Online UK bike retailer Wiggle announced that Stefan Barden will succeed Humphrey Cobbold as chief executive of the company. Barden, who was most recently CEO of food distribution company Brakes Bros, is a former CEO of Northern Foods and ...
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Shimano's popular Interbike tech seminars are getting an extreme makeover for 2013. Record participation in 2012 spurred the company into streamlining the format to allow technicians to cover more topics and participants to get more ...
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Emergency ID maker QRide Inc. has hired?New Jersey-based Addgravity Sales Agency as an independent sales representative for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Agency founder Robert Kwong is a 20-year sales veteran of the specialty ...
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The Lexus GS F has appeared for the second time in as many days, this time in a series of spy photos uncovering an almost completely undisguised prototype lapping the Nurburgring in Germany. Today’s images add weight to the ...
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The Audi Sport quattro concept is the second preview of a forthcoming modern-day successor to the German brand’s famous all-wheel-drive coupe of the 1980s. Plug-in drivetrain rather than Quattro technology makes the headlines this ...
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The Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R has been revealed in full, with a new gallery of images showing the high-performance pocket rocket concept on track ahead of its debut at next week’s Frankfurt motor show. Redesigned headlights, a wider ...
The new-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI will get a price hike but gain extra equipment, according to leaked information obtained by CarAdvice. VW’s hot-hatch has made a name for itself since the 1970s for delivering affordable ...
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The quicker, sleeker and more responsive Bentley Continental GT V8 S has been revealed ahead of its unveiling at next week’s Frankfurt motor show. Available in coupe and convertible body styles, the new Continental GT V8 S is based ...
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The hardcore Nissan GT-R Nismo has been spied lapping Germany’s Nurburgring ahead of its anticipated Tokyo motor show unveiling in November. Based on the 404kW/628Nm all-paw Nissan GT-R, the GT-R Nismo – named for the car ...
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Freightliner Trucks—the official hauler of NASCAR—has launched its NASCAR weekend "Freightliner Hauler Challenge" Sweepstakes. Running September 1-28, 2013, the sweepstakes is part of the "Freightliner Hauler Challenge: Journey ...
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Wix Filters has named Steve Ellis its new Canadian business development manager. Ellis will manage an 11-person team of national sales reps, responsible for expanding Wix's market position in all Canadian provinces and territories, the ...
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Detroit Diesel Corp. announced today that it has built its 500,000th Detroit steer axle at its Redford, Mich. plant. Detroit offers a full line of axles, including steer axles with weight ratings up to 20,000 lbs, and rear axles rated up ...
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MacKinnon Transport has announced it will construct a new terminal for its flatbed trucking operations, while Altruck International will move into its existing facility. The announcement was made today by Evan MacKinnon, president and CEO ...
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Navistar International's losses continue to mount, though the company says its order board is strengthening and the addition of the Cummins ISB mid-range engine sets its medium-duty business up for a turnaround. The company this morning ...
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The Jeep Wrangler has been updated for 2014, with performance increases joining two special-edition models in the updated line-up. Again powered by the Chrysler Group’s 3.6-litre V6 Pentastar petrol engine,power and torque in the ...
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