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Carlsson CK63 RS Redefines Open-Air Pleasure

Carlsson CK63 RS Redefines Open-Air Pleasure

<b>The Mercedes SL63 AMG Never Had It So Good</b> Miami, FL March 4, 2009: GGI European Tuning, the exclusive North American importer of the Carlsson brand, is pleased to announce that Carlsson is now offering their comprehensive personalization program for the Mercedes SL63 AMG. With Carlsson’s unique sense of st ... Continue reading

Dynamic New Carlsson 1/5 Evo DS Wheel Design Now Available from GGI European Tuning

Dynamic New Carlsson 1/5 Evo DS Wheel Design Now Available from GGI European Tuning

Miami, FL March 4, 2009: The exclusive North American importer of the Carlsson brand, GGI European Tuning, announces the release of a brand new Carlsson wheel design exclusively for Mercedes automobiles. Carlsson has improved the successful Carlsson Design 1/5 and now presents the one-piece cast aluminum 1/5 Evo DS. Wi ... Continue reading

Honeywell Turbos Boost More Than 25 New Vehicle Launches at Geneva Motor Show

Honeywell Turbos Boost More Than 25 New Vehicle Launches at Geneva Motor Show

Latest Turbo Technology Redefines Performance, Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Reduction GENEVA, March 4 -- Honeywell announced that its turbo technologies are featured on more than 25 vehicles launched at the 79th International Motor Show of Geneva. The company's engine boosting systems are specified in new applications ... Continue reading

Carlsson Aigner CK55 RS Rascasse with V8 and 456 HP

Carlsson Aigner CK55 RS Rascasse with V8 and 456 HP

Carlsson and Aigner present their third unique limited edition model: the Carlsson Aigner CK55 RS "Rascasse" ... Continue reading

57th Annual Detroit Autorama-This Weekend!

57th Annual Detroit Autorama-This Weekend!

MURRAY’S DETROIT AUTORAMA PRESENTED BY MEGUIARS This Weekend in Detroit The 57th Annual Murray’s/O’Reilly’s Autorama, Presented by Meguiars, is revved up and ready to roar into Cobo Center in Detroit, March 6th through 8th. Billed as America’s Greatest Hot Rod Show, this super buffed, turbo-cha ... Continue reading

Goodyear North American Tire Names Chief Marketing Officer for Consumer Tires

Goodyear North American Tire Names Chief Marketing Officer for Consumer Tires

AKRON, Ohio, March 3 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. today announced that R. Scott Rogers has been named chief marketing officer for the company's North American Tire (NAT) consumer business. In this newly created role, Rogers will oversee all aspects of advertising and marketing for the company's consumer tire busin ... Continue reading

BorgWarner's R2S Turbocharger Boosts Power 20%

BorgWarner's R2S Turbocharger Boosts Power 20%

BorgWarner's Turbo Technology Helps New Diesel Passenger Car Engine Meet Euro 5 Standards AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 3 -- BorgWarner's regulated two-stage (R2S(R)) turbocharging system boosts power 20% while improving fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions 13% for the new four-cylinder diesel engine from Mercedes-Benz ... Continue reading

Advanced Lithium Power Selects Dyadem for Quality Lifecycle Management of its Clean Technology Solutions

Advanced Lithium Power Selects Dyadem for Quality Lifecycle Management of its Clean Technology Solutions

TORONTO, March 3 -- Dyadem and Advanced Lithium Power (ALP) today announced that ALP's automotive Energy Storage Systems will be designed and production tested using Dyadem's Stature Quality Lifecycle Management (QLM) platform. Stature allows ALP to conduct its quality tests in a collaborative workspace and to proactiv ... Continue reading

Superchips Releases All New Flashpaq

Superchips Releases All New Flashpaq

Sanford, FL., March 2, 2009: When Superchips introduced the original Flashpaq, electronic vehicle tuning technology took a revolutionary leap forward. Flashpaq dominated the competition by offering outstanding vehicle performance with user-adjustable tuning features. By combining powertrain programming, data acquisitio ... Continue reading

Asbury Automotive Group Schedules Release of Fourth Quarter and 2008 Financial Results and Conference Call

Asbury Automotive Group Schedules Release of Fourth Quarter and 2008 Financial Results and Conference Call

DULUTH, Ga., March 2 -- Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. , one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and 2008 financial results before the market opens on March 16, 2009. Charles R. Oglesby, President and CEO, and Craig T. Monaghan, Seni ... Continue reading

New Honeywell Turbo Technology Redefines Efficiency and Performance of Diesel V-Engines

New Honeywell Turbo Technology Redefines Efficiency and Performance of Diesel V-Engines

Innovative Sequential Boosting System Enables V8 Performance in a V6 Engine ROLLE, Switzerland, March 2 -- Honeywell has launched a unique groundbreaking turbo technology that is enabling the new Jaguar XF 3.0L V6 Diesel to reduce fuel consumption by 12% and CO2 emissions by 10% compared to its predecessor. In addition ... Continue reading

Innovation Comes 'Standard' in New Microsoft Auto Platform

Innovation Comes 'Standard' in New Microsoft Auto Platform

NUREMBERG and HANOVER, Germany, March 2 -- - Expansive new release to include support for Intel(R) processors. Microsoft Corp announced the next wave of its automotive business with its next-generation in-vehicle platform and expanded partner programme. The upcoming release of the Microsoft Auto software platform will ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Reschedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Call

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Reschedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Call

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 27 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. , today announced that it has rescheduled its planned March 3, 2009 release of fourth quarter and full year 2008 results due to the fact that the Company is still finalizing its 2008 financial statements. The fourth quarter 2008 earnings release will coincide with the ... Continue reading

Pure Power - ABT's New Super Sports Car, the AS5-R

Pure Power - ABT's New Super Sports Car, the AS5-R

ABT Sportsline has achieved plenty of success with the AS5, which is based on Audi's A5 - as the coupe has a dynamic and elegant design, is full of technical power and also quick. All this makes it a "real" ABT. Now the company from Kempten has brought out the jewel in this range - the AS5-R. ... Continue reading

Drivers Beware of Wet Weather

Drivers Beware of Wet Weather

As Midpoint of Winter, Groundhog Day Can Serve as Annual Driver Safety Check HOUSTON, TX January 19, 2009; A report released in June 2008 concluded that nearly a quarter of all automobile accidents occur in rainy and wet weather. According to Rain-X,(1) accidents in wet weather may in part be attributed to the nearly 7 ... Continue reading

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