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Limited Edition Saab Convertible Celebrates First Year of Independence

Limited Edition Saab Convertible Celebrates First Year of Independence

Saab is celebrating the first anniversary of its independence by launching an exclusive Independence Edition of its 9-3 Convertible. Just 366 examples will be produced, one for each day during the first year and one extra for the start of a second year. Only 80 of these vehicles will be produced for the UK, ensuring it ... Continue reading

Infiniti Wins Coveted Euro NCAP Advanced Award

Infiniti Wins Coveted Euro NCAP Advanced Award

Infiniti's high-technology approach to safety is recognised today with the presentation of the Euro NCAP Advanced Award for road safety innovation. ... Continue reading

New Mazda MX-5 'Kendo' Special Edition on Sale From 1 March

New Mazda MX-5 'Kendo' Special Edition on Sale From 1 March

To celebrate global production of the Mazda MX-5 passing 900,000 units, UK sales of the world's most popular roadster reaching more than 100,000 cars and the approach of spring - Mazda is introducing a new special edition of its iconic sportscar. ... Continue reading

First Signs of Summer Appear as New Golf Cabriolet Breaks Cover

First Signs of Summer Appear as New Golf Cabriolet Breaks Cover

The first images of Volkswagen's all-new Golf Cabriolet have been revealed ahead of the car making its public debut at next weekâ's Geneva Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Driving Fun in a New Dimension: The Mini Rocketman Concept

Driving Fun in a New Dimension: The Mini Rocketman Concept

The creation of innovative concepts for urban mobility has seen MINI grow into the successful brand we know today. ... Continue reading

Jaguar to Launch XKR-S and Celebrate 50 Years of E-Type in Geneva

Jaguar to Launch XKR-S and Celebrate 50 Years of E-Type in Geneva

Jaguar will launch its most potent series production car ever, the all-new XKR-S, at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1. ... Continue reading

Subaru Boxer Sports Car Takes Centre Stage at Geneva 2011

Subaru Boxer Sports Car Takes Centre Stage at Geneva 2011

At the forthcoming 81st International Geneva Motor Show (1 to 13 March), Japanese manufacturer, Subaru, will be showcasing an exciting new concept vehicle. ... Continue reading

Limited Edition Ford Fiesta S1600 Gets Hotter

Limited Edition Ford Fiesta S1600 Gets Hotter

Ford's famed hot-hatch history is set to grow this month with the arrival of a new, more powerful evolution of the Ford Fiesta S1600. ... Continue reading

The New Aston Martin Virage

The New Aston Martin Virage

Aston Martin introduces the new Virage - supremely elegant and powerful, yet juxtaposed as an understated sports car. The marque can now provide customers with a class-leading range, all with different characters, yet with the same unique Aston Martin soul and luxury. ... Continue reading

Ferrari FF World Premiere via Internet - COMPLETE VIDEO

Ferrari FF World Premiere via Internet - COMPLETE VIDEO

Tomorrow, 23 February 2011 at 6:00pm CET, the world premiere of the FF, the revolutionary 12-cylinder four-seater with four-wheel drive - the most powerful and versatile Ferrari ever built - will be shown on www.ferrari.com. ... Continue reading

UPS Contracts with Clean Energy to Fuel New UPS LNG Regional Truck Fleet in Las Vegas

UPS Contracts with Clean Energy to Fuel New UPS LNG Regional Truck Fleet in Las Vegas

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--UPS, the world's largest package delivery company, has contracted with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to fuel its new fleet of 48 liquefied natural gas (LNG) package transportation trucks at a new truck fueling station near UPS facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada. The agreement has a seven-year initial term w ... Continue reading

How Does Your Garden Grow: Subaru of America, Inc. to Sponsor Northwest Flower & Garden Show

How Does Your Garden Grow: Subaru of America, Inc. to Sponsor Northwest Flower & Garden Show

PR Newswire CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 22, 2011 CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 22, 2011 -- Subaru of America, Inc., is once again a sponsor of the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, February 23-27, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA.  The show's overall theme for 2011 is "Once Upon a Time…Spec ... Continue reading

Allstate Announces Quarterly Dividend

Allstate Announces Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 22, 2011 NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 22, 2011 -- The Allstate Corporation today announced a quarterly dividend of 21 cents on each outstanding share of the Corporation's common stock, payable in cash on April 1, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2011. The ... Continue reading

Jaguar to Launch XKR-S and Celebrate 50 Years of E-Type in Geneva

Jaguar to Launch XKR-S and Celebrate 50 Years of E-Type in Geneva

PR Newswire MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 22, 2011 MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 22, 2011 -- Jaguar will launch the new Jaguar XKR-S at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2011. With a higher output supercharged V8 engine, revised suspension, and a new aerodynamically-driven design, the Jaguar XKR-S expresses the company's long held duality o ... Continue reading

KEYART Goes International: Personalised Key Covers for Audi, VW, Skoda and Seat Now Available in Japan

KEYART Goes International: Personalised Key Covers for Audi, VW, Skoda and Seat Now Available in Japan

GERA, Germany & YOKOHAMA, Japan--Elegant and individual car keys? Yes! With attachable key covers made by the German company KEYART in Gera. These stylish covers for car keys for the brands Audi, VW, Skoda and Seat are now available in Japan. Its distribution partner, XAS Inc. (www.keyart.jp), Yokohama, will offer the ... Continue reading

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