THIRTY WORLD DEBUTS and
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THIRTY WORLD DEBUTS
and 60 TOTAL REVEALS • 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
Press & Trade Days Nov. 18-20 ByGary Sunkin
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Auto
Show confirmed that 30 world debuts (totaling 60
vehicle unveilings overall) will be introduced in
front of a global audience during its 2014 Press
& Trade Days (Nov. 18-20) at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
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Almost every manufacturer has news to make in Los
Angeles, but several automakers stand out with
multiple global premieres of significant new
vehicles.
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Audi is planning one of its biggest LA Auto Shows
to date, with up to eight total debuts, three of
which are global, all to be presented by chairman
of the board, Rupert Stadler. Mercedes-Benz
will feature three world premieres, which will be
showcased alongside the brand's two North American
debuts, while Porsche will hold several world
reveals. Mazda will feature three global
premieres, one of which is an all-new vehicle.
BMW has confirmed two world debuts and three
North American debuts, and Chevrolet has also
committed to two global premieres.
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Cadillac has already announced its world reveal of
the high-performance 2015 ATS-V, while Chrysler
plans to introduce its completely refreshed 300 and
300C models.
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Scion also recently announced its plans for a
global premiere of an all-new vehicle. Other
brands making big statements with world premieres
include Acura, Lexus, Toyota and Volkswagen.
A few other brands that are keeping their
plans under wraps are expected to add to LA's
roster of global premieres.
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At least a dozen manufacturers have confirmed North
American introductions, including Land Rover, who
will reveal its all-new 2015 Discovery Sport
crossover. Also expected are the MINI hardtop
four-door and the Superleggera Vision concept, a
redesigned Kia Sorrento, the convertible versions
of the 228i and M235i from BMW, the Mitsubishi
XR-PHEV concept vehicle and a dramatic statement by
Volvo, who is re-launching its entire brand with
the introduction of the second generation XC90, the
company's first model in four years. Fiat,
Infiniti and Nissan are also verified to make North
American debuts.
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Volvo's "Drive Me" autonomous vehicle will also
make its North American premiere on the Connected
Car Expo (CCE) show floor on Nov. 18, with
executives discussing the car's progressive
autopilot technology. For the second
consecutive year, the LA Auto Show's CCE will take
place in conjunction with Press & Trade Days
and will feature 80 presenting experts, 20
conference topics and executive interviews,
multiple news conferences and an expanded 50,000
square foot exhibit space. Breaking
technology news from Audi, Hyundai, KPMG and
several other exhibitors will highlight a full day
of expert presentations. For more information
and news regarding CCE, please visit here.
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"With this debut lineup, Los Angeles will deliver
the best of what's to come in the automotive space
and we're eager to see how it all unfolds," said LA
Auto Show President, Lisa Kaz. "The automotive
landscape is ever-changing and we continue to be at
the forefront of the groundbreaking news."
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"GREEN CAR OF
THE YEAR®" LOS ANGELES - Green Car Journal has
announced its five finalists for the magazine's
high-profile 2015 Green Car of the Year®
program. Winner of the Annual Award will be
revealed at LA Auto Show® Press & Trade
Days, November 20.
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The Green Car of the Year® award, an honor
widely recognized as the auto industry's most
important environmental accolade, celebrates its
10th anniversary this year.
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An increasing number of vehicle models are
considered for the Green Car of the Year®
program each year, a reflection of the auto
industry's expanding efforts in offering new
vehicles with higher efficiency and improved
environmental impact. Green Car Journal has been
honoring the most important "green" vehicles every
year at the LA Auto Show, since its inaugural award
announced at the show in 2005.
••••"These
five exceptional vehicles reflect an expanding
'green' car field that embraces diverse fuels and
technologies as answers to a more efficient and low
carbon future," said Ron Cogan, editor and
publisher of Green Car Journal and
CarsOfChange.com. "Each offers a distinctly
different approach to driving 'green' that appeals
to buyers with varying needs and perspectives on
how best to lessen environmental impact, while
maintaining the joy of driving."
• FINALISTS: • Audi A3 TDI ••••Audi's
all-new A3 TDI presents an exciting choice for
those looking to go upscale and 'green,' appearing
for the first time as a stylish four-door sedan
featuring the automaker's new fuel-efficient,
2.0-liter TDI clean diesel power plant. • BMW i3 ••••Offering
a lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic
(CFRP) body on an aluminum space frame, BMW's
innovative i3 offers environment-conscious drivers
all-electric drive with an optional internal
combustion range extender. • Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel ••••The
Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel sedan breaks new ground by
offering the comfort and functionality of a popular
mid-size four-door sedan with the ability to drive
on affordable clean natural gas or conventional
gasoline. • Honda Fit ••••Honda's
third-generation Fit features a new space-efficient
body and flexible seating configuration to bring
class-leading interior room, combined with 41
highway mpg from a new 1.5-liter Earth Dreams
gasoline engine. • Volkswagen Golf ••••VW's
seventh-generation Golf offers something for
everyone in a stylish and fun package, with new
2.0-liter TDI clean diesel, efficient four-cylinder
gasoline, and in some areas of the country,
all-electric drive.
••••The
Green Car of the Year® is selected through a
majority vote by an esteemed jury that includes
celebrity auto enthusiast Jay Leno, plus leaders of
noted environmental and efficiency organizations
including Jean-Michel Cousteau, president of Ocean
Futures Society; Matt Petersen, board member of
Global Green USA; Dr. Alan Lloyd, President
Emeritus of the International Council on Clean
Transportation; Mindy Lubber, President of CERES;
and Kateri Callahan, President of the Alliance to
Save Energy.
••••During
the award's vetting process, Green Car Journal
editors consider all vehicles, fuels, and
technologies as an expansive field of potential
candidates is narrowed down to a final five.
Finalists are selected for their achievements in
raising the bar in environmental performance.
Availability to the mass market is a factor to
ensure honored models have the potential to make a
real difference in environmental impact, and
finalists must be available for sale by January 1st
of the award year.
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Cory, ePublisher, TVI; Josie Cory,
Publisher, TVI, .Gary Sunkin, TVI with
models from LA Auto Show,
Panel
top from right: Christian Stocks,
Consul General, Tom LaBonge,
Councilmember, Professor Michael Meyer,
Bernd Desinger, Director Goethe Institute,
Berlin Airlift pilots. Bottom from
left: Ret. USAF Col. Gail S.
Halvorsen,, Ursula Krummel,
Dorothea Schoene.
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Thank
you, America! A legacy of friendship that endures
today between Germany and
America •••
Los Angeles - "Thank You
America" was the theme for two big events. Number
One: the Berlin Air Lift, and two: allowing foreign
auto imports. Attending the Berlin Airlift
commemoration was a special event for publisher of
TVI, Josie Cory. •••
Both events featured not
only roundtable discussions, and film footage,
explaining the purpose, but also the importance of
their celebration. •••
The Berlin Airlift
Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin
Airlift, took
place at the Goethe Institute in conjunction with
the the Consulate General of the Federal Republic
of Germany in Los Angeles. •••
The
Honorable Tom LaBonge, Councilmember, 4th District
of Los Angeles offered welcoming remarks,
before
the showing of some Berlin airlift film
footage. •••
The
discussion panel members were: Ret. USAF Col. Gail
S. Halvorsen,the famed "Candy Bomber" of
the Berlin Airlift;Professor Michael Meyer,
CSU Northridge, Department of History; Ursula
Krummel, Berlin historical eyewitness, 1948;
Dorothea Schoene, Berlin contemporary
eyewitness, and Moderator, Bernd Desinger, Director
of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles. Also in
attendance were Consul General, Christian Stock,
and three U.S. pilots of the Berlin Airlift
endeavor. •••
General
Lucius Clay was deputy to General Dwitght D.
Eisenhower, commander in chief of the U.S. Forces
in Europe and military governor of U.S. Zone,
Germany. He is considered the 'father" of the
Berlin airlift. •••
The Berlin Airlift began
on June 24, 1948 when the Soviets sealed off the
western portion of Berlin controlled by American,
British and French forces. •••
In response, the US and
her Allies took to the skies on June 26, flying in
provisions for West Berlin's grateful residents, an
effort that grew into the Berlin Airlift. In what
was one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of all
time, they saved more than 2 million men, women and
children from hunger and cold. •••
In one amazing day about
1,400 planes carried in nearly 13,000 tons over a
24-hour period. That was an average of one plane
landing every 62 seconds.
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On May 12, 1949, the
Berlin Airlift, ended after 322 days when the
Soviets gave in and reopened access to Berlin.
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This heroic effort
changed the course of history and laid the
foundation for a legacy of friendship that endures
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2008 -
With the economy collapsing,
the ranks of the unemployed growing, and the
bailout hearings underway to determine the fate of
U.S. automakers, GM, Ford and Chrysler, the last
thing we seem to need in a America is a autoshow
displaying exotic cars and the newest designs from
Germany, Japan, and Italy that came about after
World War II. ••
Wrong!
- says Kurt Sigl of the Car-Cycle Report. ••
Even while automotive
dealers and consumers around the country followed
the news of bailout hearings and the fate of
Detroit's 3, the atmosphere at the LA Auto Show was
"electric," for those pin-pointing the cars from
Bavaria, and Japan. ••
Open to the public, the
newest electrics and fuel-efficient models of the
future -- either as concepts or planned vehicles --
are there to wet your appetite. But. Electric
vehicles still have high hurdles to overcome,
especially in terms of range and functionality.
••
While Nissan was talking
up its plans for an unseen car, BMW was showing off
its 156-mile range Mini-E, the electric version of
its popular Mini Cooper. In a year when auto sales
are plummeting, Mini sales are up, BMW said.
••
Five-hundred electric
MINI's (built in the UK and Germany) will hit the
roads in California, New York and New Jersey in a
test program designed to deliver data about how
electric cars perform in real-world
conditions.•••
•• The German
automaker plans to lease 500 of the cars, outfitted
with a 35 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery and an
electric motor, for one year to drivers in Los
Angeles and New York.
A two-hour charge using
a BMW-designed wall box installed in the lessee's
garage uses a maximum of 28 kwH of electricity. At
around $0.14 per kilowatt-hour in California, a
full tank will cost just a few dollars. ••
The lease price: $850 a
month, a hefty premium over a gasoline-powered
Mini. Prospective lessees can sign up at the Mini
website. ••
BMW executives said the
idea was to get real-world experience with the car
before putting it in dealer showrooms. The
Cars ••
Among the other electric
offerings on display at the auto show are the iMiEV
from Mitsubishi and, from Chrysler, electric
versions of a Jeep Wrangler and Town and Country
minivan, plus a Dodge sports car based on a Lotus.
••
Other automakers are
laying the groundwork for electric cars. On
Wednesday, Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled its first
hybrid drivetrain, powered by a new kind of battery
called lithium polymer, which the company says is
lighter and more efficient than lithium-ion
batteries. The system is expected to hit the market
in late 2010 in the Sonata sedan. ••
Hyundai's vice president
of product develeopment, John Krafcik, said the
battery was key to the South Korean carmaker's
ultimately developing an electric car. ••
Volkswagen's Jetta TDI
was named 2009 Green Car of the Year, besting
competitors that included a pair of advanced
hybrids, a clean diesel sport sedan, and a trendy
fuel-efficient microcar. This is the first time
that a clean diesel model has been awarded said
title. Carmakers
to skip Detroit, Chicago
autoshows.
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Nissan joins
Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Land Rover and Mitsubishi to
pull out of Detroit, Chicago autoshows,
once considered the most
important in the world. Porsche dropped out last
January and said it would stay out in 2009.
•••
As the LA Auto Show wound up
its exibits, news trickled
in that Nissan added itself to the list of
carmakers dropping out of the 2009 Detroit auto
show -- and mark it as the first to bail on
Chicago's.
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Citing the bad economy and a
lack of new products, Nissan said that it would not
be showing its vehicles at the January event, known
as the North American International Auto Show,
becoming the sixth auto company to drop out for the
first time.
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In addition, Nissan said it
would not participate in the Chicago Auto Show in
February. No other carmakers have dropped out of
that show.
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"Based on the fact that we
have no major new products to show . . . as well as
the current economic conditions, which will impact
the shows' marketing effectiveness, we have decided
to cancel our involvement and participation," said
a Nissan representative.
•••However,
the company declined to
confirm whether it would participate in the New
York International Auto Show in March.
•••The
decision to withdraw from Detroit is dramatic.
Carmakers without new products still usually rent
space at the big auto shows -- New York, Detroit,
Los Angeles and Chicago -- for the media and public
traffic they draw.
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All-Wheel Association - New
Leadership
At its last general meeting on 09 November 2008, a
new leadership team was elected and Kurt Sigl
appointed to first CEO (erster Vorsitzende) of the
All-Wheel Association.
10
Golden Rules for Quad/ATV
Drivers
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• The
DAV (German all-wheel Association) recommends, in
cooperation with the renowned ATV / Quad
manufacturers and dealers
following 10 TOP rules.
These were drawn up in a working
group, because it is so far still no uniform
regulations for Germany. Do you trust any dealer
who sold you as an argument for driving a ATV /
quad without a helmet or protective clothing
offers. To protect your own life, they should be
wearing helmets and clothing itself as an
indispensable requirement imposed. Who does not,
harms not only himself but also the image of all
other ATV / quad-riders. For this reason, the
German four-wheel Association published a
brochure with the top 10 rules.
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10
Golden Rules for Quad/ATV
Drivers
•
• The
DAV (German all-wheel Association) recommends, in
cooperation with the renowned ATV / Quad
manufacturers and dealers following 10 TOP rules.
These were drawn up in a
working group, because it is so far still no
uniform regulations for Germany. Do you trust any
dealer who sold you as an argument for driving a
ATV / quad without a helmet or protective clothing
offers. To protect your own life, they should be
wearing helmets and clothing itself as an
indispensable requirement imposed. Who does not,
harms not only himself but also the image of all
other ATV / quad-riders. For this reason, the
German four-wheel Association published a brochure
with the top 10 rules.
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