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Ford Australia Announces Specifications and Pricing for the All-New Ford Ranger

Ford Australia Announces Specifications and Pricing for the All-New Ford Ranger

Ford Australia today announced Australian Manufacturer's List Pricing (MLP) and specifications for its all-new Ranger model range. ... Continue reading

Commodore and Cruze Lead Holden's August Sales

Commodore and Cruze Lead Holden's August Sales

Holden's steady sales performance continued in August with its popular home-grown Commodore and Cruze models heading Holden's charge. ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - What Drives the Honda Racing Team? +VIDEO

Special Motorsports Event - What Drives the Honda Racing Team? +VIDEO

LONDON - September 4, 2011: The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) was formed in 1958 and is Britain's most popular motor racing spectacle. Its race season comprises ten events at top circuits across the UK. It is contested by professional racing drivers in competition versions of every day road cars. Some 325,000 ... Continue reading

European Parliament Hopes Cross-border Enforcement of Traffic Laws Improve Road Safety +VIDEO

European Parliament Hopes Cross-border Enforcement of Traffic Laws Improve Road Safety +VIDEO

BRUSSELS - September 4, 2011: New rules will see Member States exchange data on traffic offences related to speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, breaking traffic lights and drunk driving. Georges Bach, EPP Group in the European Parliament spokesperson on the new rules, said that, although the rules didn't go as far as the ... Continue reading

Professional Truck Drivers Offer Highway Safety Tips for Labor Day Holiday

Professional Truck Drivers Offer Highway Safety Tips for Labor Day Holiday

Share the Road Professional Drivers Provide Life Saving Advice--This Labor Day weekend millions of drivers will take to the highway for one final summer getaway, making it one of the busiest holiday travel weekends of the year. A group of elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles are offerin ... Continue reading

New Mercedes-Benz V6 Diesel Engines Use DuraBowl Piston Technology From Federal-Mogul

New Mercedes-Benz V6 Diesel Engines Use DuraBowl Piston Technology From Federal-Mogul

Federal-Mogul Corporation has jointly developed with Mercedes-Benz a piston technology for Daimler's latest V6 diesel engine that helps to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The design gives Mercedes-Benz a piston that fully exploits the advances in thermal and mechanical durability made possible by Federal-Mogul's ... Continue reading

Toyota's Top Manufacturing Leader to Discuss Plans to Bring New Technology and New Vehicles to Market

Toyota's Top Manufacturing Leader to Discuss Plans to Bring New Technology and New Vehicles to Market

Motor Press Guild (MPG), the largest automotive media association in North America, is pleased to announce that Steve St. Angelo, Global Managing Officer and Executive Vice President for Toyota manufacturing in North America, will be the featured speaker at MPG's next meeting on Tuesday, September 13 at the historic To ... Continue reading

Hyundai Drive 4 Hope Tour Launches in San Francisco for Hope on Wheels

Hyundai Drive 4 Hope Tour Launches in San Francisco for Hope on Wheels

To demonstrate the environmental advantages and performance of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) while benefitting kids with cancer, Hyundai Motor America has launched the Hyundai Drive 4 Hope. As the official car of Hope on Wheels, Hyundai's major pediatric cancer program, a Hyundai Tucson FCEV will travel more than ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Toyota Motorsport Sets New Record for Electric Race Car at Nürburgring +VIDEO

Special Motorsports Event - Toyota Motorsport Sets New Record for Electric Race Car at Nürburgring +VIDEO

COLOGNE, Germany - September 4, 2011: Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle (EV) at the legendary 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The TMG EV P001, with 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7mins 47.794secs to beat ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe +VIDEO

First Drive: 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe +VIDEO

First Drive: 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe The fifth… and Very Fun! By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor MAISACH, Germany - September 3, 2011: The Mini people cannot be denied being creative. They choose the former military airfield at Maisach near Munich as the base for the media introduction of the Coupe. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Aug 29-Sept 2) Automotive Factoids - In Case You Were Not Paying Attention

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Aug 29-Sept 2) Automotive Factoids - In Case You Were Not Paying Attention

* BMW stopped offering 4-cylinder engines in 1999, when gasoline cost $1.14 a gallon in the US. Facing higher fuel economy fleet average requirements, BMW says it will offer a turbocharged four-cylinder engine in its Z4 roadster and 5-series mid-sized sedans this fall. More models may follow. * Experian Automotive says ... Continue reading

All-New 2012 Nissan Versa Debuts as Sub-Compact Segment Sales Leader in August with 8,566 Cars Sold

All-New 2012 Nissan Versa Debuts as Sub-Compact Segment Sales Leader in August with 8,566 Cars Sold

The results are in. After the first month of availability of the all-new 2012 Nissan Versa Sedan, the best-selling subcompact in America outsold all other sub-compacts, extending its dramatic year-to-date lead in the hotly contested and growing small car segment. Versa sales in August of 8,566 units bested all competit ... Continue reading

Company Profile for GM Financial

Company Profile for GM Financial

General Motors Financial Company, Inc. provides auto finance solutions through auto dealers across the United States and Canada. GM Financial has approximately 3,300 employees, 700,000 customers and $9 billion in auto receivables and leases. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company and is head ... Continue reading

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation to Present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation to Present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation , today announced Mr. James R. Gober, Chairman, President and CEO will speak at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference being held at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York, New York, on Thursday, September 8th 2011 at 2:50 p.m. (ET). ... Continue reading

Dometic's Doug Whyte Elected to National RVIA Board

Dometic's Doug Whyte Elected to National RVIA Board

The membership of the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has elected Dometic Corporation President Doug Whyte as Director of this prestigious organization. This will be Whyte's second term on the RVIA Board of Directors, which sets policy and standards for the national association. The membership is mostl ... Continue reading

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