Volkswagen New Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Uses Modine's Fuel Cell Products Group
May 18, 2005
RACINE, Wis.--May 18, 2005--Modine Manufacturing Company , a leader in the design and development of critical heat and mass transfer technology for fuel cell systems, announced today it is now supplying humidification and water management components to Volkswagen for their fuel cell hybrid vehicle - the Touran HyMotion ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Announces Consumers' Most Wanted Vehicle Awards for 2005
May 10, 2005
Ford Mustang Named Consumers' Choice for Most Significant Vehicle of the Year; Domestic Cars Win, Place and Show SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 10 -- Edmunds.com, the Internet's premiere resource for consumer automotive information, today announced the winners of the fourth annual Consumers' Most Wanted vehicle awards. (Log ... Continue reading
European Car Makers To Hold The Schmaltz
May 9, 2005
Carmakers think twice about adding latest gimmicks FRANKFURT, May 9, 2005; Michael Shields writing for Reuters reported that European carmakers are growing increasingly sceptical of packing their products with the latest high-tech gadgets to emerge from engineering labs. When, for instance, General Motors Europe execut ... Continue reading
IntelliChoice Announces New Car Best Deals for May 2005
May 6, 2005
CAMPBELL, Calif.--May 6, 2005--PRIMEDIA's IntelliChoice, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its "Best Deals of the Month" selections for May, identifying the vehicles with the best ownership cost value in 29 respective classes. IntelliChoice's "Best Deals of the Month" ... Continue reading
TRW Automotive Supplies Advanced Comfort and Safety Systems to the New Volkswagen Passat
May 3, 2005
LIVONIA, Mich., May 3 -- TRW Automotive GmbH, a subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp today unveiled its next generation driver assistance and active safety technologies launched on the new Volkswagen Passat. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010824/TRWLOGO ) The new Passat features a host of advanced T ... Continue reading
VOLKSWAGEN NEW JETTA ACES SIDE IMPACT TEST
Apr 24, 2005
NEW CRASH TEST RESULTS: VOLKSWAGEN NEW JETTA ACES SIDE IMPACT TEST; ALSO EARNS GOOD RATING IN FRONTAL TEST ARLINGTON, VA April 24, 2005; The 2005 Volkswagen new Jetta earned good ratings in both frontal offset and side impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Plus the Jetta is the fir ... Continue reading
BorgWarner DualTronic(TM) Automated Transmission Technology Available On New VW Jetta
Apr 19, 2005
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 19 -- BorgWarner DualTronic(TM), the company's wet-clutch and control-system technology for automated transmissions, will be available on turbocharged direct-injected gasoline (TFSI) models of the all-new 2005 VW Jetta. The vehicle went on sale in the U.S. and Canada in March. VW refers to th ... Continue reading
New Volkswagen Beetle Owners Prepare for Annual Pilgrimage to Roswell2K
Apr 19, 2005
ROSWELL, N.M., April 18 -- Owning a New Volkswagen Beetle is novel for some and hinges on a spiritual experience for others. No matter what a person's level of devotion to the car, one thing is for certain: The 6th Annual Roswell2K gathering on June 17-19 is the place for New Beetle owners and enthusiasts to show off t ... Continue reading
2004 and 2005 Crash Ratings of Vehicles With Side Air Bags
Apr 15, 2005
2004 & 2005 Vehicles with Side Air Bags Side-impact air bags (SABs) SABs offer protection to two principal areas of the body -- the head and the chest -- during moderate to severe side-impact crashes. The chart below indicates which vehicles offer what type of protection (head and/or chest) and the type of SAB used to ... Continue reading
Insurance Incentive Hikes Car Sales 23 Percent
Apr 11, 2005
Two-thirds of buyers say auto insurance incentive prompted them to buy a VW BETHPAGE, N.Y., April 11 -- The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car in the pilot concluded March 31 with a 23 percent rise in year-to-year sales. Two-thirds of buyers said the insurance package w ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives: Japanese Incentives Reach Record High
Apr 4, 2005
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 4 -- Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, reported today that the average manufacturer automotive incentive in the United States was $2,556 per vehicle sold in March 2005, up $177, or 7.0%, from March 2004, and up $187, or 7.9%, from February 2005. (Logo: http ... Continue reading
U.S. Auto Sales Box Score March 2005
Apr 2, 2005
April 1,2005 The AP compliled the results of March 2005 car and light truck sales in the United States by the major automakers. Industry totals include 22 automakers. The table compares sales in March 2005 with sales in March 2004 and year-to-date totals for the two years. Light trucks include pickups, vans, minivans a ... Continue reading
Preview: 2005 Volkswagen New Jetta
Mar 24, 2005
By Carey Russ With the exception of the Touareg sport-utility, Volkswagen has spent the past few years filling each of its product lines with a multitude of niche vehicles. Now it's time for something different, the all-new 2005 Jetta. The Jetta is the most popular Volkswagen in the U.S., which makes the coming fifth-g ... Continue reading
Polk Reports 2004 Record Year For Convertibles, Sebring Still Tops
Mar 21, 2005
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 21 -- Convertible registrations in the U.S. reached record levels in 2004, with a 6.3 percent increase over last year and total registrations reaching 315,306, according to R. L. Polk & Co., surpassing the 2001 record of 309,741. The Chrysler Sebring repeated as the top-selling convertible in 2 ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Challenges Teens to Generate a Positive Vibe for Seat Belt Use, Save Lives
Mar 21, 2005
Students Create PSAs for National High School Initiative, National Broadcast AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 21 -- Every year, over 5,000 teenagers die in automobile crashes. Nothing takes more young lives -- not drinking, not drugs, not suicide. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that many of these deaths could be prevented; ... Continue reading
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