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Consumers Are Not Ready for Keyless Cars, Finds Strategy Analytics

Consumers Are Not Ready for Keyless Cars, Finds Strategy Analytics

“Keyless Cars: Do Consumers Want Them, and Are Automakers Ready?”. While keyless technology provides a number of benefits such as consumers having one less item to lose or replace and automakers leveraging the technology for fleet management, it also holds fundamental disadvantages – the requirement of an active ... Continue reading

1993 New Car Reviews - The Auto Channel

1993 New Car Reviews - The Auto Channel

Way Back Reviews: 1993 Car Reviews, 1993 Truck Reviews ... Continue reading

IHOP® Restaurants Celebrates Six Decades Of Pancakin' With 60 Cent Pancakes On July 17

IHOP® Restaurants Celebrates Six Decades Of Pancakin' With 60 Cent Pancakes On July 17

GLENDALE, Calif., July 10, 2018 -- Sixty years ago, the opening of the first International House of Pancakes® – better known today as IHOP® – kicked off the all-day breakfast craze and revolutionized the pancake experience. To mark its milestone anniversary, IHOP is throwing a party and inviting guests to join by ... Continue reading

Pot, Alcohol and Texting Driver Impairment Awareness Day to Educate Consumers on the Risks.

Pot, Alcohol and Texting Driver Impairment Awareness Day to Educate Consumers on the Risks.

DENVER, July 10, 2018 -- The Adams County Sheriff's Office and Dacorum Strategies, a Denver based Government Affairs and Public Policy/Education firm for the cannabis industry, partner to present a first of its kind Driver Impairment Awareness Day utilizing onsite consumption of either marijuana or alcohol, and an actu ... Continue reading

More Than 600 Gallons of Gasoline Robbed From Detroit Gas Station.

More Than 600 Gallons of Gasoline Robbed From Detroit Gas Station.

Who Hacked the Gas Pumps? ​DETROIT July 9, 2018; NACSonline reported that Detroit police are trying to determine who managed to hack into a local convenience store’s fueling system and make away with 600 gallons of gas during the middle of the day, reports Detroit’s Fox News station. The well-planned crime took a ... Continue reading

NHTSA Recall Roundup: Mazda, Volkswagen, Newmar, Thor, Thomas Built, Glaval, More

NHTSA Recall Roundup: Mazda, Volkswagen, Newmar, Thor, Thomas Built, Glaval, More

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

Nissan TITAN XD Flexes Its Beach Bod as TITAN Surfcamp +VIDEO

Nissan TITAN XD Flexes Its Beach Bod as TITAN Surfcamp +VIDEO

Sand under tires, sun setting on the Atlantic Ocean, Nissan today dropped the towel on the ultimate beach-inspired show vehicle – TITAN Surfcamp. ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest July 2-8, 2018: US June Sales; Mazda Air Bag Recall; Geneva Sans Ford; EPA Changes; Volvo M; RIP Dee Ann Andretti

Automotive News Digest July 2-8, 2018: US June Sales; Mazda Air Bag Recall; Geneva Sans Ford; EPA Changes; Volvo M; RIP Dee Ann Andretti

Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile TACH's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News In "Digest" Sized Chunks ... Continue reading

Mazda Recalls 270,000 Vehicles For Faulty Air Bags

Mazda Recalls 270,000 Vehicles For Faulty Air Bags

July 6, 2018; The AP reported that Mazda is recalling nearly 270,000 vehicles with Takata airbags that have the potential to explode. Chemicals used to inflate the air bags can deteriorate in some conditions, causing them to deploy with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister that can result in flying shrapnel. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York 7-9 AM This Saturday July 7, 2018

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York 7-9 AM This Saturday July 7, 2018

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 20 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Receives The Plus X Award as "Most Innovative Brand" For The Third Time in 2018

Volkswagen Receives The Plus X Award as "Most Innovative Brand" For The Third Time in 2018

Volkswagen is continuously setting new standards in product design at a world-class level. This is why the Wolfsburg-based company has received the Plus X Award as “Most Innovative Brand” for the third year in a row. ... Continue reading

2019 Genesis G70: Engineered To Care

2019 Genesis G70: Engineered To Care

The 2019 Genesis G70 is engineered to put drivers first offering customers the same, industry-leading levels of safety, customer service and technological advancements found across the Genesis lineup. G70 is the third Genesis model in a lineup consistently recognized for excellence in quality and the ownership experien ... Continue reading

Media Advisory - Additional Coast Guard Capacity For Victoria, B.C.

Media Advisory - Additional Coast Guard Capacity For Victoria, B.C.

VICTORIA, July 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Terry Beech, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, will announce additional Coast Guard capacity in Victoria and other measures under the Oceans Protection Plan. Media are invited to attend. ... Continue reading

Gas Pump Skimming on the Rise

Gas Pump Skimming on the Rise

The U.S. Secret Service issues skimmer warning during one of the summer’s busiest travel weeks as many motorists are hitting the road over the July 4 holiday, the U.S. Secret Service announced an uptick in skimmers found in gas pumps ... Continue reading

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