Renault: In June, Leather Smells Even Better When It's Free
May 31, 2010
We think there is one thing better than the smell of leather in a new car and that is the smell of free leather! ... Continue reading
Narva Australias Proud Association With the German Company
May 31, 2010
Today NARVA is a household name throughout this part of the world, particularly within the automotive, transport and mining circles. The association of the NARVA name with Australian company Brown & Watson International goes back more than 25 years and as the German company based in Plauen celebrates its 60th birthday, ... Continue reading
2010 Honda Crosstour EX-L Review
May 30, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Honda Crosstour EX-L There is a new model in the Honda Accord lineup for 2010. It's called the Crosstour, and it's a⦠um⦠well, it has four doors, like a sedan, a coupe's fastback roofline, but is longer, wider, and higher, and has more ground clearance than an Accor ... Continue reading
May 30, 2010
MAMA SPRING RALLY Road America Race Course, Elkhart Lake, WI May 2010 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Itâs the week before Memorial Day and weâre suffering the hottest week of the season with temps approaching 90-degrees. The Wisconsin farm country is lush with spring growth and the farmers a ... Continue reading
BP's Efforts to Stop Oil Flow Hits Another Snag
May 29, 2010
NEW YORK - May 29, 2010 As the live video from the sea-floor appears to show, efforts to slow or stop the flow of raw oil into the Gulf of Mexico. CLICK HERE to watch the video video. In a New York Times story filed a short whle ago they have reported that "BP engineers failed again to plug the gushing oil well on Satu ... Continue reading
For Summer Driving Trips, Goodyear Offers a Suitcase Full of Smart Travel Advice
May 29, 2010
AKRON, Ohio, May 28 -- Millions of people are anticipating their planned summer vacation trips that involve driving throughout many parts of North America. Some are heading to the beach or a lake house, others to a national park or family reunion, and there are countless additional destinations being mapped. (Logo: htt ... Continue reading
May 29, 2010
Two-Day Festival of Speed & Style Displays More Than 100 Years of Design Excellence GREENWICH, Conn., May 28 -- The 15th annual Greenwich Concours d'Elegance features more than 250 elegant classic American and European automobiles and, for the first time, a regatta of classic former America's Cup 12-metre yachts. This ... Continue reading
2011 Ford Fiesta Mixing It Up at Two of This Summer's Hottest Music Festivals
May 28, 2010
DEARBORN, Mich., May 28 -- -- Music lovers and 2011 Ford Fiesta customers share a common passion for self-expression, and Ford's new small car will be an integral part of two of this year's hottest music festivals -- Fiesta is the title sponsor of the 10th annual Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival, to be hel ... Continue reading
Diesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles Join UPS Fleet in Philadelphia
May 28, 2010
PHILADELPHIA--UPS today announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles had expanded with the deployment of 50 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks to Philadelphia. âCollectively, this new HEV fleet can yield a 35 percent fuel savings, the equivalent of whatââ¬â¢s used in a year to power 100 ... Continue reading
GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test Finds 38 Million American Drivers May be Unfit for Roads
May 28, 2010
Survey Shows Most Knowledgeable Drivers in Kansas, Least in New York WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 27 -- The 2010 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test released today found that nearly 1 in 5 licensed drivers - roughly 38 million Americans - would not pass a written drivers test exam if taken today. Kansas drivers ranked fir ... Continue reading
Chevrolet and USAA Provided $24 Million in New Car Discounts to Military Families in 2009
May 28, 2010
DETROIT, May 27 -- Chevrolet and USAA, a financial services provider for the military community, provided more than 21,000 discounts, for a total value of $24 million, to help U.S. troops and their families purchase a new Chevrolet in 2009. The result contributes to the industry's best military discount program: the US ... Continue reading
Michelin to Launch the 10th Michelin Challenge Bibendum this Weekend in Rio de Janeiro
May 28, 2010
PARIS, May 27 -- The 10th Michelin Challenge Bibendum will be held this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Sunday, May 30 to Thursday, June 3. Most events will take place in the Riocentro Convention and Exhibition Center, which was also the venue for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit that led to the Agenda 21 sust ... Continue reading
May 28, 2010
Student-Designed and Built Vehicles Put to the Test, Virginia Tech, Penn State Finish Second and Third SAN DIEGO, May 27 -- Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego today after designing and building a biodiesel extended-range electric vehicle (E ... Continue reading
FREE Auto Accident History Reports Available on Any Mobile Phone from instaVIN
May 28, 2010
SAN DIEGO--instaVINâ⢠(http://www.instavin.com), the newest vehicle history data services provider for the automotive industry, announces a ââ¬ËFree Reportââ¬â¢ offer with the launch of its real-time mobile Accident History service. The service is available on any text-enabled mobile ph ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Publishes iPad Customer Magazine
May 28, 2010
Volkswagen has become the first automaker to develop a digital customer magazine as an app specially for the iPad. ... Continue reading
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