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Total Car Score Ranks the Top 10 Best Car Brands for 2012

Total Car Score Ranks the Top 10 Best Car Brands for 2012

Total Car Score the most comprehensive automotive ranking and comparison website, announced today the Top Scoring Manufacturers of 2012. These Top Scoring car companies in the automobile industry have at least four widely available models on the market for the 2012 model year. The manufacturer's score is based on the a ... Continue reading

All-New Father's Day Weekend Auto Show in Long Beach Offers Opportunity for Guests to Test Drive Nearly 100 Cars

All-New Father's Day Weekend Auto Show in Long Beach Offers Opportunity for Guests to Test Drive Nearly 100 Cars

Dads and Grads (and Moms too) can get behind the wheel of nearly 100 new vehicles in the first-ever auto show dedicated exclusively to test drives. The SoCal Test Drive Expo is the evolution of auto shows, pairing a traditional auto show with the opportunity for guests to drive almost every car on the show floor. Takin ... Continue reading

Future of Automotive Manufacturing to be the Kick-off Topic at the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars Aug. 6-9

Future of Automotive Manufacturing to be the Kick-off Topic at the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars Aug. 6-9

Key executives from Ford, Nissan, General Motors, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Mazda, Audi and others to present at the premier automotive conference The future of automotive manufacturing -- the nation's economic engine -- will be the leadoff topic of the 2012 Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars ... Continue reading

TI Automotive Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Liberec, Czech Republic

TI Automotive Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Liberec, Czech Republic

Facility to produce plastic fuel filler pipes for Volkswagen, Skoda and Audi, and assemble fuel tank systems for Citroen, Peugeot, Toyota and Skoda Will produce 1.1 million filler pipes annually with current programs The 63,700-square-foot facility to employ 85 people at full production TI Automotive, a leading global ... Continue reading

All Parties Agree on Need for National Auto Policy, says CAW

All Parties Agree on Need for National Auto Policy, says CAW

CAW national and local leaders met with all three major political parties today in Ottawa to press for a national auto sector strategy. During the series of meetings, all three parties agreed that the auto sector is important to the Canadian economy and a national auto policy is needed. "We need a clear policy framewor ... Continue reading

Luxury Carmakers Give New Attention to Back Seats

Luxury Carmakers Give New Attention to Back Seats

Washington DC june 4, 2012; The AIADA newsletter reported that long the domain of dogs and yappy kids, the back seats of luxury cars now are getting first-class attention from automakers, reports USA Today. More of them are adding rear legroom to premium sedans to please empty-nest Boomers, who now see big back seats a ... Continue reading

Autobytel and AutoPacific Announce 2012 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

Autobytel and AutoPacific Announce 2012 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

Autobytel Inc. , the company dedicated to helping dealers and car-buyers connect online, and AutoPacific, an automotive marketing research and product-consulting firm, today announced the 16th annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards. Based on the largest single-model-year survey of automotive owners, the Vehicle Satisfactio ... Continue reading

Memorial Day Sales Events Will Drive Auto Industry To 14.2 Million SAAR, According To Kelley Blue Book Analysts

Memorial Day Sales Events Will Drive Auto Industry To 14.2 Million SAAR, According To Kelley Blue Book Analysts

Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, projects new-vehicle sales to approach 1.4 million units, or 14.2 million seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR), in May 2012; a nearly 30 percent year-over-year improvement. After adjusting for the two additional selling days ... Continue reading

Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

The people who rammed lead down our throats for nearly a century, and denied it was harmful, have a new story to peddle By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 16, 2012: A bit more than 18-months ago, the EPA issued a study finding and held a teleconference to announce tha ... Continue reading

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

SIOUX FALLS, SD — May 16, 2012: The Senior Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol, Ron Lamberty responded May 16 to recent testing results on E15 blends from the American Petroleum Institute. “The real problem here is that people may read about this project and think that it actually has some c ... Continue reading

Alcantara Interiors Showcased at Beijing Auto Show

Alcantara Interiors Showcased at Beijing Auto Show

Alcantara materials were featured on some of the world's most prestigious brands displayed at the recent 2012 Beijing International Auto Show, including Porsche, Audi, Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Mercedes. Porsche and Audi both unveiled vehicles with Alcantara interiors in Beijing. The Porsche Cayenne GTS with a ... Continue reading

Chrysler and GM Continue Strong Improvement, Ford stalled in 3rd, Toyota and Honda continue their slide in annual study of Automaker Buyer-Supplier Relations

Chrysler and GM Continue Strong Improvement, Ford stalled in 3rd, Toyota and Honda continue their slide in annual study of Automaker Buyer-Supplier Relations

The real story in this year's rankings of automakers by their suppliers in the 12th annual study of OEM working relations is not their overall rankings, but rather the dramatic and continuing slide of Toyota and Honda, and the continuing improvement of Chrysler Group, General Motors and Ford since 2005. While still in ... Continue reading

USAA Names 2012 Best Value Vehicles

USAA Names 2012 Best Value Vehicles

USAA unveiled its second annual Best Value vehicles list that names the top 2012 automobiles in 16 categories for consumers looking to get the most bang for their buck. The 2012 Best Value list includes: The goal of the list is to help members identify vehicles that offer better safety ratings, lower insurance premium ... Continue reading

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More News. More Videos. More Racing. No Registration Necessary ... It's The Auto Channel

Free exhaustive coverage of the entire automotive world Updated constantly throughout every day of the week AUTO CENTRAL - May 3, 2012: Now in its 17th year online, TheAutoChannel.com continues to be the Internet's most complete and comprehensive automotive information resource. What separates us from the sycophant suc ... Continue reading

Family-Friendly Honda CR-V Narrowly Outpoints Mazda CX-5 In Consumer Reports' Small SUV Tests

Family-Friendly Honda CR-V Narrowly Outpoints Mazda CX-5 In Consumer Reports' Small SUV Tests

Pricey Mercedes-Benz ML350 and BMW X5 midsize SUVs improve, but fall short of class With its large back seat, easy access and ample cargo space, the family-friendly Honda CR-V narrowly topped the Mazda CX-5 in Consumer Reports' latest head-to-head small SUVs tests. On paper, the redesigned CR-V and new CX-5 appear very ... Continue reading

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