Arlington, Va. – The American Trucking Associations and several of its affiliates support the Diesel Idle Reduction Campaign headed by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), in partnership with the District Department of the Environment, District Department of Transportation and Maryland Department of the Environment.
The official launch of the campaign will take place at [...]

China – First half of 2010 sales data were released, the excellent performance of General Motors, maintaining stable growth momentum. Following the May sales break 1 million in China, the General Motors June sales growth continues unabated, the total sales reached 176,486 units, up 23.2% over the same period last year. From January to June [...]

Ireland – Toyota Ireland is pleased to announce details of their Summer Scrappage campaign that allows customers to drive away in a brand new Toyota, from prices starting at €7,995.
The campaign begins on Monday, July 12th and runs right through to 31st August 2010, giving customers an opportunity to buy two award winning models from [...]

Japan – A month after unveiling one of its newest models, Nissan announced that the upcoming 2011 Nissan JUKE has received almost 11,000 orders in its home country, Japan. It still has yet to be seen how the uniquely styled compact crossover will be in the United States, but here Japanese buyers have taken a [...]

TOKYO, Japan, – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced it will begin sales of the all-new Freed Spike compact multi-wagon in Japan. The Freed Spike features a compact body size for nimble maneuvering, a spacious and high-utility cabin and a cargo area ideal for an extensive range of uses.

Freed Spike G Aero (FWD)
Under the key phrase [...]

TORRANCE, Calif., – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., announced that it is expanding its Product Quality Field Office program to four additional U.S. regional sales areas, following the success of a pilot program launched in the New York region in late 2009. TMS will officially open its next Product Quality Field Office in [...]

U.S. – For the 2011 motorcycle season an extensive range of facelift measures will be integrated in the existing BMW Motorrad program for the model year 2011. In addition to wide-ranging expansion of the special audio equipment features in the BMW R 1200 RT, it is in particular the unusual variations in the BMW Motorrad [...]

U.S. – Since BMW Motorrad presented the concept study Concept 6 in autumn 2009, the six-cylinder in-line engine featured in it has captured the imagination of many motorcycle fans. With BMW, six-cylinder in-line engines have stood for fascinating engine technology in automobiles for over seven decades, in a way which is unique among brands. In [...]

SEYMOUR, Ind. – Cummins Inc. announced that it is expanding its High-Horsepower Technical Center and high-horsepower engine product line at its manufacturing facility in Seymour. The expansion of the center will provide the company with more opportunities for producing high-horsepower clean-diesel and natural gas engines in the future.
Mark Levett, Vice President and General Manager – [...]

Australia – Troy Dorron will be at the next Honda Smart school in Blue Rock, Moe, Victoria on the of the 10th of July for a 1 day Honda Smart school.
The venue will stage the next round of the Victorian Junior Titles and Dorron is looking forward to passing on his knowledge to Australia’s future [...]

Australia – Honda has taken the CBR1000RR Fireblade to another level once again by adding an increased-diameter flywheel for further improved performance, as well as a new muffler cover for enhanced appearance, and a redesigned registration plate stay for easier removal on track days.
In addition to the ABS version being available in Graphite Black, the [...]

Malta – Michael Debono Ltd continuously strives to find new ways of rewarding its clients and this is very much reflected in this year’s Summer Offers. In fact all those clients purchasing the popular Yaris and Aygo models from the World’s No1 car brand during the month of July will benefit from a staggering 700 [...]

Finland – With its revolutionary construction, the Nokian HTS Straddle provides straddle carriers with premium durability for their work in harbours and goods terminals. Nokian Heavy Tyres’ new radial special tyre strives for perfection. It combines the high load-bearing capacity desired by operators with excellent driving comfort appreciated by drivers.
The Nokian HTS Straddle features all-new [...]

Sweden – Following last year’s expansion of the model range in the 4-stroke segment, which will continue to be the core area for Husaberg, the company’s focus for 2011 has turned towards further improvement of the components. The absolute highlight is the use of closed-cartridge forks on the FE models, forks that have already been [...]