November 5, 2014 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Grammy® winner and dog ‘mother’ to seven rescue dogs, Miranda Lambert and Ram Trucks have announced a partnership that kicks off this week with Lambert auctioning off a customized Ram Laramie Longhorn to benefit Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation. The auction is just the beginning of a relationship between […]
Auburn Hills, Mich. – The all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 has earned a five-star overall safety rating from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Five stars is the highest possible safety rating given by NHTSA. The Chrysler brand’s all-new midsize sedan scored five stars in NHTSA tests that evaluate performance in: Frontal collisions Side-impacts […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn., — AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Interamerican Motor Corporation (IMC). Founded in 1962, IMC, which currently operates 17 locations, is the second largest distributor of OE quality import replacement parts in the United States. The company has been committed to offering an extensive parts line […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges owners of certain Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors vehicles to act immediately on recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags. Over seven million vehicles are involved in these recalls, which have occurred as far back as 18 months […]
DETROIT – Trash to fuel, the stuff of the 1980s sci-fi comedy movie trilogy “Back to the Future,” is now a reality. The 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala – not a tricked-out DeLorean – really can run on leftovers, table scraps and, oh, yeah, grains from brewing beer. Cleveland-based quasar energy group uses organic waste to […]
WASHINGTON – New vehicles achieved an all-time-high fuel economy in 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 miles per gallon (mpg) — a 0.5 mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Fuel economy has now increased in eight […]
AKRON, Ohio, – Professional truck drivers traveled 421.3 billion miles of road in the United States last year – consuming more than 52 billion gallons of fuel along the way, according to data from the American Trucking Associations. “Fuel is the average trucking fleet’s top expense,” said Brian Buckham, general manager, commercial product marketing, The […]
MILFORD, Mich. – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra and her executive leadership team outlined the company’s customer-focused strategic plan to become the most valued automotive company at a conference for investors and financial analysts today at the company’s Milford Proving Ground. “In the nine months that this leadership team has been together, […]
The new PEUGEOT 308 GT and PEUGEOT 508 are perfect examples of the brand’s upmarket shift and technological expertise. Elsewhere, the PEUGEOT EXALT and PEUGEOT QUARTZ concepts demonstrate a distinctive, high-end combination of thrills and efficiency. PEUGEOT’s technological prowess in enhancing the experience behind the wheel while developing environment-friendly solutions holds centre stage with the […]
COLOGNE, Germany, – Ford Motor Company’s total European vehicle sales rose 14.4 per cent in August versus a year ago, outpacing the overall industry sales increase of 2 per cent. Ford’s year-to-date sales in Europe have increased 7.1 per cent largely on the strength of new and significantly refreshed vehicles. Ford’s total vehicle market share […]
