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Maserati GB Announces Sport Pack For Granturismo S Automatic

Maserati GB Announces Sport Pack For Granturismo S Automatic

Maserati GB is pleased to announce the introduction of a new Sport Pack for its best selling model in the UK, the GranTurismo S Automatic. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Sees Double At The Auto Express New Car Honours 2011

Hyundai Sees Double At The Auto Express New Car Honours 2011

Hyundai products have reigned supreme at the prestigious Auto Express 2011 New Car awards with the i10 winning Best City Car for the second consecutive year and the ix20 scooping Best Supermini MPV. ... Continue reading

Seat Alhambra Scoops Yet Another Coveted Title

Seat Alhambra Scoops Yet Another Coveted Title

SEAT's all-conquering new Alhambra MPV is continuing its remarkable run of major award wins with news that it has been named Best MPV by Britain's biggest-selling weekly motoring magazine - Auto Express. ... Continue reading

Eco-Friendly Vauxhalls Scoop Hat-Trick At Next Green Car Awards

Eco-Friendly Vauxhalls Scoop Hat-Trick At Next Green Car Awards

Vauxhall has been honoured with an impressive treble at the Next Green Car Awards 2011 with the Ampera winning both the overall gold award and the next generation award, whilst Corsa won the prestigious supermini accolade. ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda CX-5 Crossover SUV World Premiere At 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

All-New Mazda CX-5 Crossover SUV World Premiere At 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

The first of Mazda's new-generation vehicles to fully adopt breakthrough SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY and new 'KODO - Soul of Motion' design theme ... Continue reading

Maserati Takes Performance to a New Level with GranCabrio Sport - VIDEO ENHANCED

Maserati Takes Performance to a New Level with GranCabrio Sport - VIDEO ENHANCED

MODENA - August 3, 2011: Maserati has taken the GranCabrio convertible to a new level of performance with the new GranCabrio Sport. With more power, a faster gearshift and a distinctively aggressive look, the GranCabrio Sport has given Maserati a harder-edged convertible to sit alongside the GranTurismo S and the Quatt ... Continue reading

Ontario, Canada - A Global Hub for Green-Tech Auto Research, Production of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Ontario, Canada - A Global Hub for Green-Tech Auto Research, Production of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

The newly formed Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance builds, with 60 member towns and cities stretching from Oshawa to Windsor, produces two million vehicles, plus parts, as the number one automotive jurisdiction in North America. The new Alliance is in Michigan USA this week, at the CAR Management Seminar, to prom ... Continue reading

Acura Reports Declining July 2011 Sales

Acura Reports Declining July 2011 Sales

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 -- While the MDX luxury SUV remained Acura's best selling model, Acura sedan sales edged out light truck sales in July. Acura total car sales for July were 4,762, down 24.4 percent based on daily selling rate*. Total sales for Acura were 9,402 units (down 25.0 percent) while year-to-date ... Continue reading

Volkswagen of America Sales Jump Up 22 Percent in July 2011 Sales

Volkswagen of America Sales Jump Up 22 Percent in July 2011 Sales

• July sales total 29,066 units, a 21.7 percent increase over prior year sales • Best July since 2002 • First Passat Dealer Experience Cars delivered • 62 percent increase in Jetta Sedan sales vs. last year • Best Golf sales since July 2008 • High-mileage, clean diesel TDI models account f ... Continue reading

WOW! Audi Reports Best-Ever July Sales in the U.S., Seventh Straight Record-Setting Month for 2011

WOW! Audi Reports Best-Ever July Sales in the U.S., Seventh Straight Record-Setting Month for 2011

HERNDON, Va., Aug. 2, 2011 -- Audi of America today reported record July U.S. sales of 9,146 luxury vehicles, topping the previous record of 7,974 vehicles sold in July 2001. July 2011 also marked the seventh consecutive month of record-setting sales for the brand in the U.S. market. Year to date, Audi sales in the U.S ... Continue reading

Nissan North America Racks Up Higher July Sales for 2011

Nissan North America Racks Up Higher July Sales for 2011

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2011 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported July U.S. sales of 84,601 units versus 82,337 units a year earlier, an increase of 2.7 percent. Nissan Division sales increased 6.4 percent for the month at 77,191 units. Sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased 24.1 percent from the prior yea ... Continue reading

Subaru of America Reports July 2011 Sales Up Over Last Year

Subaru of America Reports July 2011 Sales Up Over Last Year

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Aug. 2, 2011 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced July 2011 sales of 21,730 and 153,779 year-to-date. "Consumer demand for our products remains at a high level and we look forward to increasing our inventory levels in the coming months to match this high demand," said Thomas J. Doll, executive ... Continue reading

Infiniti Reports July 2011 Sales Down 24 Percent vs. Last Year

Infiniti Reports July 2011 Sales Down 24 Percent vs. Last Year

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2011 -- Infiniti today reported U.S. sales of 7,410 units for July, a decrease of 24.1 percent versus 9,764 units a year earlier. Calendar year-to-date Infiniti sales of 54,678 are down 4.2 percent compared to the 57,064 units sold during the same period last year. Sales of every Infiniti vehic ... Continue reading

Honda Responds to Consumer Reports' Criticism of the 2012 Civic LX

Honda Responds to Consumer Reports' Criticism of the 2012 Civic LX

LOUISVILLE, KY - August 1, 2011: Earlier today Consumer Reports issued a rather scathing rebuke of the 2012 Honda Civic LX. The abbreveated report can be read by CLICKING HERE. Coincidentally, this past May, the 2012 Honda Civic LX received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest rating. You can read that ... Continue reading

TC Cleans Up With Prius

TC Cleans Up With Prius

The UK's largest independently owned cleaning contractor has achieved significant cost-savings as a result of providing its busy area managers with full hybrid cars. TC Cleaning Services runs a fleet of almost 100 vehicles, 70 of which are Toyota Prius hatchbacks. It started using Prius in 2007, and is now in the proce ... Continue reading

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