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2012 Geneva Auto Show: Mini Clubvan Concept - Premium Hauling

2012 Geneva Auto Show: Mini Clubvan Concept - Premium Hauling

More space for style: The MINI Clubvan Concept. By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel THE HAGUE, February 18, 2012. Leave it up to Mini to think of something different. At the Geneva Auto Show, in the beginning of March, there will be another Mini world premiere: for the Clubman Concept Mini will not ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Prius c Profile and Ride Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2012 Toyota Prius c Profile and Ride Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Toyota owns the hybrid sector of the automotive marketplace, with over 50 percent of sales in the past decade being Toyota hybrids. And the most popular one is the Prius, icon and poster child for the genre. Introduced in the U.S. for model year 2001 as a rather ungainly-looking se ... Continue reading

Automated Robotic Parking Supplier Announces Project in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Automated Robotic Parking Supplier Announces Project in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Boomerang Systems, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of automated robotic parking and self storage systems, announces it has been contracted to supply 249 parking spaces utilizing its innovative RoboticValet Parking System in the Metropolitan Project, located on Boardwalk Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Th ... Continue reading

Mazda Takes a Dr. Suess Approach to Marketing the 2013 Mazda CX-5 with SkyActiv Technology +VIDEO

Mazda Takes a Dr. Suess Approach to Marketing the 2013 Mazda CX-5 with SkyActiv Technology +VIDEO

Mazda Releases Custom National Commercial and Other Digital Assets to Promote Marketing Partnership with Universal Pictures IRVINE, CA - February 17, 2012: Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced its strategic partnership in support of the launch of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’ ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel.Com Attracts 1 Million Readers Worldwide Each Month

The Auto Channel.Com Attracts 1 Million Readers Worldwide Each Month

Auto marketers Can Now Reach More Than 1 Million of the world’s car buyers in one place, www.theautochannel.com. Each month for over 16 years The Auto Channel .com and its specialty sites have been World Casting automotive editorial content as text, data, video and audio to an auto centric audience of in-market bu ... Continue reading

RECALL: 2012 Honda Accord, 2012 Honda Civic, 2012 Honda Crosstour and 2012 Acura MDX

RECALL: 2012 Honda Accord, 2012 Honda Civic, 2012 Honda Crosstour and 2012 Acura MDX

Statement by American Honda Regarding Side Curtain Airbag Recall: 2012 Honda Accord, 2012 Honda Civic, 2012 Honda Crosstour and 2012 Acura MDX TORRANCE, Calif. - Feb. 17, 2012 - American Honda has voluntarily expanded its January 31, 2012 recall of 347 model-year 2012 Honda Accord and Honda Crosstour vehicles in the U. ... Continue reading

Michigan Family to Receive 2012 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan Awarded on "Anderson" hosted by Anderson Cooper

Michigan Family to Receive 2012 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan Awarded on "Anderson" hosted by Anderson Cooper

What: The Ewing family from Canton, Mich., will receive a 2012 Chrysler Town & Country minivan Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Milosch's Palace Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership in Auburn Hills, Mich. The family was awarded the minivan last December on the one-hour syndicated weekly talk show, "Anderson," hosted by Anderson Cooper o ... Continue reading

Safe Winter Driving Starts with Vehicle Maintenance

Safe Winter Driving Starts with Vehicle Maintenance

Winter weather along with a poorly maintained vehicle can cause hazardous driving situations - tires that don't have enough tread can slip and slide on icy or wet roads; cold temps and low fluid levels can leave you stuck on the side of the road; with drivers needing extra time to brake, worn brake pads make it harder ... Continue reading

Cricket Communications Teams Up With Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam to Electrify Fans

Cricket Communications Teams Up With Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam to Electrify Fans

Cricket Communications, a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services, today announced a multi-city partnership with Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam, a thrilling, live motor sports tour showcasing the best in monster truck racing and freestyle contests for families. As an expansion of an existing p ... Continue reading

Overall Vehicle Dependability Improves Substantially, Reflecting High Quality of 2009 Models; However, Perceptions of Dependability for Certain Brands Continue to Lag

Overall Vehicle Dependability Improves Substantially, Reflecting High Quality of 2009 Models; However, Perceptions of Dependability for Certain Brands Continue to Lag

Overall Vehicle Dependability Improves Substantially, Reflecting High Quality of 2009 Models; However, Perceptions of Dependability for Certain Brands Continue to Lag ... Continue reading

Volvo Group expands partnership with WWF

Volvo Group expands partnership with WWF

'Emissions in the transport sector have a major impact on the climate and must be met with vigorous initiatives. It is therefore very encouraging that the Volvo Group now wants to broaden their cooperation with WWF by expanding to new business area.' Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Gr ... Continue reading

Ford Upgrades Virtual Reality Simulator to Help Develop Future Safety Technologies, Driver Aids

Ford Upgrades Virtual Reality Simulator to Help Develop Future Safety Technologies, Driver Aids

Ford recently upgraded its state-of-the-art VIRtual Test Track EXperiment (VIRTTEX) simulator with improved image rendering technologies and capabilities to study driver performance, helping in the development of safety and driver aid technologies VIRTTEX has helped in the development of heads-up displays, drowsy drive ... Continue reading

Holden Previews Tough New 2012 Colorado

Holden Previews Tough New 2012 Colorado

First details of the tough, new-generation 2012 Holden Colorado have been released today ahead of its much-anticipated Australian launch mid-year. ... Continue reading

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