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Toyota Announces Prices for 2005 Camry Solara Coupe and Convertible

Toyota Announces Prices for 2005 Camry Solara Coupe and Convertible

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 2 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the 2005 Camry Solara Coupe and Convertible. The Coupe and Convertible will begin arriving at dealerships nationwide this week. The Solara Coupe enters the 2005 model year as a carryover ... Continue reading

Duh! - New Safety Study Shows 71% of Drivers Steer More Accurately When Using a Headset With Their Mobile Phones

Duh! - New Safety Study Shows 71% of Drivers Steer More Accurately When Using a Headset With Their Mobile Phones

Study Is First in Series of Driving Impairment Tests from Plantronics; Research is Part of an Overall Initiative Aimed at Greater Customer Understanding SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Aug. 2 -- A new study that measured the physical impairment drivers experienced while using a mobile phone found that reaction time, accuracy and c ... Continue reading

AAA Strollerthon Will Fund Child Safety Seats and Booster Seats

AAA Strollerthon Will Fund Child Safety Seats and Booster Seats

AURORA, Ill., Aug. 2 -- Parents, grandparents, godparents -- grab the little one in your life, a stroller, and join AAA Chicago in its first-ever Strollerthon. This event is to benefit The Chicagoland SAFE KIDS Coalition and to raise funds and awareness of child passenger safety. On Saturday, August 7, 2004, from 8 a.m ... Continue reading

California, Ohio and Pennsylvania Leading the Polls for Car Love

California, Ohio and Pennsylvania Leading the Polls for Car Love

From Coast to Coast, Entries Pouring in for National Car Love Contest CHICAGO, Aug. 2 -- As mid-summer arrives, the race is heating up. Not the upcoming Presidential election or baseball's pennant race but the contest to determine the state that exhibits the most Car Love. The International Carwash Association, an asso ... Continue reading

Young Motorers Take on Quick Corners in New MINI Cooper Convertible Children's Car

Young Motorers Take on Quick Corners in New MINI Cooper Convertible Children's Car

Open-Top Single-Seater Provides Hours of Powerful 'Go-Kart' Motoring Fun WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 2 -- For kids who are eager to master the art of motoring at an early age, the road beckons with quick corners filled with unexpected adventure. Young motorers can now hop behind the wheel of the new MINI Cooper Converti ... Continue reading

SUV Group Launches 'Climate Clown Corps' Campaign to Protest Regulation

SUV Group Launches 'Climate Clown Corps' Campaign to Protest Regulation

CA Air Resources Board Regulation Puts SUVs & Pickups in Crosshairs Click http://www.climateclown.com to Hear, See Ads SUVOA's Ron DeFore is Barnstorming California the Week of August 1, Traveling from San Diego to Sacramento and Several Stops Between LOS ANGELES and SAN DIEGO and SACRAMENTO and FRESNO-BAKERSFIELD, Cal ... Continue reading

JAGUAR ANNOUNCES 2005 MODEL YEAR LINE-UP

JAGUAR ANNOUNCES 2005 MODEL YEAR LINE-UP

2005 Jaguar XK Hot on the heels of news that Jaguar was the highest ranked European luxury car maker and third overall in J.D. Power’s 2004 Initial Quality Study comes a strengthened 2005 model product line up offering significant enhancements to all four Jaguar model ranges – X-TYPE, S-TYPE, XJ and XK. In ... Continue reading

Ford 'Year of the Car' Tour Rolls Into Louisville

Ford 'Year of the Car' Tour Rolls Into Louisville

WHAT: Ford showcases three outstanding and diverse examples of its new "Year of the Car" products on the Louisville stop of its summer North American tour -- the Ford Mustang, the Ford Five Hundred and the Ford Freestyle. WHEN: Monday, August 2 and Tuesday, August 3 WHO/WHERE: August 2, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Public v ... Continue reading

Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Defy Projections and Continue Lower for the Ninth Week

Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Defy Projections and Continue Lower for the Ninth Week

LOS ANGELES--July 30, 2004--Despite projections that rising demand and limited supply would send gasoline prices higher through the latter part of July, prices at the pump continued lower last week for the ninth consecutive week, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. Lower than ex ... Continue reading

From the Gas Pump to the Car Wash: Americans Practice Varying Degrees of Routine Car Care

From the Gas Pump to the Car Wash: Americans Practice Varying Degrees of Routine Car Care

Shell Survey Finds That Westerners Love to Wash Their Cars, But Southerners Know How to Treat 'Em Right From the Inside Out HOUSTON, July 29 -- The image of car-loving Californians cruising the freeways in shiny vehicles may be more than a myth. According to a new Shell survey, Westerners are more likely than their Eas ... Continue reading

Roadway Express Sends Record-Breaking 41 Professional Drivers to National Truck Driving Championships

Roadway Express Sends Record-Breaking 41 Professional Drivers to National Truck Driving Championships

AKRON, Ohio--July 29, 2004--Roadway Express, Inc. proudly announces that 41 of its best professional drivers are on their way to compete at the 67th National Truck Driving Championships August 18-21, 2004, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The American Trucking Associations sponsors the event, sometimes referred to a ... Continue reading

Metro, L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and Automobile Club of Southern California Lead Initiative to Help Region's Traffic Congestion

Metro, L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and Automobile Club of Southern California Lead Initiative to Help Region's Traffic Congestion

Key L.A. Officials Announce $9 Billion Plan for Top Ten Traffic Busters at Third Annual Mobility 21 Transportation Summit LOS ANGELES, July 29 -- Top leaders from Metro, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Automobile Club of Southern California, along with Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn will announce the kickoff ... Continue reading

GM Fuel Cell Curriculum Honored With Environmental Award

GM Fuel Cell Curriculum Honored With Environmental Award

DETROIT - General Motors' nationwide in-school fuel cell education program, "Fuel Cells: Driving the Future," was honored with an Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) award by the Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE). The award was announced at their 2004 SAE Government/Industry Meeting at the Lowes L'Enf ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2004 Volkswagen Passat GLS TDI Wagon

New Car Review: 2004 Volkswagen Passat GLS TDI Wagon

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS You need the space and comfort of a mid-sized car or wagon, but you'd like better fuel economy. None of the currently-available hybrids are the right size, or you may be put off by hybrid complexity. What to do? Think diesel. In particular, think Volkswagen Passat diesel. The TDI-P ... Continue reading

WomanMotorist.com Automotive Maintenance Chat, 07/29/2004

WomanMotorist.com Automotive Maintenance Chat, 07/29/2004

WomanMotorist.com Automotive Maintenance Chat, 07/29/2004 --------------------------------------- Automotive Maintenance Q & A Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Pacific Time ASE Certified Technician, Larry Weber of American Auto Shield, will chat live with WomanMotorist.com readers for about an hour. Mr ... Continue reading

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