Ford donates Transit Connect for University of Kansas WellCar Program

Ford Motor Company has donated a Transit Connect to the University of Kansas for one year to be the school's first WellCar that will bring medical care to the doors of rural patients.

The need for WellCar service is acute. People in rural areas may travel for hours

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Renault India launches Scala Travelogue Edition @ Rs. 8.47 lakh

Keeping up with its motto 'Drive the Change' and its commitment of bringing comfort, convenience, styling, safety and technology, Renault India has announced the launch of Renault Scala Travelogue Edition.

Since its launch in the year 2012, the Renault

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smart Canada announces its official support of WorldPride 2014 Toronto

smart Canada announced its exclusive automotive sponsorship of WorldPride 2014 which will be hosted in Toronto, Ontario from June 20-29, 2014. The event will be held simultaneously with Toronto's annual Pride Week - one of the largest festivals in the world

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Subaru of America appoints Diane Anton as Manager of corporate communications

Subaru of America, Inc. announced the appointment of Diane Anton to Manager of corporate communications. Reporting to the Director of corporate communications for Subaru, Anton will be responsible for the company's business and lifestyle media relations

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Suzuki launches limited Tyco GSX-R600 replica @ £10,249

Suzuki GB has announced a limited run of GSX-R600 Tyco Suzuki replicas, after Guy Martin and WIlliam Dunlop took the iconic supersport machine to podium placed finishes at this year's North West 200 and Isle of Man TT.

The machines have been put together with the help

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8,000 service technicians to take part in Scania's global service competition

Scania Top Team, Scania's competition-like training programme for its service technicians and parts experts, is about to begin. Some 8,000 participants from over 60 countries develop their skills by combining training and teamwork while competing.

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Changes in the Board of Management at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Dr. Eckhard Scholz (50), currently Speaker for the Brand Board of Management of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand. Joachim Rothenpieler (56)

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McLaren strengthens its European retailer network with McLaren Ascot

McLaren Automotive has announced plans to further strengthen its expanding retail network with the appointment of McLaren Ascot, which will become the brand's 20th European location. A state-of-the-art facility, located in the royal town in Berkshire will become

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Kia starts production of all-electric Soul EV at Gwangju

Kia Motors has begun volume production of its new all-electric Kia Soul EV for export sales. A landmark in Kias history, the zero-emissions Soul EV is Kia's first electric vehicle to be marketed by the company outside Korea.

The first vehicles off the production line are

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Maserati registers 223 per cent growth in May sales in UK

Maserati sales figures in May show yet another confident month in the UK with 113 new registrations - a 223 per cent increase year on year compared to May 2013 figures.

Total Maserati sales in Great Britain for the year so far amount to 430 units, representing a significant increase

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Mercedes-Benz Vans records best-ever sales figures for May, up 29 per cent

The first five months of 2014 have been record-breaking for Mercedes-Benz Vans in the UK, culminating in the best-ever sales for the month of May, positioning the UK market at number one in Europe and number two worldwide for Mercedes-Benz Vans

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Suzuki reports strong progress around the world

Suzuki Motor Corporation continues to make strong progress around the world with total global car production reaching 2,857,000 units in the 2013 fiscal year. Overseas production accounted for 1,858,000 of the total which was an increase for the second consecutive year.

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Tata Motors Group global wholesales at 77,575 vehicles in May 2014

The Tata Motors Group global wholesales in May 2014, including Jaguar Land Rover, were 77,575 vehicles. Cumulative wholesales for the fiscal were 152,601 vehicles.

Global wholesales of all commercial vehicles - Tata, Tata Daewoo and the Tata Hispano Carrocera

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Yamaha launches the limited edition MT-09 Street Tracker

It was June 11, 2013 when Yamaha surprised the biking world with the announcement of the imminent arrival of the naked motard MT-09. Right from the beginning we made it clear that this new bike would be the first model in the MT family, and it was hard to believe that

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Porsche Exclusive announces the 'Porsche 911 S Martini Racing Edition'

Porsche Exclusive is issuing the 'Martini Racing Edition' of the 911 Carrera S to coincide with this year's 24 hours of Le Mans race. Marking the return of Porsche to endurance motorsport is a limited edition 911 in traditional Martini racing design, which reflects the styling

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Land Rover Freelander joins the fight to save India's tigers

Land Rover has extended its support to the Born Free Foundation's work in India by delivering a brand new Land Rover Freelander to the Satpuda Foundation, one of Born Free's partner organisations in Central India, to carry out critical conservation work in the country's central

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Jaguar Land Rover inaugurates its showroom in Nagpur

Jaguar Land Rover announced the opening of a new showroom in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

"I am delighted to be opening a new showroom in Nagpur. This fourth showroom in the State of Maharashtra, reiterates our commitment to tap the growing potential of premium

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Honda inaugurates its first-ever traffic parks in East India

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) unleashed its latest step for spreading road safety awareness in India by bringing its traffic park for the first time to East India.

Honda has simultaneously inaugurated its 2 new traffic parks in Odisha at Bhubaneswar

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General Motors' Korea Design Center receives LEED Gold Certification

The General Motors Korea Design Center here has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. It is the first automotive facility in South Korea and GM's seventh worldwide to achieve LEED certification.

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Jaguar Land Rover delivers 20 per cent more vehicles globally in May 2014 from May 2013

Jaguar Land Rover delivered a strong sales performance in May, retailing 38,831 vehicles in the month, up 20 per cent versus the same period last year. Calendar year-to-date, Jaguar Land Rover has sold 200,778 vehicles, up 14 per cent.

Jaguar Land Rover's regional

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Toyota offers customisation fun for kids of all ages with Camatte Sport Concept

Kids - and grown-ups - who love design and finding out how things work will find plenty to entertain them in the latest development of the Toyota Camatte, a car designed for all ages to drive and enjoy.

The Camatte returns to the International Tokyo Toy Show for the third

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Alfa Romeo franchises awarded to 86 dealers in US and Canada

An initial group of 86 dealers have been awarded Alfa Romeo franchises in the United States and Canada.

In the US, 82 Alfa Romeo dealers are located in 33 states, with California, Texas, and Florida having the largest concentration of dealerships. There are four Alfa Romeo

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Infiniti announces tie-up with Dougie Lampkin

With similar attributes of balance, precision and attention to detail the automotive brand of Infiniti and twelve times FIM Trial World Trial Champion Dougie Lampkin MBE officially confirmed their relationship when the motorcycle legend took delivery of a brand new Infiniti

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One of the world's first tattooed cars revealed at London Stage of Gumball 3000 Rally

London-based tattoo artist, Aleksy Marcinow, joined London Motor Museum owner Elo to reveal the unique Gumpert Apollo, one of the fastest cars in the world, which was tattooed by Aleksy for the London Supercar workshop. With inspiration for the car's tattoo

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BMW Group delivers 177,741 vehicles worldwide, increase of 6.8 per cent

Deliveries of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles increased 6.8 per cent to total 177,741 in the last month, making it the best May ever (previous year 166,381). A new sales record was also reached in the year-to-date with a total of 826,865 vehicles delivered

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Renault acquires Caterham Group's stake in Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham

Following a mutual agreement between Renault and Caterham Group, Renault has increased its stake in Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham to 100 per cent, following acquisition of the interest held by Caterham Group. Renault will now continue to develop

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Maserati and La Martina collaborate on bespoke luxury polo saddle

Maserati and polo brand La Martina have collaborated on a one-off, hand-made, luxury polo saddle in celebration of Maserati's Centennial Polo Tour.

Using the finest quality, carefully-selected full-grain leather and suede, the saddle was created in Argentina by La Martina's

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Jeep opens its lounge 'JSet Marrakech' in Morocco; first JSet venue in Africa

With the JSet Party, Jeep opened a new, exclusive JSet location at the Sky-Bar of the Montgomerie Golf Club in the heart of the city of Marrakech, Morocco. Decorated with 'signature' stylistic features of the brand, the JSet Marrakech is an elegant Restaurant, Lounge

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Now ride with helmets with NASA's space technology material

So far you have seen only astronauts wearing NASA technology driven helmets and their suits, helping them to maintain the body temperature. The good news is that you can also get a similar helmet in India (to begin with in Bangalore) which is a combination of NASA

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NNG and ANS bring 'Navigation for All' to India

NNG LLC in association with ANS announce scalable navigation solutions for OEMs in India, thus proving that factory-fitted navigation is indeed available for car owners of all categories.

"NNG's vision is that navigation will be a standard, even in entry-level cars.

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Best May in Skoda's history, worldwide deliveries grow 15.2 per cent

Skoda's worldwide deliveries grew 15.2 per cent in May to 91,200 vehicles (May 2013: 79,100), making this May the best in corporate history and the ninth month in a row of continuous growth. Western and Central Europe were driving force behind the growth

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Vauxhall Motors celebrates 50 years of production at Ellesmere

On June 1, 1964, the first Vauxhall rolled-off the production line at the all-new Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant in Cheshire. On June 5, 2014, Vauxhall celebrated 50 years of production at Ellesmere Port by recreating the 1964 scene and the original press image

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Warren Richards appointed Head of Service and Parts Operations at Skoda UK

Skoda UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Warren Richards as the brand's new Head of Service and Parts Operations.

Warren will take up his new role on June 16, 2014, replacing Owen Shepherd, who has taken a role within Volkswagen Group as Head of

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Mercedes-Benz sold 134,031 vehicles worldwide in May

Mercedes-Benz has continued the trend in recent months by achieving yet another sales record in May. A total of 134,031 vehicles were sold to customers around the world (+10.4 per cent). That makes 641,384 vehicles sold since the start of the year (+14 per cent),

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Ford momentum in China continues with May sales up 32 per cent

Ford China sales grew 32 per cent in May with 93,323 wholesales sold compared to 70,449 wholesales in May 2013. Year-to-date sales were up 39 per cent, with 461,473 wholesales sold compared to 332,308 wholesales sold in the first five months of 2013.

Passenger car sales

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Eni launches its car sharing service 'Enjoy' in Rome

Enjoy, the car sharing service that Eni developed in partnership with Fiat and Trenitalia, has arrived in Rome and will start operating with a fleet of over 300 Fiat 500 cars which will increase to 600 by September 2014. Enjoy has already conquered Milan, with more than 80,000

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Subaru of America reports 11 per cent growth in May sales, best-ever May sales month in company history

Subaru of America, Inc. reported 44,170 vehicle sales for May 2014, a 11 per cent increase over May 2013 sales of 39,892 and the best-ever May sales month in company history. Year-to-date sales for Subaru total 196,641 - a 19 per cent increase over the same period in

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Skoda celebrates cycling heritage with Tour de France limited editions

Skoda's association with cycling dates back 119 years, when the Czech brand started out making pedal-powered two-wheelers. It's respected as a global partner of the sport, and is celebrating the UK stages of the Tour de France with three stunning limited edition models.

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Infiniti announces UK finalist in global search for the next Formula One engineering star

Infiniti has taken a step closer to discovering the world's next Formula One engineering stars, as the Infiniti announces that a British student has made it through to the world finals of the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy.

The finalists will individually compete against 11

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JLR open its Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship 2014

Jaguar Land Rover opens its 2014 Range Rover Evoque WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) Scholarship for young women planning a career in technology and engineering in the UK.

Launched last year by Zara Phillips, the scholarship will offer two young

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Nick Andrews and Sally Dennis take up new fleet roles at Mercedes-Benz UK

Nick Andrews, currently Head of Fleet at Mercedes-Benz Cars UK, is set to take up a new role as Fleet and Remarketing Director. In his new position, Nick will take a leadership role within Fleet with the added responsibility for Used Cars and Remarketing.

Supporting

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Suzuki launches Kevin Schwantz collection '#34' starting from £15

Two of the most iconic names in motorcycle racing have joined forces once again, as Suzuki announces the launch of its latest Kevin Schwantz collection.

Celebrating the 1993 World Champion's long and successful career with Suzuki, the latest clothing range

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Infiniti appoints Matthew Davis as Director, Global Product & Brand Communications

Infiniti Motor Company, Ltd., appointed Matthew Davis as their new Global Product & Brand Communications Director effective July 14, 2014. In this position, he will be based at the company's global headquarters in Hong Kong and report directly to Stefan

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Kia Motors America announces all-time best monthly sales in May

Kia Motors America (KMA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the US, and the brand's momentum reached historic new heights in May with an all-time best monthly sales total of 60,087, a 14.8 per cent increase over the same period in 2013 and the first

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General Motors India sold 4,865 vehicles in May 2014

General Motors India has sold 4,865 vehicles in the month of May 2014 against 8,500 units sold in the corresponding period last year. These include 1,716 units of Beat, 1,076 units of Tavera and 934 units of Chevrolet Enjoy.

"The automobile industry has been

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Ford's May US sales up 3 per cent, Lincoln sales up 21 per cent

Ford Motor Company US sales totaled 254,084 vehicles in May, up 3 per cent from a year ago. Retail sales set several model records with 174,889 vehicles sold - an increase of 6 per cent.

"Fusion and Escape had their best months ever, which helped us to our strongest May

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TMS reports an increase of 12.6 per cent in May US sales

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., reported May 2014 sales results of 243,236 units, an increase of 12.6 per cent from May 2013 on a Daily Selling Rate (DSR). On a raw-volume basis, unadjusted for 27 selling days in May 2014 versus 26 selling days in May 2013, TMS

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MNAO records best May sales in 18 years, growth of 22.5 per cent

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) reported May US sales of 29,731 vehicles, representing an increase of 22.5 per cent versus last year. Year-to-date sales through May are up 6.4 per cent versus last year, with 130,223 vehicles sold.

"Despite the economy being

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Hyundai Motor America reports May sales as its best month ever

Hyundai Motor America closed its best month ever with May sales of 70,907, up 3.7 per cent versus the same period a year ago.

"Our excellent spring selling season continued through the month of May with dealerships across the country seeing an increase in customers

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General Motors reports best US monthly sales since August 2008 in May 2014

General Motors Co. dealers delivered 284,694 vehicles in the United States in May, up 13 per cent compared to a year ago, marking the company's best May in seven years and its best total sales since August 2008. Retail sales - vehicles sold to individual buyers - were up 10 per cent

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