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Find Your "Way of Life" with Suzuki UK and the Vitality Show

Find Your "Way of Life" with Suzuki UK and the Vitality Show

Suzuki has teamed up with the 2010 Vitality Show at London's Earls Court on 18-21 March to become the show's official car sponsor. The show is the UK's largest health, beauty and wellbeing event with over 350 companies, including Suzuki, exhibiting. ... Continue reading

BMW of North America, LLC Announces Best Dealerships for 2010

BMW of North America, LLC Announces Best Dealerships for 2010

'2010 Center of Excellence' focuses on customer satisfaction, outstanding brand representation, and operational excellence. WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., March 11 -- BMW of North America, LLC announced the names of its top performing dealerships in the U.S. This year, 24 out of 338 BMW dealers nationwide were awarded the "2010 ... Continue reading

Fiat Professional All Set for Food & Drink Logistics Show

Fiat Professional All Set for Food & Drink Logistics Show

Two new vans - one of them the newly-launched Doblo Cargo - will be highlights of the Fiat Professional stand at this year's Food & Drink Logistics Show 2010. ... Continue reading

Car Clubs Honored For Community Involvement

Car Clubs Honored For Community Involvement

Car Clubs Honored For Helping Their Communities Practicing the Golden Rule has won four car clubs the Eagle One Golden Rule Award for conducting the most outstanding community service program in their region during 2009. Clubs honored with the coveted award for providing exemplary support to community and charitable ca ... Continue reading

Infiniti Adds Limited Production 2010 G Anniversary Edition Sedans, Coupes and Convertibles - VIDEO ENHANCED

Infiniti Adds Limited Production 2010 G Anniversary Edition Sedans, Coupes and Convertibles - VIDEO ENHANCED

- Infiniti Celebrates Two Decades of Luxury with New Anniversary Editions - FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 10 -- While every 2010 Infiniti G Sedan, Coupe or Convertible seems special to those who design, engineer, manufacture or market them - and also to their owners - Infiniti has just released four new G Anniversary Editions ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Names Laura Soave to Lead Fiat Brand for North America

Chrysler Group Names Laura Soave to Lead Fiat Brand for North America

Chrysler Group LLC today appointed Laura J. Soave to serve as the Head of the Fiat Brand for North America. AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 10 -- Soave will lead the reintroduction of the Fiat Brand in North America, beginning with the Fiat 500. She holds full profit and loss responsibility for the Fiat product portfolio in ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Posts 39.5% Increase in February Global Sales

Kia Motors Posts 39.5% Increase in February Global Sales

Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for February 2010, recording a total of 143,267 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 39.5%. In Fe ... Continue reading

The Next Frontier in Auto Safety is Behind Us, Says Mercedes-Benz USA Executive

The Next Frontier in Auto Safety is Behind Us, Says Mercedes-Benz USA Executive

For National Sleep Awareness Week, Mercedes-Benz Explains Why Preventing Drowsy Driving Accidents Before They Happen Is Next Safety Frontier MONTVALE, N.J., March 10 -- It's no secret that Americans do not get enough sleep. This isn't just a health issue; it's also a public safety issue. Recent studies show that drowsy ... Continue reading

Car Wreck - Chapter 2: The Car Salesman’s Language, Why They Keep Using It, Even Though You Hate It

Car Wreck - Chapter 2: The Car Salesman’s Language, Why They Keep Using It, Even Though You Hate It

The Car Salesman's Language: Why They Keep using it, even though You Hate It By Mark Ragsdale "Language is the source of misunderstandings." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Aviator & Writer (1900 -1944) The Hills arrived at the dealership in Jack's Mustang. Oh, how he loved that car! He'd graduated technical college, landed ... Continue reading

Automobili Lamborghini Announces 2009 Full Year Figures

Automobili Lamborghini Announces 2009 Full Year Figures

After another historic sales record year in 2008, Automobili Lamborghini saw a decline in turnover in 2009. In the wake of the crisis on car markets worldwide, turnover decreased from 478.8 million euros to 281.0 million euros. Deliveries from January to December 2009 reduced by 37.7% from 2,430 to 1,515 units worldwid ... Continue reading

Kia Motors: Surrey Named As UK's Pothole Capital

Kia Motors: Surrey Named As UK's Pothole Capital

Surrey has been named as the pothole capital of the UK in new research released today. The county has topped the league table of regions most blighted by damaged road surfaces, with some 1,998 potholes afflicting Surrey's 450,000 motorists. ... Continue reading

Toyota Manufacturing UK Employees To Return To Full-Time Working

Toyota Manufacturing UK Employees To Return To Full-Time Working

Toyota Manufacturing UK has announced that its employees at Burnaston, Derbyshire & Deeside, North Wales will return to full time working from April 1st 2010. ... Continue reading

Record February Sales For Prius

Record February Sales For Prius

The Toyota Prius February sales total of 538 units serves as further proof that UK motorists have faith in Toyota quality and reliability and acknowledge the real-world benefits delivered by Hybrid Synergy Drive ... Continue reading

Audi Group: Strong Key Earnings in Difficult Global Market

Audi Group: Strong Key Earnings in Difficult Global Market

The Audi Group ended the 2009 fiscal year with a clearly positive operating profit and only a slight downturn in vehicle deliveries, despite the major effects of the global financial and economic crisis. ... Continue reading

FamilyCar.com.au Survey Results on Child Safety

FamilyCar.com.au Survey Results on Child Safety

1 in 3 parents are confused about the child restraint laws, according to a recent survey conducted by FamilyCar.com.au. ... Continue reading

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