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Fuel Cell Industry is Poised for Major Change and Development in 2011, Says Pike Research

Fuel Cell Industry is Poised for Major Change and Development in 2011, Says Pike Research

BOULDER, Colo.--The fuel cell industry is growing even in the face of a global economic recession, with 2010 revenues exceeding $750 million. Markets such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), residential combined heat and power (CHP), power for remote monitoring equipment, auxiliary power units (APUs), and portal p ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Strengthens Design Team

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Strengthens Design Team

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today announced that Giles Taylor has been appointed Head of Exterior Design. He will join the company from the beginning of April. ... Continue reading

Get a Better Jetta! Prices Announced For New Volkswagen Saloon

Get a Better Jetta! Prices Announced For New Volkswagen Saloon

Prices for the new Jetta have been announced with the entry-level S 1.4-litre TSI 122 PS model starting at a highly competitive £16,960 RRP 'on the road' ... Continue reading

Ford Of Britain 100: Image Of The Week - 5/52

Ford Of Britain 100: Image Of The Week - 5/52

To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images. ... Continue reading

Sprint Into Summer: The 320 HP Porsche Boxster S Black Edition

Sprint Into Summer: The 320 HP Porsche Boxster S Black Edition

The Porsche Boxster S Black Edition combines the timeless appeal of the classic open-roofed roadster with a powerful engine and dramatic styling. Just 987 will be available worldwide, each one finished in black and with a range of special features that accentuate the driving dynamics and muscular appearance of the two- ... Continue reading

Jaguar C-X75 Scoops Louis Vuitton Award In Paris

Jaguar C-X75 Scoops Louis Vuitton Award In Paris

The Jaguar C-X75 was last night awarded the Louis Vuitton Classic Concept Award 2010 by a panel of luminaries from the worlds of design, fashion and luxury. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Launches Australia's First Public EV Fast Charging Unit

Mitsubishi Launches Australia's First Public EV Fast Charging Unit

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has unveiled the first public EV fast charging unit (FCU) in Australia. The FCU has been installed in front of the company's Adelaide, South Australia head office and is designed to offer the convenience of a fast charge facility to drivers of MMAL's ground breaking Mitsubishi ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Australia Leads Australia And The World

Mercedes-Benz Australia Leads Australia And The World

Last night during a senior management meeting in Stuttgart , Mercedes-Benz Cars for MBAuP was announced as the winner of the Global Market of the Year for 2010 by Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, member, Board of Management, Daimler AG. ... Continue reading

Stunning Stingray At Shannons Sydney Sale

Stunning Stingray At Shannons Sydney Sale

A stunning, award-winning Riverside Red-on-red 1964 Chevrolet Sting Ray coupe is one of the standout vehicles of Shannons first 2011 auction in Sydney on Monday (February 7). ... Continue reading

Bathurst Legend Aims For More Glory At 'The Mountain' In An Audi R8 LMS

Bathurst Legend Aims For More Glory At 'The Mountain' In An Audi R8 LMS

Craig Lowndes, five times Bathurst 1000 winner, current holder of the fastest time around the Mt Panorama Circuit and genuine Australian motorsport legend, will this weekend seek to add another Bathurst title to his collection when he gets behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS in the Armor All Bathurst 12 hour race being ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Reports 17,273 Sales for the Month of January 2011, Up 14%

Mercedes-Benz Reports 17,273 Sales for the Month of January 2011, Up 14%

MONTVALE, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 MONTVALE, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) continued its strong momentum of the past year with a 14% increase for January 2011 (17,273 vs. 15,158). Strong demand in both the Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles and SUVs fueled sales for the month, including diesel models which we ... Continue reading

Kia Motors America Announces Record January 2011 Sales

Kia Motors America Announces Record January 2011 Sales

Following an historic year in 2010 that included important milestones such as the company's best-ever full-year sales, a 16th consecutive year of market share growth, and the launch of the company's first U.S.-built vehicle(1), Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced record January sales of 27,789 units, besting the p ... Continue reading

Nissan North America Sales Rise 14.8% In January 2011

Nissan North America Sales Rise 14.8% In January 2011

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported January U.S. sales of 71,847 units versus 62,572 units a year earlier, an increase of 14.8 percent. Nissan Division sales were up 15.4 percent for the month. Sales of Infiniti vehicles rose 10.3 percent over the prior year. ... Continue reading

Infiniti January 2011 Sales Rise 10.3%

Infiniti January 2011 Sales Rise 10.3%

Infiniti today reported January sales of 7,405 units, an increase of 10.3 percent versus 6,711 units a year earlier.Highlights of Infiniti's sales performance in January include: January marks Infiniti's twelfth straight month of year-over-year gains of more than ten percent Sales of the Infiniti QX56 full-size luxury ... Continue reading

Subaru of America, Inc. Reports Record January 2011 Sales

Subaru of America, Inc. Reports Record January 2011 Sales

PR Newswire CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 -- On the back of record-breaking sales in 2010, Subaru of America, Inc. today reported a continued upward swing for the Subaru brand by posting record January sales of 18,858, up 21% versus January 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prn ... Continue reading

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