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01 May

Southern California Automotive Transport Company Begins First Hiring Round of 2012

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Motoring

Murrieta, CA (MMD Newswire) May 1, 2012 — TNT Inc, a leading name in the auto transport industry, announced today that they have begun a round of hiring for available positions. The round of hiring was in response to increased business throughout the first quarter. Applicants are encouraged to fill out the online application located on their website.

TNT has been providing reliable vehicle transport services since their founding in 1935. In that time, their focus has been on ensuring that customer expectations are met and exceeded. It was this attitude and focus that has helped TNT survive for nearly 80 years as a leader in the industry. It is also this philosophy that has made TNT a desired employer for many in the industry.

“Our last round of hiring went rather well.” Says Michelle Vega from TNT Inc. “We saw far more interest than we thought, and making a decision was more difficult than we thought. We’ve grown a lot since our last round of hiring, and we’re expecting this round to be even more exciting.”

TNT’s previous round of hiring was in the latter portion of the third quarter last year.

About TNT Inc.

TNT Transportation Services is an auto transport company specializing in interstate vehicle transport. Founded in 1935, TNT has been working on becoming a leading name in the automotive transport industry by focusing on providing excellent customer service and ensuring that each and every delivery is done safely and timely. It was this approach that helped them survive in the industry for nearly 80 years, and it is this approach that’s going to help them continue to be a leading name in the industry for years to come. When you’re looking for a reliable automotive transport service, you don’t need to look any further than TNT.

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01 May

The DealerRater 2012 VA Chevy Dealer of the Year Award Given to Royal Chevrolet

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Car News

Richmond, VA, April 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– Every year, DealerRater publishes a list of the top-rated dealerships in the country that have performed exceptional customer service during the past year. Awards are given based on the dealership’s brand and the state in which they are located. For 2012, Royal Chevrolet was named the Dealer of the Year for a Chevrolet dealership located in Virginia.

As an online automotive review website, DealerRater provides a space for customers to write about their experiences at various dealerships around the country. Because dealerships can respond to reviews and interact with customers, DealerRater pages give a clear picture of a dealership’s dedication to customer satisfaction and their efforts at maintaining it. Those dealerships who uphold their priority to customer service receive the Dealer of the Year award, just as Royal Chevrolet did.

In order to qualify for this title, dealerships must have received at least 25 new reviews in 2011 and have an average rating of 4 out of 5 or better. Royal Chevrolet received over 30 reviews in 2011 and has an average rating of 4.7 out of 5. These reviews and ratings reflect the integrity of Royal Chevrolet and the pride they take in serving their customers.

Read all of Royal Chevrolet’s sales and service reviews by visiting their DealerRater page at http://www.dealerrater.com/dealer/Royal-Chevrolet-review-19772/. Find out what real people are saying about the dealership and see why Royal Chevrolet was honored as the 2012 Chevy Dealer of the Year for Virginia.

To experience the customer service delivered by Royal Chevrolet, visit their showroom at 4502 W. Broad Street, Richmond Virginia or call 866-461-5208 to schedule a test drive. Visit their virtual showroom on their website, http://www.royalva.net. They have a fully-staffed service department, parts department, collision center, and finance department.

Stay up to date with all dealership news and announcements by liking Royal Chevrolet on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RoyalVAChevrolet and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/RoyalChevrolet.

About Royal Chevrolet
Royal Chevrolet, http://www.royalva.net, of the Richmond area carries an extensive inventory of new and used Chevrolet vehicles. In addition, the Virginia dealer provides auto service, Chevrolet parts, and auto financing. Royal Chevrolet strives for 100 percent customer satisfaction every time.

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01 May

Clark Heintz Tools & Equipment LLC Introduces Wilton Vises to Their Product Line

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Car News

Boston, MA, April 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– Clark Heintz Tools Equipment LLC is currently stocking mechanics vises and tradesman vises.

Among the product line of Industrial Bench Vises are the 740 Series, 21300, 21400, 21500,, and 21800 mechanics vises. All feature a swivel base that rotates 360° and has double lockdowns ensuring maximum stability; powder coat paint that resists scratches and provides a tough durable finish; replaceable hardened steel top and pipe jaws; and a large anvil work surface.

The Tradesman round channel vises are designed to handle the most demanding clamping applications. Tradesman round channel vise nut features rear anchoring, providing straight line pull and even pressure resulting in greater durability. Tradesman vises also feature round channel design, allowing for a completely enclosed spindle and nut assembly, which keeps debris out and lubrication in for a lifetime of smooth operation. For ultimate versatility the Tradesman is equipped with main jaws, pipe jaws and a machined anvil work surface. The main jaws are serrated for a sure grip. The pipe jaws are grooved to prevent rotation of round stock and have a two step design to assure a firm hold on both large and small diameter material. Both the main jaws and the pipe jaws are fully replaceable. The Tradesman vise is also equipped with a swivel base with dual locking nuts. The open locking design of the Tradesman base allows for a full 360 degrees of rotation. To prevent rotation during use both the locking nuts and base have serrated edges that interact positively to assure a non-slip grip when tightened. The main base has four pre-cast holes for mounting the vise to a work surface. Each vise includes a mounting template for quick no guess hole placement for mounting.

Please contact Clark Heintz Tools Equipment LLC at 603-234-2612 for more information about these rugged and versatile vises.

Wilton is a dependable supplier, offering top notch quality, innovation and service. Wilton developed their first product (a vise) in 1941. Wilton tools are used by manufacturing professionals in plants and machine shops across the United States.

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01 May

BMW of Bowling Green Giving Away a Free iPad to One Lucky Test Driver

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Car News

Bowling Green, KY, April 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– BMW of Bowling Green is proud to serve the local Bowling Green community. They are also proud to provide BMW cars to their customers and stand behind the quality and reliability of all BMW models. That is why they are rewarding customers who test drive a BMW at their dealership with a free Apple iPad.

In order to qualify to register for the free iPad, customers must schedule and complete a test drive of a new, certified, or pre-owned BMW, have a valid driver’s license, be at least 18 years old, and complete the registration form with a valid email address. Then, BMW of Bowling Green will select one lucky winner to receive the free iPad.

BMW of Bowling Green has a large selection of BMW cars to test drive, including the 2012 BMW 328i, 335i, 528i xDrive, 650i xDrive, 750Li xDrive, X5, and X3. They also have a variety of Pre-Owned BMWs like a 2006 BMW 3 Series, 2011 BMW 328i, 2010 650i, 2012 X3 35i, and a 2006 750Li.

To schedule a test drive, simply call 888-296-4780 or complete a contact us form on the BMW of Bowling Green website: http://bmwofbowlinggreen.com/Department-New.aspx. The Sales Department is open from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday and 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to receive a free iPad. Contact BMW of Bowling Green to schedule your test drive today. Their friendly and knowledgeable sales staff strives to make every dealership experience a positive and stress-free one.

Stay up to date with everything happening at BMW of Bowling Green by connecting with this local BMW dealer on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/KentuckyBMW and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/BMWBowlingGreen.

About BMW of Bowling Green
BMW of Bowling Green, http://bmwofbowlinggreen.com, of the Bowling Green area carries an extensive inventory of new and used BMW vehicles. In addition, the Kentucky dealer provides auto service, BMW parts, and auto financing. BMW of Bowling Green strives for 100 percent customer satisfaction every time.

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01 May

Targeted Access to Automotive Respondents across the World’s Largest Car Markets

Posted by: Live Update / Category: Car News

SSI Introduces SSI Automotive: Targeted Access to Automotive Respondents across the World’s Largest Car Markets

PR Newswire — May 1, 2012

- Now Market Researchers Can Reach Car Owners and Buyers around the Globe, through 10 Standard Selection Criteria and Customized Segments

SHELTON, Connecticut, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — SSI–the world’s leading sampling and data collection provider–has introduced SSI Automotive, offering market researchers specialized access to car owners and buyers around the globe. SSI Automotive provides reach across the world’s largest car markets–in terms of both production and sales–including the US, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Brazil and China. Researchers can identify and recruit customized audience segments or choose from 10 standard selection options:

> Car Brand and Model > Year of Manufacture > New/Used Car > Year of Purchase > Leased / Own Car > Intent to Purchase a New Car > Average km or Miles/Year > Purchase Budget for a New Car > Mileage of Current Car > Timeframe of Purchase Intent

“SSI Automotive brings the full power of our SSI Dynamix(TM) sampling platform to carmakers and their suppliers,” says Kees de Jong, SSI’s CEO. “Through SSI Dynamix, we are able to link to a multitude of sources, including our own 34 global panels, social media, online communities, affiliate partners and more. Therefore, we can provide the broadest, most diverse access to anyone with an interest in sharing their opinions about cars–even those who would never join traditional panels. In addition, because SSI Dynamix profiles respondents in real time and stores information on every participant, we can capture highly customized populations–even with tight targeting parameters.

“With a difficult economy, we know the automotive sector has faced challenges in all markets, making it more critical than ever for companies to have dependable research guiding their strategies. Knowing that research quality depends on sample quality, SSI is focusing on the specific access needs of the auto industry, helping bring the right people to research projects to ensure accurate results.”

SSI Automotive Offers a Full Range of Resources

SSI Automotive brings auto industry researchers a full set of services to support effective survey research. In addition to sampling and data collection, it provides programming and hosting, survey translations, data processing and appending, weighting, coding and tabulations.

About SSI…

Bringing together world-leading sampling experts Survey Sampling International and Opinionology, SSI (www.surveysampling.com [http://www.surveysampling.com/]) is the premier global provider of sampling, data collection and data analytic solutions for survey research. SSI reaches respondents in 72 countries via Internet, telephone, mobile/wireless and mixed access offerings. Value-add services include questionnaire design consultation, programming and hosting, online custom reporting and data processing. SSI serves more than 2,000 clients, including 48 of the top 50 research organizations. SSI has 30 offices serving clients around the world.

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01 May

Gathering celebrates the Ford GT

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Motoring

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Ford GTs lined the parking lot of Agoura Hills’ World Class Motoring on Saturday at a celebration of the car hailed by many as the greatest.

The GT40 — called so because it is 40 inches high — was first produced in the ’60s and won races at the Le Mans 1966-1969. Ford asked Carmilo Pardo and his studio to redesign the car in 1999. In 2005 and 2006, it was produced on a limited basis, selling at more than $160,000.

Pardo, who left Ford in 2009 and is a consultant and artist, has a studio in Los Angeles and was the honored guest Saturday.

“We knew we had something very special on our hands when they gave us the project,” Pardo said. “The mission was to design the Ford GT, and because of its history, the target was to outperform Ferrari in its category, and it did. It did real well, and nobody went home until it did the job. When it sat next to the Ferrari 360 and the old GT40, and until it looked better — lighter, more efficient, sexier and was more graceful, and it made the original GT40 look old — we knew we had arrived.”

“They are spectacular automobiles because it’s a street legal race car,” said Eddie Kosakoski, World Class Motoring co-owner, who said the store had a GT40 with a motor that is an original Le Mans-winning motor.

The car displayed at the store was built by Michael Belcher from a kit that at the time cost about $25,000. The project that took about 20 years.

“I was probably 23 when I saw a picture of the original GT40, and I thought: Whoa, that’s really pretty. I gotta have one of those things,” said Belcher, of Tarzana. “So I waited my entire life to see if one became available, and they became so expensive I could never have afforded one. So at one point I plunked my money down and bought the kit. I finally got it done about five years ago. I love it.”

The car clubbers came out to show off their cars and get posters signed by Pardo.

“I came today because I like these cars, and I happen to own one. It’s an unbelievable car,” said Jay Russell of Northridge. “It became the world champion when it was first produced. And for them to reproduce the car in ’05 and ’06 was phenomenal.”

Arya and his son, Rustin Fiouzi, 11, of Calabasas, have a lot of cars and put together model cars.

“This is really cool with a bunch of different Ford GT’s out here,” Rustin said. “My dad has one of them, and I really dig them.”

“This is still the most beautiful car ever made,” Fiouzi said. “It will always be.”

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01 May

Confused.com Reveals That First-time Drivers Prefer Smaller Cars

Posted by: Auto Buff / Category: Motoring

CARDIFF, Wales, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Confused.com has announced that, according to its recent survey, first-time buyers are becoming more savvy to the cost of cars; looking at the full cost of motoring rather than just the cost of buying a car.

Cars are one of the biggest expenses that people make in their life time, with 76% of respondents to the Confused.com survey stating this. However, people are having to compromise on the cars they drive. Big engines and car modifications no longer the new driver’s prerogative, due to the cost of insurance and overall rising cost of motoring.

According to Confused.com’s research, motor car insurance is viewed as a ‘huge expense’ by 66% of people. This is because the cost of an average comprehensive policy is £1,869 for women aged 17-20 compared with £3,635 for men.

Confused.com’s research showed almost 70% of people chose their first car with an engine size of 1.3 litres or less, with 15% of under 24s citing insurance cost as the main reason for choosing a care with a smaller engine.

To keep costs down, new drivers are opting for the Ford Fiesta, which was voted the most popular first car, followed by the Mini One, in the poll of 2,000 drivers (selected from a list of 52 different makes and models).

For a 17-year-old male to insure a Ford Fiesta Encore 1.3 litre engine, the insurance premium would cost on average £5,372.96. This compares with the cost for a first-time buyer purchasing a Volkswagen Golf GTI 2 litre engine, which would cost £12,144.75 for insurance cover. This is more than double the cost of insurance for a Ford Fiesta, the first-time buyers’ car of choice.

Gareth Kloet, Head of Car Insurance at Confused.com, said: “Car insurance is a huge purchase for young drivers. However, our research tells us that these drivers are adapting to pressures and opting for smaller, cheaper cars, in order to minimise their insurance premiums.

“Buying your first car is a really exciting purchase. For the first-time buyer, cost is an important factor with 50% saying that price affects their purchase, and 35% of first-time buyers paying £500 or less for their first car.”

To help young drivers, Confused.com advises them to first decide how much they can afford to pay for their first car; not just the sum to buy the car itself but also the running costs – insurance, MOT, vehicle excise duty, petrol, repairs and servicing. Confused.com encourages first-time car buyers to shop around on a price comparison site and add an experienced named driver onto their insurance.

About Confused.com:

Confused.com was the UK’s first price comparison site for car insurance. Confused.com is one of the UK’s biggest and most popular price comparison services. Launched in 2002, it generates over one million quotes per month. It has expanded its range of comparison products over the last couple of years to include specialised insurances such as buy to let home insurance, learner driver car insurance, women’s car insurance, and mortgage life insurance breakdown cover, as well as financial services products including credit cards, loans, mortgages and life insurance.

Confused.com is not a supplier, insurance company or broker. It provides an objective and unbiased comparison service. By using cutting-edge technology, it has developed a series of intelligent web-based solutions that evaluate a number of risk factors to help customers with their decision-making, subsequently finding them great deals on a wide-range of insurance products, financial services, utilities and more. Confused.com’s service is based on the most up-to-date information provided by UK suppliers and industry regulators.

Confused.com is owned by the Admiral Group plc. Admiral listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2004. Confused.com is regulated by the FSA.

PR Contact:
Sarah Wenham
Confused.com press office
Friary House
Greyfriars Road
Cardiff
CF10 3AE
+44(0)2920-434275

http://www.confused.com/

SOURCE Confused.com

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01 May

Cardiff Electronic Music Producer, Rui Furtado Shoots First Video Thanks to Backing From Local Business, Cars for Stars

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Cardiff Electronic Music Producer, Rui Furtado Shoots First Video Thanks to Backing From Local Business, Cars for Stars

PR Newswire — May 1, 2012

CARDIFF, Wales, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Cardiff based rising music star, Rui Furtado [http://www.ruifurtado.com ], is celebrating following the successful shoot of his first ever music video for his debut single, Regression, which is due for immediate release. The electronic music producer and writer’s dream of a full time career in music received a major boost after local South Wales business, Cars for Stars, agreed to sponsor [http://www.carsforstars.net/star-sponsor/Rui-Furtado.htm ] the talented 26-year-old to help him in his quest for music stardom.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120501/529178 )

As is the case for most aspiring musicians, Rui has a full time job to support himself while he pursues his dream of a full time career in music. The Portuguese born music producer is currently employed as a sales executive at the Cardiff head office of leading luxury transport hire provider, Cars for Stars [http://www.carsforstars.net ]. Rui’s talent and passion has not gone unnoticed by his boss, Cars for Stars Managing Director Tej Randeva, who took the unusual decision of sponsoring Rui, providing him with the financial backing to shoot his first ever music video and release his debut single.

Cars for Stars boss Tej said, “While we’re taking a risk by giving Rui a leg-up in his music career as the company could potentially lose him if his music takes off, it was however obvious to me that Rui has a major talent and as a business we aim to support our employees and encourage their ambition.”

The Transport Broker Group, of which Cars for Stars is a part of, was recently awarded the Investors in People Gold Award, the highest accolade attainable, which is testament to the group’s commitment to supporting and nurturing employees and providing career progression opportunities.

The music video for Rui’s debut single, Regression [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hErXFbfkU ], was shot in and around Cardiff using the cityscape as its dramatic backdrop. Hailing from Lisbon in Portugal, Rui moved to the Welsh capital at the age of 18 before studying Sound Technology at The University of Glamorgan. In 2009 Rui succeeded in being named as one of the 6 finalists in the city’s annual Battle of the Band competition, beating 200 other acts to win a place as a finalist.

As far as plans for the future are concerned, Rui is hard at work putting the finishing touches to his 6 track EP which will be released this summer, following on from that, Rui plans to release his debut album in early 2013 – stay tuned for exclusive new music clips and the latest information on forthcoming releases. You can follow Rui Furtado on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rui-Furtado/414899451868048 ] or Twitter @RuiFurtadoMusic. [http://twitter.com/#!/ruifurtadomusic ]

YouTube video is available here:

Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120501/529178

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