Auto and Motorsports

NEWS: (MIAMI, Fla.) Gus Machado Ford of Kendall has brought their cars to the center court of The Dadeland Mall. To help celebrate Mother's Day, the dealer is hosting 'Indulge, Fashion + Fun for Moms' on Thursday, May 5, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

NEWS: (SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa.) Faulkner Maserati of Mechanicsburg is moving to a brand new, state-of-the art facility at 6714 Carlisle Pike. The new Maserati Showroom and Service and Parts Center will be in full operation on Friday, April 15, 2016 with a reception that evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and an open house celebration all day Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NEWS: (RALEIGH, N.C.) Capital Automotive Group (CAG) of North Carolina announced today the acquisition of Bobby Murray Chevrolet, 1820 Capital Blvd., Raleigh. The name will change to Capital Chevrolet. This brings to 13 the number of auto brands represented by Capital.

NEWS: (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) Tallahassee Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram (DCJ) in Tallahassee, Florida. has awarded their advertising account to Sokal Media Group of North Carolina. Chuck Urban, who is a familiar face as spokesperson and dealer principal for the independently owned store, made the decision in February 2016.

NEWS: (MORRISVILLE, N.C.) Manhattan Jeep Chrysler Dodge at 678 Eleventh Ave. and Alfa Romeo Fiat of Manhattan, 629 W 54th St. have awarded their advertising accounts to Sokal Media Group of North Carolina. Founded in 1988 by John Monninger, the family-owned and operated dealer group has a long history of providing exceptional sales expertise and service to their customers.<br/>

NEWS: (MORRISVILLE, N.C.) Hill-Kelly Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram in Pensacola, Florida recently announced that effective January 1, 2016 Sokal Media Group became the dealership's new agency of record. Founded in 1950, Hill-Kelly is one of the leading Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram dealers in Western Florida.

NEWS: (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) The need for a decent auto repair in Los Angeles is at high demand considering the number of vehicle registrations within the last 5 years (29.7 million according to LA Almanac). One would notice that the majority of the shops are pretty much the same, unless they run into Pristine Automotive Center Inc, an auto body repair shop of Silver Lake in Los Angeles.

NEWS: (BOLINGBROOK, Ill.) As of January 1, 2016, Midwest Fuel Injection Service Corporation (MWFI), which operates under the Seidel Diesel Group, has a new president: Paul Thoms. When MWFI moved to Bolingbrook in 2005, Thoms served as branch manager. In 2010, he was promoted to general manager; in 2012 he was promoted to vice president.

NEWS: (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Robin L. Greenwald, a former senior attorney within the U.S. Department of Justice and now head of the Weitz and Luxenberg Environmental, Toxic Tort and Consumer Protection litigation unit, has been appointed to an important leadership role in the multidistrict federal court litigation currently advancing against Volkswagen, Weitz and Luxenberg today announced.

NEWS: Montway Auto Transport has partnered with the national non-profit, Move For Hunger to help fight hunger and provide much-needed food to local food pantries across the United States. As a proud partner of the national hunger-relief organization, Montway supports Move For Hunger's efforts to reduce food waste and fight hunger.

NEWS: 3 Bar Racing Inc. today announced their new Dawes Device MKII Hybrid Boost Controller. This boost controller gives more area under the boost curve, resulting in higher average torque. The people at Dawes Devices have made the best manual boost controllers of this type, for over 15 years.

NEWS: Crystal Auto Mall in N.J. has selected Sokal Media Group as their agency of record. Founded in 1990, Crystal is one of the leading Toyota, Scion and Mazda dealers in New Jersey. The decision was made based on Sokal Media Group's creative strategy and extensive experience in the automotive industry.

NEWS: The Pennsylvania-based Faulkner Organization has selected Sokal Media Group as their agency of record. Founded in 1932 Faulkner is the leading automotive retailer in Central and Southeastern Pa. and one of the largest privately held and family run dealer groups in the nation with more than 1,300 employees.

NEWS: In the wake of Volkswagen's admission of its emissions cheating device scandal, Attorney Michael Babboni, of Shapiro Goldman Babboni and Walsh, urges owners of affected VW vehicles to consult with an attorney.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that its Vice President of Transportation and Logistics Risk Control Michael Nischan will present at the Sixth Annual Commercial Motor Vehicle Collision - How to Protect Your Company seminar in Atlanta, Ga.

NEWS: Owners of recalled Volkswagen (VW) diesel passenger cars sold with emissions controls designed to cheat during smog tests may be entitled to compensation from the automaker, the nationally known personal injury law firm Weitz and Luxenberg said today.

NEWS: Florida accident attorney Bernard Walsh cautions major automakers to include commercial trucks with the decision to make automatic emergency braking systems standard on all new passenger vehicles.

NEWS: Lime Rock Park presented one very special trophy as part of its 'Sunday in the Park' concours d'elegance over the Labor Day weekend, this one to Frank Nicodemus of Wappinger's Falls, N.Y. in honor of his fiftieth year in restoring vintage cars.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury this month handed Hennessy Industries, Inc. as successor to AMMCO Tools, Inc., its first-ever loss in an asbestos-exposure lawsuit despite the defendant company's self-assurances that the grieving family of an Army veteran and automotive parts store owner who died of mesothelioma had no chance of winning, victorious plaintiffs' law firm Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., today announced.

HAYWARD, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Sixteen members of the elite Air Force One Detailing Team led by Master automotive and aircraft detailer, Renny Doyle of Detailing Success and the Detail Mafia, has partnered with Bob Phillips, president of P and S Sales, an innovative professional detailing product manufacturer and distributor, to be the exclusive detailers and detailing product providers at the 24th Annual Gordon McCall Motorworks Revival Event.

VIERA, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: To benefit local Boy Scouts of America troops in Florida, The Avenue Viera will host a car show and cruise, 'Cruise thru The Avenue,' on May 2, 2015, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Customers are invited to stop by to see fabulous vehicles and enter to win raffle prizes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Road Safe America President and Co-Founder Steve Owings on Thursday urged leaders of the nation's cities to energize their efforts to have the U.S. Department of Transportation expedite a rule requiring the country's heaviest commercial tractor-trailers to set their speed governors (limiters) at 65 MPH or slower.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Arlene Mathews, registered nurse and owner of Care Dynamics, Inc., not only learned from a near car accident, but took it to the next level and launched a new product - the 'Automotive Tissue Valet.' Mathews hopes that this new product will solve an age-old problem and reduce the number of distracted drivers on the road.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The 10th annual observance of Drive Safer Sunday is on November 30, 2014, and Road Safe America reminds Americans taking holiday road trips 'to focus on being rested and attentive to dangers inside and outside their cars.' The observance is sponsored by Road Safe America, a non-profit dedicated to reducing collisions between tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: *CORRECTION* -- Weitz and Luxenberg on Nov. 13 announced the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court against Chrysler Group LLC. The nationally respected personal injury and mass tort law firm said it seeks to hold the Big Three automobile maker accountable for economic losses suffered by owners and passengers of Chrysler cars and trucks that stalled, caught fire or sustained other potentially life-endangering malfunctions due to a faulty onboard computer.