2008 Mazda CX-7 Review - Along The Colonial Trail - VIDEO ENHANCED
Oct 12, 2007
2008 MAZDA CX-7 TO COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, JAMESTOWN AND YORKTOWN By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [0139] [0137] This weekâs road test involves a good long road trip with a 2008 Mazda CX-7 crossover sport-utility (CUV) on a Colonial American history tour of the Williamsburg, Virginia area including ... Continue reading
Prestigious new Bentley dealership opens in Riga
Oct 12, 2007
Crewe / Riga, October 12, 2007 ⦠Bentley Motors, whose powerful grand tourers are renowned throughout the world for their luxury and performance, today opens the latest dealership in its worldwide network in Riga, capital of Latvia. Bentley Riga is the latest addition to Bentley Motorsâ expansion into Eastern ... Continue reading
September 2007 U.S. International Auto Brands Sales Scorecard
Oct 12, 2007
Total auto sales continued to slide in September, down 2.9 percent over the same month last year for a total of 1,314,894 units. Year-to-date, total auto sales in the U.S. are down 2.8 percent on the sale of 12,347,699 units. Adjusted for one less selling day this September, 2007 auto sales in the U.S. at the close of ... Continue reading
Living smart: smart bolsters market launch in the US with a unique concept in L.A.
Oct 12, 2007
Venice Beach/Los Angeles, CA. An exclusive studio building on Abbot Kinney Boulevard will be transformed into the âsmart houseâ for four months starting October 11, 2007, serving as the springboard for the US market launch of the smart car. smart has begun preparations in the heart of the hip Venice Beach dis ... Continue reading
Jaguar X-TYPE New Fresh Look for 2008
Oct 12, 2007
The Jaguar X-TYPE gets a fresh new look for 2008, along with a host of new features inside and outside the vehicle and a new automatic transmission in the acclaimed 2.2 diesel. With significant revisions including nearly 500 new components, the new generation X-TYPE retains all the original carâs strengths, and ad ... Continue reading
Oct 12, 2007
National Environmental Groups Expose Toyota's Duplicity on Fuel Economy WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nine of the nation's leading environmental and science-based organizations targeted Toyota today for the company's opposition to legislation before Congress to set the first meaningful increase in fuel ... Continue reading
Goodyear Named Tire Supplier for International Truck
Oct 12, 2007
AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 11 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today said its commercial tires are now available for specification on all International Truck & Engines vehicles. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO) Goodyear said it has been named an International Truck primary tire supplier. Steve Mc ... Continue reading
Popular Mechanics "Breakthrough Award" to Ford SYNC
Oct 11, 2007
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 â Ford SYNC was honored with a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a ceremony Wednesday at the Hearst Tower in New York City. The Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards, now in their third year, were created to recognize products that set new benchmarks in design, creativity, and engineering a ... Continue reading
Ford Names Toyota's Jim Farley to Top Marketing Post
Oct 11, 2007
Oct. 11, 2007; Bill Koenig and Alan Ohnsman writing for Bloomberg reported that Ford Motor Co., passed this year by Toyota Motor Corp. for second in U.S. sales, hired Jim Farley from the Japanese automaker as its marketing chief. Farley, 45, who headed Toyota's Lexus luxury brand in the U.S., will join Ford in mid-Nove ... Continue reading
Toyota Announces New Leadership at Lexus, Scion
Oct 11, 2007
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 11 -- Jim Lentz, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced the promotion of Scion Vice President Mark Templin to succeed Jim Farley as group vice president and general manager of Lexus, the company's luxury division. Farley, who joined Toyota in 1990, res ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces Pricing on 2008 350Z Coupe and Roadster
Oct 11, 2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 11 -- Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on the 2008 Nissan 350Z lineup, which is on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. The 2008 350Z is available in Coupe and Roadster body styles and in an array of models - five for the Coupe (including the NISMO 350Z) and three for the Road ... Continue reading
FAW-Toyota Plans to Sell 400,000 Vehicles in China Next Year
Oct 11, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 11, 2007: FAW-Toyota plans to produce and sell 400,000 vehicles next year, an increase of 50 percent compared to this year, said a senior FAW-Toyota official. "Starting October this year, FAW-Toyota began to implement double shifts on Toyota Corolla production, therefore FAW-Toyota's output capacity ... Continue reading
MILES Electric Vehicles Debuts Faster, More Powerful All-Electric Work Truck - VIDEO ENHANCED
Oct 11, 2007
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--All-electric automotive company Miles Electric Vehicles today announced a major upgrade to its low-speed, zero emissions ZX40ST work truck. Now featuring a more powerful 3 phase induction AC motor, the advanced design ZX40ST can travel 50-60 miles on a single charge while delivering vastly superio ... Continue reading
Winnebago Industries Reports 59% Net Income Increase for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2007
Oct 11, 2007
FOREST CITY, Iowa--Winnebago Industries, Inc. , a leading United States motor home manufacturer, today reported financial results for the Companyâs fourth quarter and fiscal year ended August 25, 2007. Revenues for the fourth quarter ended August 25, 2007 were $237.7 million, an increase of 15.7 percent, compared ... Continue reading
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