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Holden Confirms Pricing for New Holden Barina CDX

Holden Confirms Pricing for New Holden Barina CDX

Holden has confirmed pricing for the new range-topping Barina CDX, previewed at last month's Australian International Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Some 'World Cars' Not Necessarily Safe Cars

Some 'World Cars' Not Necessarily Safe Cars

The latest crash test results released by Latin NCAP today reveal that the safety levels of some popular cars sold across Latin America are still 20 years behind the industrialised countries and below global standards. ... Continue reading

Project Performance Cars in Shannons Summer Sale

Project Performance Cars in Shannons Summer Sale

Shannons have two very different performance 'project' cars going under the hammer in their Melbourne Summer Classic Vehicle Auction on Monday, November 26. ... Continue reading

2013 Cadillac ATS Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2013 Cadillac ATS Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2013 Cadillac ATS A new player in the sports sedan game By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_0985) The rear-wheel-drive 2013 Cadillac ATS is an all-new, 5-seat, compact-luxury sport sedan that is new to the Cadillac brand and new to the U.S. automotive marketplace. The ATS doesn’t re ... Continue reading

Jaguar F-TYPE Makes its UK Dynamic Debut With Jessica Ennis in London Lord Mayor's Show

Jaguar F-TYPE Makes its UK Dynamic Debut With Jessica Ennis in London Lord Mayor's Show

The all-new F-TYPE, driven by Jaguar Academy of Sports Ambassador Jessica Ennis, made its UK dynamic debut in front of a crowd of over 500,000 people at this year's Lord Mayor's Show in London. With a stunning display of old and new, the F-TYPE made its way through the City of London accompanied by two E-Types and got ... Continue reading

Florida Holds First Distracted Driving Summit To Raise Awareness and 'Drive Change'

Florida Holds First Distracted Driving Summit To Raise Awareness and 'Drive Change'

Distracted driving killed nearly 3,100 people and injured another 416,000 nationwide in 2010, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Despite these dangers, surveys estimate that drivers engage in potential accident-causing distractions -- like talking with passengers, eating, smoking, manipula ... Continue reading

1.34 million Michigan residents to travel during Thanksgiving holiday, says AAA

1.34 million Michigan residents to travel during Thanksgiving holiday, says AAA

An estimated 1.34 million Michigan residents will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2012 Thanksgiving holiday period, up seven percent from last year, says AAA Michigan. They join 43.6 million Americans who will travel nationally -- up 0.7 percent according to AAA's survey. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Bromley Delivers Experience Of A Lifetime

Mercedes-Benz Bromley Delivers Experience Of A Lifetime

Mercedes-Benz Bromley customer Ryan Welch has received a once-in-a-lifetime prize as winner of the Mercedes-Benz 'Play with a Champion' golf competition. Welch, from Bromley, won the chance to play a round of fourball golf with Darren Clarke, 2011 Open Champion and one of four vice captains for 2012 Ryder Cup winners T ... Continue reading

Car Connectivity Consortium Kicks Off MirrorLink Tagline Contest

Car Connectivity Consortium Kicks Off MirrorLink Tagline Contest

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization driving global innovation for phone-centric car connectivity solutions, today announced a public contest to determine MirrorLink's first tagline. Developed by CCC members, MirrorLink is a car-connectivity standard for controlling a nearby smartphone from the steeri ... Continue reading

AT&T, BMW and Tendril Team Up for a Hackathon Aimed at the Intersection of Electric Cars, the Connected Home and Mobility

AT&T, BMW and Tendril Team Up for a Hackathon Aimed at the Intersection of Electric Cars, the Connected Home and Mobility

AT&T, BMW and Tendril today announced their co-sponsorship of a joint hackathon in New York, NY on November 16-18, focusing on application development around the intersection of electric vehicles (EVs), mobility services, sustainability and the connected smart home. The three-day event will be part of the seven-city BM ... Continue reading

Visteon Premieres New Vehicle Concept, Demonstrating Vision for Mobility in 2020

Visteon Premieres New Vehicle Concept, Demonstrating Vision for Mobility in 2020

Representing Visteon Corporation's vision of mobility in the year 2020, the e-Bee vehicle concept is designed to explore new and alternative ways of using a vehicle, including car-sharing, private ownership and short-term rental. Using touch display-based controls and Cloud-centred profile storage, the e-Bee's features ... Continue reading

Meritor Announces $1.4 Million Investment in Plainfield, Indiana Remanufacturing Facility

Meritor Announces $1.4 Million Investment in Plainfield, Indiana Remanufacturing Facility

Meritor, Inc. announced today that it plans to consolidate its North American remanufacturing operations and create a center of excellence in Plainfield, Ind. The company expects to transfer production operations from its remanufacturing plant in Mississauga, Ontario Canada by March 31, 2013. At the same time, it plans ... Continue reading

Avoid "Turkey" of a Weekend with Pre-Trip Vehicle Check

Avoid "Turkey" of a Weekend with Pre-Trip Vehicle Check

10-Minute Check Can Help Ensure Stress-Free Thanksgiving Road Trip One way to avoid a turkey of a Thanksgiving road trip is to make sure the vehicle you will be driving is running well. A 10-minute pre-trip check is small potatoes compared to a big helping of inconvenience if you break down many miles away from home, a ... Continue reading

Green Automotive Company Announces Progress in the Development of a Range of Electric Buses by Subsidiary Newport Coach Works

Green Automotive Company Announces Progress in the Development of a Range of Electric Buses by Subsidiary Newport Coach Works

Green Automotive Company (OTC:GACR) today announced that its two subsidiaries had initiated a collaborative project to develop a range of electric buses for the North American market, utilizing the proprietary electric drive train technology from Liberty and combining it with the industry leading bus designs of Newport ... Continue reading

Thanksgiving Travel to increase for the Fourth Consecutive Year, AAA Says

Thanksgiving Travel to increase for the Fourth Consecutive Year, AAA Says

Holiday travel continues steady climb from 2008 level with 43.6 million Americans expected to take Thanksgiving trips AAA projects 43.6 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, an increase of 0.7 percent over the 43.3 million people who traveled last year. This ... Continue reading

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