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Ford, Uber, and Lyft to Share Data Through New Platform

Ford, Uber, and Lyft to Share Data Through New Platform

Agreement To Share Data Through New Platform That Gives Cities And Mobility Companies New Tools To Manage Congestion, Cut Greenhouse Gases And Reduce Crashes ... Continue reading

What Did You Do This Summer? Toyota Helped Paleontologists Discover A Treasure Trove Of Dinosaur Bones In Wyoming

What Did You Do This Summer? Toyota Helped Paleontologists Discover A Treasure Trove Of Dinosaur Bones In Wyoming

Two of the biggest blockbusters of the summer movie season revolved around prehistoric creatures making a comeback in the modern age. In the wilds of the American West, Toyota supported a paleontology team from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, as they embarked on an exciting journey through a long-lost world of ... Continue reading

Faith Leaders Deliver Petition to Ford Headquarters to Stand By Clean Car Rules

Faith Leaders Deliver Petition to Ford Headquarters to Stand By Clean Car Rules

Clergy and religious leaders from across Michigan and the Midwest walked into Ford Motor Company Headquarters today to deliver a message of faith that calls on the company to publicly stand by national clean car standards, without compliance loopholes or flexibilities, which would erode its strongest benefits for those ... Continue reading

AAA: Most Drivers Don't Understand New Car Driver Assistance Technology

AAA: Most Drivers Don't Understand New Car Driver Assistance Technology

Misunderstanding and misuse of driver assistance technology could lead to a crash WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 26, 2018) – More and more, drivers are recognizing the value in having vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) like blind spot monitoring systems, forward collision warning and lane keeping assist ... Continue reading

U.S Consumer Confidence At 18 Year High

U.S Consumer Confidence At 18 Year High

WASHINGTON September 25, 2018; Reuters reported that U.S. consumer confidence surged to an 18-year high in September as households grew more upbeat about the labor market, pointing to sustained strength in the economy despite an increasingly bitter trade dispute between the United States and China. While other data on ... Continue reading

2018 Ford F-150 Review By John Heilig

2018 Ford F-150 Review By John Heilig

First, the Big Papa, the F-150. Ford’s pickup has been a best-seller for four decades, and it’s easy to see why. It is solidly built with a host of features. Our tester was powered by a 2.7-liter turbocharged V-6 that delivered a healthy 325 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque. A 3.5-liter V6, 5.0-liter V8 are als ... Continue reading

2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Specs, Prices, Options, Interior, Exterior and Drive Train

2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Specs, Prices, Options, Interior, Exterior and Drive Train

Compact point of entry to the world of premium saloons The A-Class Saloon as the seventh model further expands the range of compact cars from Mercedes-Benz. A logical addition, because with the C, E and S-Class, Mercedes-Benz has more premium saloon competence than most other manufacturers. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-AMG Project One: Prototype Testing

Mercedes-AMG Project One: Prototype Testing

The development of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE show car, presented at IAA 2017, had been intensively worked on behind closed doors for several months. In a highly complex, digital development process ("Project ONE Virtual Engineering"), the transnational project team worked towards its common goal: putting Formula 1 h ... Continue reading

National Name Your Car Day Survey Finds Over 40% of Americans Name Their Vehicles

National Name Your Car Day Survey Finds Over 40% of Americans Name Their Vehicles

Women are 7% more likely than men to name their vehicles * 55% of respondents personify vehicles as female * 56% believe that a car's personality, make and model, and color influence the vehicle's name * 78% of drivers who name their car know someone else who has named their car too * 6% of all car names are Betsy and ... Continue reading

PREVIEW: 2019 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe New Standard Equip and Trim

PREVIEW: 2019 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe New Standard Equip and Trim

The 2019 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe receive a number of upgrades aimed at further solidifying Civic's status as America's retail best-selling passenger car. ... Continue reading

Bentley Continental GT Wins Double Gold at Prestigious German Design Awards

Bentley Continental GT Wins Double Gold at Prestigious German Design Awards

The all-new Bentley Continental GT has won Gold in two key categories of the prestigious German Design Awards – one of the most highly respected design competitions in the world. The luxury Grand Tourer was named winner by a jury of independent experts in the categories for best ‘Exterior Premium Brand’ and best ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Cullinan Heads to Jackson Hole for Luxury Event Of The Year

Rolls-Royce Cullinan Heads to Jackson Hole for Luxury Event Of The Year

A collection of Rolls-Royce Cullinans has departed the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex to attend the luxury event of the year. Bound for the vast and challenging terrain of Wyoming in the United States, Cullinan will be appraised by 200 of the world’s top journalists and social influencers during its Glo ... Continue reading

Firestone FS818 Tire Recall

Firestone FS818 Tire Recall

Please click on the following NHTSA Recall ID links to view the recall information. NHTSA Recall ID Number : 18T011 Synopsis : Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (BATO) is recalling certain Firestone FS818 tires with date codes 2318-2418, Bridgestone M854 tires with date codes 2418-2518, Bridgestone M860A tires ... Continue reading

RECALL FIRE RISK: 2015 to 2017 Nissan Murano, 2016 and 2017 Nissan Maxima, 2017 through 2018 Nissan Pathfinder and 2017 Infiniti QX60 vehicles

RECALL FIRE RISK: 2015 to 2017 Nissan Murano, 2016 and 2017 Nissan Maxima, 2017 through 2018 Nissan Pathfinder and 2017 Infiniti QX60 vehicles

Nissan recalled more than 215,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. due to a fire risk and is advising people to park the vehicles outdoors in rare cases. An anti-lock brake pump can leak brake fluid onto a circuit board, causing an electrical short and increasing the fire risk, according to the company. ... Continue reading

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