Automotive Industry News 

Car hire customers no longer need to worry about heading in the wrong direction as car rental broker holidayautos.co.uk launches the first worldwide interactive road mapping service to its website. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

Leading car hire supplier Holiday Autos is offering customers their own private expert guided tourist excursion of India with its new chauffer-driven car hire programme in the Subcontinent. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

Holiday Autos has further cemented its position as the leading car hire company with the launch the most comprehensive insurance cover on the market. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

Using the momentum of your car will reduce your fuel consumption; The U.S. Patent Office issued a Patent for Moment-O-Meter (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

Sonic Electronix's rapid growth leads them to an international market due to great service and quality products. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

New statistics released by the RAC show motorists are spending up to $50* a week more to run their car than they did last year. The results of a vehicle operating costs survey shows four wheel drive owners being the hardest hit with the rising costs of fuel. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

Worldwide media, celebrities attending; Ticket sales begin Friday, August 22, at noon Central time. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

easyCar is once again asking the British public to get creative with their holiday snaps, following the success of last years Snapped competition. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

DentMasters has recently launched its newly redesigned website, www.DentMasters.com. Blue Water Media was chosen to lead the design, development and marketing efforts of the new website. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

MBRT supports bipartisan group of 10 Senators' compromise energy plan aimed at producing more domestic oil via offshore drilling, reducing energy prices, and aiding the troubled economy. The plan calls for more fuel efficient cars and more research money to move away from petroleum products. Big Oil biggest Quarter ever-$51.5 billion: GM posts $15.5 billion 2Q loss and third worst in its history: unemployment up and jobless rates climb (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

New system will be available as a factory-installed option in ProStar/LoneStar models beginning fourth quarter of 2008. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

AutoCareInsurance.com provides consumers with a "one stop shop" website where they can obtain insurance quotes from a wide variety of insurance companies as well as helpful articles about car insurance and other issues related to vehicle ownership. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

A $10 raffle ticket will not only place you in a raffle for $53,125 worth of the gas of your choice over the next 10 years, you will also be helping adopting families rescue 52 orphans from all over the world. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

Escort Inc. introduces it's new affinity program for ASTON MARTIN OWNER'S CLUB, NORTH AMERICA in conjunction with the release of it's latest custom-installed radar and laser defense. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

ESCORT Inc. introduces its new affinity program program for AUDI CLUB members in conjunction with the release of its latest custom-installed radar and laser defense. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

CentralDispatch® (www.CentralDispatch.com), the automotive industry's transportation marketplace, today announced that vehicle transportation costs continue to rise. The national average price to ship a standard sized vehicle rose by $77 between April and July of 2008, based on the nearly 500,000 vehicle listings on CentralDispatch.com. The overall volume of vehicles listed for transportation on CentralDispatch.com rose 8% during this period. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

Open Source Six Sigma introduces Enterprise Licensing Solutions including Lean Six Sigma training materials, assessments and course manuals. Enterprise license fees range from under $1,000 USD to less than a maximum of under $60,000 USD. Learn more and get samples at www.opensourcesixsigma.com/enterprise. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

Americans continue to overwhelmingly reject an ongoing push to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. According to a Nationwide Insurance survey released today, 72 percent of adults think lowering the drinking age will make alcohol more accessible to kids and nearly half believe it would increase binge drinking among teens. More than half even say they are less likely to vote for a state representative who supports lowering the legal limit or send their children to colleges or universities with “party school” reputations. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR), a worldwide leader in specialty display solutions, today announced the 1,000-unit shipping milestone of its Planar LX1200 in-vehicle touchscreen displays to public safety agencies and commercial fleets nationwide. The screens enable personnel within vehicles to access vocational mobile computer applications such as dispatching and vehicle registration databases. This family of products, including the LX1200TI with an infrared touchscreen, supports Planar’s strategic investment in developing specialty displays that address the unique challenges of vehicle applications. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

Truedelta.com, the automotive website that provides fast, accurate vehicle reliability, fuel economy, and pricing information, has announced the latest results of its Vehicle Reliability Survey (VRS.)The results capture owner experiences through the end of June 2008, and reflect TrueDelta's ability to provide car buyers with the "freshest" reliability information.This set of results even includes a couple early 2009 models, the Nissan Murano and Jaguar XF. (PRWeb Aug 19, 2008)

EasyAutoSales.com, America's fastest growing web 2.0 automotive startup now supports inventory export to a number of popular web destinations including AOL Autos, MySpace classifieds, Military.com, Walmart.com and more. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

Dealer.com has launched a redesigned website that includes the Live Visitor Lead Calculator™, a revolutionary new tool that allows dealers to estimate the potential sales that a Dealer.com SmartSite™ will generate before they buy. Based on over ten years of data collected from more than 7,000 dealer websites across the country, Dealer.com can predict the approximate number of visitors that an industry leading website in a particular region will organically generate. By entering in the franchise and area that a dealership is located in, the tool provides instant estimates of unique visitors, leads and then based on closing rates, potential sales revenue. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

MenuVantage (www.menuvantage.com), the market's premier web-based menu selling system, today announced that since going to market in the third quarter of 2004, the company has quickly expanded and just recently achieved a major milestone of $1.5 billion in F&I product sales for it auto dealer clients. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today it has completed integration of its Automotive Management Productivity Suite (AMPS) with Kia Motors America's (KMA) web-based dealer service system. The system integration allows Kia retailers to electronically transmit warranty claims, new vehicle delivery information and parts orders/parts returns data directly from AMPS to KMA. It streamlines communications between the dealership and OEM, insures complete and accurate data is submitted to the manufacturer, and saves dealers valuable administrative time. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

Wolfrace, the alloy wheels specialist, has teamed up with Flux to offer a specialist modified car insurance service. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

Four New Leading Automotive Women Join AskPatty.com Panel of Experts with Georgia Brown Director of Education- National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008)

Apple Acura, York's leading Acura dealership and used car dealer, announced today the launch of a new dealership website. After more than a year of planning and development, online car shoppers will find one of the most interactive, user-friendly, and information-packed car dealership websites in the industry, including online virtual test drives, 360˚ interior & exterior video spins of the new Acura lineup, a vehicle configurator, an advanced lifestyle inventory search function, ebrochures, a CarFinder service, specials across all departments, and more coming in the near future! (PRWeb Aug 17, 2008)

New specialist auction service offers a targeted solution for private number plates sellers. (PRWeb Aug 17, 2008)

eCourier.co.uk is Europe's fastest growing same day logistics company. Since our launch in 2004, we've revolutionised London's courier industry with a combination of pioneering and unique technology, on line real time tracking, unrivalled delivery times, instant proof of delivery and a customer experience that differentiates our business from traditional courier companies. (PRWeb Aug 17, 2008)

New Hyde Park, NY -- New Shaft adapters from Sterling Instrument (an ISO 9001:2000 + AS9100B manufacturer) eliminate the need for special shafting. There are 21 inch and 27 metric size stainless steel adapters, identified as the S52FCY (-, M) Series, are high precision, with tight tolerances on bores, shank and bore/shank concentricity. (PRWeb Aug 17, 2008)

The credit crunch has made belt-tightening the UK's No.1 pastime - everyone's doing it - and motorists particularly are feeling the pinch, with the escalating price of fuel and the new Vehicle Excise Duty levels next year which could see some paying up to £2001 more on family saloons. But drivers trying to save money by not taking out car insurance are cost-cutting to a foolhardy extreme, warns RIAS. (PRWeb Aug 16, 2008)

Lanham, MD 8/13/08 Stoneworks Software Corporation has partnered with PTC® and IBM® to launch a new product offering, Requirements Management Link. Also referred to as RMLink®, this solution is an essential middleware product that facilitates the communication between Telelogic DOORS® Server and PTC's Windchill Product Suite. RMLink®, with its sleek design and intuitive web-based user interface, is integrated seamlessly throughout the PTC Windchill® web-based application. (PRWeb Aug 16, 2008)

Teaches Race Car Mechanics Advanced Carbon Fiber Repair & Manufacturing Techniques (PRWeb Aug 15, 2008)

Swinton reports 18% increase in motoring claims due to bad weather.As heavy rain pours down on Britain and The Met Office issues severe weather warnings across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and north Wales. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

The future of sensing, actuating, and energy harvesting is looking bright for the aeronautic, automotive, and manufacturing industries, with the introduction of a new suite of packaged, and conformable piezoelectric transducers. The packaged QuickPack®, and flexible PowerAct™ piezoelectric transducers are replacing traditional solenoid and standard piezo technologies with a new, low profile, low power, flexible, and robust alternative. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

Trusted Tours.com, discount tour and attraction ticket company has offered summer travelers and bloggers the chance to win prizes for sharing their experiences every month this summer. Their August contest features a $150 Magellan's gift certificate prize. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

MetoKote Corporation, the industry leader in metal finishing processes, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

VinSolutions achieved the highest of Subaru's three approval levels enabling dealers enrolled in Subaru's Integrated Lead Management program to manage factory and fatory-sponsored third party leads through VinSolutions' CRM/ILM integrated systems. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

HCMWorks, Inc. has launched a free white paper series to help companies evaluate the best ways to optimize their procurement and workforce expenditures. The ongoing series explores the challenges, solutions, and savings opportunities in human capital management. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

Kyle Cramsey of Cramsey Motorosports (13), fueled by the all-new Hardcore Energize Bullet from iSatori, took home the National Championship in Jr. Drag Racing this July at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)