| Customized Reminders Help Drive Additional Business, AutoShop Express Says |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
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Auto repair shop owners need to find ways to keep customers coming back in the face of potential economic uncertainty, according to distributor.
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| Auto Outlook Smart keys vs. smartphones new car mileage a record 24.5 mph |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
As a new car owner I can tell you about the hassle of carrying a smart key as big as a tube of lip balm around to open, close and start the vehicle. The so-called "smart key" is becoming standard with most new vehicles, but already some auto watchers are touting smartphone apps to run your car instead of a traditional or electronic key. A popular Chevrolet Cruze commercial features two ...
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| Latino buying power helps drive auto sales in Denver |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
A worker prepares a VW CC Sport Plus at last year's Denver Auto Show. The 2013 offering runs Wednesday through March 24 at the Colorado Convention Center. IPTC: A worker gets underneath a 2013 VW CC Sport Plus as the set-up continues Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012 at the 2012 Denver Auto Show at the Colorado Convention Center will features more than 500 vehicles from 30 manufacturers and will fill ...
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| Toyota rarely credited for its innovation in the industry |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
Respect is a hard commodity to come by these days. A lack of respect seems more common than admiration for a job well done. Consider Toyota.In recent years, the company displaced General Motors from the perch it had occupied for decades as the world's largest automaker. But while Toyota's business acumen is held in high regard, their ability to build vehicles is derisively likened to ...
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| Video Obama calls to shift cars trucks off oil for good |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
In a taped weekly address from Argonne National Laboratory, where he traveled on Friday to promote renewable energy technology, President Obama continued beating the energy independence drum, calling for a plan to "shift our cars and trucks off of oil for ...
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| Southern Discomfort 24 Hours of LeMons Day 1: Cessna Road Racer Doing Well, Some Other Stuff Happened |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
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When we saw that Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws had raised the bar to stratospheric heights with their race car made from a Cessna 310 fuselage affixed to a Toyota Space Van chassis during the Southern Discomfort inspections on Friday, almost everybody at the track thought that the Spirit of LeMons would explode, or [...]
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| Australian Grand Prix qualifying halted |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix was postponed Saturday due to heavy rain in the Melbourne area. The starting grid for the Formula One season opener will be finalized Sunday, weather permitting, at the Albert Circuit Park, in the hours before the scheduled start of the 58-lap race. Saturday's qualifying was under way when the rains moved in. Six drivers were eliminated during the ...
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| Toyota recalls 4000 defective cars in China |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
Japanese automaker Toyota will recall around 4,400 units of its FJ Cruiser cars in China over seat-belt flaws, China's consumer quality watchdog said. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said that Toyota China will recall imported cars produced between December 2007 and March 2013, Xinhua reported. Toyota is working on the solution to the flaw and will ...
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| AG No Rolls Royce for me |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
A photograph posted on social networking site WhatsApp, on a phone linked to Attorney General Anand Ramlogan's office recently sparked rumours that he purchased a Rolls Royce luxury vehicle. The picture was of a pearl white Rolls Royce Ghost registered PCY 118, which can range in price from 175,000 to 250,000 pounds sterling. But Ramlogan yesterday denied that he was the owner of the ...
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| Vandals Slash Tires on 39 Cars in Rockland |
Mar 17th, 2013 |
ROCKLAND (CBS) – An entire neighborhood appears to have been victimized by vandals, after dozens of residents woke up on Saturday to find their cars’ tires slashed. Justin Bodio was just one of 39 victims on Union St. in downtown Rockland. When he left the house, three of his tires were ...
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