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Antron Brown's Toyota "DragQuoia" Wins Prestigious Gran Turismo Award at SEMA

Antron Brown's Toyota "DragQuoia" Wins Prestigious Gran Turismo Award at SEMA

Antron Brown's outrageous Toyota Sequoia family dragster, known as "DragQuoia," captured Sony Computer Entertainment America's Gran Turismo Award for Best Truck or SUV at the 2012 SEMA Show. The‚ Gran Turismo Awards‚ celebrate excellence and innovation in the automotive industry for SEMA show exhibitors, as selected ... Continue reading

Transporters -- Volvo Group's game is most popular

Transporters -- Volvo Group's game is most popular

It's wonderful that so many people have downloaded the game. This gives us new opportunities to show how the Volvo Group contributes to society Just three days after the Volvo Group launched Transporters, the new game is topping the list of the most frequently downloaded free apps in App Store. ... Continue reading

Clean Energy's CNG Fueling Stations Up and Operating in Storm's Path

Clean Energy's CNG Fueling Stations Up and Operating in Storm's Path

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today reported that 49 fueling stations in the seven states affected by Hurricane Sandy are operating and providing CNG (compressed natural gas) fuel to a wide range of fleets and individuals. The fleets provide needed emergency, transit and refuse services in New York, New Jersey, Massachusett ... Continue reading

Mazda Dontates $100,000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Mazda Dontates $100,000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced a $100,000 contribution to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Additionally, The Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc., Board of Trustees approved grants to the Flemington Area Food Pantry and The Food Bank Network of Somerset Co ... Continue reading

BMW Group Contributes $1 Million for Hurricane Relief

BMW Group Contributes $1 Million for Hurricane Relief

"This donation will help the Red Cross give aid to the many who are in need in the affected areas," said Ludwig Willisch, CEO and President, BMW of North America. "We support those who are working so hard on the recovery effort and we are encouraging our employees across North America to volunteer their time and money ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Launch Ads Show How All-New Sedan Sets Itself Apart from the Bland Competition

Ford Fusion Launch Ads Show How All-New Sedan Sets Itself Apart from the Bland Competition

Three television commercials for the all-new Ford Fusion debut this week and show viewers how and why this sleek new sedan outshines the competition In one of the new ads, all other vehicles on the road become invisible while the new Fusion remains, standing apart from the crowd. In another, a Fusion drives over a clif ... Continue reading

Heels on Wheels-2013 Ford Taurus Review

Heels on Wheels-2013 Ford Taurus Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 FORD TAURUS REVIEW By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE TAURUS VEHICLE The chiseled Ford Taurus is a five-passenger large-size sedan done up in masculine tones with a panache for cold weather driving thanks to such popular options as remote vehicle start, heated ste ... Continue reading

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales

International Nameplate Automobile Dealers Announce Monthly Sales

Despite Sandy's Impact, Sales Continue to Rise The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today released October 2012 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents America's approximately 10,000 international nameplate franchises whose brands accounted for 55 ... Continue reading

Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation

Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation

Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America will lower their fuel economy (mpg) estimates for the majority of their model year 2012 and 2013 models after EPA testing found ... Continue reading

Friedman-Swift Associates: Does Facebook Work for Auto Dealerships?

Friedman-Swift Associates: Does Facebook Work for Auto Dealerships?

More than one in four new car buyers visit social networking sites at least weekly, according to research released today by Friedman-Swift Associates, a national market research firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Twenty-eight percent of people who purchase new cars visit social networking sites at least once a week," say ... Continue reading

Purdy Book Review: INSIDE THE FISHER BODY CRAFTMAN'S GUILD

Purdy Book Review: INSIDE THE FISHER BODY CRAFTMAN'S GUILD

A BOOK REVIEW By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau INSIDE THE FISHER BODY CRAFTMAN’S GUILD Contestants Recall the Great General Motors Talent Search Edited by John L. Jacobus Published by McFarland & Company, Inc. There was a time in the 1950’s, I was told some years ago by retired GM VP of Desig ... Continue reading

Nearly 80 Million Clean Diesel Vehicles Will be Sold Worldwide From 2012 to 2018, Forecasts Pike Research

Nearly 80 Million Clean Diesel Vehicles Will be Sold Worldwide From 2012 to 2018, Forecasts Pike Research

Diesel cars have long been tremendously popular in Europe, where high fuel prices mean that the price premium of a diesel car can be paid off quickly. However, other regions that have not traditionally been strong diesel markets, such as North America, are now starting to open up--particularly as increasingly stringe ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.2.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.2.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

In its first full month of sales, Ford's new C-MAX Hybrid outsells Toyota Prius v, 3,182 units to 2,769 Ford sets record for hybrid sales in October with 4,612 units -- double October 2011 hybrid sales C-MAX hybrids help Ford achieve strongest October small car sales in 11 years -- total 25,493 vehicles for a 54 percen ... Continue reading

Snoop Dogg Performs At 10Th Annual Gran Turismo Awards Where "Best In Show" Winner David Eckert Raced Away With A Feature Spot In The World's Best-Selling Racing Game Franchise

Snoop Dogg Performs At 10Th Annual Gran Turismo Awards Where "Best In Show" Winner David Eckert Raced Away With A Feature Spot In The World's Best-Selling Racing Game Franchise

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) hosted its tenth annual Gran Turismo Awards at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show last night at the Rain Nightclub in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, with a headlining performance by Hip Hop icon Snoop Dogg. Celebrating continuing excellence and innov ... Continue reading

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