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Free Used Car Listings Available To Dealers, Private Sellers

Free Used Car Listings Available To Dealers, Private Sellers

By listing on Instamotor, dealers will get: Access to more than 100,000 serious car shoppers monthly Free inventory listings with viewership and engagement metrics Free vehicle history reports for each vehicle listed Instamotor, which had previously been entirely peer-to-peer, made this decision after continuously rece ... Continue reading

Car Review: HEELS ON WHEELS REVIEW : 2017 MINI Convertible Cooper FWD

Car Review: HEELS ON WHEELS REVIEW : 2017 MINI Convertible Cooper FWD

I drove a 2017 MINI Cooper Convertible with the turbocharged 189-horsepower 2-liter four-cylinder engine featuring the six-speed manual Getrag transmission, shift paddles, and MINI driving modes (Sport, Mid and Green). Available as base, S, or John Cooper Works trim, my loaded S trim featured the following standard equ ... Continue reading

September 2017 US Auto Sales Forecast To Rise 1% - Thanks Harvey And Irma

September 2017 US Auto Sales Forecast To Rise 1% - Thanks Harvey And Irma

According to Kelley Blue Book. “September will be another opportunity for the first sales increase of the year, as we project slight growth for the industry,” ... Continue reading

Lexus Reimagines Global Flagship Sedan With All-New 2018 LS

Lexus Reimagines Global Flagship Sedan With All-New 2018 LS

It is entirely possible that no single automobile has, upon its introduction, upended a deeply established category as decisively as the first Lexus LS did when it launched the luxury brand 28 years ago. The original luxury disruptor, the Lexus LS has for nearly three decades set benchmarks for powertrain smoothness, r ... Continue reading

2017 Lexus LX 570 4WD Living Large - Review By Larry Nutson

2017 Lexus LX 570 4WD Living Large - Review By Larry Nutson

At 200 inches long, with seating for up to eight, and able to tow up to 7000 lbs., the 2017 Lexus LX 570 is ready for the highway. ... Continue reading

2017 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2017 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Lincoln MKZ Hybrid combines luxury comfort with good fuel economy, and new style DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Lincoln has been re-invented once again, with a new design language introduced on its new premium Continental. Which also graces its other sedan, the entry-luxury MKZ. ... Continue reading

Envoy Technologies Awarded $1.5M Funding For Shared Mobility Program From California Energy Commission

Envoy Technologies Awarded $1.5M Funding For Shared Mobility Program From California Energy Commission

CULVER CITY, Calif.—Envoy Technologies today announced that the company has been awarded $1.5M in funding from the California Energy Commission. The grant will allow Envoy to develop and implement an Electric Vehicle Shared Mobility Program that will primarily benefit disadvantaged communities in the greater Sacramen ... Continue reading

CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP: New Book About Mammoth Lakes, California and the Eastern Sierra: 'The Mammoth Letters' by Jennifer K. Crittenden

CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP: New Book About Mammoth Lakes, California and the Eastern Sierra: 'The Mammoth Letters' by Jennifer K. Crittenden

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2017 -- Whistling Rabbit Press announced today the publication of a new book about Mammoth Lakes, California and the Eastern Sierra. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Constantly Increases Global Brand Value

Kia Motors Constantly Increases Global Brand Value

Kia Motors has been ranked among the highest valued brands in the world once again, according to Interbrand’s 2017 ‘Best Global Brands’ report. The latest study, released today, confirms Kia’s brand value has grown 6% in the last 12 months, to US $6.68 billion. ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 NISSAN ROGUE HYBRID REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 NISSAN ROGUE HYBRID REVIEW

I drove a 2017 Nissan Rogue with the 176-horsepower 2-liter four-cylinder engine paired to the Xtronic CVT automatic transmission with all-wheel drive. Available in two trims for the Hybrid model ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Adds "Charging Century" Of More Than 100 Charging Locations To Headquarters In Southern California

Hyundai Motor America Adds "Charging Century" Of More Than 100 Charging Locations To Headquarters In Southern California

Hyundai Motor America officially opened its "Charging Century" of more than 100 convenient, level-two charging locations to its employee work force. ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ECO AND 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ECO AND 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ECO AND 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID REVIEW ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors at 45th Tokyo Motor Show - An Ambition To Explore

Mitsubishi Motors at 45th Tokyo Motor Show - An Ambition To Explore

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced the 45th Tokyo Motor Show* will be unlike any other for the Mitsubishi Motors brand. It will be a true milestone event in which the corporation will wave the flag under new circumstances to usher a new era of long term growth and sustainable development, returning to wh ... Continue reading

Yamaha Yard Built XSR900 by Jeff Palhegyi Designs

Yamaha Yard Built XSR900 by Jeff Palhegyi Designs

Jeff Palhegyi is no stranger to building cool custom Yamaha motorcycles, having created everything from radical Raider cruisers to an FZ-07 flat tracker and a “TT” SR400. He and his team have been building since 1995, and the custom SCR950 scrambler they designed and constructed last year now has a new counterpart ... Continue reading

Edmunds Launches First-of-Its-Kind Augmented Reality Feature to Let Shoppers Determine if Vehicles Will Fit at Home

Edmunds Launches First-of-Its-Kind Augmented Reality Feature to Let Shoppers Determine if Vehicles Will Fit at Home

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2017 -- Edmunds, the leading car shopping and information platform, today announced a first-of-its-kind augmented reality (AR) feature that will help consumers visualize and determine whether different vehicles will fit in their garages, parking spaces and driveways. ... Continue reading

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