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The SEAT 1400: the first SEAT vehicle celebrates its 65th anniversary

The SEAT 1400: the first SEAT vehicle celebrates its 65th anniversary

the car that launched SEAT will celebrate its 65th anniversary tomorrow. The SEAT 1400, a luxurious and elegant saloon, marked the beginning of the brand’s story and formed the platform for its future success.The first SEAT 1400 – with registration plate number B-87.223 – rolled off the Zona Franca factory in Bar ... Continue reading

2016 Honda HR-V Receives Leasing Guide Pre-Owned Value Award - Includes Specs, Reviews, Comparisons, Prices

2016 Honda HR-V Receives Leasing Guide Pre-Owned Value Award - Includes Specs, Reviews, Comparisons, Prices

The 2016 Honda HR-V has received a Pre-Owned Value Award (POVA) from ALG, which projects HR-V to have the lowest depreciation from two to five years of age in the mainstream subcompact utility vehicle category. ... Continue reading

Polaris RANGER® and Football Great Joe Thomas Hunt with Wounded Veterans to Raise Awareness and Funding for LEEK Hunting & Mountain Preserve

Polaris RANGER® and Football Great Joe Thomas Hunt with Wounded Veterans to Raise Awareness and Funding for LEEK Hunting & Mountain Preserve

Joe Thomas getting ready to head out on a pheasant hunt with veterans during the Heroes Hunt at LEEK Hunting & Mountain Preserve in partnership with Polaris RANGER. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Joe Thomas and veteran Brett Rogers with the buck Thomas hit earlier in the day during the Heroes ... Continue reading

2018 Range Rover Velar Review and Road Test By Larry Nutson

2018 Range Rover Velar Review and Road Test By Larry Nutson

The new Velar is based on the same architecture as the Jaguar F-Pace, so you can easily see where the sportiness and refinement come from. I would describe the Velar as being on the large-end of the compact SUV segment. That’s a good place to be with more and more families choosing to live in urban, big-city neighbor ... Continue reading

Lincoln Replaces Digital Beeps With Detroit Symphony Sounds

Lincoln Replaces Digital Beeps With Detroit Symphony Sounds

Unique chimes recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will provide musical alerts for drivers of the all-new Lincoln Aviator; the musicians recorded symphonic chimes for about 25 features in the Aviator The six new chimes, selected from hundreds of musical combinations, are a blend of percussion, violin and viola; l ... Continue reading

Electric Drive Vehicle Sales Dashboard

Electric Drive Vehicle Sales Dashboard

EDTA has implemented a new methodology for compiling our monthly report of U.S. plug-in vehicle sales, including plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles. We continue to utilize sales data reports received directly from EDTA members, data sourced from public statements, and, as of September 2018, utilize monthly e ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending November 10, 2018; Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending November 10, 2018; Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Ford Scooter; Lincoln Chimes; Gas Prices Down; Thanksgiving Travel; MB ad Bosch Go Autonomous; Subaru Recall; Mari Hulman George RIP; Tesla Watchman; VW EV SUV ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB RADIO Saturday November 10, 2018; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM - Helping You Enjoy The Drive

AUTO LAB RADIO Saturday November 10, 2018; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM - Helping You Enjoy The Drive

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York City radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Featuring an in-studio panel of experienced hands-on automotive experts sharing accurate, honest, practical and street-smart car repair, automotive career opportunities and vehicle and repair bu ... Continue reading

2019 Mazda CX-5 Launches in Japan

2019 Mazda CX-5 Launches in Japan

Mazda Motor Corporation has begun accepting pre-orders for the updated Mazda CX-5 at dealerships throughout Japan. The freshened crossover SUV offers a distinctive design coupled with the pleasure of Jinba-ittai driving - responsive control over driving, turning and braking – in everyday driving situations. ... Continue reading

NADA Daily Automotive News Roundup - Volvo Production, BMW, Jeep/Chrysler, Used car Prices, California Emissions

NADA Daily Automotive News Roundup - Volvo Production, BMW, Jeep/Chrysler, Used car Prices, California Emissions

Top Stories Volvo Rips Up Production Plans in Effort to Dodge Trade War TariffsVolvo Cars is shredding production plans drawn up for much of its lineup in an effort to dodge tariffs the U.S. and China have slapped on auto imports. Only a few months after opening its first U.S. plant, the Swedish brand has canceled plan ... Continue reading

Former Transportation Secretary Calls for Higher Gas Tax

Former Transportation Secretary Calls for Higher Gas Tax

Ray LaHood thinks President Trump should move now to increase the federal gas tax to fund infrastructure maintenance.  WASHINGTON November 09, 2018; NACS online reported that after the midterm elections, President Donald Trump should strike now to forge a bipartisan transportation deal that would fix the country’s ... Continue reading

Join the RKA Wine Country Motorcycle Ride to Benefit Sonoma Raceway Thanksgiving Food Drive

Join the RKA Wine Country Motorcycle Ride to Benefit Sonoma Raceway Thanksgiving Food Drive

Join the RKA Wine Country Motorcycle Ride to Benefit Sonoma Raceway Thanksgiving Food Drive SONOMA, Calif. ... Continue reading

Pep Boys Presents Free One-Year Vehicle Maintenance Packages to 106 Veterans Through Progressive’s Keys to Progress® Program

Pep Boys Presents Free One-Year Vehicle Maintenance Packages to 106 Veterans Through Progressive’s Keys to Progress® Program

U.S. military veterans who received a refurbished vehicle through Progressive's Keys to Progress program. ... Continue reading

Ford Buys Scooter Company

Ford Buys Scooter Company

Ford Smart Mobility, LLC acquires Spin, a San Francisco-based electric scooter-sharing company that provides customers an alternative for first- and last-mile transportation (Photo: Business Wire) Ford Smart Mobility, LLC acquires Spin, a San Francisco-based electric scooter-sharing company that provides customers an a ... Continue reading

Velodyne Lidar Experts to Address Perception Breakthroughs for Autonomous Vehicles at IDTechEx

Velodyne Lidar Experts to Address Perception Breakthroughs for Autonomous Vehicles at IDTechEx

The Velodyne VLS-128™ is a lidar sensor specifically made for autonomous driving and advanced vehicle safety at highway speeds. ... Continue reading

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