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2012 Chevy Sonic with 1.4L Turbo Hits 40 MPG on Highway

2012 Chevy Sonic with 1.4L Turbo Hits 40 MPG on Highway

The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic with the Ecotec 1.4L turbo delivers an EPA-estimated 40 mpg on the highway with a six-speed manual transmission and city fuel economy of 29 mpg. The Sonic's highway fuel economy makes it one of the most fuel-efficient small cars in the market, on par with the 2012 Ford Fiesta SFE and the 2012 H ... Continue reading

PennDOT Offers Free Replacement Driver License and Motor Vehicle Products and Extensions to Flood Victims

PennDOT Offers Free Replacement Driver License and Motor Vehicle Products and Extensions to Flood Victims

Disaster Recovery Centers Help with Motor Vehicle Issues-- Because of recent flooding in some parts of the commonwealth, Transportation Secretary, Barry J. Schoch, P.E. today announced that PennDOT will offer flood victims replacement driver license and vehicle products at no charge. Driver license products include dup ... Continue reading

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Resigns from Premier Society Over False Global Warming Claims +VIDEO

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Resigns from Premier Society Over False Global Warming Claims +VIDEO

"The temperature (of the Earth) has been amazingly stable..." Nobel Laureate Dr. Ivar Giaever Exclusive Report from CLIMATE DEPOT - reprinted with permission By Marc Morano - ClimateDepot.com Nobel prize winner for physics in 1973 Dr. Ivar Giaever resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society (APS) on Septemb ... Continue reading

Navigator Holdings Completes $40 Million Sale of Subprime Automobile Loan Portfolio

Navigator Holdings Completes $40 Million Sale of Subprime Automobile Loan Portfolio

Navigator Holdings LLC (Navigator) President Bobby Lazenby announced today the sale of nearly $40 million in subprime, asset-backed loans. The sale comes as an increasing number of investors look to build balance sheets with high yield assets. After nearly three turbulent years, companies remaining in the subprime indu ... Continue reading

Auto Dealerships: Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Report 2011

Auto Dealerships: Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Report 2011

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Auto Dealerships: Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Report 2011" report to their offering. Auto Dealerships: Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Report 2011 This report helps you benchmark the value of an auto dealership using search results from leading app ... Continue reading

Ituran Announces Extraordinary General Meeting's Results

Ituran Announces Extraordinary General Meeting's Results

At the extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (the "Company"), held on September 15, 2011, the resolution to reappoint Mr. Izzy Sheratzky as chairman of our board of directors was not approved by the required special majority under Israeli law. A total of 11,174,680 ordinary share ... Continue reading

Zero Motorcycles Demonstrates Its Electric Motorcycle Technology to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood

Zero Motorcycles Demonstrates Its Electric Motorcycle Technology to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood

Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in electric motorcycle manufacturing, today announced that United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood received a personal demonstration of Zero's 2011 electric motorcycle product line. The program was held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2011 (APEC ... Continue reading

President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry Wissmann: IAA Impressive Demonstration of Automotive Industry's Innovative Strength

President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry Wissmann: IAA Impressive Demonstration of Automotive Industry's Innovative Strength

Chancellor Merkel opens the world's most important trade fair for mobility "This IAA demonstrates the automotive industry's capacity for untiring renewal and innovation: Over 1,000 exhibitors have displays, covering an area equal to 33 football pitches. A total of 183 world premieres await 800,000 visitors, and more th ... Continue reading

2012 Audi A6 Strives to Make the Road a More Intelligent Place

2012 Audi A6 Strives to Make the Road a More Intelligent Place

Audi of America announces a new campaign for the 2012 Audi A6 that creatively puts focus on the increasingly challenging road conditions American drivers face today. The message for the all-new Audi A6 centers on "making the road a more intelligent place" and will appear in print, online and broadcast advertisements be ... Continue reading

Subaru Selects MWW Group as Agency of Record

Subaru Selects MWW Group as Agency of Record

MWW Group, one of the top-ten global independent public relations firms, today announced that it has been selected as agency of record for Subaru of America, Inc. As agency of record, MWW Group's Consumer Lifestyle Marketing practice will spearhead a program promoting Subaru among lifestyle media and elevating consumer ... Continue reading

Toyota Serves as Silver Sponsor of Green Tie Ball XX

Toyota Serves as Silver Sponsor of Green Tie Ball XX

Toyota, the world's largest automaker, will be a major sponsor of the Green Tie Ball XX this Saturday, September 17, in Chicago. The Green Tie Ball is Chicago Gateway Green's key fundraising event and this year will be celebrating the gala's 20th anniversary with a fitting theme of "A Return to Emerald City." Originati ... Continue reading

Altair ProductDesign Partners with Studio X-GENE to Develop a New Electric Vehicle Concept Car

Altair ProductDesign Partners with Studio X-GENE to Develop a New Electric Vehicle Concept Car

Altair Engineering Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that its product development division, Altair ProductDesign, has successfully partnered with Taiwanese automotive design consultancy, Studio X-GENE, to ... Continue reading

Bridging the Gap between Driver and Car: Frost & Sullivan Webinar on the Automotive Human Machine Interface

Bridging the Gap between Driver and Car: Frost & Sullivan Webinar on the Automotive Human Machine Interface

Bridging the Gap between Driver and Car: Frost & Sullivan Webinar on the Automotive Human Machine Interface New HMI Solutions Need to Secure Driver's Safety and Minimise Distraction LONDON “ 15 September 2011 – While there is still a strong preference for haptic interfaces in the automotive human machine interfac ... Continue reading

Chrysler Proudly Hosts the 12th Annual Matchmaker Event

Chrysler Proudly Hosts the 12th Annual Matchmaker Event

The premier networking event in the automotive supplier diversity community, grows to more than 2,000 participants, including 270 minority, women, veteran and majority-owned Chrysler Group suppliers Created $1.8 billion in new business opportunities for exhibitors since 2000. Matchmaker is focused on providing minority ... Continue reading

Product Innovation Contributes to an Increase in Used Car Sales Using Finance

Product Innovation Contributes to an Increase in Used Car Sales Using Finance

In the past 12 months, the use of Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) deals to buy used cars has increased by 17%, compared with the same period last year. The latest industry figures from the Finance & Leasing Association show that dealers and finance companies continue to innovate to attract customers of used, as well a ... Continue reading

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