Automobile Driving

Winning school, Park Christian School, in Fargo, N.D., wins the grand prize of $10,000. Nearly 200 Great Lakes area Ford dealerships joined with the same number of local schools to produce 160 videos detailing the features of the 2012 Ford Focus. The program generated more than 6,500 “likes” on Facebook and more than 55,000 votes for [...]

The Dodge brand is going the distance as an official sponsor of the “XSport Fitness Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon.” The Dodge running team of nearly 100 corporate volunteers will lace up their running shoes and participate in the half marathon in Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 14. In addition to being an official sponsor [...]

Preserving Heritage and Quality Craftsmanship for Mercedes-Benz Vintage Vehicles A typical day at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center based in Irvine, California includes a 1950s Gullwing vehicle restoration, researching the owner history of a 1937 540K and finding a spare part among the 50,000 available for classic Mercedes-Benz cars. With the backing of 125 years of [...]

Sales Up 18.8% for the Month and 10.4% for the First Half of the Year Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported June sales of 22,563 vehicles, an 18.8% improvement over June 2010, and the company’s highest June volume and first half of the year on record. On a year-to-date basis, the 118,021 vehicles sold represent a [...]

Ford to triple electrified vehicle production Ford will grow its electrified vehicle production capacity to more than 100,000 units annually by 2013 thanks to increasing consumer appetites for green vehicles. Ford will triple production capacity of its electrified vehicle lineup, further boosting volumes of its all-new C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid, which begin [...]