Hyundai Passes Honda 1Q Global Sales - Great Cars And No Earthquake in Korea
Apr 28, 2011
Honda Motor and Hyundai Motor painted vastly different portraits on Thursday, with Hyundai turning in a stellar quarterly performance while Honda struggled to overcome supply woes after Japan's devastating earthquake. Japanese automakers have slashed production since the magnitude-9.0 earthquake on March 11 and have ye ... Continue reading
Apr 28, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ind., April 28, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ind., April 28, 2011 -- Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG), Inc., a division of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), and the nation's largest car seat manufacturer, today opened a free, permanent car seat inspection station at the Dorel Technical Center for Child Safety at its corporat ... Continue reading
Apr 28, 2011
This month's new car sales (including fleet sales) are expected to be approximately 1,171,000 units, a 19.3 percent increase from April 2010 but a 6.0 percent decrease from March 2011, according to Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. Retail sales are expected to be approximately 942,000 ... Continue reading
State Farm Insurance Smartphone App: Become A Better Driver
Apr 28, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., April 28, 2011 BLOOMINGTON, Ill., April 28, 2011 -- For most people, using a smartphone while driving is the last thing anyone would want to encourage in the interest of safe driving. à But today, State Farm is launching a new free mobile application, Driver Feedbackââ¢, which turns a p ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz First Teen Driving School in the United States to Open in Los Angeles
Apr 28, 2011
MONTVALE, N.J., April 28, 2011 MONTVALE, N.J., April 28, 2011 -- Mercedes-Benz USA announces today that it is opening the company's first Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy in Los Angeles in October 2011, offering a fully integrated driver's education program and school that incorporates online, classroom and behind-the-whe ... Continue reading
Ralph Lauren's 'Art of the Automobile' Goes on Display in Paris - GREAT VIDEO
Apr 28, 2011
A personal tour of an exquisite car collection PARIS - April 28, 2011: Ralph Lauren has transported his most exquisite car collection to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris for a special exhibit called "The Art of the Automobile: Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection." The special show starts today and wil ... Continue reading
How to Make Your Own 2012 Audi A7 from...Paper! - VIDEO FEATURE
Apr 27, 2011
The bold design of the new 2012 Audi A7 inspired this PaperCraft by Taras Lesko AUTO CENTRAL - April 27, 2011: The bold design of the Audi A7 all began with a clean sheet of paper. Graphic artist Taras Lesko started this project with 285 clean sheets of paper. 245 man hours later, the Audi A7 Papercraft was born. ... Continue reading
Apr 27, 2011
Apr. 27 WHAT: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 75 percent of car seats on the road today are installed incorrectly. Indiana-based Dorel Juvenile Group, the largest manufacturer of car seats globally, is vowing to change that with the following initiatives, which will be announced ... Continue reading
Apr 27, 2011
TORRANCE, Calif., April 27, 2011 TORRANCE, Calif., April 27, 2011 -- A group of 24 U.S. teachers have been selected to travel to South Africa through the Toyota International Teacher Program. Â In the program's 14-year history, this is the first time educators will travel to South Africa to learn about the local socio ... Continue reading
Apr 27, 2011
Growth of alternative powertrain vehicles sales will be limited by consumer concerns about costs as well as functionality, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Green Automotive Study(SM) released today. Despite a rapid increase in the number of alternative powertrain vehicle models projected for the nex ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in China - VIDEO ENHANCED
Apr 27, 2011
AUTO CENTRAL - April 27, 2011: As The Auto Channel has been reporting, Mercedes-Benz' Fuel Cell World Drive is progressing around the globe. Previously the tour had successfully covered southern Europe, North America and Australia and has now departed for the last and longest leg of its round-the-world tour before arri ... Continue reading
Apr 27, 2011
Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the first-ever U.S. crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars. The milestone demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehi ... Continue reading
Small Fuel-Efficient Cars Stand Out at the 2011 New York Auto Show, Web Site Reports
Apr 26, 2011
With gas prices soaring to record highs, redesigned models of smaller fuel-efficient new cars have set a tone of sensibility at the 2011 New York auto show, according to Edmunds InsideLine.com, the premier online resource for automotive enthusiasts. âEven with the introduction of new luxury offerings from Audi, Me ... Continue reading
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION RECEIVES GIFT OF $100,000,000 FROM MARGIE PETERSEN
Apr 26, 2011
LOS ANGELES (April 26, 2011) - Steven E. Young, Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundationâs Board of Directors, announced today that the Museum Foundation has received a gift of approximately $100,000,000 from Margie Petersen and the Margie & Robert E. Petersen Foundation. This donation is comprised of ... Continue reading
RV Cooking Show and Flying Flags Attract Local Luminaries, Support Local Food Bank
Apr 26, 2011
RV Cooking Show and Flying Flags Attract Local Luminaries, Support Local Food Bank Buellton, CA (April 26, 2011) - The RV Cooking Show 5-episode series - Food, Fun & Friends at Flying Flags - will commence filming this week, has attracted a large number of local luminaries and foodie stars and supports the Santa Barbar ... Continue reading
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