(January 20, 2015) Announcing that overall sales are up by 54% in the past nine months provides tangible proof that the forward strategy established by Lotus Cars is working. In volume terms, the increase of 551 cars over the previous year, to a total of 1,565, is an excellent result for the British sports car maker.

Lotus has enlarged and strengthened its representation globally, with 25 new dealers enrolled across a number of territories in the past nine months, with another 50 new dealers joining Lotus by the end of 2015.

(January 7, 2015) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Truck Trend has selected the 2015 Ford F-150 as the winner of its inaugural Pickup Truck of the Year Award for 2015. Truck Trend’s Pickup Truck of the Year award program is an invitation-only shootout that is only open to all-new or significantly revised pickup trucks for the upcoming model year.

(January 7, 2015) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Using a rear-facing car seat until a child is age two reduces risk of serious injury, but close to one-quarter of parents report they turned the seat around before their child was even one year old, according to a new University of Michigan study.

In March 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines for child passenger safety, extending the recommendation for rear-facing car seat use from one year of age and 20 pounds in weight to a minimum of two years of age or until a child has outgrown the weight/height limits of their rear-facing seat.

(January 6, 2015) BURLINGTON, Mass. — Traffic experts at TomTom, who use more than 400 million traffic data sources including community and professional input from fleet telematics, PNDs, and in-dash systems, today revealed that commuters sat in enough traffic during their afternoon commute in 2014 to travel to the moon and back 2.5 times. In 2015, TomTom vows to help commuters spend more time with their loved ones by giving them the gift of time.

(January 5, 2015) RIVERVIEW, Fla. — The Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA) will host the 30th Annual 2015 Florida RV SuperShow, Wednesday, Jan. 14 through Sunday, Jan. 18 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.

The 2015 SuperShow will have representation from every major RV manufacturer as well as hundreds of accessory booths exhibitors.  "We will have more Suppliers' booths and every type, size and style of RV on the market," said Marketing Director David Kelly. 

(January 5, 2015) IRVINE, Calif. — The analysts at Kelley Blue Book today report the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States was $34,367 in December.  New-car prices have increased by $842 (up 2.5 percent) from December 2013, while rising $556 (1.6 percent) from last month. 

(January 2, 2015) ST. LOUIS — Oregon holds on to its title as "Top Moving Destination" and continues to pull away from the pack, while the Northeast loses residents for the third consecutive year. South Carolina and North Carolina are the second and third most moved-to states, according to United Van Lines' 38th Annual National Movers Study, which tracks customers' migration patterns state-to-state during the course of the past year.

(December 31, 2014) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar saw a year-over-year spike in unique visitor volume in December as more consumers accessed the site via mobile devices.  In fact, mobile users led the way with over 90 percent growth.

Unique visitors to TrueCar.com totaled 3.7 million in December versus 2.4 million a year ago. This increase coincides with reinvigorated consumer confidence that helped push TrueCar.com's unique visitor count to a one-day record high of nearly 200,000 on Dec. 27.

(December 30, 2014) LONDON — James May has chosen the 13 most significant cars of all time for The London Classic Car Show… but is he right? It’s bold, controversial and bound to cause arguments… and that’s just the way BBC Top Gear’s May wants it.

May has stuck his neck on the line and has chosen what he regards are the 13 most influential cars of all time. The result is The Cars That Changed The World and it’s one of the star exhibits at the London Classic Car Show taking place at ExCeL in London’s Docklands Jan. 8-11.