Juvenile Offenders Create Art Car For Charity
Apr 5, 2005
ArtCarTraz To Ride in 17th Annual Art Car Parade in Houston, TX on May 14 New York, NY (April 5, 2005) - In an unprecedented initiative, juvenile offenders across 3 states will work together to design and create a traveling work of art for charity. ArtCarTraz is an art car piece that will kick-off at the Alabama Depart ... Continue reading
Sport Compact Only Unleashes New Web Site to Public
Apr 5, 2005
PHOENIX--April 5, 2005--Sport Compact Only announced today that it has officially released its next-generation e-commerce Web site to the public. The new site, www.sportcompactonly.com, upgrades the company's Web platform to Microsoft's .NET Web development framework and creates an environment to achieve the company's ... Continue reading
Preview Auto Shanghai 2005 Chery Tiggo
Apr 4, 2005
Chery, an aspiring Chinese carmaker introduced its new Tiggo off-roader last week. Tiggo (Tiger), which was previously known as the T11 is a self-developed SUV with Toyota RAV4 overtones. According to a company press release Lotus and the Japanese MAE Corporation helped development. Tiggo sits on a 2510 mm long platfor ... Continue reading
Preview Auto Shanghai 2005 - Lifan 520 For Chinese and Export Markets
Apr 4, 2005
Chongqing Lifan, one of China's biggest private motorcycle manufacturers introduced its first passenger car last week. Called the Lifan520 this new compact sedan is powered by a 4-cylinder 1.6-liter petrol engine supplied by Tritec of Brazil. It is the same engine as found in the Mini Cooper and the Chery Fengyun. Main ... Continue reading
Alpha Century Signs ASP License Agreement Of Total Solutions With China Car Clubs Alliance
Apr 4, 2005
Contract Valued at Approximately $1.1 million Providing Membership Management and Interactive Media Communication Service to 400,000 car owners HONG KONG, April 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Telecom Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TCOM) the Total Solutions Provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Alpha Century H ... Continue reading
International Carwash Association Names Chrysler 300C Most Washable Car of 2005
Apr 4, 2005
SAN ANTONIO, April 4 -- The International Carwash Association (ICA) named the Chrysler 300 C as the Most Washable Car 2005 today at the Car Care World Expo in San Antonio, Texas. The annual award acknowledges the vehicle that car wash operators consider the most wash-friendly car of the year. The honor is a critical di ... Continue reading
Apr 4, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY, April 4 -- The natural gas powered Honda Civic GX and the Civic Hybrid have been chosen as the official vehicles for the traditional "Peace, Youth and the Environment" message trek between past and future Winter Olympic cities. A team of cyclists, hikers, rowers and sail-boaters will travel from Salt La ... Continue reading
Parental Restrictions Vary for Washington's Teen Drivers
Apr 4, 2005
PEMCO Insurance Poll Asks About Graduated Licensing and Other Household Driving Rules SEATTLE, April 4 -- According to a recent survey commissioned by PEMCO Insurance, nearly one-quarter of Washington state residents are unaware of the Intermediate Drivers License law, commonly called graduated licensing. And although ... Continue reading
2005 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Review Street Racer Extraordinaire
Apr 4, 2005
Dodge Neon SRT-4 Street Racer Extraordinaire By Steve Purdy Detroit Bureau Now, here’s a youngster I can relate to! Some may accuse me of being a bit curmudgeonly in my old age. I find it hard to understand modern styles like a two-day growth of beard, the baseball cap as costume worn inside a nice restaurant and ... Continue reading
Car Care Council Helps You Take Control of Rising Gas Prices
Apr 4, 2005
Don't Let Your Money Evaporate BETHESDA, Md., April 4 -- Fight skyrocketing gas prices by taking control of your vehicle's unnecessary fuel consumption, advises the Car Care Council. Consumers can add miles to every gallon they pump by following a few easy and inexpensive maintenance steps with their car, SUV, minivan ... Continue reading
2005 Acura MDX Earns 5-Star Ratings in NHTSA NCAP Frontal Crash Tests
Apr 4, 2005
http://www.safercar.gov/Index2.cfm April 4, 2005 -- Torrance, Calif. -- The 2005 Acura MDX earned the highest possible ratings awarded during the most recent NCAP frontal crash tests conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The MDX scored the top ratin ... Continue reading
Upscale SUV Owners Get New Tire Choices From Bridgestone Firestone
Apr 4, 2005
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 4, 2005) – The Bridgestone® Dueler™ H/L Alenza has its root in romance. The name, that is. Evoking an elegant way to go forward, its tagline, “elegance with an edge,” is fitting for a tire that is designed to provide a stylish, graceful ride. More consumers will now be a ... Continue reading
Apr 4, 2005
MIAMI--April 4, 2005-- What: International Ride of Jewish Motorcyclists to National Holocaust Memorial Museum Where: From Miami to Toronto, Jewish Bikers from across North America will meet at select cities to meet and ride to Washington, D.C., for an international gathering. When: Sunday, May 1st - Friday, May 6th / B ... Continue reading
Crrrash!: Over 2,000 vehicles with deactivated ETC cards collide with barrriers
Apr 3, 2005
TOKYO April 2, 2005; Japan Today reported that more than 2,000 vehicles with deactivated electronic toll collection cards collided with barriers at ETC toll gates Friday across Japan as the drivers were unaware that one type of ETC card was no longer valid, Japan Highway Public Corp said. The barrier in an ETC lane is ... Continue reading
Yazaki North America Pitches in to Help Save Belle Isle Aquarium
Apr 1, 2005
Tier One Supplier Challenges Local Supplier Community to Match $10,000 Donation CANTON, Mich., April 1 -- Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki), a leading supplier of vehicle power and data solutions to the automotive industry, has joined in the effort to save one of the Detroit community's cultural gems. Yesterday, the company ... Continue reading
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