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Twelve American Honda Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick +VIDEO

Twelve American Honda Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick +VIDEO

Twelve American Honda Models Earn IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK ... Continue reading

Acura Earns Three IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK Ratings

Acura Earns Three IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK Ratings

Best selling Acura TSX, TL and MDX receive IIHS accolades ... Continue reading

DMEautomotive Helps Dealers Provide Customers With 'Best Chance' to Buy a New Vehicle

DMEautomotive Helps Dealers Provide Customers With 'Best Chance' to Buy a New Vehicle

DMEautomotive (DMEa), the industry leader in science-based, results-driven automotive marketing, today announced the launch of Best Chance Equity Communications from DMEautomotive, a new program that strategically targets and markets to customers who are in-equity with their current vehicle. Integrated into DMEa's popu ... Continue reading

Kohl's Department Stores Piloting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at 33 Stores

Kohl's Department Stores Piloting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at 33 Stores

Kohl's Department Stores today announced that the company will pilot electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 33 Kohl's stores nationwide. Each participating Kohl's store will have one to four parking spaces reserved for EV drivers to charge at no cost while they shop. Charging stations can be activated by EV drivers ... Continue reading

IIHS Names 115 Top Safety Picks For 2012 Models +VIDEO

IIHS Names 115 Top Safety Picks For 2012 Models +VIDEO

115 winners of 2012 Top Safety Pick Stronger roofs lead to another record year for award ARLINGTON, VA — The list of winners of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award is longer than ever this year, with vehicles in nearly every size category the Institute evaluates earning accolades. Fr ... Continue reading

Audi's 3.0 L TFSI® Engine Wins 'Ward's 10 Best Engine' Award

Audi's 3.0 L TFSI® Engine Wins 'Ward's 10 Best Engine' Award

Audi today announced that the Audi 3.0 L TFSI® supercharged V-6 engine has secured a position on Ward's 10 Best Engine list for 2012. Now in its 18th year, Ward's 10 Best Engines recognizes the latest powertrain technologies that are affordable to most consumers, boost horsepower and torque, sound appealing and integr ... Continue reading

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK for Fifth Consecutive Year

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK for Fifth Consecutive Year

For the fifth year in a row, a vehicle in Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.'s, (MMNA) model lineup is one of the select vehicles to be named by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) as a "Top Safety Pick." The stylish and versatile Mitsubishi Lancer compact sport sedan (except Ralliart and Evolution) jo ... Continue reading

2012 Mazda3 Named "Top Safety Pick" By Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

2012 Mazda3 Named "Top Safety Pick" By Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The 2012 Mazda3 was today recognized as a "Top Safety Pick" by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). Refreshed for 2012, both sedan and hatchback models received the organization's highest possible crash safety rating of "good" in all four tests conducted. "Mazda3 is an important vehicle for Mazda on so man ... Continue reading

Insurance Auto Auctions Rolls out Free Apple iOS and Android Apps for Live Auction Bidding

Insurance Auto Auctions Rolls out Free Apple iOS and Android Apps for Live Auction Bidding

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA) the leading live and live-online salvage auto auction company and wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. , today announced the rollout of its new Apple iOS and Android apps providing buyers the flexibility to bid live in IAA's auctions using I-bid Live, manage their ve ... Continue reading

HARMAN Wins BMW Contract for New High-End Audio Systems

HARMAN Wins BMW Contract for New High-End Audio Systems

HARMAN, the premium audio and infotainment group , announced today that it has been awarded a long-term, multi-million dollar contract by BMW AG, to provide the High-End Surround Sound System for its compact class luxury vehicle platforms. The new branded audio system will offer BMW customers high quality sound for an ... Continue reading

Garmin Reveals Young Drivers Worst Prepared for Winter Driving

Garmin Reveals Young Drivers Worst Prepared for Winter Driving

cope with bad weather, despite falling temperatures and the onset of wintry conditions. The poll carried out for Garmin®, the sat nav manufacturer, found that an overwhelming number of young drivers (18–24 year-olds) said they’re not prepared for winter driving (57%) despite plannin ... Continue reading

Hyundai Once Again Captures Top Marks; Land Rover and Scion Join Hyundai as Top Brands in TrueCar.com's Grades for Manufacturers and Brands

Hyundai Once Again Captures Top Marks; Land Rover and Scion Join Hyundai as Top Brands in TrueCar.com's Grades for Manufacturers and Brands

TrueCar.com the authority in new car pricing, trends and forecasting released its Performance Scorecards for automotive manufacturers and brands. The Performance Scorecards grade each manufacturer and brand on eight different measurements including pricing, sales, incentives, customer loyalty, market share and days in ... Continue reading

Volvo: WirelessCar Stands out as Telematics Service Provider in Study Conducted by Strategy Analytics

Volvo: WirelessCar Stands out as Telematics Service Provider in Study Conducted by Strategy Analytics

The company stands alone with existing or pending embedded telematics deployments in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North and South America and the Middle East. Volvo (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB): The report, WirelessCar Stands Out with Global Reach, Open Platform, claims that OEMs are finally investing in telematics technology for t ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Yaris SE Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2012 Toyota Yaris SE Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Something happened in the subcompact hatchback class in the time since the Toyota Yaris made its debut in model year 2007 -- popularity, especially among younger buyers with more European tastes in cars, and who weren't around in the `70s and `80s when subcompact hatchback meant "e ... Continue reading

1,500,000th Skoda Octavia II Produced

1,500,000th Skoda Octavia II Produced

Skoda has built the 1,500,000th Octavia of the second generation. The anniversary vehicle - a white Octavia Combi of the 'GreenLine' version - rolled off the assembly line at the company's main plant in Mlada Boleslav today. ... Continue reading

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