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Nissan And Playstation Team Up Again For Third GT Academy

Nissan And Playstation Team Up Again For Third GT Academy

Nissan in Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) will join forces to run a third instalment of the popular GT Academy in 2011 ... Continue reading

ICT For Nissan Leaf Wins GSMA Award 2011

ICT For Nissan Leaf Wins GSMA Award 2011

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, INC., and Telenor Connexion today announced that the Nissan LEAF system marketed as Nissan Connect powered by CARWINGS has been awarded the Global Mobile Awards 2011 prize for the “Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive and Transport” at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barce ... Continue reading

Fleeting Chance Of Success In The Seat Fives Tournament

Fleeting Chance Of Success In The Seat Fives Tournament

Seat's successful Fleet and Business Sales team is offering wannabe footy stars from the fleet and leasing industry the chance to scoop VIP tickets to the Seat-sponsored UEFA Europa League Final by showing off their own soccer skills. ... Continue reading

Bentley Supersports Shatters World Speed Record On Sheet Ice

Bentley Supersports Shatters World Speed Record On Sheet Ice

Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen drove a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible on the hazardous frozen waters of the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Finland, at a breathtaking 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) to set a new world speed record on ice. ... Continue reading

New Series II Holden Captiva Makes A Good Thing Even Better

New Series II Holden Captiva Makes A Good Thing Even Better

The introduction of new-look Series II Captiva 5 and Captiva 7 models have given Holden's strong-selling SUV range even more widespread appeal. ... Continue reading

Size Matters - Where Small Is Not Beautiful

Size Matters - Where Small Is Not Beautiful

In recent weeks, we have observed commentators highlighting the need for clarity of disclosure in insurance documents. ... Continue reading

The Wait is Over: The New Mini Countryman Has Arrived

The Wait is Over: The New Mini Countryman Has Arrived

Mini Australia today announced pricing for the long-awaited MINI Countryman, set to arrive in Australia in late February. MINI Australia also confirmed the inclusion of diesel engine variant in the Countryman line-up, the Mini Cooper D Countryman, to be available from March production. ... Continue reading

2011 'Classic' An Island Paradise For Enthusiasts

2011 'Classic' An Island Paradise For Enthusiasts

The Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 18-20 this year will again be paradise for car 'perves', with an entry approaching 500 vehicles - more than 30 from overseas – now certain for Australia's largest historic circuit event. ... Continue reading

Philips Lumileds Extends LED Portfolio for Automotive Signaling with Introduction of SignalSure Surface Mount LEDs

Philips Lumileds Extends LED Portfolio for Automotive Signaling with Introduction of SignalSure Surface Mount LEDs

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Philips Lumileds announced release and immediate availability of its new SignalSure mid-power LEDs for automotive signaling applications. The new surface mount LED is intended to be the most robust and reliable surface mount LED available to the automotive industry today and undergoes a rigorous Multi ... Continue reading

General Motors Offers Sneak Peek at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

General Motors Offers Sneak Peek at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

PR Newswire Feb. 15 DETROIT – For more than a decade, General Motors, the GM Foundation, and Chevrolet have sponsored the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation in its efforts to honor one of America's greatest inspirational leaders.  Tomorrow, Feb. 16, GM and the GM Foundation will unv ... Continue reading

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces 2010 Reserves Replacement

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces 2010 Reserves Replacement

IRVING, Texas--Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that additions to its proved reserves in 2010 totaled 3.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels, replacing 209 percent of production. Excluding the impact of asset sales, reserves additions replaced 211 percent of production. “ExxonMobil continues to lead the industr ... Continue reading

Amtrak News Release: AMTRAK LAUNCHES OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Amtrak News Release: AMTRAK LAUNCHES OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL

The following news release is issued today by Amtrak Media Relations. It will be available soon in the News & Media Section of Amtrak.com. ____________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2011 ATK-11-022 Contact: Media Relations 202 906.3860 AMTRAK LAUNCHES OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL Videos will highlight ... Continue reading

General Motors Joins ASQ as Enterprise Member

General Motors Joins ASQ as Enterprise Member

MILWAUKEE--General Motors’ employees charged with making the automaker a quality leader in every segment and market where it competes can now tap the resources of ASQ, the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts. “We see great value in our ASQ membership, especially t ... Continue reading

Ram to Introduce New Model; Code Name: Adventurer

Ram to Introduce New Model; Code Name: Adventurer

PR Newswire AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 15, 2011 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 15, 2011 -- HEMI® performance and sporty appearance target younger customers and first-time buyers Overwhelming response to Ram Tradesman forces launch pull ahead The Ram Truck Brand today announced that it would launch a new Ram 1500 model aim ... Continue reading

Obama Administration Picks Electric Vehicles As The Alt Fuel Winner And Proposes to Cut Clean-Diesel, Fuel-Cell Funding - Huh?

Obama Administration Picks Electric Vehicles As The Alt Fuel Winner And Proposes to Cut Clean-Diesel, Fuel-Cell Funding - Huh?

Washington DC February 15, 2011; Jeff Plungis and Angela Greiling Keane writing for Bloomberg reported that the Obama administration proposed ending a clean-diesel grant program and cutting research for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles while spurring the market for electric cars. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency†... Continue reading

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