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Toyota To Recognize 3 Millionth Certified Used Vehicle Owner at 2011 Chicago Auto Show

Toyota To Recognize 3 Millionth Certified Used Vehicle Owner at 2011 Chicago Auto Show

Cook County resident Sara Hirschhorn will be the guest of honor at the Toyota exhibit when she is reimbursed the purchase price of her 2008 Sienna – Toyota's 3 millionth certified used vehicle sold in the United States.  A local nurse and mother, Hirschhorn will be recognized by Toyota Division Group ... Continue reading

Top 10 Fuel Economy Lists

Top 10 Fuel Economy Lists

EPA Rated - 2011EPA Rated - All Years Real World - All Years Misconceptions 2011 vehicles are ranked by city, then highway MPG. In the event of a tie, multiple vehicles may share the same ranking. Electric vehicles are not considered for this list. 1. 2011 Toyota Prius City 51 Highway 48 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Automatic (variab ... Continue reading

Weelky NHTSA Recalls

Weelky NHTSA Recalls

NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 11V067 Manufacturer : NEWMAR CORPORATION Make / Model Years : NEWMAR / 2011 Subject : V-BUS FET-8 CONTROL BOARDS/KIB ELECTRONICS NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 11V066 Manufacturer : COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC Make / Model Years : COACHMEN / 2004-2008 Subject : PLUG IN REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER FOR FI ... Continue reading

The Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht Sets Sail in Summer 2011 as BMW Group DesignworksUSA Continues its Creative Collaborations with Leading Brazilian Firms

The Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht Sets Sail in Summer 2011 as BMW Group DesignworksUSA Continues its Creative Collaborations with Leading Brazilian Firms

February 7, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA. – BMW Group DesignworksUSA has collaborated with Intermarine, Brazil’s leading shipyard for luxury yachts, to create the elegant, powerful and refined Intermarine 55. Setting sail in July 2011, the Intermarine 55 is the first in a new era yachts for Intermarine, and th ... Continue reading

SsangYong to Show SUT 1 Concept at Geneva

SsangYong to Show SUT 1 Concept at Geneva

SsangYong will show a stylish new concept of its popular Actyon Sports at the Geneva Motor Show, 3-13 March. ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover to Boost Apprentice Schemes

Jaguar Land Rover to Boost Apprentice Schemes

As National Apprentice Week commences, Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it will double the number of Advanced (Level 3) Apprenticeship places available during 2011 and that the 1500 new recruits currently joining the workforce at Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood plant to build the new Range Rover Evoque will be trained ... Continue reading

Va Va Voom is Back: Rihanna, Thierry Henry and Dita Von Teese Star in Sensational New Renault Clio TV ad Campaign

Va Va Voom is Back: Rihanna, Thierry Henry and Dita Von Teese Star in Sensational New Renault Clio TV ad Campaign

Rihanna and Dita Von Teese have joined Thierry Henry, the star of the original Renault Clio Va Va Voom ads, in a sassy new TV ad campaign. Launching tonight during ITV1's '˜Dancing on Ice', the commercial also stars screen icons Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando and features music legend, David Bowie. ... Continue reading

Four-By-Four By Far Better

Four-By-Four By Far Better

According to BCA - the UK's biggest seller of commercial vehicles - there has been a significant increase in the value of 4x4 pick-ups in recent weeks with both lifestyle and workhorse models performing strongly. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Marches Ahead as ADBOWL® Voters' Favorite Super Bowl XLV Commercial

Volkswagen Marches Ahead as ADBOWL® Voters' Favorite Super Bowl XLV Commercial

Volkswagen's Imperial March for the Passat was voted consumers' favorite advertisement during Super Bowl XLV according to ADBOWL® (www.ADBOWL.com), the original advertising ranking website and iPhone App developed by McKee Wallwork Cleveland. As of 12 am EST*, ADBOWL® voters rated these top five ads: Volkswagen -- Th ... Continue reading

Turbocharged Toyota Power for Dynojet Avensis

Turbocharged Toyota Power for Dynojet Avensis

The Dynojet Race Team's Avensis BTCC car will be powered by a Toyota engine, it can be confirmed today. To be raced this season by Frank Wrathall Jnr, the squad's Avensis will have under its bonnet a 2.0-litre turbocharged power unit adapted from one of Toyota's road-going range. ... Continue reading

Sales Leader Ford Boosts Share in Weaker UK Market

Sales Leader Ford Boosts Share in Weaker UK Market

UK market leader Ford is celebrating its centennial by boosting shares across its range in a weakened January market. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Full Year Forecasts

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Full Year Forecasts

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced its sales and financial results for the first three quarters of the 2010 fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, and outlined its forecasts for the full fiscal year. ... Continue reading

New Special Edition Alfa Mito Sprint Celebrates the Best of UK Athletics

New Special Edition Alfa Mito Sprint Celebrates the Best of UK Athletics

Alfa Romeo is celebrating its continued support of UK Athletics (UKA) with a new Special Edition to its sporty compact car range - the Alfa MiTo Sprint. ... Continue reading

Toyota Focuses on Hybrid Power Future at Geneva

Toyota Focuses on Hybrid Power Future at Geneva

Toyota will unveil the next major advances in its hybrid power technology strategy for sustainable future transport at the Geneva motor show in March. ... Continue reading

First Images of Revised Tiguan Revealed Ahead of Geneva Show Debut

First Images of Revised Tiguan Revealed Ahead of Geneva Show Debut

The first pictures of the revised Tiguan compact 4x4 have been revealed ahead of the car making its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. ... Continue reading

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