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B’laster® Corporation Donates Hand Sanitizer to Local First Responders

B’laster® Corporation Donates Hand Sanitizer to Local First Responders

Cleveland, Ohio, April 9, 2020 – The B’laster Corporation – makers of the #1-selling penetrant, PB B’laster – announced today it is donating cases of hand sanitizer to dozens of local police and fire departments. The Company recently began sourcing and producing hand sanitizer in response to requests from its ... Continue reading

Polaris Slingshot Recognize Today’s Unsung Heroes With a Superhero Ride And Donates To Goggles For Docs

Polaris Slingshot Recognize Today’s Unsung Heroes With a Superhero Ride And Donates To Goggles For Docs

MINNEAPOLIS--In a time of unprecedented events, millions of Americans are going above and beyond; whether it’s a battle through new adversity in daily life or helping someone in need. In an effort to shine a light and celebrate these individuals, Polaris Slingshot is asking its community to share stories about the su ... Continue reading

SPOT Announces New Licensing Partnership with the Jeep® Brand

SPOT Announces New Licensing Partnership with the Jeep® Brand

As part of an effort to expand its footprint in the overland adventure market, Globalstar is developing an exclusive new line of Jeep and SPOT™ co-branded products. ... Continue reading

Ultra-Performance Cadillac's Named CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing

Ultra-Performance Cadillac's Named CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing

Cadillac today announced that the fourth generation of its V-Series sub-brand, currently spearheaded by the 2020 CT4-V and CT5-V, will eventually include ultra-performance variants that carry the Blackwing name. The future, track-capable vehicles will be called CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing, representing the apex ... Continue reading

LATEST NHTSA RECALLS - April 13, 2020

LATEST NHTSA RECALLS - April 13, 2020

Recalled: Chevrolet, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM, Ford, Isuzu, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Great Dane, Spartan, Others ... Continue reading

Here. Steal My Car If You Think You Can Drive It By Martha Hindes

Here. Steal My Car If You Think You Can Drive It By Martha Hindes

Here. Steal my car if you think you can drive it. ... Continue reading

Polster Unveils Its Future - Precept Preview +VIDEO

Polster Unveils Its Future - Precept Preview +VIDEO

Following its digital reveal in February, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath now discusses the Precept in detail, and in real life, in Gothenburg, Sweden.A precept is a manifesto of things to come; a declaration. ... Continue reading

Fewer Driving Claims Will Generate $100 Billion Windfall For Auto insurance Companies Due to COVID-19

Fewer Driving Claims Will Generate $100 Billion Windfall For Auto insurance Companies Due to COVID-19

BEDFORD, N.H.--ValChoice, an insurance data analytic company and consumer advocate, today released a special market report titled “COVID-19 Windfall Profits Estimated at $100B for Car Insurers.” In the report, ValChoice estimates that insurance companies could realize $100 billion in windfall profits due to the cha ... Continue reading

2020 Nissan Titan Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2020 Nissan Titan Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2020 Nissan Titan A full size pickup in a full size city. I don’t usually drive and evaluate full size picks from my home base in Chicago. And I do live in the heart of Chicago. ... Continue reading

Mazda Taking Pre-orders for its 100th Anniversary Special Edition Series in Japan

Mazda Taking Pre-orders for its 100th Anniversary Special Edition Series in Japan

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that its 100th Anniversary Special Edition series will go on sale in Japan for a limited period until the end of March 2021. ... Continue reading

Ram Truck Unveils New 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest Edition

Ram Truck Unveils New 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest Edition

Ram unveiled the 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest Edition, a new luxury trim aimed at the largest truck-buying region in the world. ... Continue reading

Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule - CAFE (Fuel Economy Standards)- Plus Our Journalists Comment

Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule - CAFE (Fuel Economy Standards)- Plus Our Journalists Comment

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions standards for model years 2021 ... Continue reading

2020 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagon and Jetta Alltrack; two reasons to ditch your crossover

2020 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagon and Jetta Alltrack; two reasons to ditch your crossover

Sunshine, beauty, and plenty of slower cars and trucks to pass, all designed to show the responsiveness of the Alltrack. Though power is modest on paper, on the road we passed with ease, brisk acceleration slinging us around slower vehicles with ease. Later, down on “the mitten”, those automatic headlights made dri ... Continue reading

Honda e and CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE win Design Awards in the "Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020"

Honda e and CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE win Design Awards in the "Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020"

Honda announced that the all-new Honda e electric vehicle and the CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE supersport bike won product design awards in one of the most respected awards in the world, the Red Dot Award(1). ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY - March 30, 2020

NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY - March 30, 2020

Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

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