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Mazda Achieves Positive Operating Profits in Fiscal Year Ending in March 2010

Mazda Achieves Positive Operating Profits in Fiscal Year Ending in March 2010

Mazda Motor Corporation published its financial results for fiscal year (FY) 2009, highlighted by an operating profit of 76 million euro, which is up 303.2 million euro over FY 2009. Despite a drop in revenues of about 15 percent due to a difficult sales environment, Mazda realised a free cash-flow of 540 million euro ... Continue reading

Renault Confirms Pricing And Specification For New Kangoo Van Maxi And Trafic Phase 3

Renault Confirms Pricing And Specification For New Kangoo Van Maxi And Trafic Phase 3

Rounding off the complete renewal of its van range, Renault has now confirmed UK pricing and specification for its new long wheelbase Kangoo Van Maxi, plus the facelifted version of its best-selling light commercial vehicle, Trafic Phase 3. Both new ranges are available to order, ahead of the official launches of the f ... Continue reading

Volvo Offers Hay Fever Relief To 10 Million Car Buyers

Volvo Offers Hay Fever Relief To 10 Million Car Buyers

If itchy eyes, blocked noses and constant sneezing sound familiar during this hay fever season, come and sit in a Volvo. ... Continue reading

Toyota Hilux Aids Communication for Telecoms Team

Toyota Hilux Aids Communication for Telecoms Team

The fuel-efficient Toyota Hilux is the vehicle of choice for MLL Telecoms' new field engineering team, which is responsible for 24/7 maintenance of the company's nationwide network of 5000 links. ... Continue reading

Alfa Romeo UK Announces Pricing for the New Alfa Giulietta

Alfa Romeo UK Announces Pricing for the New Alfa Giulietta

Pricing for Alfa Romeo's eagerly anticipated new Giulietta has just been announced for the UK market. ... Continue reading

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Turbo-charged and Direct-injected

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Turbo-charged and Direct-injected

The most popular model in the Australian Mercedes-Benz passenger car catalogue, the C-Class, has now received a number of significant technical and standard equipment enhancements. ... Continue reading

The New Mercedes-Benz SLK 300 Roadster: V6-Powered Open-Top Excitement

The New Mercedes-Benz SLK 300 Roadster: V6-Powered Open-Top Excitement

The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class Roadsters have long captured the hearts of sports car enthusiasts. Following an extensive facelift in 2008 which incorporated some 650 newly developed components, Mercedes-Benz is now adding a fourth model to this exciting roadster family: the SLK 300. ... Continue reading

Ford Commemorates 50 Years of Falcon

Ford Commemorates 50 Years of Falcon

Ford Australia is set to release a range of exciting anniversary models to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Falcon nameplate. ... Continue reading

Multi-Award Winning Hyundai i30 Introduces 5-Star Engine

Multi-Award Winning Hyundai i30 Introduces 5-Star Engine

Hyundai Motor Company Australia is adding a 5-star Green Vehicle Guide 1.6-litre petrol engine to its award winning i30 line-up. Already setting benchmarks for the small car category with its European design and class leading specification, price and safety; i30 now offers even more choice for discerning drivers. ... Continue reading

Honda Insight with Eco Assist Driver Coaching System - VIDEO ENHANCED

Honda Insight with Eco Assist Driver Coaching System - VIDEO ENHANCED

• 5-door family hatchback with Honda’s petrol-electric IMA system • Combines practicality and flexibility in an affordable package • Low emissions and great fuel economy based on real world driving conditions • Unique Eco Assist driver coaching system that can help any driver maximise fuel econ ... Continue reading

Honda Presents the 2010 CR-V with Revised Styling and First-Time Diesel Automatic - VIDEO ENHANCED

Honda Presents the 2010 CR-V with Revised Styling and First-Time Diesel Automatic - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 HONDA CR-V WITH REVISED STYLING AND DIESEL AUTOMATIC FOR THE FIRST TIME LONDON - April 29, 2010: The 2010 year model CR-V has received an interior and exterior facelift with a host of upgrades and enhancements in all areas, including the combination of a diesel engine and automatic transmission. Overview of Change ... Continue reading

Cruise Nights Return to Walter P. Chrysler Museum with NEW Day, Time, Partners

Cruise Nights Return to Walter P. Chrysler Museum with NEW Day, Time, Partners

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 28 -- Shift your summer cruise calendar a day ahead for Cruise Nights at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, as the fun returns on Wednesday evenings for 2010. Shift the time, too, to 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. The five themed events - June 9 and 23, July 7 and Aug. 4 and 18 - are presented ... Continue reading

Saline High School Seniors Are Michigan's Best Young Auto Techs

Saline High School Seniors Are Michigan's Best Young Auto Techs

DEARBORN, Mich., April 28 -- Andrew Michaluk and Ryan Hastings, both of Milan and students at Saline High School in Saline, took first place in the Michigan state final of the 17th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition, held today at the Macomb Community College Expo Center in Warren. The victory over nine ot ... Continue reading

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Statement On Clean Energy Policies That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Statement On Clean Energy Policies That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil

*CONTACT: *EPA Press Office press@epa.gov 202-564-4355 *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *April 28, 2010 *Statement of Lisa P. Jackson Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ** **Legislative Hearing on Clean Energy Policies That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil ** **House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment ** WAS ... Continue reading

FINALLY...Cape Wind, First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, Approved - MUST SEE VIDEO

FINALLY...Cape Wind, First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, Approved - MUST SEE VIDEO

SEE ALSO: WASHINGTON - April 28, 2010: After years of opposition, most notably from the Kennedy family (typically "supporters" of environmentally conscious projects), U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar finally signed off on the 130-turbine, 420-megawatt Cape Wind project in Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound. Supporters ... Continue reading

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