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Kia Motors America Announces 2010 Best February Sales Ever

Kia Motors America Announces 2010 Best February Sales Ever

All-New 2011 Sorento CUV is Kia's Best-Selling Vehicle for the Second Consecutive Month IRVINE, Calif., March 2 -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the brand's best February sales ever of 24,052 units, a 9-percent increase over the same period last year and 2.3-percent over the previous February sales record of ... Continue reading

Ford's U.S. February Sales Up 43 Percent; Second-Quarter Production Up 144,000 Vehicles Versus Year Ago

Ford's U.S. February Sales Up 43 Percent; Second-Quarter Production Up 144,000 Vehicles Versus Year Ago

DEARBORN, Mich., March 2 -- -- Ford, Lincoln and Mercury February sales up 43 percent versus year ago and 22 percent higher than January -- Ford brand sales up 46 percent versus year ago, Lincoln up 19 percent and Mercury up 24 percent -- Cars up 54 percent versus year ago, utilities up 39 percent and trucks up 36 perc ... Continue reading

Car Wreck - An Expose Of The Auto Industry

Car Wreck - An Expose Of The Auto Industry

By Mark Ragsdale Are consumers angry at the car business? You bet! Do they have good reason to be? Sure! Failing to get enough for their trade-in to even cover their current auto loan, getting sucked in on advertisements for which they mysteriously don’t qualify, and paying up to hundreds more per month than they ... Continue reading

2010 Geneva Motor Show: SEAT Showcasing IBE Concept - Compact Sports Coupé for the Age Of Electric Mobility

2010 Geneva Motor Show: SEAT Showcasing IBE Concept - Compact Sports Coupé for the Age Of Electric Mobility

SEAT unveiled the IBE Concept at the Geneva Motor Show, a compact, sporty, urban vehicle equipped with an all-electric powertrain packaged with a fascinating design statement that shapes the silhouette of future company models. ... Continue reading

The Efficiency Standard - The Audi A8 Hybrid

The Efficiency Standard - The Audi A8 Hybrid

Power like a big V6, fuel economy like a modest four-cylinder unit - Audi presents the A8 hybrid as a technology concept at the Geneva Motor Show. ... Continue reading

2010 Geneva Motor Show: World Premiere of the New Volkswagen Sharan

2010 Geneva Motor Show: World Premiere of the New Volkswagen Sharan

With over 600,000 units sold, Volkswagen's Sharan is the favourite vehicle of countless families all over Europe. Coming now, with a world premiere at the Geneva International Motor Show (4th to 14th March), is a completely new generation of this best seller ... Continue reading

GM Commits EUR1.9 Billion in Funding for Opel/Vauxhall Viability Plan

GM Commits EUR1.9 Billion in Funding for Opel/Vauxhall Viability Plan

RUESSELSHEIM, Germany and GENEVA, March 2, 2010 -- - General Motors Unveils Threefold Increase in Turnaround Investment - Parent Company to Provide More Than 50 Percent of Overall Funding Opel/Vauxhall today announced that its parent company General Motors will contribute a substantial EUR1.9 billion funding package as ... Continue reading

First 100% Natural Gas 2010 Taxi Immediately Qualifies for a $4,000 Tax Credit

First 100% Natural Gas 2010 Taxi Immediately Qualifies for a $4,000 Tax Credit

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their DEDICATED 2010 Ford Transit Connect compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. The “Dedicated” system means that the vehicle runs entirely ... Continue reading

2010 Geneva Motor Show: The New Koenigsegg Agera - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 Geneva Motor Show: The New Koenigsegg Agera - VIDEO ENHANCED

Koenigsegg is celebrating 15 year of outstanding performance by unleashing their latest creation - The Agera. ... Continue reading

Ferrari at Geneva: Protagonists in Innovation and the Environment

Ferrari at Geneva: Protagonists in Innovation and the Environment

THE EXPERIMENTAL HY-KERS HYBRID VEHICLE GENEVA, March 2 -- The HY-KERS vettura laboratorio (experimental vehicle) is an example of how Ferrari is approaching the development of hybrid technology without losing sight of the performance traits and driving involvement that have always exemplified its cars. This hybrid pro ... Continue reading

Evora Carbon Concept Makes Motorshow Debut

Evora Carbon Concept Makes Motorshow Debut

The multi-award winning Lotus Evora provides the basis of the stunning carbon design concept unveiled at the 80th Geneva Motorshow. The car boasts a stylish carbon fibre, leather and alcantara interior, aggressive carbon diffuser and an evocative high tech composite body. ... Continue reading

GM Recalls Compact Cars to Fix Power Steering Assist

GM Recalls Compact Cars to Fix Power Steering Assist

DETROIT -- General Motors will conduct a safety recall of 1.3 million compact cars to replace a motor in the power steering system. Vehicles affected are the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt; 2007-2010 Pontiac G5; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit sold in Canada, and the 2005-2006 Pontiac G4 sold in Mexico. GM told the National High ... Continue reading

The Most Powerful Official F1 Safety Car of All Time: The New Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Most Powerful Official F1 Safety Car of All Time: The New Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - VIDEO ENHANCED

When the new Formula-1 season gets underway in Manama/Bahrain (12 14 March 2010), it will mark the debut of the most spectacular and powerful Official F1 Safety Car of all time. The job of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, which will be launched on 27 March 2010, is to ensure maximum safety in Formula 1. The "gullwing" mo ... Continue reading

Lexus to Unveil 'CT200h' at 2010 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Lexus to Unveil 'CT200h' at 2010 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Print | Alerts Lexus to Unveil 'CT200h' at 2010 Geneva Motor Show Tokyo, Mar 1, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - Lexus announces that it will unveil the five-door hybrid "CT200h"(1) - the first Lexus vehicle in the premium-compact segment - at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show(2), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, for t ... Continue reading

2010 Geneva Motor Show: A Dream Alfa Romeo By Bertone

2010 Geneva Motor Show: A Dream Alfa Romeo By Bertone

After a two year absence from the international scene, Bertone returns to the Geneva Motor Show, unveiling a concept car that makes its world premiere here: the Pandion, an aggressive yet beautiful coupe designed as a tribute to Alfa Romeos' one hundred year anniversary. ... Continue reading

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