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Bold is Beautiful for the New Volvo C30

Bold is Beautiful for the New Volvo C30

New Volvo C30 hits the ground running with more dramatic styling, ultra-clean, ultra-efficient DRIVe model and a sporty new T5 R-Design variant ... Continue reading

The New Volkswagen Polo

The New Volkswagen Polo

Polo brings new dimension of quality to the supermini class Three engines; TSI and Common Rail TDI in the Polo for the first time 4.6 litre fuel consumption and 121 g/km CO2 set new benchmark ESP is standard; significantly improved crash properties ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Confirms ASX Crossover Vehicle for Australia

Mitsubishi Confirms ASX Crossover Vehicle for Australia

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited has confirmed its new sub-compact all-wheel drive vehicle will be known as the ASX when it arrives in Australia in August. ... Continue reading

Narva's Flameless Heat Gun Creates Strain Relief for Terminal Connections

Narva's Flameless Heat Gun Creates Strain Relief for Terminal Connections

A new flameless heat gun, the Narva Micro-Therm, provides the professional touch with heatshrink on terminals and connector applications in workshops, household and hobby applications ... Continue reading

Institute Calls on Government to Mandate Antilock Brakes for All New Motorcycles - VIDEO ENHANCED

Institute Calls on Government to Mandate Antilock Brakes for All New Motorcycles - VIDEO ENHANCED

ARLINGTON, Va., May 6 -- Recent research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety strongly demonstrates the benefits of antilock brakes for motorcycles. Based on findings that antilocks significantly reduce motorcycle crashes, including fatal ones by more than a third, the Institute is seeking a federal requirem ... Continue reading

Scania to Rehire in Its European Production Network

Scania to Rehire in Its European Production Network

STOCKHOLM--Regulatory‚ News: "In response to the continued recovery in global demand, we need to increase our workforce in order to handle a higher production rate during the third quarter Scania (STO:SCVA)(STO:SCVB) expects to rehire about 500 employees at its European production units. "In response to the continued ... Continue reading

Buick LaCrosse April Sales Ignite With Best Retail Sales Month

Buick LaCrosse April Sales Ignite With Best Retail Sales Month

LaCrosse sales continue to soar to help drive Buick DETROIT, May 6 -- The all new 2010 Buick LaCrosse continues to be one of the driving forces behind Buick's seventh consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases by posting its best retail month since launch in April. The LaCrosse posted 4,722 retail sales for th ... Continue reading

Bentley Mulsanne Releases First Official Driving Footage - HD VIDEO

Bentley Mulsanne Releases First Official Driving Footage - HD VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - May 6, 2010: At last...you can almost hear the way that Etta James sings those words..."At last"...Bentley Motors has made the first on-the-road video of the fabulous new Mulsanne, their Grand Bentley. The Auto Channel began chronicling the introduction of the new Mulsanne many months ago, when it was st ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review

An Exciting and Affordable Hybrid Drive Finally Exists HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE FUSION HYBRID VEHICLE Any search done on Ford’s all-new hybrid sedan has probably netted you endless kudos from auto critics. What makes the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid so darn gr ... Continue reading

Toyota Falls From Top Spot, Boosting Ford to No. 1 in All-New 'Automotive Brand Indicator' Data From Kelley Blue Book

Toyota Falls From Top Spot, Boosting Ford to No. 1 in All-New 'Automotive Brand Indicator' Data From Kelley Blue Book

All-New KBB Market Intelligence Data Reports Each Automotive Brand's Strength Over Time and Relative to Competition IRVINE, Calif., May 6 -- Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com today announces the latest results from the company's all-new 'Automotive Brand Indicator' (ABI), showing Toyota dropping from the top spot among all ... Continue reading

First-Ever Los Angeles Motorexpo Takes Over Downtown LA Monday, May 10

First-Ever Los Angeles Motorexpo Takes Over Downtown LA Monday, May 10

Hottest New Cars and Motorcycles, Debut of New Lamborghini, Ride & Drives and More - FREE to Attend LOS ANGELES, May 6 -- WHAT: For the first time ever the Los Angeles Motorexpo, in association with Brookfield Properties Corp, will fill the Bank of America Plaza in downtown LA with the hottest vehicles and motorcycles ... Continue reading

Algae Companies to Discuss Potential for Biofuels Products June 27-30 - VIDEO ENHANCED

Algae Companies to Discuss Potential for Biofuels Products June 27-30 - VIDEO ENHANCED

WASHINGTON--Industrial biotechnology companies are exploring algae as a potential source of biofuels, chemicals, oils, animal feed and food ingredients. Executives from companies commercializing algae technology will discuss the status of the industry, market acceptance, and the need for government policy during the se ... Continue reading

Jaguar's All-New 2011 XJ Launches in North America With a Bold Multi-City Marketing Campaign - FOUR VIDEOS

Jaguar's All-New 2011 XJ Launches in North America With a Bold Multi-City Marketing Campaign - FOUR VIDEOS

Jaguar's new City Takeover campaign supports the highly-anticipated launch of the all-new 2011 Jaguar XJ and marks a milestone in the transformation of the traditional brand into a modern high performance icon. - Los Angeles marketing blitz includes more than 500 outdoor billboards - Public relations and marketing even ... Continue reading

Volvo Museum Celebrates 15th Anniversary - THREE VIDEOS

Volvo Museum Celebrates 15th Anniversary - THREE VIDEOS

GOTHENBURG - May 6, 2010: The Volvo Museum will celebrate its 15th anniversary on Saturday 8 May. Over the past 15 years, the first-class collection of historic Volvo vehicles has grown steadily and currently encompasses more than 100 cars, trucks, buses and construction vehicles, as well as a large number of marine an ... Continue reading

Best New-Car Incentives

Best New-Car Incentives

Washington DC May 6, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that U.S. car sales reported a whopping 20 percent gain last month over April 2009. According to Forbes, the increases came thanks in part to recent growth in national gross domestic product, analysts say, but also thanks to buyer incentives – generous cash- ... Continue reading

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