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VW U.S. Sales Up 20% in First 9 Months of 2011
Wolfsburg, Germany – In the first nine months of the year, the Volkswagen Group held its own in world automobile markets and boosted deliveries by 13.9 percent to 6.11 (5.36)* million vehicles. Deliveries in the month of September also devel
Oct 18, 2011
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Hyundai Maintains No. 1 Spot for Brand Loyalty on Kbb.com for Second Consecutive Quarter
IRVINE, Calif. — Kelley Blue Book’s www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used carinformation, today reports that Hyundai upheld its No. 1 spot for brand loyalty on kbb.com for Q3 2011, marking its second consecutive qua
Oct 17, 2011
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The database archiving solution Chronos now has a convenient configuration wizard
(HaberIndeks) – Großköllnbach – CSP GmbH & Co. KG now presents a new, convenient configuration wizard for the database archiving solution Chronos. The wizard enables users of Chronos to now configure the export of old data from pro
Oct 17, 2011
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Luxury Diesel Vehicles Recalled for Second Time
Diesel Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled to fix a problem with a leaking fuel filter, a story from The Detroit News said. According to the story, this is the second time in two years these vehicles have been recalled.
Oct 16, 2011
NHTSA Investigates Discontinued Car Brand
According to The Wall Street Journal’s Driver’s Seat blog, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a problem with the power-steering on 2004 to 2007 model year Saturn Ions. NHTSA has received over 4,000 complaints from
Oct 16, 2011
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Engine Fires Prompt NHTSA Investigation
After receiving 12 reports of engine fires, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into about 36,000 Mini Cooper vehicles, according to a story from Bloomberg.com. The story said, of the 12 reports, about five
Oct 16, 2011
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Good is OK – Better is Best – Best is Blah
The “successful” pricing of labor and parts is as mysterious as the reasoning behind the stupid jacked-up buttons on the ineptly named “Smart” key, which keeps opening the trunk and windows from the pocket every time a driver sits down in a n
Oct 14, 2011
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MAX Systems grows to more than 1,000 franchisees in less than a year
CHICAGO – MAX Systems (the sister division of FirstLook Inventory Management Systems) announced that more than 1,000 franchisees now use its flagship product—MAX Ad—to guide smarter online advertising. MAX reached this milestone only 11 months
Oct 13, 2011
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TrueCar Powers Car Buying Centers for Top Regional Credit Unions
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar, Inc., the only transparent publisher of real-time new (TrueCar.com) and used (ClearBook.com) vehicle transaction data in the US market, has announced that it will power the online car buying programs for several
Oct 13, 2011