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Valeo Presents Visibility and Driving Assistance Technologies at the eSafety Challenge 2010

Valeo Presents Visibility and Driving Assistance Technologies at the eSafety Challenge 2010

PARIS, July 12, 2010 -- Valeo is taking part in the eSafety Challenge 2010 in Millbrook (UK) on July 13, 2010. On this occasion, the Group is presenting a selection of its latest visibility and driving assistance technologies, including advanced lighting and detection systems. In the area of lighting, the new Valeo cam ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2011 Toyota Sienna Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2011 Toyota Sienna Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE TOYOTA SIENNA VEHICLE Toyota has successfully managed to make the minivan cool with the all-new third generation 2011 Toyota Sienna. And affordable and sporty – the new 4-cylinder engine holds an extremely low ... Continue reading

TomTom for iPhone App Now Features Multitasking and Latest Maps

TomTom for iPhone App Now Features Multitasking and Latest Maps

CONCORD, Mass.--TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces that the latest version of the TomTom App for iPhone can be purchased on the App Store starting today. The TomTom App for iPhone version 1.4 is compatible with iOS 4 and, among many new features, now incl ... Continue reading

Goodyear Donates 100-Year-Old Airship Lifeboat to Smithsonian

Goodyear Donates 100-Year-Old Airship Lifeboat to Smithsonian

SUFFIELD, Ohio, June 7 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is making another significant gift to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Wednesday with the donation of a 100-year-old lifeboat from Goodyear's earliest lighter-than-air endeavor - the airship Akron built in 1911. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.co ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi gets ACTiV with a Special Edition Outlander

Mitsubishi gets ACTiV with a Special Edition Outlander

The Outlander ACTiV features Mitsubishi's economical 2.4-litre MIVEC engine and is available with either a five-speed manual or CVT automatic transmission with sports mode and will be available in seven seat configuration in limited supply. ... Continue reading

Auto Express awards the Mercedes-Benz S-Class as Best Luxury Car

Auto Express awards the Mercedes-Benz S-Class as Best Luxury Car

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been crowned Best Luxury Car at the prestigious Auto Express New Car Awards for the fourth consecutive year ... Continue reading

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Being Inducted Into Cleveland's Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Being Inducted Into Cleveland's Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

Cleveland's Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Cozy Coupe HUDSON, Ohio, June 2 -- In the Northeastern Ohio town of Hudson, a Little Tikes(R) Cozy Coupe(R) is manufactured every minute of every day, 50 weeks a year. In 2008, Cozy Coupe(R) outsold every other car in America, topping the ... Continue reading

MISCOR Group Reports Significant Net Income, Sales Growth in 2008 Third Quarter

MISCOR Group Reports Significant Net Income, Sales Growth in 2008 Third Quarter

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 12 -- Industrial services provider MISCOR Group, Ltd. (OTC:MIGL) (BULLETIN BOARD: MIGL) reported sharply higher net income on a 78 percent increase in sales in the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. MISCOR's positive performance for the quarter was driven by strong service-related revenue an ... Continue reading

Toyota owners reap new rewards: Toyota Financial Services introduces Toyota Rewards Visa

Toyota owners reap new rewards: Toyota Financial Services introduces Toyota Rewards Visa

Torrance, CA October 14, 2008; Americans' love affair with their vehicles drives them to spend nearly 18 cents of every dollar on transportation each year — with the majority going to car ownership and maintenance (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey). Given that vehicle ownership is not o ... Continue reading

Linear Technology Product Eases Design of Hybrid Vehicle Battery Systems

Linear Technology Product Eases Design of Hybrid Vehicle Battery Systems

MILPITAS, Calif.--A new, highly integrated battery stack monitor from Linear Technology Corporation significantly eases the design of battery monitoring systems for hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicles and a range of battery backup systems. The new product unveiled today, the LTC6802 Battery Stack Monitor, is a ... Continue reading

2008 British Motor Show: Visitor Numbers Up 14 Percent

2008 British Motor Show: Visitor Numbers Up 14 Percent

LONDON - August 5, 2008: The organisers of this summer’s British International Motor Show, sponsored by Zurich Connect, have announced that 472,300 people visited the ExCeL-based event – a huge increase on the 415,000 who came to the successful 2006 exhibition. The growth in attendance reaffirms the event†... Continue reading

40-Year-Old Hot Wheel Speeds Up Its Appeal at Toy Fair - VIDEO STORY

40-Year-Old Hot Wheel Speeds Up Its Appeal at Toy Fair - VIDEO STORY

NEW YORK - February 22, 2008: Hot Wheels will turn 40 this year, and to commemorate its iconic anniversary, the toy’s maker hosted a makeover competition. Automakers were asked to submit ideas combining their own brand with the toy’s motto of power, speed and performance. With no rules, federal regulations, s ... Continue reading

MINI USA and RIDEMAKERZ Team Up To Debut Smallest MINI Ever

MINI USA and RIDEMAKERZ Team Up To Debut Smallest MINI Ever

Companies Announce Joint Holiday Donation Guaranteeing 2,000 MINI RIDEZ to Toys for Tots; Invite Public to Donate As Well 'Tween' Sensation Jansen Panettiere, and Children from Madison Square Boys & Girls Club and Latino Pastoral Action Center Family Life Academy Charter School are the First to Build Their Own RIDEMAKE ... Continue reading

The Fifth Annual Gran Turismo Awards Crowns 2007 Audi TT as 'Best in Show' at SEMA 2007 - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Fifth Annual Gran Turismo Awards Crowns 2007 Audi TT as 'Best in Show' at SEMA 2007 - VIDEO ENHANCED

Annual Gran Turismo Awards Ceremony Honors Automotive Excellence and Immortalizes SEMA's Hottest Car into the World's Best Selling Racing Game Franchise LAS VEGAS, Nov. 2 -- Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA), publisher of the Gran Turismo(TM) series, the world's best selling racing game franchise with ove ... Continue reading

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