All-New Passat Makes World Debut at Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance   04 Aug 2005 13:39 GMT
Just as Michigan-based Volkswagen of America, Inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it proudly debuts the all-new, sixth generation, 2006 Passat at the 2005 Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester Hills, Mich. This marks the first time a European automaker has ...
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Advanced Battery Technologies and ECr Technologies to Develop All-electric Bus   04 Aug 2005 13:32 GMT
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rechargeable Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with ECr Technologies, Inc. of San Jose to jointly develop an all-electric bus. Their joint venture will ...
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SAV Concept Becomes New Ford Model In Europe   04 Aug 2005 13:29 GMT
The concept star of the 2005 Geneva Auto Show is about to become a production reality for Ford Motor Company. The production version of the SAV Concept vehicle will become a new model early in 2006, produced at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium. Photo: http://media.ford ...
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Reducing Urban Crashes Doesn't Have To Cost A Lot; Can Be Simple   04 Aug 2005 13:20 GMT
Most crash deaths occur on rural roads, but motorists drive 2 billion miles every day on urban arterial roads. About 8,000 deaths and more than 1 million injuries occur each year on these roads. The crashes aren't occurring haphazardly. Many of them happen in predictable ...
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Employee Pricing Pulled Ahead 200,000 Vehicle Sales in June and July   03 Aug 2005 13:22 GMT
CSM Worldwide, the market leader in automotive forecasting and market intelligence, estimates employee pricing programs at DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors spearheaded the pull-ahead of more than 200,000 units of sales over the past two months. Anticipating a slower sales ...
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DaimlerChrysler Reports 25 Percent Increase in U.S. Sales   03 Aug 2005 13:18 GMT
DaimlerChrysler AG today reported total group sales of 260,937 passenger vehicles in the U.S. for July 2005, a 25 percent increase compared to July 2004. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted. Chrysler Group, which consists of the ...
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Nissan North America Announces Best Sales Month Ever   03 Aug 2005 13:14 GMT
Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) continues its sales momentum by reporting 107,300 total sales in July, an increase of 19.4% over last year. This month marks the best sales month in the history of Nissan North America, as well the Nissan division. In addition, it was the best ...
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Toyota Reports Best-Ever Sales Month   03 Aug 2005 13:12 GMT
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported its best-ever sales month in 48 years of business in the United States with total July sales of 216,417 vehicles, an increase of 12.3 percent. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 1,330,487, up 11.7 percent over the same ...
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GM to Continue Employee Discount for Everyone Program Through September 6   03 Aug 2005 13:09 GMT
GM announced the continuation of its GM Employee Discount for Everyone program. The program will run through September 6, 2005. It includes all available 2005 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, HUMMER and Pontiac-GMC cars and light-duty trucks except for Chevrolet Corvette, HUMMER H1 ...
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Latest NSTSA Recall Includes Hyundai / Tucson and Honda / Odyssey   03 Aug 2005 13:03 GMT
The Office of Defects Investigation at NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has issued a recall for Hyundai / Tucson and Honda / Odyssey. From NHTSA: Make / models : Hyundai / Tucson model/build years: 2005
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