Archive for June, 2009

Customers can check out their latest New Car Specials, Pre-Owned Specials, Finance Specials and Internet Coupons on the new website. Also stay up to date on their current Chevrolet models Promotions and Special Offers!
Their website has a number of customer-friendly features. Customers can check out their latest Finance Specials for those who are looking to Lease or Finance a new Chevrolet vehicle. Please visit their GM Financing section for more information. They make it easy for customers to schedule a Service Appointment online and to get special Service Discount Coupons! Their site also gives you the ability to order Genuine Chevrolet Parts and Accessories online.

The revamped website also features a virtual brochure and photographs giving a 360°view of the interiors and exterior of different models of Chevrolet vehicles thereby giving the customer amazing clarity on the look of the car even before visiting the dealership showroom.

About Town & Country Chevrolet

Town & Country Chevrolet is one of the prominent Chevrolet Car Dealerships in the Milwaukie Oregon. They are an authorized full-service dealership for new, used and certified Chevrolet Vehicles. They specialize in Chevrolet Sales, Service and Parts, and also Finance. Town & Country Chevrolet features in the Business Top 100 Best Places to Work 2009 award.

Town & Country Portland Chevrolet sells a wide range of new and pre-owned Chevrolet models including the Avalanche, Aveo, Aveo5, Camaro, Cobalt, Colorado, Corvette, Equinox, Express, HHR, Impala, Malibu, Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe, Trailblazer and Traverse. They have a huge New Vehicle Inventory and Used and Certified Pre-owned Inventory. They also offer a lifetime warranty.

The Renault Group, being the most successful in Morocco’s car market, confirms its persistence in the construction of a manufacturing complex in Tangiers to produce low-cost cars despite losing its ties with its former project partner Nissan Motor Co.

Last February, Nissan declared that it would suspend its involvement in the plant project alliance due to monetary obstacles caused by the financial crisis.

The former Nissan-Renault alliance, which was in partnership with the Moroccan government, said that its total investments of 600 million Euros would be involved in its manufacturing capacity.

According to Reuters, president and CEO of Renault and president of Nissan Carlos Ghosn flew from Paris to visit the construction site in Tangiers, and to meet King Mohammed along with high-ranked government officials in Rabat; he dismissed any suspicion regarding the plant’s progress.

In addition, Ghosn said that he had already given the green light on investment for plant apparatus. He stated that the construction will be due by early September but that the sole change would be in the factory’s production which, he adds, depends on the Moroccan market’s circumstances.

Ghosn said that in the future Nissan would take part in the project but it is for now focusing on a similar project in India.

According to Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP), the plant is predicted to produce 170,000 vehicles a year; it will be expanded two years later to produce 400,000. The project will generate around 6,000 direct jobs and about 30,000 indirect ones. Furthermore, the factory will produce Renault’s low-cost Logan car, as well as two commercial vehicles, Dacia and Nissan, 90% of which are destined for export.

The project will result in bringing the North African country closer to its domestic goals where “the Moroccan government is set to bring the unemployment rate under 7% by 2012, Moroccan prime minister, Abbas El Fassi, said on Wednesday,” according to MAP.

It is reported that General Motors has filed documents in court in an attempt to get “New” Chrysler to honor its full pre-bankruptcy debt of $531,275 (of which Chrysler has so far only agreed to pay back about a third) for work on the sophisticated Two-Mode hybrid powertrain that was jointly developed by the two American automakers along with Daimler and BMW.

Chrysler and General Motors have both filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors, which allows the automakers to renegotiate – or in many cases completely cancel – past contracts that are no longer desirable. It seems that Chrysler’s contract with The General, which is supplying the hybrid transmissions to Chrysler, has yet to be picked up by New Chrysler.

This case is a bit more intriguing than most – such as Chrysler’s canceled contract with Cummins for light-duty diesel engines for the Ram pickup – as it pits General Motors across the courtroom and on the other side of bankruptcy negotiations. We suspect that New Chrysler may be keen to pick up its old tab since the automaker is still planning to use the Two-Mode Hybrid technology for future vehicles, starting with the 2010 Dodge Ram, though possibly with more favorable terms.

Adding value to a successful design that’s been essentially unchanged for 30 years might seem like an unecessary fix, but Mercedes has seen fit to add a few interior updates to its G-Class for its 30th year on the road.

The updates include a new set of ‘ergonomically optimized’ front seats which ostensibly improve comfort while adding better lateral bolstering for off-road support. Also on the list is a new rear bench seat with more modern appointments, including styling intended to echo that of the front bucket seats.

The new interior is available in either black or gray cloth and black, gray or chestnut leather. High-spec designo leather in black or classic red is also available for order, as is piano lacquer black wood trim. Early in 2010, a Labrador blue designo stone trim will also be available.

A few tech updates made the grade as well, including a now-standard auxiliary jack for music input, and ambient lighting is now available for the interior as well. A media interface for iPod or other USB devices can also be purchased.

Finally, the outside gets a choice of ‘palladium silver metallic’ or ‘designo platinum magno’ finishes in addition to the standard colors previously on offer.

Ford’s new smaller commercial van, the Transit Connect, will begin arriving in dealers almost immediately, the automaker says. The Turkey-built van, which was initially designed for European users, is aimed at commercial users seeking something a little smaller and more efficient than traditional options available in North America.

The first Turkish-built Ford ever sold in North America, the Transit Connect will be available as either a cargo or passenger van with either glass side windows or steel privacy coverings.

Ford has invited Leftlane to preview the Transit Connect, so check back soon for our driving impressions of the new vehicle that the Michigan automaker hopes will reinvent the commercial industry.

dragonfire-racing

DragonFire Racing, a leader in custom performance racing vehicles, accessories and custom racing, announced that its Kawasaki Teryx, driven by Reid Nordin of Team Green Kawasaki and co-driver Hans Waage, took first place in UTV class at the Baja 500, in Ensenada, Mexico. The first place finish was the first win ever for Kawasaki Teryx, in the Sportman UTV class of the Baja 500.

“It was the best racing we have had in Baja,” said Todd Romano, owner, DragonFire Racing. “A flawless day with only one mechanical repair, allowed us to run a safe and consistent pace all day. A broken rear upright cost us about three hours, but the speed of the DragonFire Teryx was able to put a big enough lead on the field to make up lost ground and still win by over an hour.”

Based in the racing hotspot of Mesa, Ariz., DragonFire Racing carries a large selection of vehicles, parts and accessories, for every level of enthusiast, from the most seasoned racers to weekend warriors. Vehicles includes sand cars and pre-runners to a range of ATV’s and Quads. DragonFire Racing also offers a range of parts covering everything from the engine to the wheels as well as a tie-down straps and winches. In addition, DragonFire Racing offers t-shirts and women’s apparel.

With a 10,000 square foot corporate facility and newly opened retail facilities in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. and San Diego, DragonFire Racing has grown to be a reliable and preferred solution for outdoor racing enthusiasts. For more information on the Yamaha Rhino 700 EFI or DragonFire Racing, please visit http://www.DragonFireRacing.com.

About DragonFire Racing
DragonFire Racing is a leader in custom racing performance parts and accessories for Yamaha Rhinos Performance, Sand Rails, Pre-Runners, Arctic Cat Prowlers, Polaris rzr accessories, Kawasaki Teryx, Side X Side parts, and ATV Exhausts with headquarters in Mesa, Arizona. Focused on building performance accessories and turnkey race vehicles, DragonFire Racing delivers high performance parts and vehicles to customers and dealers worldwide. DragonFire Racing has franchises in California and Arizona.

Essex Racing have launched the Mustang parts website and mail order hotline to enable car restorers to find every single part they need to restore a classic Ford Mustang. The website specialize in classic Mustang parts and spares from 1965-1973. They stock everything there from panels, chrome parts, interior trim, lights, bumpers… right down to the original badges and decals. All the regular service parts are available to ensure a classic Ford Mustang car is serviced exactly as Ford intended, although if originally isn’t essential there are also parts from recognised American tuners such as Edelbrock, Shelby and Fidanza there too. Essex Racing have also come up with a few parts of their own as well, such as body kits.

With the value of late model cars falling through the floor there has never been a better time to invest in a classic car and American classics are more popular than ever, but - unless it’s a really rare model - it’s only cars in good condition and in good working order that make worthwhile investments. In poor condition it’s just an old car. Now Essex Racing can help car restorers turn an old car into a valuable classic, and at a sensible price too.

Everything is priced in Pounds (GBP) and can be sent by mail order. Unlike American websites there won’t be a need to use Dollar conversions and work out import tax and international shipping and if a customer needs help, they won’t have to make transatlantic phone calls at odd hours.

The site features live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, TV like stats in form of graphs and wagon wheels. The users are kept updated about the latest happenings in Cricket with News, Blogs and Videos on the site.

Users can catch the schedules of all upcoming international matches and tours (Test, ODI, T 20, IPL and ICL) on the site; it keeps updates about the match squad and umpires of the matches. The highlights of recent matches are also available on the site with complete innings information and graphical stats. It also offers rich content for cricket fans by providing them access to their favorite’s players’ profiles, experts’ comments on series, matches, individual’s performance and all time favorite videos in cricket.

Cricket popularity is growing from Asia to Europe, Australia and is now recognizing as a global match with its new exciting T 20 format. Sagoon believes its “Cricket live” site will enrich the package for users to step ahead in making Sagoon a home page for informed, enjoy and share.

About Sagoon: Sagoon is a privately owned company- dedicated to providing a new window for web search that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods and organized results. Sagoon derives its name from Sanskrit “Shakuna” meaning “auspicious or ushering good results.” This christening reflects Sagoon’s sincere wish that the exploration of information and resources on the site ushers in “good luck” and augurs well for all businesses and users.

The roads are about to get more crowded at the wrong time for Western semi truck manufacturers.

European commercial vehicle sales slumped by a record 42.4 percent in April, and companies such as Scania, Volkswagen, Volvo, DAF and Iveco say they are suffering badly.

Meanwhile, India’s Tata Motors has just unveiled its first trucking solution, one touted to match existing performance standards but come at a lower life-cycle cost.

How will India’s entry into the tractor-trailer arena affect the global presence of the West’s top diesel truck makers?

Keep up on the latest news from the trucking industry at Truck Industry Today from EIN News. Read the latest news on truck manufacturers, trends and regulations in the transportation industry.

About Truck Industry Today
An EIN News service for transportation industry professionals, Truck Industry Today delivers the latest in trucking and freight shipping news. In addition to finding the latest news on commercial truck companies such as Paccar, Volvo and Daimler, readers can learn about issues facing the truck driver and fleets from government bodies, FMCSA and USDOT.

The Fiat 500, along with the Citroën C5 and the Jaguar XF, were selected as the finalists for the last round of judging at the New York International Motor Show, with Fiat’s chic and sophisticated small car taking the top design prize.

Four international design experts, namely Silvia Baruffali, Editorial Director of Auto & Design magazine, Robert Cumberford, design critic and journalist for Automobile and Auto & Design magazines, Akira Fujimoto, Editor-in-Chief of Car Styling magazine and Tom Matano, Executive Director of the School of Industrial Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, voted the Fiat 500 absolute winner of this year’s award.

“We are proud to receive this prestigious international award, as further endorsement of Fiat’s commitment to creating attractive, innovative cars, which express the best of Italian manufacturing capability,” commented Roberto Giolito, Fiat’s Head of Design. “Italian design has often been a step ahead of future trends in the automotive world and our latest models, spearheaded by the Fiat 500, are an expression of ‘practical beauty’, which is what the world expects of Italian cars. We will continue to work untiringly on innovative design, and endeavour to combine the best of the future with the historical, cultural and industrial identity of the Fiat brand.”

The Fiat 500 is available in the UK with a choice of three frugal, ultra-low emissions Euro 5 engines, including 69 bhp 1.2-litre and 100 bhp 1.4-litre petrol units, and the 75 bhp 1.3-litre MultiJet turbodiesel.

Power is delivered through manual or Dualogic (automatic) transmissions, while Fiat’s fuel saving Start&Stop system is also available.