Warranty Direct has announced a new ‘360’ used car ownership survey and is currently seeking owners to participate.
Warranty Direct calls the survey “the most comprehensive, all-round study of UK used car ownership ever conducted.”
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BMW M PowerSource online
There are plenty car drivers out there that think you just can’t do better than a BMW. Except maybe one prepped by the M Division.
EPA extends comment period for Tier 3 emissions standard
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the period to submit public comments regarding the proposed “Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards,” the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) reported.
Originally slated to close on June 13, the American Petroleum Institute (API) requested additional time given the level of technical information they anticipated would need to be provided. The new public comment period closes July 1, 2013.
2014 Nissan Micra facelift unveiled, sales start in September
Third best-selling Nissan model in the UK goes on sale in September
Nissan has significantly updated the Micra with a round of changes so wide-ranging they go well beyond what usually constitutes a mid-term facelift.
Shale gas boom is increasing CNG conversion
Once primarily the province of under-capitalized independent producers who refined horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology to tap into the once-marginal tight gas reservoirs in Appalachia, the Central U.S. and Western Canada, the massive reserve has now sparked attention from the major industry players.
ExxonMobil, through its acquisition of XTO Energy in 2010, other supermajors, and a host of gas-short Asian players have since taken positions in the U.S. and Canadian shale gas play, with total capital commitments exceeding $100 billion.
