Porsche Reports Record Sales Month; 41 percent increase over last October
Nov 1, 2012
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars, Cayenne SUVs and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up in the United States, today announced October 2012 sales of 3,211 vehicles. This compares to 2,270 vehicles sold last October, for an increase of 41 percent. For the yea ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces October Sales
Nov 1, 2012
Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported October U.S. sales of 79,685 units versus 82,346 units a year earlier, down 3.2 percent. Nissan Division sales decreased 6.0 percent for the month at 70,928 units. Sales of Infiniti vehicles were up 27.6 percent over the prior year, to 8,757 units. ... Continue reading
Kia Announces Record October Sales
Nov 1, 2012
Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced best-ever October sales with 42,452 units sold, a 12.6-percent increase over the same period in 2011. October once again saw KMA's U.S.-built* vehicles -- the Optima midsize sedan and Sorento CUV -- take the top sales honors. Kia's year-to-date sales are up 17.8-percent over 201 ... Continue reading
Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.1.2012
Nov 1, 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
AAA Minneapolis Names MnDOT's Tom Sorel as Its New Chief Executive
Nov 1, 2012
AAA Minneapolis has named Tom Sorel, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), as its new president and chief executive officer. 'I see this as a phenomenal opportunity and I'm honored to be selected to build on the strong legacy of my predecessor, Steve Frank Sorel will join AAA Minneapolis e ... Continue reading
Toyota Launches High School Safe Teen Driving Program at Southern California High Schools
Nov 1, 2012
Toyota is expanding its long-term commitment to safe teen driving with the introduction of an innovative nationaldriver safetyprogram, The Road Ahead , in high schools throughout Southern California. The program will benefit more than 6,000 local students in an effort to save lives and promote road safety. The Road Ahe ... Continue reading
Nov 1, 2012
The odds are 1 in 2. These odds are pretty bad and this is the misuse rate of child safety seats in the United States. Tonight at 5:00 pm, Emmy award winning consumer reporter, Liz Crenshaw, will show how to select the right child safety seat for your child, and more importantly, how to properly install it. ... Continue reading
October Auto Incentive Spending Falls and Sandy Hits Hard, But Monthly Auto Sales Still Strong
Nov 1, 2012
Automotive incentives shrank again in October, even as dealerships continue to ring up healthy sales numbers, reports Edmunds.com, the premier resource for automotive information. According to Edmunds.com's True Cost of Incentives report, the auto industry spent $2,124 per vehicle in October, down 3.3 percent from Sept ... Continue reading
Clean Energy Releases Second Edition of 'Road to Natural Gas'
Nov 1, 2012
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today released the second edition of “The Road to Natural Gas," an update of truck companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations which are making the switch to natural gas with transportation fuel, station construction and services provided by Cle ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company to Conduct Conference Call Today
Nov 1, 2012
Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford and President and CEO Alan Mulally will host a conference call for the investment community and news media to discuss important news announcements at 9 a.m. EDT today. A news release will be issued at the same time. Representatives of the investment community and news med ... Continue reading
Young Drivers Encouraged to be Proactive on Road Safety
Nov 1, 2012
It is often suggested that young drivers represent the group most likely to be involved in road accidents. This general perception is actually something that is backed up by accident statistics and these statistics are behind the relatively high insurance quotes that new drivers and those under the age of 25 are usuall ... Continue reading
Zipcar Launches Miami as 20th Major Metro Market
Nov 1, 2012
Zipcar, Inc. , the world's leading car sharing network, with the support of City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, today announced the expansion of the Zipcar car sharing network into the City of Miami. ... Continue reading
Nov 1, 2012
Best October sales since 2007 31st-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains Chrysler, Dodge, Ram Truck, and FIAT brands each post sales increases in October compared with same month a year ago FIAT brand sales up 89 percent in October; largest year-over-year percentage increase of any Chrysler Group brand Both F ... Continue reading
Nov 1, 2012
Direct (OBM) and indirect (OBD) determination of emissions in transportation is the focus of a book from SAE International. "Onboard Diagnostics and Measurement in the Automotive Industry, Shipbuilding and Aircraft Construction" offers the reader a state-of-the-art report on the recent developments on the determination ... Continue reading
Podiobooks.com Joins Aha to Stream Free Audio Books Directly Into Cars
Nov 1, 2012
Aha by HARMAN and Podiobooks.com today announced a partnership that streams audio book content directly into vehicles for the very first time. Podiobooks.com offers more than 600 book titles in every type of literary category from Science Fiction to Fantasy to Non-Fiction and Horror. All Podiobooks titles are instantly ... Continue reading
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