| GM withdraws applications for top-level domain names |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
Washington - General Motors Co. said Wednesday it is withdrawing all five of its applications for top-level domain names - the equivalent of .com and .org.Citing records posted on the website for the ...
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| New Jeep Liberty to Debut in New York |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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Mike Manley, president and CEO of the Jeep brand has confirmed that the new version of the Jeep Liberty will debut at the New York Auto Show next month. Chrysler Group plans to have the new Liberty on sale by the end of the second quarter. There has been speculation that the Liberty name will [...]
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| Going Viral: Ford Looks to Social Media “Agents” for 2014 Fiesta Campaign |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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If you post, tweet, Pin, Instagram–whatever–you could be part of The 2014 Ford Fiesta ad campaign. The Fiesta is Ford’s European-inspired subcompact, and the automaker is hoping an innovative social marketing campaign will hit the sweet spot for the Fiesta’s target demographic, one that is assumed to be especially active in social media channels. Ford [...]
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| 2014 McLaren P1 Specs: 903 hp, F1-Style IPAS and DRS Systems, Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain [2013 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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McLaren has been releasing teasing previews of nearly every aspect of the 2014 P1 supercar in the run-up to the 2013 Geneva auto show, but now it has dropped the motherload: The car’s until-now unknown powertrain specs. As expected, the F1 successor’s details are impressive, including 903 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque from a [...]
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| Anatomy of an F1 Pit Stop: 0:03 Is the Magic Number |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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In Formula 1, fuel delivery used to dictate the length of pit stops. But since the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile banned in-race refueling in 2010, the cars now carry enough fuel for the duration of the race, meaning time in the pits is determined by how quickly a 14-plus-man crew can swap four wheels and tires. [...]
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-class Coupe Spy Photos: The Next CL-class in All But Name |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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What It Is: The next generation CL-class, although it will revert to S-class coupe nomenclature to more closely align with Mercedes’ flagship sedan. The name change makes it the first two-door S since the W140 generation of the 1990s. The outgoing CL represented the personal luxury coupe cranked up to 15, and you can expect [...]
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| GDP Predicts Auto Sales |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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 Personal income, interest rates and the price of gas all influence auto sales, but a country's gross domestic product alone is a good indicator of new sales, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
In a new study of 48 countries, UMTRI research professor Michael Sivak found that the logarithm of GDP accounted for nearly 90 percent of the variance in the logarithm of vehicle sales from 2005 to 2011.
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| Chrysler Recalls Vipers for Air Bags |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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 Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2003 and 2004 Dodge Viper vehicles manufactured from Nov. 1, 2001, through June 30, 2004.
A component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.
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| Chase Renews Jaguar Deal |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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 Chase Auto Finance, a division of J.P. Morgan Chase, announced the renewal of their private label auto finance agreement with Jaguar Land Rover North America for an additional five years.
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| Small Businesses Expect Better Times |
Feb 20th, 2013 |
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 Nearly half of small businesses expect their financial health to improve in 2013 and are confident that sales will increase over 2012, according to a new survey released by TD Bank.
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