Szott M-59 Chrysler Jeep helped raise $2,020 in funding for Dublin Elementary School with Chrysler brand’s Drive for the Kids™ program. The fundraising event was held on June 7 in conjunction with the elementary school’s Ice Cream Social.
DEARBORN, Mich., July 2, 2013 – Ford Motor Company’s U.S. June sales grew 13 percent compared with a year ago, marking Ford’s best June sales results since 2006. Cars are up 12 percent, utilities are up 8 percent, and trucks are up 20 percent.
General Motors has released the specs on the limited edition Corvette Stingray that's going to hit the market starting at roughtly $75,000.
DETROIT – The 2014 Corvette Stingray will deliver up to an EPA-estimated 17 miles per gallon in the city, and 29 mpg on the highway, making the new Stingray the most fuel efficient sports car on the market as no other car offers more than 455 horsepower and greater than 29 mpg highway.
“The Corvette Stingray establishes the benchmark for modern performance cars by using technologies to deliver more performance and more miles per gallon,” said Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer for the Corvette. “We expect more and more performance cars will follow Corvette’s example.”
WASHINGTON -- After a failed effort to exclude Japan from regional free-trade talks, the Detroit 3 are demanding that U.S. auto tariffs be phased out in no less than 25 to 30 years, Reuters reported
July 8, 2013 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - After testing six vehicles for fuel efficiency, practicality, driving ability, comfort and features, experts from three major media outlets and a family representing the average mid-size SUV buyer have named the new 2014 Jeep® Grand Cherokee the winner of the 2013 Cars.com/USA Today Midsize SUV Challenge.
Imagine shutting off your engine at every red light or stop sign, then turning on the ignition when the light turns green. Chevrolet is betting on a fuel-saving technology that does that automatically.
Stop-start technology, which will be standard on the the 2014 Chevy Malibu, is expected to improve the midsize sedan’s fuel economy by at least 5% in city driving. The system is called start-stop, stop-start or auto start-stop by various automakers who have tested it. Vehicles with start-stop have won over hybrid owners, but proven unpopular with the drivers of some other vehicles.
July 6, 2013 , Norwalk, Ohio - Mopar’s Pro Stock driver and defending NHRA world champion, Allen Johnson has earned his first No.1 qualifier honor of the 2013 season in the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Avenger at the seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
Johnson’s second top qualifier position at the Norwalk track in consecutive years was posted with an elapsed time pass of 6.592 seconds (209.75 mph) on his second qualifying run in Friday evening’s unseasonably cool track conditions, a time that held through two more qualifying sessions on Saturday in warmer and more humid conditions, to give him his 29th career pole position.
LORDSTOWN, Ohio - General Motors is going green in a big way at it's assembly and stamping complex in Lordstown.
According to a news release from GM, the company is switching to LED lighting with a built-in, fully integrated wireless control system at the plant which makes the Chevy Cruze.