| Indie agency hires senior auto marketer |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
EXCLUSIVE: Independent media agency Kruse Media has recruited senior automotive digital marketer, Mark Grier, as strategy director following a string of business wins. Grier joined the Melbourne-based agency earlier this year from Infiniti Cars where he was digital marketing and CRM manager. Before joining Infiniti in 2011 he racked up 10 years with BMW in various digital roles including ...
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| Beijing Auto unit eyes European assets |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Beijing Automotive Group Co, which manufactures vehicles with Daimler AG and Hyundai Motor Co in China, has started a unit to spearhead acquisitions abroad, starting with ...
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| Lexus baby SUV spied in early testing |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
baby soft-roader to sit below its RX SUV was inevitable due to the popularity of SUVs and increasingly tough emissions regulations, and the model is now undergoing development ahead of an expected release in ...
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| Lotus Motorcycles British sports car maker to build 150kW hyperbike |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
, which will produce two-wheelers showcasing the technology and sporting the logos and livery of the iconic British sports car brand. A joint project ...
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| Honda Accord Hybrid 3.3L100km sedan revealed |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Accord PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) that went on sale in the US earlier this year, minus the plug-in charging capability. Teaming a 102kW 2.0-litre four-cylinder Atkinson cycle petrol engine with a 124kW electric motor and a 6.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack, the Sport Hybrid i-MMD unit delivers the Honda AccordHybrida total output of 147kW. Combined with an automatic continuously ...
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| One dead in auto pedestrian crash |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin Police said a man fleeing from officers died after being hit by a car on Airport Boulevard Sunday night. Around 7 pm officers responded to the Mason Manor Apartment complex on Gunter street because people were at the apartments when they reportedly shouldn't have been. When police arrived on the scene, one of the men ran across Airport Boulevard and was hit by a car. He ...
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| Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG successor hits the streets |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
CarAdvice's own spy shots from last week that revealed some of the secrets of the new car, which will be underpinned by the same front-engine, rear-wheel-drive chassis as the SLS AMG and feature larger front air intakes to feed its turbocharged engine, tipped to be a twin-turbo V8. The new model will be smaller than the SLS AMG as the Stuttgart-based car maker looks to go after hometown ...
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| Driven by auto shows sales rally to continue through June |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> Clout of regional expos grows as brands continue to look to smaller cities May's double-digit growth in auto sales was largely driven by the release of hundreds of new models at Auto Shanghai, the largest domestic event in the industry this year, insiders say. Analysts are projecting that the momentum will be sustained in June because of a number of shows in ...
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| Honda looks to get back in the game by introducing models |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> Honda Motor Co plans to more than double its annual sales in China to 1.3 million units by 2015 through an aggressive new model offensive. The Japanese carmaker announced in a recent press conference in Beijing that it will introduce 12 new models to China from this year to 2015, and five of them will be developed specially for Chinese customers. Six of the new cars ...
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| 5 Best Bucket List Cars |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
With baby boomers more aware of their own mortality these days, "bucket lists" of things to do before one's demise have become increasingly popular. Here are five of the cars we think that anyone needs to drive before kicking the bucket, taking the big dirt nap, biting the dust or, well, you get the ...
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