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Beam/Canadian Club Join Local Orgs to Fight Underage Drinking

Beam/Canadian Club Join Local Orgs to Fight Underage Drinking

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LeaseCompare.com Names Most Requested Vehicles to Lease for First Half of 2006

LeaseCompare.com Names Most Requested Vehicles to Lease for First Half of 2006

CINCINNATI--July 27, 2006--Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), the leader in online direct-to-consumer auto leasing, released a list of the top 10 most requested vehicles from its popular auto leasing website www.LeaseCompare.com during the first half of 2006. Information was collected from more than one million ... Continue reading

Statement of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger on the Death of Former Detroit City Council President Maryann Mahaffey

Statement of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger on the Death of Former Detroit City Council President Maryann Mahaffey

DETROIT, July 27 -- UAW President Ron Gettelfinger issued the following statement on the death of former Detroit City Council President Maryann Mahaffey: "Detroit's working families have lost a true friend and tireless fighter for social and economic justice. Throughout her remarkable career in public service, Maryann ... Continue reading

Bobblehead Characters New Jeep Spokesmations

Bobblehead Characters New Jeep Spokesmations

NEW JEEP COMPASS MARKETING CAMPAIGN REACHES OUT TO YOUNG NEW BUYERS by Marty Bernstein Marketing & Advertising Editor While many automotive brands are shaking their heads on how to capture the aging baby boomers market – millions turning 60 for the next several years – the Jeep division of Daim-lerChrysler ha ... Continue reading

Honda Looks to Rev Up Garages Across the Country with Ultimate Garage Sweepstakes

Honda Looks to Rev Up Garages Across the Country with Ultimate Garage Sweepstakes

Prizes powered with Honda's legendary engines promise to become the envy of any neighborhood Downloads ascii July 26, 2006 -- Torrance, Calif. -- Honda, the world's largest manufacturer of engines, producing and marketing more than 20 million units globally for automotive, motorcycle, marine and power equipment product ... Continue reading

Harris Interactive Reports: Two-Thirds of Adult Vehicle Owners are Familiar with Flexible Fuel Vehicles and More than Half are Interested in Purchasing One

Harris Interactive Reports: Two-Thirds of Adult Vehicle Owners are Familiar with Flexible Fuel Vehicles and More than Half are Interested in Purchasing One

Reduced dependency on petroleum cited as key reason DETROIT and ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 26 -- The most recent wave of the Harris Interactive AutoTECHCAST(SM) study reports that two-thirds of consumers surveyed are familiar with flexible fuel vehicles (vehicles can run on bio-fuels, including E85 which is comprised of 85% ... Continue reading

Great Road Trips From Donna Vissing - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg Tennessee

Great Road Trips From Donna Vissing - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg Tennessee

By Donna F. Vissing The Auto Channel Travel Editor Gatlinburg TN July, 2006 Among the oldest mountains in the world, 5th largest in the country, with the park stretching across 521,621 acres – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the #1 most visited national park. Long ago when the Cherokee tribe arrived, th ... Continue reading

UK Company Tells How To Save At The Pump

UK Company Tells How To Save At The Pump

Dear Editorial, Please find below an article that I thought would be of interest to your readers especially at this time of heightened petrol prices. Please let me know if you require any further information or an image to accompany your piece. Kind Regards Katie Olver HERE’S HOW TO SAVE AT THE PUMP With the natio ... Continue reading

Jeep Launches User Generated Avatars to Kick Off New Jeep Compass Marketing Campaign

Jeep Launches User Generated Avatars to Kick Off New Jeep Compass Marketing Campaign

NEW YORK--July 25, 2006--As user generated media applications continue to gain increased popularity among marketers, the Jeep(R) brand is innovating by enabling consumers to spread word, and song, about the all-new Jeep Compass vehicle. Jeep Compass Karaoke, powered by Oddcast, allows users to choose from popular music ... Continue reading

Survey Provides Insights on What CEOs and Workers in Certain Industries Have Parked in the Garage

Survey Provides Insights on What CEOs and Workers in Certain Industries Have Parked in the Garage

CHICAGO, July 25 -- Do you know what kind of car your boss drives and how much it cost? Is your car type or color on par with others in your profession? According to a survey commissioned by CareerBuilder.com and Cars.com, perceptions are very different from reality. Not surprisingly, a majority (59%) of survey respond ... Continue reading

Rent A Smaller Car; Vehicle downsizing can reduce fuel costs by as much as 70%

Rent A Smaller Car; Vehicle downsizing can reduce fuel costs by as much as 70%

NORWALK, Conn.--July 25, 2006--Here's a tip for managing record summer gasoline prices. For your next trip, leave that gas-guzzling SUV in the driveway and rent a gas-sipping compact or economy car from priceline.com(R) . You'll save on gas - and pay as little as $14 a day for the rental, plus taxes and fees. With this ... Continue reading

Hyundai Shatters Public Perception With Rethink Campaign

Hyundai Shatters Public Perception With Rethink Campaign

U.S. Headquarters Celebrates J.D. Power and Associates Trophies FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 25 -- Hyundai's latest J.D. Power and Associates trophies can be seen clinging to the carmaker's U.S. headquarters like Spider-Man(R) crawling up the side of a building this week. Part of Hyundai's new Rethink marketing campai ... Continue reading

LoJack Reports Motorcycle Theft Trends for First Six Months of 2006

LoJack Reports Motorcycle Theft Trends for First Six Months of 2006

LoJack-Equipped Stolen Motorcycles Lead Police to Discover 37 Theft Rings; Arrest 12 WESTWOOD, Mass., July 25 -- LoJack Corporation , the leading provider of tracking and recovery systems for stolen mobile assets, today announced that stolen motorcycles equipped with the LoJack For Motorcycles recovery system have led ... Continue reading

California Tops Nation in Motorcycle Thefts

California Tops Nation in Motorcycle Thefts

Be an Easy Rider-Not an Easy Target! DES PLAINES, Ill., July 24 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau today announced the top ten states for motorcycle thefts in 2005. They are, with theft totals in parentheses, as follows: 1. California (9,110) 2. Florida (6,324) 3. Texas (5,755) 4. ... Continue reading

Online Purchase Requests Fall 34% for the F-150, 43% for Tundra and Silverado; Toyota Camry, Yaris and Honda Civic All Post Big Gains

Online Purchase Requests Fall 34% for the F-150, 43% for Tundra and Silverado; Toyota Camry, Yaris and Honda Civic All Post Big Gains

IRVINE, Calif.--July 24, 2006-- Camry Outpaces Civic to Take Overall Most Requested Vehicle Spot Autobytel Inc. today released its Consumer Choice report for the second quarter of 2006, revealing the new vehicle buying decisions made on the company's popular automotive web sites from April through June(a). Looking at t ... Continue reading

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