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Honda Launches New Body And Paint Programme

Honda Launches New Body And Paint Programme

Honda (UK) has launched the Honda Accident Repair Programme (HARP), which manages the repair of customer cars after an accident. The new programme offers benefits such as a guaranteed replacement car regardless of accident type and significantly raises the industry benchmark for customer service in this area. ... Continue reading

New Force In Car Industry: Taiwan's Automobile Brand Luxgen Announces Its Ambition To The World

New Force In Car Industry: Taiwan's Automobile Brand Luxgen Announces Its Ambition To The World

LUXGEN, the first automobile brand from Taiwan, has successfully finished its international debut in 2009 Dubai Motor Show, and further illustrates Taiwan's R&D strength to the world through its subtle combination of information technology and the auto industry. ... Continue reading

Ford Extends UK Market Lead in February

Ford Extends UK Market Lead in February

Ford is growing its UK registration lead ahead of the important March registration change sales month. ... Continue reading

Ford Drives Sport Relief

Ford Drives Sport Relief

Ford power helped Sport Relief from John O'Groats to Lands End, and even as far afield as Mexico ... Continue reading

Peugeot ECO Cup Delivers Astonishing Real-World Fuel Economy

Peugeot ECO Cup Delivers Astonishing Real-World Fuel Economy

Coinciding with the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the Peugeot ECO CUP was designed to see if four different standard Peugeot HDi diesel models in the hands of everyday drivers could deliver fuel economy to match or beat the official government fuel economy figures ... Continue reading

Toyota LIVE Testing Demonstration Broadcast at 1:15PM EST - WATCH IT HERE

Toyota LIVE Testing Demonstration Broadcast at 1:15PM EST - WATCH IT HERE

NEW TESTING RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT GILBERT DEMONSTRATION ON ALLEGED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:15 p.m. EST Independent and Toyota engineers will duplicate the demonstration referenced by Prof. David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University in his Congressional testimony. This presentation will sho ... Continue reading

Is Sandra Bullock Poised for an Oscar or a Jaguar XF? - VIDEO ENHANCED

Is Sandra Bullock Poised for an Oscar or a Jaguar XF? - VIDEO ENHANCED

Sandra Bullock May Not Be In Line for an Oscar, But A Super-Charged Jaguar XF Would Be Pretty Cool HOLLYWOOD - February, 3, 2010: There's lots of talk about Sandra Bullock's performance in "The Blind Side," and her first nomination for an Academy Award. Bullock plays playing Leigh Anne Tuohy, the blond Memphis mother w ... Continue reading

Hyundai Goes Boffo for The Academy Awards and Ocsar - VIDEO ENHANCED

Hyundai Goes Boffo for The Academy Awards and Ocsar - VIDEO ENHANCED

THE FIVE MOST FAMOUS WORDS IN SHOW BIZ: "...AND THE OSCAR GOES TO..." BROUGHT TO MILLIONS OF HOMES BY HYUNDAI By Marty Bernstein If you thought Hyundai's buy of 6 television commercials on the recent Super Bowl XLIV was big, it's relatively minor compared to the eight Hyundai commercials on the ABC Television networkâ ... Continue reading

Toyota's Acceleration Problems Prove the Existence of UFOs and Extraterrestrial Visitations

Toyota's Acceleration Problems Prove the Existence of UFOs and Extraterrestrial Visitations

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Congress, the general media, what seems like the entire legal profession, and the public-at large are convinced that Toyota automobiles are all subject to “sudden unintended acceleration” and are hazardous to drive. They are convinced to the point that any ot ... Continue reading

2010 Mazdaspeed3 Review

2010 Mazdaspeed3 Review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS: 2010 Mazdaspeed3 Sport Model: 2010 Mazdaspeed3 Sport Engine: 2.3-liter turbocharged 4 Horsepower/Torque: 263 hp @ 5,500 rpm/280 lb.-ft. @ 3,000 rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual Wheelbase: 103.9 in. Length/Width/Height: 177.6 x 69.7 x 57.5 in. Tires: P225/40R18 Cargo volume: ... Continue reading

Private Sale Of Vintage Ferraris Confirmed

Private Sale Of Vintage Ferraris Confirmed

By Marty Bernstein There are Ferrari sales and then there are Ferrari sales! Rumors have been pervasive in the rarified air of exotic car collecting about a sale of some of the most important vintage and collectable Ferraris in the world. This deal was been confirmed. The Ferrari’s came from the world famous colle ... Continue reading

Rain, Reviews and Raves in This Month's Letter from Europe

Rain, Reviews and Raves in This Month's Letter from Europe

Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel As anyone living in California will tell you we’ve been having horrendous weather in January. Storms, land slides, houses falling into the sea, people being evacuated, truly awful. Consequently I haven’t had a chance to drive the test ca ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Premieres New Environmentally Themed Ad Campaign During the Academy Awards

Mercedes-Benz Premieres New Environmentally Themed Ad Campaign During the Academy Awards

MONTVALE, N.J., March 5 -- Nestled among the tributes to Hollywood's brightest stars during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be a new Mercedes-Benz luminary, the S400 HYBRID. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) will debut a new ad called "Tree of Innovation" which stars the S400 HYBRID and showcases the company's expanding re ... Continue reading

What's in a Name: Generic versus Brand Name Auto Parts

What's in a Name: Generic versus Brand Name Auto Parts

Editor- "Unlike many consumer products such as food, there are no government regulations on most auto parts. Yet poorly made auto parts can pose a real safety risk." Doesn't this pose a real danger to drivers? Take a look at the article below. Thanks! Jenn What's in a Name: Generic versus Brand Name Auto Parts The Part ... Continue reading

Toyota Statement on Rebuttal of Professor Gilbert's 'Unintended Acceleration' Demonstration

Toyota Statement on Rebuttal of Professor Gilbert's 'Unintended Acceleration' Demonstration

EDITOR'S NOTE: Last week I watched the Congressional witch hunt interogation of Jim Lentz, head of Toyota's American operations. The subject of Professor Gilbert's experiment came up and Jim Lentz admitted that Toyota had just conducted the same test that Gilbert performed. The Congresswoman zeroed in for the kill as s ... Continue reading

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