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Tips to Keep You--and Your Vehicles--Safe During Hurricane Dennis

Tips to Keep You--and Your Vehicles--Safe During Hurricane Dennis

Here We Go Again: Heavy Winds and Rain Are On Their Way The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies Offers Safety Tips and Vehicle-Related Precautions for Motorists PENSACOLA, Fla.--July 8, 2005--Hurricane Dennis is expected to hit the Gulf Coast this weekend, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and possible sto ... Continue reading

More Than 180 Students to Travel 1,600 Miles from Texas to California in 10th Annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge

More Than 180 Students to Travel 1,600 Miles from Texas to California in 10th Annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge

ROUND ROCK, Texas July 8, 2005; More than 180 high school students from around the nation and Mexico today embark on a 1,600-mile race in hand-built, solar-powered cars. The 10th annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge, which begins at Dell's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, will wind its way through Texas, Ne ... Continue reading

American Motorists Growing Disgruntled with Cell Phone Users

American Motorists Growing Disgruntled with Cell Phone Users

Washington DC July 8, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that nearly one-third of all U.S. drivers pit cell phone use by fellow drivers as their main annoyance while on the road, according to the recent Drive for Life poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research and partly sponsored by Volvo Cars of North Americ ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America and Soccer for Hope Team Up to 'Kick' Pediatric Cancer Donating $45,000 to Hospitals Across the U.S.

Hyundai Motor America and Soccer for Hope Team Up to 'Kick' Pediatric Cancer Donating $45,000 to Hospitals Across the U.S.

San Diego's Ecke Y.M.C.A Hosts First of Nine Local Tournaments in the 2005 Hyundai Cup World Soccer Open SAN DIEGO, July 8 -- Hyundai Motor America will kick off the 2005 Hyundai Cup World Soccer Open at Ecke Y.M.C.A in San Diego tomorrow. Hyundai and its partner Soccer for Hope, a Southern California-based non-profit ... Continue reading

TC's 2005 Porsche Line-up Test Rides

TC's 2005 Porsche Line-up Test Rides

The Drive story and Photos Short of a million-dollar lottery winner, an invitation to drive Porsches on a race track runs close second. With a million dollars you can own a Porsche! Thus I, and various other media racer-wannabes gathered for a day of very high speed entertainment at Waterford Hills Road Racing track. A ... Continue reading

2006 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6 Review

2006 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6 Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2006 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6 Byte-Bite:If I was working for one of Hyundai's competitors, I'd be worried. Hyundai has arrived. If your concept of Hyundai is ``cheap Korean car,'' with the emphasis on ``cheap'' as synonym for ``shoddy'' more than ``inexpensive,'' it's time to move out ... Continue reading

Chrysler Taps Flashy Former Chairman as Advertising Guru

Chrysler Taps Flashy Former Chairman as Advertising Guru

Washington DC July 7, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Lee Iacocca will return to the spotlight in a series of Chrysler advertising spots in hopes of drumming up consumer interest in his former company’s Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models, reports The Detroit News. The flamboyant former chairman retired from ... Continue reading

Hey But Its Family! - Automakers Scale Back Free-Maintenance Offerings in Effort to Trim Costs, Beef Up Bottom Lines

Hey But Its Family! - Automakers Scale Back Free-Maintenance Offerings in Effort to Trim Costs, Beef Up Bottom Lines

Several automakers are scaling back the free-maintenance perks that traditionally accompany the purchase of a new car, as they look for ways to “trim their costs and beef up their bottom lines,” reports The Wall Street Journal. “... A growing number of manufacturers -- including some of the same brand ... Continue reading

Drivers Feel Driving is Getting Riskier, Yet Most Admit to Dangerous Behaviors

Drivers Feel Driving is Getting Riskier, Yet Most Admit to Dangerous Behaviors

Poll: New Drivers Most Susceptible to Lure of High-Tech Distractions WASHINGTON, July 7 -- American drivers say the aggressive and distracted behavior of other drivers is more aggravating than traffic delays, road construction and personal stress combined. That's the finding of a new national poll of motorists who, iro ... Continue reading

Severe London Congestion Warnings From RAC Trafficmaster Telematics

Severe London Congestion Warnings From RAC Trafficmaster Telematics

CRANFIELD, England, July 7 -- Following the terrorist attacks in London this morning Trafficmaster, the leading provider of real-time traffic information and its partner, RAC, warns drivers of long delays heading out of London. As people start to make their way home, having been advised to stay where they were during t ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion's World Premiere at Kentucky Speedway

Ford Fusion's World Premiere at Kentucky Speedway

* July 16: More Than 3,500 Area Race Fans Will Be the First to Drive Ford's Most Important Mid-Size Car in 20 Years * The 2006 Ford NASCAR Model Will Have Its First Public Viewing * Attendees Can Also Put the Hot Mustang GT Through Its Paces WHAT: More than 3,500 area racing fans and consumers will play out their NASCA ... Continue reading

Latest Recalls Include New VW Jetta, Toyota Tacoma and Others

Latest Recalls Include New VW Jetta, Toyota Tacoma and Others

Report Date : July 6, 2005 at 10:53 PM New Information Added Since : June 26, 2005 Make / Models : Model/Build Years: TOYOTA / TACOMA 2005 Manufacturer : TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 05V302000 Recall Date : JUN 27, 2005 Component: AIR BAGS Potential Number Of Units Affected : 11592 Summar ... Continue reading

New Discount Plans May Signal a New Dawn in Consumer Car Buying

New Discount Plans May Signal a New Dawn in Consumer Car Buying

Snide’s Remarks :What is with all the hub-bub and the experts surprise at Detroit’s latest method to instill trust and provide consumers with enticing sales prices? For years we have been shouting (to whoever would listen) that the American buyer really wants and needs just one thing…to believe that t ... Continue reading

2006 Hyundai Sonata LX Review

2006 Hyundai Sonata LX Review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: 2006 Hyundai Sonata LX ENGINE: 3.3-liter V6 HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 235 hp @ 6,000 rpm TRANSMISSION: 5-speed automatic WHEELBASE: 107.4 in. LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT: 188.9 x 72.1 x 58.1 in. CARGO: 16.3 cu. ft. ECONOMY: 20 mpg city/30 mpg highway/23.8 mpg test PRICE: $22,895 ... Continue reading

Chrysler Takes Employee Pricing to the Showroom with Employee Pricing Plus

Chrysler Takes Employee Pricing to the Showroom with Employee Pricing Plus

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 6 -- Chrysler Group customers shopping for a new Chrysler, Jeep(R) or Dodge vehicle will now pay the same price as our 80,000 employees worldwide, plus receive cash back. Today is the beginning of Chrysler Group's Employee Pricing Plus program, which launches in the U.S. and Canada on qualifyi ... Continue reading

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