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FEV to Display Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at 2010 SAE World Congress

FEV to Display Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at 2010 SAE World Congress

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 8 -- FEV, Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that it will show its Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at 2010 SAE World Congress, April 13 - 15, 2010 at Cobo Center in Detroit. The engine delivers a specific power of more than 100 kW ... Continue reading

Honda CR-Z Press Pack Now Available

Honda CR-Z Press Pack Now Available

The CR-Z is exciting to drive, great to look at and has a healthy respect for the environment. It is designed and engineered by Honda for modern, urban living. ... Continue reading

AAA Reveals 4.8 Percent Rise in Cost to Own, Operate Vehicle in 2010 Edition of 'Your Driving Costs'

AAA Reveals 4.8 Percent Rise in Cost to Own, Operate Vehicle in 2010 Edition of 'Your Driving Costs'

Higher fuel prices among leading factors to drive increase in average cost for sedan owners to 56.6 cents per mile, $8,487 per year ORLANDO, Fla., April 8 AAA released the 2010 edition of its annual "Your Driving Costs" study today, revealing the average cost to own and operate a sedan has risen 4.8 percent to 56.6 cen ... Continue reading

Ford Focus RS Is A Big Hit For Alastair Cook

Ford Focus RS Is A Big Hit For Alastair Cook

England and Essex cricket star, Alastair Cook, picked up the keys to a new Ford Focus RS at Essex County Cricket Ground this week. ... Continue reading

Record Breaking March Sales For Land Rover

Record Breaking March Sales For Land Rover

Land Rover UK, the Company's largest market, has recorded the best ever month of sales in March 2010. Sales were up 67% on the same month last year selling over 11,300 vehicles and recording the highest sales for any month in the company's 62 year history. ... Continue reading

The Revised Passat CC: Five Seats, Sat Nav And Bluetooth Standard

The Revised Passat CC: Five Seats, Sat Nav And Bluetooth Standard

The Passat CC, which mixes elegant coupé styling with practicality and refinement, is set to benefit from a series of revisions to add new technologies and greater flexibility to help it represent stronger value than ever before. ... Continue reading

Fiat Gets in Tune at Evo Music Rooms Big Opening Night

Fiat Gets in Tune at Evo Music Rooms Big Opening Night

A new search for young music stars begins tomorrow (8 April) with the first of a series of live shows being brought to television by Fiat. ... Continue reading

Mazda Grows Retail Business To New Heights

Mazda Grows Retail Business To New Heights

Mazda UK broke the 50,000 annual sales barrier for only the second time in its history for the fiscal year 2009 to 2010. The month also marked the company's second best March for passenger car sales with customers driving away in more than 10,000 new Mazda vehicles. ... Continue reading

London Wasps' Stars Go Head To Head In Citroen Off-Road Challenge

London Wasps' Stars Go Head To Head In Citroen Off-Road Challenge

London Wasps rugby stars Tom Rees and Serge Betsen recently spent an afternoon in a head to head off-road challenge. The action packed, mud-plugging event was arranged by Citroen, the official car supplier to London Wasps ... Continue reading

Return of the BMW 328 Kamm Coupé

Return of the BMW 328 Kamm Coupé

As every year, BMW is showing a concept car out of competition at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este ... Continue reading

Customer First Strategy Puts Mercedes-Benz First

Customer First Strategy Puts Mercedes-Benz First

As the ongoing Customer First strategy of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars approaches its third year the brand has celebrated a bumper March with some segment crushing results. ... Continue reading

The 2011 Audi TT: Dynamic, Lightweight and Highly Efficient

The 2011 Audi TT: Dynamic, Lightweight and Highly Efficient

INGOLSTADT, Germany - April 8, 2010: Dynamic design, enthralling performance and exemplary efficiency – the Audi TT Coupe and the TT Roadster are now more attractive than ever. The design of the lightweight bodies made primarily of aluminum and the interior have been revised with great attention to detail, while n ... Continue reading

News for Consumers on Car Care

News for Consumers on Car Care

April is national car care month. This timely reminder can be a great incentive for all of us to keep our vehicle interiors clean and make our cars last, saving money in the long haul. While some cars have interiors of leather, more and more designers are utilizing plastic in car interiors, posing a special care and cl ... Continue reading

Scion Unveils a New Dimension at the New York Auto Show With All-New 2011 iQ and tC Production Models - VIDEO ENHANCED

Scion Unveils a New Dimension at the New York Auto Show With All-New 2011 iQ and tC Production Models - VIDEO ENHANCED

NEW YORK, March 31 -- A New Dimension of Scion was unveiled today with two new production vehicles - the all-new 2011 iQ premium micro-subcompact and the second-generation 2011 tC sports coupe - at the New York International Auto Show. The tC is scheduled to arrive in dealerships later this fall, while the iQ will go o ... Continue reading

NRG CEO David Crane to Detail Economic Impact of Transportation Electrification April 8 10AM at National Press Club

NRG CEO David Crane to Detail Economic Impact of Transportation Electrification April 8 10AM at National Press Club

Release of Comprehensive Macroeconomic Analysis of Electrification Policy Proposals WASHINGTON - On Thursday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the National Press Club's Zenger Room, NRG Energy President & CEO David Crane, a member of the Electrification Coalition (EC), will release the results of a detailed macroeconomic anal ... Continue reading

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