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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.

Car Tax Prices Online was created to help every consumer learn the new laws that are being implemented as well as provide them with all the information they need to understand the laws as well as utilize the tools on their website to calculate their (http://www.cartaxprices.co.uk) car tax.

On the Car Tax Prices Online website, you will find a wealth of information that will give you all the details concerning the new car taxes and how they are determined. Throughout the website, you will find such topics as Car Tax Prices, car tax bands. C02 emission rates, cheaper car insurance, electric cars, petrol costs, hydrogen cars, and more.

Informing consumers with all the tools, they need to find a cheaper car insurance, economical cheap electric cars, and economical cheap hydrogen cars. Discovering how CO2 emission rates effect the tax rate placed on cars in the UK is very important to every driver. As stated, on their website, “Up to now, C02 emissions did not seem a subject important enough, but now Chancellor Alistair Darling is now adamant to change the view. New car (http://www.cartaxprices.co.uk) tax rates UK, present an upward shift with the car gas emission statistics.”

For this reason alone, Car Tax Prices Online was created to provide car buyers the opportunity to learn all there is to know about the car taxes and how to calculate what the costs will be for every make and model of car. For those, looking to purchase a new car in the UK, the website offers all the information so consumers will know what the car tax prices will be for all cars to help them make an educated decision on the type of new car to purchase with less car tax to pay.

Going a bit farther than just car tax prices, the website offers help to find cheap car insurance as well as cheaper cars. With the aid of Car Tax Prices Online, UK residents will find the information they need to choose a cheap car, have cheaper car tax prices to pay, and save money.

As Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio eagerly await approval of their year-old merger attempt, media watchers wonder whether satellite radio anywhere else can copy the success achieved by those space-age broadcasters in the U.S. market. While Sirius and XM operate in the U.S. (and to a small extent, Canada) the other regions of the world are in the hands of a collection of four other broadcasters. Of these, WorldSpace may be showing the most promising signs of life.

Thanks largely to OEM relationships with vehicle manufacturers, Sirius and XM have built up a clientele of some 17.3 million subscribers. Collectively the two carriers offer satellite radio as a popular feature in nearly every vehicle brand in the U.S. market. But according to a market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, “The Worldwide Market for In-Car Audio, Infotainment & Driver Information/Telematics Systems”, that model has not yet been replicated by the world’s other satellite radio players - which include TU Media (serving South Korea), MBCO (Japan), Ondas Media (Europe), and the most ambitious of the lot, WorldSpace, which plans to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

The Korean and Japanese services, launched in 2005 and broadcasting to the two countries from a shared satellite, have had little penetration into the automotive market. In fact they’ve had little impact overall and face stiff competition from terrestrial systems designed for mobile digital media.

In-car satellite radio may receive a better reception in Europe. Though commercial service there has yet to be launched, both Ondas and WorldSpace have announced their first OEM deals with automakers - Ondas with Nissan, and WorldSpace with Fiat.

Of the two, WorldSpace appears to be making the quickest progress - it has secured necessary terrestrial-repeater licenses for Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, and plans to roll out its first European broadcasts next year. Meanwhile both companies may be challenged to retain enough capital to stay afloat until subscriber cash flow starts to roll in.

Will Europeans embrace satellite radio like Americans have? Will the fact that the European market is more varied in terms of language and culture help or hinder satellite adoption? Within a year or two we may finally know the answers.

Germantown, Maryland 4-7-09: Criswell Automotive announces that Criswell Nissan has moved from Gaithersburg to Germantown, Maryland. Only 3.5 miles away from the old location, the new state of the art facility is worlds above in customer amenities and service facilities.

Located next to Criswell Honda on Amaranth Drive, Criswell has built a unique Import Sales destination in Montgomery County.

To celebrate the dealership’s arrival in Germantown, Criswell Nissan is having a inventory reduction sale for the entire month of April. The new facility is busting at the seams already, with one of the largest selections of new Nissans in stock, some with 0% financing on approved credit.

Criswell Nissan has discounted prices and applied rebates up to $6,000 on select models. There are even a few 2008 models left at never before offered prices. Criswell Nissan invites all customers in Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia to come see their new showroom and take advantage of great deals.

Criswell Nissan is part of the Criswell Automotive family selling and servicing Nissan, Honda, Chevrolet, Hummer, Lotus, Commercial and Isuzu trucks. Visit www.criswellauto.com to get a great deal on a new or used car.

Criswell Nissan
19525 Amaranth Drive
Germantown, MD
Contact Details: Criswell Nissan
19525 Amaranth Drive
Germantown, MD
gbarmby@criswellauto.com
240-364-7115

Europcar has announced that ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on 10 May, it will be providing its own grand prize.

Europcar car rental Germany and Europcar car rental UK have managed to secure 5 sets of tickets for the upcoming Grand Prix in Spain. These tickets will be offered by Europcar in a Formula 1 prize draw where any European resident aged 18 years and over, who signs up to the Europcar newsletter, will be entered to win pairs of tickets for the upcoming event.

The closing date for the draw is the 30th April. The prize consists of a pair of tickets to see the Spanish Grand Prix, which is due to take place at the physically and mechanically taxing Circuit de Catalunya of Montmelo. The tickets will provide access to see the race on the 10th May as well as the Friday practice and qualifying sessions, which will take place in Barcelona on the 8/9th May.

The race which is officially called the Gran Premio de Espana de Formula One, has changed considerably since it was first run in 1913 at Guadarrama. A regular fixture of the Grand Prix programme, 2009 marks the 19th time Barcelona has hosted the Spanish Grand at Catalunya, with its mix of high and low-speed corners.

Since Nigel Mansell won the first Catalunya based race in 1991, Michael Schumacher has proved to be the most successful driver at tackling the circuit. However amongst the current drivers, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, have all shown their abilities and what it takes to be a success at this challenging track, having each won at least once in the last four years. With the addition of World Champion Lewis Hamilton and the early form of the Brawn GP team to also contend with, the winners of the Europcar prize are assured a fantastic 2009 race experience.

The prize draw will take place under independent supervision on 1st May, where five entries will be chosen and the winners will be notified the same day.

About Europcar:
Owned by French private equity firm Eurazeo, Europcar is the European leader in passenger car and light utility vehicle rentals, offering short and long term car hire.

The company serves business and leisure customers throughout Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Europe including car rental in Spain and car rental in Barcelona, ideal for those attending the race.

Excluding franchise operations, in 2007 Europcar signed more than 10 million rental contracts, with 7,700 employees and a fleet exceeding 215,000 vehicles. In September 2008, Europcar and U.S. market leader Enterprise Rent a Car joined forces in a strategic alliance to form the world’s largest car rental network, with more than 1.2 million vehicles and 13,000 locations in 162 countries and offering a number of car hire deals.

Europcar PR Contact:

Lorie Lichtlen
PR Manager
Burson-Marsteller
6 rue Escudier
Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex
Paris
92772
+33 1 41 86 76 60
www.europcar.com

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GreenChek Technology Inc. (OTCBB:GCHK), a leading globally focused provider of hydrogen based technology for mobile transportation and stationary power generation applications, would like to clarify our March 9, 2009 press release regarding manufacturing capacity in China. The company, through our manufacturing arrangement, has the capacity to manufacture 1050 units per month. The capacity to manufacture is important and allows for rapid growth, but we do not have orders for 1050 units per month at this point in time. The company does not have $50.4 million USD in purchase orders at this time. The $50.4 Million USD is an approximation based on future potential orders and manufacturing at full capacity.

As previously announced, the company is on track to complete our initial UK installations in the second quarter of 2009.

GreenChek manufactures an emission reduction device simply known as the ERD 2.0, which can be retrofitted to any vehicle or combustible engine regardless of fuel source. This device reduces vehicle emissions as well as increases fuel economy.

About GreenChek

GreenChek Technology Inc. (www.greenchektech.com) is traded under the symbol GCHK on the OTCBB exchange and is based in San Francisco, California. GreenChek manufactures and distributes hydrogen injection technology which is primarily focused on mobile transportation applications, as well as stationary power generation applications. GreenChek provides innovative world class mobile Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction technology, while greatly enhancing fuel economy for the mobile transportation industry. GreenChek’s Onboard Hydrogen Generation and Injection (OHGI) technology is positioned to occupy the pre-eminent position in the emerging market for emissions reduction technology and fuel economy enhancement. GreenChek has operations in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements in this press release regarding GreenChek’s products, services, capabilities, performance, opportunities, development and business outlook that are forward-looking involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond GreenChek’s control and difficult to predict, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: lack of operating history, transitioning from a development company to an operating company, difficulties in distinguishing GreenChek’s products and services, ability to manufacture and deploy GreenChek’s products, lack of or delay in market acceptance and fluctuations in customer demand, dependence on a limited number of significant customers, reliance on third party vendors and strategic partners, availability of raw materials, subassemblies and components, ability to meet future capital requirements on acceptable terms, continuing uncertainty in the emissions reduction industry and the global economy, compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements, timing, availability and success of new technology and product introductions and the other factors discussed in GreenChek’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire - April 17, 2009) - EagleRider, the world’s largest motorcycle rental and tour company, is proud to be named the “Official Motorcycle Rental Sponsor” of the 2009 AMA International Women and Motorcycling Conference.

This year’s AMA International Women and Motorcycling Conference will take place in Keystone, Colorado at the Keystone Resort, August 19-22, 2009. EagleRider Motorcycle Rental will be providing a special 15% discount to AMA members who are looking to attend the event out of any of their 63 United States rental locations.

“With a growing number of women taking part in the motorcycle lifestyle, it’s great to see women getting recognized as part of the motorcycling community,” said David Goff, Marketing Manager of EagleRider. “Eaglerider is proud to be part of the Women and Motorcycling Conference.”

AMA members who would like to take advantage of this special 15% Women and Motorcycling Conference discount should use the special promotional code “WERAMAW” on the EagleRider website. Members can also contact EagleRider’s Central Reservation Team toll free at (888) 972-4537 or rent@eaglerider.com.

About EagleRider:

EagleRider pioneered the motorcycle rental concept in 1992 and today operates the world’s largest motorcycle and powersports rental fleet from premier manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson®, Honda®, Vespa®, BMW®, and Victory®. EagleRider’s expansion of its franchise rental facilities targets global tourist destinations and currently offers adventure and motorcycle travel enthusiasts the opportunity to experience their dream vacation from rental facilities in the USA, United Kingdom, Austria, Australia, Spain, France, Ireland, Mexico, Costa Rica, and New Zealand.

Website http://www.eaglerider.com

About American Motorcyclist Association:

Since 1924, the AMA has promoted and protected the motorcycling lifestyle. AMA members come from all walks of life and they navigate many different routes on their journey to the same destination: freedom on two wheels. As the world’s largest motorcycle organization with nearly 300,000 members, the AMA advocates for motorcyclists’ interests in the halls of local, state and federal government, the committees of international governing organizations and the court of public opinion. Through member clubs, promoters and partners, the AMA sanctions more motorsports competition events than any other organization in the world. Through its Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the AMA preserves the heritage of motorcycling for future generations. For more information, visit www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com.