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Icons Remastered: The new FIAT 500 and Singer-Songwriter Ella Eyre Debut New Track

Icons Remastered: The new FIAT 500 and Singer-Songwriter Ella Eyre Debut New Track

The new FIAT 500 and British singer-songwriter Ella Eyre created history last night by debuting a re-mastered iconic track on stage together. A star-studded crowd gathered at an exclusive event in Potters Fields Park, London to witness a specially re-mastered version of the number one track “Best Of My Love” ... Continue reading

Audi Emphasises the 'S' with the New Plus Version of the SQ5 TDI

Audi Emphasises the 'S' with the New Plus Version of the SQ5 TDI

Power hike of almost 30 PS and 50Nm of extra torque for new Q5 flagship --340 PS and 700 Nm of torque available from the 3.0-litre V6 BiTDI powerplant --0-62mph in 5.1 seconds, 155mph top speed --The first model in the Q5 range fitted with a sports differential in addition to quattro all-wheel drive for even more suref ... Continue reading

ŠKODA Passion at Frankfurt

ŠKODA Passion at Frankfurt

ŠKODA’s passion for expressive design and their new model versions will be on show to the world at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). One special highlight at the IAA (15 to 27 September 2015) will be the new ŠKODA Superb Combi. The mid-class estate, making its first appearance at an international motor show, ... Continue reading

Latest Zerolight Digital Showroom Technology to be Demostrated on IBM Stand at IAA

Latest Zerolight Digital Showroom Technology to be Demostrated on IBM Stand at IAA

First public demonstration of latest, state-of-the-art 3D configurator featuring the Pagani Huayra TYNE & WEAR, UK -- Sept. 4, 2015: Journalists invited to configure their dream Pagani and take home personalised visualisation Visitors to the 2015 IAA autoshow in Frankfurt will be able to discover how digital technology ... Continue reading

Ford F-150 Surprises Construction Workers with Massaging Seats

Ford F-150 Surprises Construction Workers with Massaging Seats

Ford surprised some of the hardest working guys in Michigan with the massaging seats now available on the Ford F-150. The new F-150 is more than the toughest, smartest and most capable F-150 ever. F-150 King Ranch, Platinum and Limited editions offer passenger convenience features rivaling high-end luxury vehicles, mak ... Continue reading

Wissmann: Frankfurt IAA Cars Starts with 210 World Premieres

Wissmann: Frankfurt IAA Cars Starts with 210 World Premieres

Innovations up by one third – highest number this century: 1,103 exhibitors from 39 countries – focus on connected and automated driving Ladies and Gentlemen, may I welcome you most warmly to our live webcast press conference. In just a few days, the world’s most important trade show for mobility, the 66 ... Continue reading

Prestone Products Recalls Windshield De-Icer and Ice and Frost Shield Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

Prestone Products Recalls Windshield De-Icer and Ice and Frost Shield Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

De-Icer-and-Ice-and-Frost-Shield/ Recall Summary Name of Product: Prestone® Windshield De-Icer and Prestone® Ice & Frost Shield Hazard: The trigger spray assembly can be removed from the De-Icer and Frost Shield container. The product contains methanol and ethylene glycol. Children may gain access to the product by r ... Continue reading

Michelin Announces 2016 Winners of 'Mobility for All' International Design Competition

Michelin Announces 2016 Winners of 'Mobility for All' International Design Competition

Winners hail from 13 countries, including United States Michelin today announced the 14 winners of the global 2016 Michelin Challenge Design, "Mobility for All – Designing for the Next Frontier." Works by individuals and teams of designers from Albania, Bahrain, Canada, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, P ... Continue reading

BYD Motors Wins America's Largest Electric Bus Order

BYD Motors Wins America's Largest Electric Bus Order

Electric Bus leader wins 10 of 12 vehicle categories in 800 bus RFP OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 4, 2015 -- California's BYD Motors has been awarded what industry commentators are calling a "dominant" win in the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Heavy Duty Bus RFP that closed in August. The contract allows ... Continue reading

Hot Wheels Takes Over New York City with a Fleet of Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper Vehicles to Celebrate Force Friday

Hot Wheels Takes Over New York City with a Fleet of Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper Vehicles to Celebrate Force Friday

Today, Hot Wheels is offering Uber riders and fans in New York City the chance to catch a free ride in a Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper Dodge Charger uniquely modeled after the Hot Wheels 1:64 character car, available at retailers nationwide. ... Continue reading

Labor Day Weekend Gasoline Prices Lowest in 11 Years

Labor Day Weekend Gasoline Prices Lowest in 11 Years

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline was $2.51/gallon (g) on August 31, the lowest price for the Monday before Labor Day since 2004, and 95¢/g lower than the same time last year. Declines in crude oil prices are the main driv ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Restores Sink-hole Damaged "1 Millionth" Corvette +VIDEO

Chevrolet Restores Sink-hole Damaged "1 Millionth" Corvette +VIDEO

After more than four months and 1,200 man-hours of painstaking craftsmanship, restoration of the milestone 1 millionth Corvette – a white 1992 convertible – is complete. It was unveiled today at the National Corvette Museum, where it returns as part of the permanent exhibit. The car was damaged on Feb. 12, 2014, when ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2016 BMW 340i Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive: 2016 BMW 340i Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor ACHENKIRCHEN, Austria. When I joined the event for the test drives with the renewed BMW 3 Series last week, I remembered the very first 3 Series (for insiders the E21), which I owned in the late seventies. Then, I had just started being an instructor at the race academy at Zandvoo ... Continue reading

Ford SYNC AppLink Developer Conference Comes to San Francisco with TechCrunch Disrupt SF

Ford SYNC AppLink Developer Conference Comes to San Francisco with TechCrunch Disrupt SF

Coming on the heels of the release of Ford’s latest generation of SYNC®, Ford Motor Company has announced that its second annual SYNC AppLink™ Developer Conference will be held in collaboration with TechCrunch Disrupt SF. For the first time, the Sept. 19 event will be held in San Francisco, capitalizing on the regio ... Continue reading

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