(January 23, 2014) IRVINE, Calif. — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has announced record Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicle sales of 37,886 vehicles in 2013, an increase of 39.1 percent. Mazda's year-over-year sales increase more than doubled the industry's average of 15.1 percent and represented a 0.3 percent increase in share to 1.8 percent for 2013.

(January 22, 2014) TORRANCE, Calif.  — The Muppets gang is in for a wild ride when they join forces with Toyota this year, blending Toyota’s exciting ‘Let’s Go Places’ spirit with Muppets mayhem. The collaboration celebrates the upcoming Toyota Highlander launch and the Muppets’ all-new big-screen adventure “Muppets Most Wanted,” in theaters March 21.
 

(January 22, 2014) DETROIT – The 2014 Chevrolet Spark is a Top Safety Pick and is the only vehicle in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety minicar segment to earn the rating in 2014 model year testing.

Spark achieved highest possible “good” scores in the IIHS’s moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints tests, and scored an “acceptable” in IIHS’s new small overlap test, designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object like a tree or a utility pole.

(January 22, 2014) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — At Barrett-Jackson Auction Company’s sale in Scottsdale, Ariz., a car collector and North Texas Ford dealer, Sam Pack, paid $300,000 to have the first retail production unit of the all-new 2015 Mustang GT when it goes on sale this fall. This purchase helped Ford Motor Company increase its charity vehicle sales to more than $3.5 million for JDRF, the leading diabetes research organization and a Ford partner since 1983.