Make room for Pi: Ford celebrates π and Math’s impact on making the all-new Fusion

March 14 isn’t just another day on the calendar for Ford engineers. To them, and to many other math fanatics around the world, yesterday was Pi Day (3.14 day), a day recognising the role mathematics has in everyday life. At Ford, math plays a critical role in

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Lexus ranks highest of any luxury brand in 2012 J.D. Power and Associates CSI Study

Lexus ranked highest in customer satisfaction among luxury brands in the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Index (CSI) StudySM for the fourth consecutive year. Lexus achieved an overall CSI score of 861 on a 1,000-point scale, 15 points above

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Kia claims two more red dot design awards

Kia has been awarded two top honours for its Picanto and Rio models in the 2012 red dot design competition.

Kia’s striking A-segment Picanto and B-segment Rio were both winners in red dot’s internationally-acclaimed ‘Product Design’ category, in a competition

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The Bosch is in pole position among car drivers

Once a year, the automotive magazines 'Auto Bild' and 'Auto, Motor und Sport' ask their readers which brands they trust the most for accessories, spare parts and services for their cars. 'The best brands in all classes' is the title in Auto Bild, in which

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TNO tests Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control vehicles at innovITS Advance

Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) technology offers the prospect of a practical solution to increase road space utilisation based on ad hoc, real-time cooperative driving allowing inter-vehicle distances to be safely reduced while improving the

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Mitsubishi Motors appoints new dealer in Kent

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK confirmed the appointment of Canterbury Mitsubishi who will open their doors in Canterbury, Kent. This latest addition to Mitsubishi’s 115 strong nationwide dealer network will provide Mitsubishi sales, service and parts for the Kent area, operating from

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Hyundai Motor India launches 12th nationwide Free Car Care Clinic

Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) announced its 12th edition of the nationwide Free Car Care Clinic today.

The Free Car Care Clinic will be held from 16-25 March, 2012 and will be organised at over 785 Hyundai workshops across the country.

Speaking at the

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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles scores best-ever in 2011 for deliveries, sales turnover and results

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have achieved new record values in the 2011 fiscal year in deliveries, sales turnover and results. Last year, Europe’s leading brand in light commercial vehicles delivered more than half-a-million vehicles worldwide, boosting

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All-new B-Max safety tech predicted to help avoid city shunts

The all-new B-Max will reduce the risk of low-speed accidents as well-as the likelihood of injuries being suffered when they are unavoidable; this is due to the introduction of Ford’s low speed collision avoidance system Active City Stop.

Each year more than half-a-million

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Bram Schot to head sales and marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Bram Schot (50) has been given executive responsibility for sales and marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles effective April 1, 2012. Schot succeeds Harald Schomburg, who will leave the company by mutual consent once the transition to his successor has been

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner wins coveted Collier Trophy

Boeing's (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has won the 2011 Robert J. Collier Trophy, one of the aerospace industry's most

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