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GM Teams With RelayRides For New Carsharing Program
If you’ve got a GM vehicle and OnStar, you’ll be able to rent out your idle car and make some extra cash through the RelayRides marketplace. General Motors has teamed up with RelayRides, a peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, that’s targeted to owners of a Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac vehicle. This innovative program puts the vehicle…
Sprint’s Drive First App Helps To Eliminate Distracted Driving
Is eliminating distracted driving worth $24 a year? Sprint thinks so, and that’s why the company is offering its customers the new Drive First app. Available only to Sprint subscribers, you’ll need to download special software to your Sprint Android devices (Android phones launched later this year will have the feature built in, with BlackBerry…
Win A Set Of Tires Or A Dodge Durango In The Toyo Tires Sweepstakes
Is it time to pick up a new set of tires for your vehicle? Wouldn’t you rather win a set than have to buy four new tires? Here’s your chance – Toyo Tires is giving away a set of tires every week for the next 17 weeks, as well as the grand prize of a…
The 20 Coolest Places To Charge Your Electric Vehicle In The U.S.
Ford has scoped out the 20 cool places for you to charge your electric vehicle on your next cross-country road trip. With more charging station popping up all the time, EV owners have more options when it comes to long-distance trips and sight-seeing locales. Ford picked each location based on a number of factors, including…
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Is The New Home Of New Orelans Saints
If you’re a New Orleans Saints fan, you’ll soon be watching the NFL team play at the newly named Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The automaker has just signed a 10-year agreement that gives Mercedes-Benz official naming rights as well as other sponsorship benefits, such as being named the official and exclusive vehicle of the Saints. The timing…
Disney-Pixar Cars 2 AppMATes Creates an Interactive Playground On The iPad [Video]
It’s not too early to start thinking about Christmas shopping – it is October, after all. And getting a head start on the must-have list for toys this holiday season are Disney-Pixar Cars 2 AppMATes, a line of toys that digitally come to life when used with an iPad. The brainchild of Disney and Spin…
Car Thief Arrested After Posting Picture Of Stolen Car On Facebook
This should go without saying, but if you commit a crime, don’t post anything that links you to that illegal act on your Facebook page. Case in point: the guy who thought it would be a good idea to post a picture to his Facebook that showed him posing with the car he just stole….
Finalists For Motor Press Guild Vehicle Of The Year Award Announced
This is the first year the Southern California-based Motor Press Guild (MPG) is handing out its Motor Press Guild Vehicle of the Year (VOTY) Award, and the list of finalists has just been released. Chosen by a panel of 18 MPG journalist members who routinely drive and review cars, the final five finalists will be…
Porsche Design Studio And Johnnie Walker Blue Label Partner For Exclusive Bar Collection
Porsche Design Studio has partnered with Johnnie Walker Blue Label to offer a limited edition series of exclusive scotch collectors’ items. The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Collection by Porsche Design Studio features three distinct items. The first is the The Chiller, which is a case made of brushed titanium and blue leather that’s designed to…
Coppa di Sicilia Film Highlights Enzo Ferrari’s Early Racing Career [Video]
Before the Ferrari factory was built and before Formula 1 took to the tracks, there was a man named Enzo Ferrari who loved “the race.” Take a trip back to the 1920s and experience the romantic racing culture and passion for the sport in ‘Coppa di Sicilia’, a film commissioned and screened at Ferrari World…
BMW Dealership Wins Case Over Employee Fired For Negative Facebook Comments
A salesman at a BMW dealership who lost his job due to negative comments took his case to court – and the judge sided with the dealership’s decision. Social media is proving to be a slippery slope when it comes to balancing free speech and protecting a company’s image. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has…
MyMazda iPhone App Offers Customers Real-Time Information About their Cars
If you own a Mazda and an iPhone, you’ll want to download the all-new MyMazda iPhone app. This handy free app offers you easy access to service offers, scheduled and factory maintenance reminders, and other important information – right at your fingertips. Claiming to be one of the first automotive iPhone apps to provide customers…
Amy Ruman Becomes First Woman to Win a Trans-Am Race
Amy Ruman has just earned a spot in the motorsports history books, being the first woman to ever top the podium in the Trans-Am series’ 45 year history. It also marks her first SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series win – and proved a great way to finish off the season. Ruman got her chance to…
Nissan and GE Partner to Fast Track EV Development, Infrastructure
On a mission to fast track electrified transportation, Nissan has joined forces with GE, signing a two-year research contract in order to accelerate the development of smart charging infrastructure that is accessible to everyone. GE and Nissan will be focusing its efforts on two key areas in regards to its research efforts: 1. The integration…
2011 SEMA Award Contenders List Released: Enter Your Car to Win a Trip to Las Vegas
The 2011 SEMA Show is just around the corner (November 1-4), and the list of vehicles vying for a SEMA Award has been released. And if you’ve got one of this year’s nominated vehicles, you could win a featured spot at the SEMA show, along with credentials to attend the annual trade-only event in Las…
GM Develops Auto Industry’s First Front Center Air Bag [Video]
General Motors will be offering the industry’s first front center air bag in select vehicles. This inflatable restraint will help to protect drivers and front passengers in far-side impact crashes where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle. You’re going to have to wait a bit for the new front…
Racing Legend Al Unser Jr. Arrested for Street Racing While Drunk
It seems that retired racing legend Al Unser Jr. still likes to make headlines… but this time, it’s for all the wrong reasons. It’s been confirmed that the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner has been arrested on charges of drunken driving and reckless driving in Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to Bernalillo County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jennifer Brown,…
Hugh Jackman is Audi’s Newest Brand Ambassador [Video]
Audi just got a lot more popular with women, because it’s just been announced that Hugh Jackman is the automaker’s newest Brand Ambassador. Joining other famous faces, such as Justin Timberlake and Naomi Watts, the announcement was made at Jackman’s Australian premiere of Disney’s Real Steel. And the Aussie actor started the new partnership off…
Olympic Hopeful Jumps Three 2012 MINI London Edition Models [Video]
England long jump champion J.J. Jegede is warming up for the 2012 Olympics in London by jumping over three new 2012 MINI London Edition cars. To help launch the new MINI model, Jegede successfully made the world’s first attempt to clear three 2012 London Edition cars, which measure about 6 meters in length. And making…
Fiat 500 Pink Ribbon Limited Edition Cars Support A Great Cause
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Fiat is helping out this great cause by producing 250 “Pink Ribbon” limited edition Fiat 500 models. Partnering with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), these limited edition Fiat 500’s are adorned with a sleek pink strip the run the length of the outside panels of the car,…
Coffee-Powered Car Built, Perking Up Your Morning Commute
A UK engineer has built a car that runs on coffee grinds. This brilliant idea came to fruition thanks to engineer Martin Bacon (insert your own breakfast related joke here) and a team of volunteers from Teesdale Conservation in Durham, England. Powered by used coffee grinds, the modified Rover SD1 is already breaking records. Guinness World…
It’s Official, Aston Martin is the UK’s Coolest Brand
Topping the list of what’s cool, Aston Martin has been named as the UK’s coolest brand for the fifth time in six years. Beating out such other well-known names as Apple and Bang & Olufsen, Aston Martin came out on top of this poll that features an array of leading international contemporary design-driven brands. Not…
Yokohama Tire Corporation Opens Ride And Drive Event To Consumers
Experiential ride and drive training programs offered by the Yokohama Tire Corporation have been an annual event for dealers, but now the company is thinking about opening up these events to the general public. Recently, the California-based tire manufacturer invited a group of local car club enthusiasts to one of its special ride and drive…
LEGO Ford Explorer to be Displayed at Florida LEGOLAND Theme Park [Video]
LEGO has to be the best toy ever! You can build anything with those colorful little bricks – including a full-sized Ford Explorer. It’s on display at the Chicago Assembly Plant, but will be making it’s way to the new Ford Driving School at the LEGOLAND Florida Theme Park. Made from more than 380,000 LEGO…
