Nationally recognised Consumer Advocate David Champion to join Nissan

Nissan, which currently is launching five new vehicles in 15 months, announced the hiring of former Consumer Reports Auto Test Center Senior Director, David Champion, for the newly created position of executive adviser, competitive assessment and

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Mercedes-Benz and smart pick up a string of high-class design awards

Mercedes-Benz and smart build the most exciting vehicles: this is the conclusion suggested by the results of the latest design competitions. With the '2012 Green Good Design' award, the 'Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design' has paid tribute to the one-off

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Bracknell Honda open for business

After an extensive six-month construction programme, the Bracknell Honda car dealership has opened its doors to welcome customers to their brand new residence.

Confirmed as one of the largest stand-alone Honda new car showrooms in

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BMW Group launches premium car sharing in US

The BMW Group has now extended its premium car sharing program DriveNow to the US. DriveNow starts out in San Francisco with 70 electric vehicles. The innovative mobile parking solution, ParkNow, will debut in the Californian city in September.

"The BMW Group

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Toyota's TABC plant celebrates 40 years of manufacturing in California

Toyota Auto Body California, Inc., (TABC), Toyota's first manufacturing investment in the US, celebrated its 40th anniversary with team members, government and community officials, suppliers and

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Toyota sponsors IAAF World Championships

Toyota is famous for its involvement in global motorsport, but did you know it's a major supporter of athletics, too? This week Toyota has renewed its sponsorship of the IAAF World Championships,
extending a relationship that's been in place since 2003.

The new deal

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Zipcar announces plans to expand Zipvan cargo van service across North America

Zipcar, Inc. announced plans to expand the company's Zipvan cargo van service across North America. Zipcar is launching the Zipvan service in Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, and will roll out the service to its remaining metro markets in North

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Rolls-Royce launches Provenance Pre-owned Stock Locator

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has launched a new resource called Provenance Pre-owned Stock Locator. The move takes effortlessness online, allowing would-be Rolls-Royce clients to search for exclusive Provenance cars quickly and easily using an iPad, computer or

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McLaren unveils 12C Spider at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2012

McLaren Automotive showed the second model in its growing range of high performance sports cars, the new 12C Spider, for the first time in public at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The 12C Spider was revealed at the prestigious Gooding & Company Auction

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Nissan North America honored with the Patriot Award

The Mississippi Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the US Department of Defense, announced that Nissan North America and Arree Williams, Manager of product quality assurance at Nissan's Canton, Miss. vehicle

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Lucky motorist wins Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde after racing Goodwood's Hillclimb via Auto Trader app

Howard Derham (20), from Kent received the keys to a brand new Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde, which he won by racing the 1.16-mile hill climb at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed on a new Augmented Reality motor racing app, created by Goodwood's Moving

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