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Jeep Grand Cherokee Wins Inaugural PAPA Best of the Southwest Award and Luxury Off-Road Award

Jeep Grand Cherokee Wins Inaugural PAPA Best of the Southwest Award and Luxury Off-Road Award

Jeep® Grand Cherokee wins inaugural Phoenix Automotive Press Association (PAPA) Best of the Southwest award PAPA Best of the Southwest winner chosen from the Active Lifestyle Vehicle finalists Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel wins "Luxury Off-Road" category More than 100 athletes and outdoor enthusiasts evaluated ... Continue reading

Mopar Brand Previews Modified Vehicles for Upcoming SEMA Show

Mopar Brand Previews Modified Vehicles for Upcoming SEMA Show

Teaser images offer a glimpse of the Mopar-modified vehicles to debut at the 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show Vehicles representing the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram and FIAT brands will be displayed in Mopar's 15,345-square-foot SEMA exhibit on November 3-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Hund ... Continue reading

Subaru Share The Love Event Returns For Its Eighth Year

Subaru Share The Love Event Returns For Its Eighth Year

Subaru of America, Inc. has announced the return of its annual Share the Love event for 2015. Entering the program's eighth year, Subaru is hoping to donate up to $15 million to its Share the Love charitable partners, which would mean a total of $65 million donated throughout the life of the program. From November 19, ... Continue reading

Ford Earns Top Grade for Water Conservation

Ford Earns Top Grade for Water Conservation

Ford Motor Company receives an “A” grade for its work to conserve water by CDP, the world’s only global environmental disclosure agency. CDP’s full report will be unveiled today as world leaders gather in Tokyo for a broad conversation about global water use From 2000 to 2014, Ford reduced its water ... Continue reading

Groupe Renault Designers Celebrate Le Crobusier at Villa Savoye

Groupe Renault Designers Celebrate Le Crobusier at Villa Savoye

The Design teams at Groupe Renault regularly work on future-looking topics unrelated to range renewals, helping them to explore new ways forward and offering creative staff more leisurely moments. Beginning two years ago, the teams decided to investigate the topic of “French cultural objects”. Their research and insp ... Continue reading

The New PEUGEOT 308 GTi by PEUGEOT SPORT Launches in UK

The New PEUGEOT 308 GTi by PEUGEOT SPORT Launches in UK

New 308 GTi launches in the UK on 5th November when the model is available in Dealerships Dynamic credentials of this performance model demonstrated through special launch National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham hosted the action against an F2 Powerboat COVENTRY, UK -- Oct. 22, 2015: Ahead of the official UK launch of ... Continue reading

New Versions of Audi RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback Bring Power and Performance Even Closer to Supercar Levels

New Versions of Audi RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback Bring Power and Performance Even Closer to Supercar Levels

A new peak is about to be reached in the Audi RS range as RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback ‘performance’ models join their existing and already formidable counterparts and ramp power up to a colossal 605PS and torque to up to 750Nm. Despite doing even greater justice to the RS badge by translating their 45PS and ... Continue reading

San Antonio Auto & Truck Show Announces 2016 Green Truck of the Year and Commercial Green Car of the Year Finalists

San Antonio Auto & Truck Show Announces 2016 Green Truck of the Year and Commercial Green Car of the Year Finalists

Green Car Journal and the San Antonio Auto & Truck Show have announced finalists for the 2016 Green Truck of the Year™ and 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year™ awards. The Green Truck of the Year™ nominees are the Chevrolet Colorado Duramax, Ford F-150, GMC Canyon Duramax, Nissan Titan XD, and Toyota T ... Continue reading

Auto Care Association Alerts Congress to Anti-Competitive Impact of Vehicle Cybersecurity Draft Bill

Auto Care Association Alerts Congress to Anti-Competitive Impact of Vehicle Cybersecurity Draft Bill

In a letter sent this week to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, the Auto Care Association warned that provisions in draft vehicle cybersecurity legislation could allow car companies to take "full control over who has access to key vehicle systems, many of which are needed for repair purposes." The letter fu ... Continue reading

Buick Brings Book Lovers Free and Convenient Listening

Buick Brings Book Lovers Free and Convenient Listening

Audiobooks.com integration comes through OnStar and Apple CarPlay Listening to a new book is easy in a Buick, thanks to OnStar 4G LTE being standard on every 2016 model. And thanks to Audiobooks.com, downloads of two books are free through the end of next year. Any Buick customer with an active OnStar subscription can ... Continue reading

Chevy Camaro Red Line Concepts Showcase Latest Accessories

Chevy Camaro Red Line Concepts Showcase Latest Accessories

Blending equal parts style and functionality, Chevrolet’s Red Line Series concept vehicles demonstrate the lifestyle and personalization possibilities of the brand’s latest vehicles – all with a street-smart aesthetic. Chevrolet previewed the Red Line concepts today, including Trax, Malibu, Camaro, Color ... Continue reading

New Hands-Free Technologies Pose Hidden Dangers for Drivers

New Hands-Free Technologies Pose Hidden Dangers for Drivers

Potentially unsafe mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to surprising new research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The results raise new and unexpected concerns regarding the use of phones and vehicle informat ... Continue reading

Daimler: Record Unit Sales and Revenue in Third Quarter

Daimler: Record Unit Sales and Revenue in Third Quarter

Unit sales significantly above prior-year level at 720,000 vehicles (+13%) Revenue up by 13% to €37.3 billion Group EBIT of €3,661 million (Q3 2014: €3,732 million incl. the sale of the stake in Rolls-Royce Power Systems Holding) Significant increase in Group EBIT from ongoing business to €3,657 mil ... Continue reading

Autonomous Vehicles Could Shrink U.S. Personal Auto Insurance Sector By 60 Percent

Autonomous Vehicles Could Shrink U.S. Personal Auto Insurance Sector By 60 Percent

A decline in accident frequency due to safer vehicles and the adoption of autonomous vehicles could shrink the U.S. personal auto insurance sector by 60 percent within 25 years, according to KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory services firm. The new research report, titled "Marketplace of Change: ... Continue reading

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