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Film Maker Test Drive: Barry Levinson on Ford - VIDEO STORY

Film Maker Test Drive: Barry Levinson on Ford - VIDEO STORY

DETROIT - January 6, 2010: Academy Award-winning film director Barry Levinson (”Rain Man,” “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “Diner,” “Bugsy”) contacted Ford to test drive the new 2010 Taurus SHO. As a filmmaker who has always carefully chosen the vehicles seen in his movies, Barry was in ... Continue reading

On Wheels Media And Hyundai Motor America Donate Winter Coats to Detroit Children In Conjunction With The14th Annual Urban Wheel Awards

On Wheels Media And Hyundai Motor America Donate Winter Coats to Detroit Children In Conjunction With The14th Annual Urban Wheel Awards

Detroit January 6, 2010; In the midst of a very cold winter, and in a struggling economic climate, On Wheels Media, Inc. and Hyundai Motor America are coming to the aid of Detroit area residents with a practical donation of 1,000 winter coats. Working with Focus:HOPE, a nationally recognized civil and human rights orga ... Continue reading

Chevrolet and OnStar Give Volt Owners 24/7 Connection and Control via Wireless Smartphone Application - VIDEO ENHANCED

Chevrolet and OnStar Give Volt Owners 24/7 Connection and Control via Wireless Smartphone Application - VIDEO ENHANCED

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 -- -- Chevrolet Volt First Electric Vehicle to Demonstrate Wireless Smartphone Application -- Volt showcases technology beyond the battery with OnStar Mobile Application -- OnStar created a mobile application for Volt that provides drivers custom services and added control -- Charging Volt is easy, co ... Continue reading

Toyota Unveils Concept Version of New Compact Car for India

Toyota Unveils Concept Version of New Compact Car for India

TOKYO - January 6, 2010: Toyota announced yesterday that its production and sales subsidiary in India unveiled a “World First, India First”— a concept version of the “Etios*”, a compact car newly developed specifically for the Indian market. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private, Ltd. (TKM) is showing ... Continue reading

New Floor Plan, Dynamic Vehicles Highlight Lexus Exhibit at 2010 North American International Auto Show

New Floor Plan, Dynamic Vehicles Highlight Lexus Exhibit at 2010 North American International Auto Show

DETROIT, Jan. 6 -- The Lexus exhibit at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will be starkly different from one year ago, featuring a single-level layout and some of the brand's most exciting new vehicles. Gone is the previous two-story structure with sweeping staircase. This year, the exhibit has ... Continue reading

Tata Technologies Displays Tata Nano for First Time in U.S. - VIDEO ENHANCED

Tata Technologies Displays Tata Nano for First Time in U.S. - VIDEO ENHANCED

DETROIT--Tata Technologies announced today that it will display the world’s lowest-price passenger car, the Tata Nano, for the first time in North America in Detroit on January 14. “Tata Technologies was front-and-center in engineering and developing the Nano; working closely with Tata Motors and with a signi ... Continue reading

Auto Trader Thinks 2009 Ends on a Strong Note as Shoppers Return to New Vehicles

Auto Trader Thinks 2009 Ends on a Strong Note as Shoppers Return to New Vehicles

Used and Certified Pre-Owned Sales Show America's Continued Desire for Full-Size Trucks and SUVs ATLANTA, Jan. 6 -- New car shopping activity on AutoTrader.com saw a significant burst in December compared to December of 2008 and recent previous months, as consumers began looking at more new cars. Most new vehicles on A ... Continue reading

Car Buyers See Signs of Thaw in Lending

Car Buyers See Signs of Thaw in Lending

Washington DC January 6, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that for car buyers, four words mean the difference between going home in a new sedan or their old clunker: Your loan is approved. According to MSNBC, they are being uttered more often these days, spurred by a trillion-dollar government program that provides ... Continue reading

Four Wheeler Magazine Editors Name Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Best 4x4 Vehicle of the Decade

Four Wheeler Magazine Editors Name Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Best 4x4 Vehicle of the Decade

- Four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon hailed as Most Significant 4x4 - AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 6 -- -- Four Wheeler editors refer to creation of four-door Wrangler as "...one of smartest product moves any automotive company has ever made" -- Jeep Wrangler Unlimited remains the only four-door convertible on the ... Continue reading

Teaser Pics Provide First Glimpse Of New Lee Noble Supercar

Teaser Pics Provide First Glimpse Of New Lee Noble Supercar

These are the first official shots of Fenix Automotive's astonishing new supercar, which is due on UK sale in the second half of this year ... Continue reading

Continental Connects Consumers to In-Vehicle Multimedia at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show

Continental Connects Consumers to In-Vehicle Multimedia at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 -- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) attendees are invited to Microsoft's booth, located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth 7853, on January 7-10 to receive a hands-on demonstration of Continental's Multi Media Platform (MMP). Continental will provide a first-hand look at how it is utilizing the ... Continue reading

Mini E Exclusive - First Drive Satisfying

Mini E Exclusive - First Drive Satisfying

First results of Mini E pilot prove to be satisfying By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor MUNICH, Last month, during the exclusive preview of the Active E Concept (>>>LINK), BMW also presented the outcome of the first results with the electric Mini E in Berlin. The trendy Mini-division had the premiere of bringing on ... Continue reading

New Year Cheer From Suzuki

New Year Cheer From Suzuki

Suzuki GB PLC is pleased to start 2010 with some great news on low finance packages and the best deal to date on a new Alto; now available on a PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) scheme for just £95 per month. Also, to help new car buyers , the zero per cent finance offers held throughout last year on Swift (except Spor ... Continue reading

New Year Offers From Ford Blue Oval Club

New Year Offers From Ford Blue Oval Club

Ford's Blue Oval Club enters the new year offering independent parts retailers improved terms on almost 70 per cent of key fast-moving products. ... Continue reading

Volvo One of the Few Luxury Winners in 2009

Volvo One of the Few Luxury Winners in 2009

Volvo Car Australia was one of only a handful of imported luxury brands that emerged as winners in 2009 posting a sales increase of 4.5 percent over its 2008 figures ... Continue reading

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