face-to-face advice from dealers Raleigh, N.C.-More than 20 percent of young professionals plan to purchase a car within a year, according to new research out of North Carolina. The national survey looked at the purc ... Continue reading

Honda Responds to Consumer Reports' Criticism of the 2012 Civic LX

Honda Responds to Consumer Reports' Criticism of the 2012 Civic LX

LOUISVILLE, KY - August 1, 2011: Earlier today Consumer Reports issued a rather scathing rebuke of the 2012 Honda Civic LX. The abbreveated report can be read by CLICKING HERE. Coincidentally, this past May, the 2012 Honda Civic LX received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest rating. You can read that ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports Slams New Honda Civic: "Scores Too Low to Recommend"

Consumer Reports Slams New Honda Civic: "Scores Too Low to Recommend"

Testing conducted on Civic LX model only. Ford Focus and Kia Forte score Very Good in tests of small sedans and hatchbacks YONKERS, NY — August 1, 2011: The highly anticipated redesigned Honda Civic LX, whose predecessors have often been Consumer Reports’ highest rated small sedans as well as Top Pi ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda CX-5 To Premiere at 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

All-New Mazda CX-5 To Premiere at 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

Mazda Motor Corporation will hold the world premiere of its all-new Mazda CX-5 compact crossover SUV at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday, 13 September. ... Continue reading

Nissan, City Ventures Collaborate to Create Largest Offering of LEAF-Ready Homes in the US

Nissan, City Ventures Collaborate to Create Largest Offering of LEAF-Ready Homes in the US

Today, Nissan Americas and City Ventures – California's leading builder of affordable, eco-friendly homes in urban locations – announced a cooperative project to pre-wire 190 Southern California townhomes currently under construction for electric vehicle chargers.  The effort will resu ... Continue reading

Big Family or Lots of Friends? 6-8 Passenger Cars and Pickups

Big Family or Lots of Friends? 6-8 Passenger Cars and Pickups

6-8 Passenger Cars and Pickups; The AIADA newsletter reported that transportation for big families used to be simple. Gas was cheap and cars were unabashedly big. Not anymore. Finding a car that can fit five or more meant, until recently, shopping for a big, usually American-made SUV. And while these vehicles have the ... Continue reading

You Were Where? OnStar's New Family Link Locates Loved Ones No Matter Where They Roam

You Were Where? OnStar's New Family Link Locates Loved Ones No Matter Where They Roam

Subscribers can go online to locate their vehicle or sign up for location alerts Two phase, invitation-only pilot to run through the end of 2011 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. August 1, 2011; OnStar today announced it has launched a pilot for Family Link, a new optional service that will explore ways subscribers can stay connect ... Continue reading

Auto Club Insurance Association Acquires Fremont Insurance Company

Auto Club Insurance Association Acquires Fremont Insurance Company

Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer (ACIA), is pleased to announce it has acquired Fremont Insurance Company through a merger transaction with its parent company, Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp, Inc. ... Continue reading

VW Credit Chooses Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' Automotive Retail Lease Contracts for All VW, Audi and Bentley Dealerships

VW Credit Chooses Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' Automotive Retail Lease Contracts for All VW, Audi and Bentley Dealerships

VW Credit, Inc., the financial services arm of Volkswagen Group of America, has chosen Wolters Kluwer Financial Services as a preferred provider of motor vehicle lease contracts. ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Teams with Famicos Foundation to Support Cleveland-based Community Programs

Chevrolet Teams with Famicos Foundation to Support Cleveland-based Community Programs

WHAT: As a lead-up to this year's annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which will take place in Philadelphia Aug. 3-7, two Chevrolet teams -- Team Chicago and Team Atlanta comprised of journalists from their respective cities will depart to the convention and engage in community se ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Partners with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle to Deliver Grocery Bags to Raleigh Senior Citizens and Low-Income Families

Chevrolet Partners with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle to Deliver Grocery Bags to Raleigh Senior Citizens and Low-Income Families

WHAT: As a lead-up to this year's annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which will take place in Philadelphia, members of the Chevrolet team and journalists from Chicago and Atlanta will travel to the convention and engage in community service projects along the way. On August 1, th ... Continue reading

First FIAT Ad Campaign Since Its Return to North America

First FIAT Ad Campaign Since Its Return to North America

The FIAT brand announced today the launch of an all-new marketing and advertising campaign, the first since its return to the North American market. The comprehensive campaign combines broadcast, print, digital and experiential initiatives and will be focused in the brand's key markets together with complementary natio ... Continue reading

July 2011 U.S. New-Vehicle Retail Sales Pace Stronger than June's-Slower Than the Start of the Year

July 2011 U.S. New-Vehicle Retail Sales Pace Stronger than June's-Slower Than the Start of the Year

New-vehicle retail sales in July, which got off to strong start over the Independence Day weekend, have again slowed during the second half of the month—a pattern also seen in June 2011—according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 8,900 retail franchisees thr ... Continue reading

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