| Mini towels up Anthony Weiner in Twitter gibe |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
Mini USA’s marketing agency Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners created the Twitter account @CarlosDMotor, sending up Weiner's alias, Carlos Danger, with a note on its profile page explaining: "Danger is my middle name". The sole post from the account features an image of a Mini Cooper in a bathroom dressed in a towel accompanied by the message, "Wanna get your hands on ...
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| Australian road rule consistency could improve safety report |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
(NTC). The major recommendation from the draft evaluation report, Review of the Australian Road Rules and Vehicle Standards Rules, is to move from the current 'model law' approach, which is a guide for states and territories to create their own laws, to an 'applied law' approach. NTC CEO and commissioner Paul Retter explained an applied law system involves one state enacting ...
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| Carmakers rev creativity in shift to digital ads |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
Automakers are turning up spending and creativity as they move to more nontraditional advertising, videos and social media campaigns to reach customers who ...
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| Used car prices stuck in reverse |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
Used cars, like these on display in Johnson City, Tenn., have gotten more affordable, especially the small cars and hybrids. The average retail price of a used car fell by $1,000 per car in the later half of 2012. (Ron ...
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| Knoxville to seek publics input on food trucks |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
(WBIR - Knoxville) Food trucks are flooding into East Tennessee these days with plenty of new fans each day, but now the City of Knoxville is looking to put into place some rules for the booming industry. The city will hold a meeting Wednesday to discuss the regulation of food trucks. Knoxville Downtown coordinator Rick Emmett said an ordinance, enacted in the 1960's, prohibits food trucks ...
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| Ranking All Nine Generations of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
his September--to the delight of strivers, fixers, ambulance chasers, studio executives, first wives, import/export operators, Third World factory owners, mid-level Emirati royals, and "legitimate businesspeople" the world over--Mercedes-Benz will release the latest iteration of its range-topping sedan: the S-Class. This vehicle line is not only intended to epitomize a brand promise of ...
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| Nissan Almera facelift spied in China |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
The Japanese brand's city-sized sedan was originally unveiled in December 2010 in China where it is badged as the Nissan Sunny. It launched in the US as the Nissan Versa in April 2011, and arrived in Australia in August 2012 under the Almera ...
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| Honda re-enacts 1989 Ayrton Senna lap of Suzuka |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
McLaren Senna drove to set his 1:38.041record-breaking lap of the Suzuka circuit, Honda recreated the effort by positioning speakers and lights along the 5.8km track and synchronised both with the original lap. Despite his pole position in the race and subsequent win, his teammate, ...
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| Milan treating CSKA like losers over Honda |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
CSKA Moscow president Yevgeny Giner has told AC Milan to stop treating his club "like losers" if they wish to fast-forward the deal for Keisuke ...
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| Thieves break into 18 cars on lot of Holiday Inn Express |
Jul 30th, 2013 |
o Police are investigating 18 car break-ins that happened overnight at the Holiday Inn Express near Lafayette Square.Officers were called to the hotel, 2625 Lafayette Avenue, shortly after midnight. When they arrived, they saw a red pickup truck occupied by four men stopped in the street just outside the parking lot.As the officer approached the vehicle, it fled at a high rate of speed and was ...
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