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Toyota Commitment To Action Yields Results

Toyota Commitment To Action Yields Results

Toyota continues to make strong progress with its UK recall programme with more than two thirds of the total vehicles affected successfully fixed in just six weeks. At the same time sales of new Toyota vehicles remain healthy and an overwhelming majority of customers have declared themselves satisfied with the recall p ... Continue reading

Two New Dealers Join The Growing Volvo Network

Two New Dealers Join The Growing Volvo Network

Volvo has made two additional dealer appointments as it aims to grow its network to 110 sites by the end of 2010. Snows Motor Group in Poole and North City in Chigwell have been confirmed as Volvo dealers with immediate effect. ... Continue reading

Navistar Introduces Next Generation Class 8 Truck, International ProStar+

Navistar Introduces Next Generation Class 8 Truck, International ProStar+

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Navistar, Inc. today took the Mid-America Trucking Show by storm once again, introducing the all-new International® ProStar®+ (Plus). “With the aerodynamic and weight-saving enhancements, the re-engineered and highly functional interior and the no-hassle emissions technology of our MaxxForce ... Continue reading

New Citroen C4 Drives Down Emis Fleet Costs & Co2 Emissions

New Citroen C4 Drives Down Emis Fleet Costs & Co2 Emissions

By specifying new Citroën C4 1.6HDi 90hp VTR hatchbacks, Egton Medical Information Systems Ltd (EMIS) has taken another step to drive down emissions and to improve the fuel efficiency of its car fleet. The company is currently taking delivery of 30 of these highly efficient and well equipped cars, which combine CO2 em ... Continue reading

The Definitive Porsche Roadster - The New Boxster Spyder

The Definitive Porsche Roadster - The New Boxster Spyder

A lightweight version of the mid-engined Porsche Boxster roadster, the Spyder represents the true, purist form of the Porsche sports car - light, powerful, open-roofed, and very efficient. ... Continue reading

Mazda Embarks on a 'Green' Fleet Revolution

Mazda Embarks on a 'Green' Fleet Revolution

A 'green' revolution is being staged by Mazda that will mean upper medium sector company car drivers by 2015 will be at the wheel of models with fuel economy and emissions equivalent to today's supermini standards ... Continue reading

Aussies Turning Household Rubbish and Trash Into Ethanol A High Tech Fuel For Tomorrow's Cars

Aussies Turning Household Rubbish and Trash Into Ethanol A High Tech Fuel For Tomorrow's Cars

The consortium - which also includes Holden, Caltex, Veolia, Mitsui and Coskata - will investigate the viability of establishing Australia’s first ethanol plant capable of turning materials such as household rubbish and building waste into more than 200 million litres of ethanol a year. This ethanol will be blende ... Continue reading

GM Unveils EN-V Concept: A Vision for Future Urban Mobility

GM Unveils EN-V Concept: A Vision for Future Urban Mobility

Radical Change in Mobility to Address Growing Urbanization Issues Convergence of Electricity and Connectivity Redefines Automobile DNA EN-V Concepts to be Showcased at World Expo 2010 Shanghai Shanghai – By 2030, urban areas will be home to more than 60 percent of the world’s 8 billion people. This will put t ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book's 2010 Brand Image Awards

Kelley Blue Book's 2010 Brand Image Awards

Award Winners Named Based on a Year's Worth of Consumer Perception Data from Brand Watch Study IRVINE, Calif., March 25 -- Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new- and used-car information, today announces the winners of the 2010 Brand Image Awards. These awards, based on consumer perception data, sho ... Continue reading

Win Kenwood's Multimedia And Audio Subaru Impreza WRX STI At The Gadget Show Live

Win Kenwood's Multimedia And Audio Subaru Impreza WRX STI At The Gadget Show Live

Visitors to this year's The Gadget Show Live could win a 280bhp Subaru Impreza WRX STI complete with the hottest Kenwood audio, multimedia and navigation system in a high-end custom install. ... Continue reading

Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle at Ever Monaco 2010

Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle at Ever Monaco 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, will display its all-electric LEAF hatchback at the EVER Monaco 2010 automotive show devoted to Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies ... Continue reading

Sharper Handling, Sweeter Sounds For 2010 Lexus Is F

Sharper Handling, Sweeter Sounds For 2010 Lexus Is F

Sharper handling, new high-tech features and a cool new all-white interior lead the list of improvements and changes for Lexus's ultra-high-performance IS F for 2010 ... Continue reading

New Mondeo Diesel Wagon Headlines Revised Ford Model Range

New Mondeo Diesel Wagon Headlines Revised Ford Model Range

The introduction of a new, fuel efficient diesel powertrain for the Mondeo wagon range headlines a number of upcoming changes to Ford Australia's vehicle line-up ... Continue reading

Honda: Acclaimed Aussie Ad Now in Europe

Honda: Acclaimed Aussie Ad Now in Europe

The creative partnership between Honda Australia and acclaimed director Kris Moyes of Revolver Films, has led to the European debut of the cutting edge 'Imagination' Honda Jazz television commercial ... Continue reading

Porsche to Unveil First Production Hybrid, the All-New Cayenne S Hybrid SUV, at the New York Auto Show

Porsche to Unveil First Production Hybrid, the All-New Cayenne S Hybrid SUV, at the New York Auto Show

Reveal Also Includes All-New Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo ATLANTA, March 24 -- Porsche will introduce the next-generation Cayenne sport utility vehicle, including a hybrid gas-electric version, to the North American market on March 31 during a press conference at the New York International Automobile Show. Led by a high ... Continue reading

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