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Microsoft Automotive Business Unit Product Manager, Velle Kolde to ...  -  28 Aug 2007
PR Newswire (press release),About Motor Press Guild The Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild (MPG) is a non-profit professional association dedicated to promoting education and

Fuel efficiency isn’t the only thing that matters  -  28 Aug 2007
Buffalo News,Congress can’t just wave a wand and transform a 28 mpg car into a 35 mpg car (much less transform a 20 mpg truck into a 35 mpg truck). To get to 35 mpg,

10000 Miles per Gallon  -  28 Aug 2007
Cleantech Blog,Yes, you read that right - over 10000 mpg and the fuel was gasoline. It was not an electric vehicle. It was not even a hybrid. The vehicle was shaped for

In the Autoblog Garage: 2007 4-door VW GTI  -  28 Aug 2007
Autoblog,That is, until the end of the week when, after what some might call overly-aggressive (but legal, mind you) driving, we got an amazing 22 mpg combined.

Ford Focus ECOnetic  -  28 Aug 2007
CAR Magazine,Fitted with a 1.6-litre Duratorq TDCi engine, the Focus will produce a respectable 108bhp and, promises Ford, deliver 65.7mpg while emitting just 115g/km

GM’s New Efficient Vehicle Lineup Mainly Old News  -  28 Aug 2007
Public Citizen - Auto Safety & Consumer Protection,...which awards automakers a fuel economy compliance credit of 1.2 mpg (later phased down in 2004 to 0.9 mpg) for manufacturing flex fuel vehicles.

New Dodge Avenger aims for Avensis  -  28 Aug 2007
MotorTorque,The second petrol engine option is a 2.4-litre Variable Valve Timing unit with 167bhp, 220Nm of torque, 31.7mpg with 211g/km CO2 putting in VED Band F at

Least Expensive Cars To Drive  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,Using a combination of two electric motors and a gasoline-powered V6 engine, the RX 400h, for example, achieves 32 miles per gallon city/27 mpg highway,

MPG's Champniss Set to Depart  -  Aug 27, 2007
Adweek,By Steve McClellan NEW YORK Guy Champniss, global director of branded entertainment at Havas media agency MPG, is leaving the shop at the end of August,

Tech Report: GM's HCCI Engine Offers 15 MPG Increase  -  Aug 27, 2007
Edmunds.com/Inside Line,DETROIT — While the Volt plug-in hybrid has made lots of headlines for General Motors, the company wants us to know that it's still busily refining gasoline

Maguire to sell 11-story office tower in Irvine  -  Aug 24, 2007
ReutersAug 24 (Reuters) - Maguire Properties Inc (MPG.N: Quote, Profile, Research), owner of Southern California office buildings, agreed to dispose of an 11-story

The green VW  -  Aug 27, 2007
Los Angeles Times,In Germany, automotive fleets are required to achieve an emissions level that's the US equivalent of a 40-mpg fuel economy standard.

New mpg figures to reflect real-world conditions  -  Aug 24, 2007
Consumer ReportsStarting with 2008 models, the window stickers that all new cars carry showing the estimated mpg will reflect the new ratings.

35 MPG, Chairman Dingell and Killing Industry  -  Aug 24, 2007
Manufacturers' Blog,Peters notes the alternative strategies for the auto companies that grows out of the Senate energy bill and its magical 35-mpg CAFE standards

Mitchell pumped by 6pc earnings leap  -  Aug 27, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,The media division, which includes Mitchell & Partners and MPG, booked revenue of $38.4 million in 2006-07. The digital business, which houses emitch,

Maguire Continues Blackstone/EOP Sell-Off in Southern California  -  Aug 25, 2007
CoStar Group,Maguire Properties has sold the 11-story office tower at 18301 Von Karman Ave. in Irvine, CA, for $112 million, as it continues to shed assets and pay down

Maguire Properties To Dispose 11-story Office Tower In Irvine ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
RTT News,8/24/2007 7:51:45 AM Early Friday, Maguire Properties, Inc. (MPG), a Southern California-based real estate investment trust, revealed an agreement with

Maguire Properties to sell property worth $112mn  -  Aug 24, 2007
newratings.comNEW YORK, August 24 (newratings.com) - Maguire Properties Inc (MPG.NYS) Friday announced that it has agreed to sell an 11-storey office tower in Irvine,

Performance and 92 MPG?  -  Aug 24, 2007
Car Domain,By John This hyper-efficient fuel vapor car came up in the discussion on Rob's favorite forum—hmm... wonder what that could be?—and while there were some

Maguire Properties Reveals Agreement To Dispose Orange County ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
RTT News,8/24/2007 6:40:34 AM Friday, Maguire Properties, Inc. (MPG) revealed its agreement to dispose of 18301 Von Karman, an 11-story office tower totaling 230605

Maguire Sells Irvine Office for $112M  -  Aug 24, 2007
Orange County Business Journal,By Mark Mueller Maguire Properties Inc. said on Friday it is selling 18301 Von Karman, an 11-story office tower in Irvine, for $112 million.

Maguire Properties Announces Disposition of Orange County Office ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
Business Wire (press release),LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maguire Properties, Inc. (NYSE:MPG), a Southern California focused real estate investment trust, today announced that it has

First Drive: 2008 Saturn Vue Red Line  -  Aug 27, 2007
Cars.com,That’s just over 14 mpg in spirited highway and suburban driving with the A/C on. It's rated 16/22 mpg city/highway. I did not take the Vue into downtown

Questions to Ask Before Raising the Federal Gas Tax  -  Aug 27, 2007
Tax Foundation,Therefore, when people have wide-ranging MPG levels on otherwise similar automobiles, those with less fuel efficiency would be paying more for the privilege

Suburban gets award in Dubai  -  Aug 26, 2007
Detroit Free Press,The magazine, located in one of the most oil-rich regions of the world, did not mention whether the Suburban's fuel economy -- it's rated at 14 mpg city and

Test Drive: GM's first full hybrid is SUV  -  Aug 24, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,That's about five or six more mpg in the city and one to two more on the highway, he says. The 2008 2WD GMC Yukon with a 5.3-liter V-8 gets 14 mpg in the

X Prize on 100 MPG  -  Aug 7, 2007
New York Times,By Richard S. Chang The 1-liter diesel prototype from VW averaged more than 200 mpg in a drive from Wolfsburg to Hanover. The concept may never see

Official MPG – fact or fantasy?  -  Aug 7, 2007
Times Online,The three mpg figures and the CO2 figure must all be shown clearly in any printed advertisements – and the adverts often promote the CO2 figure in

By the numbers  -  Aug 25, 2007
Detroit Free Press,...mpg of gasoline that GM's new hybrid full-size SUVs, including the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon, got in EPA tests of city fuel economy. mpg increase in

Waking up to need to change lifestyle  -  Aug 27, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,My Toyota Prius gets an average 49 mpg. Toyota folks are stiff competition and spurring us on to action. These newest cars could reduce GHG by 180-450

2009 Dodge Journey Preview  -  Aug 26, 2007
TheCarConnection.comMated to a four-speed automatic, it delivers 19 mpg in the city and 25 in the EPA's highway cycle (which has been modified and toughened for the 2008 model

Volvo Readies 52-MPG C30 "Efficiency" Model -- But Not for US  -  Aug 20, 2007
Edmunds.com/Inside Line,The C30 Efficiency gets a combined 52 mpg, while the current Volvo C30 1.6D gets a combined 50 mpg. The C30 Efficiency has reduced C02 emissions "to below

Congressman retreats on 35-mpg fuel standard  -  Aug 2, 2007
Detroit Free Press,That measure, part of a broad energy bill, sets standards of 35 mpg by 2020 and was a significant defeat for the auto industry.

Volvo C30 to get 52 mpg  -  Aug 20, 2007
CNet News.com BlogVolvo announced Monday that an "Efficiency" version of the 2008 C30 with a 1.6-liter turbo diesel engine will get less than 4.5 liters/100 km (52 mpg).

Automotive X Prize seeks winning 100 mpg car  -  Aug 1, 2007
MarketWatchThe people who brought us the $10 million prize for the first team to build and fly a private vehicle to space is now seeking a winning 100 mpg vehicle.

Perfect vehicle doesn't exist  -  Aug 27, 2007
Shelbyville Times-Gazette,My perfect vehicle would handle like a sports car yet have a smooth, luxury car-type ride; go from 0-60 in, let's say, 6.0 seconds; get 25 MPG city;

Maguire Properties Buys on Brea Campus  -  Aug 21, 2007
CoStar Group,Maguire Properties of Los Angeles purchased Building D of the Brea Campus at Brea Financial Commons from Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group for $11.7

New XK Convertible Gets Thumbs-Up  -  Aug 24, 2007
Hartford Courant,The XK gets 27 mpg on the highway, according to EPA estimates, which is rather amazing for a luxury car, but then that aluminum has kept the weight at 3759

Proposed 35 mpg goal impractical  -  Aug 17, 2007
Charleston Post Courier,By George Spaulding Let's make certain we all understand the possible effects of a proposed government-mandated average of 35 mpg of all new vehicles

New output firm to put Kids First!  -  Aug 20, 2007
Hollywood Reporter,MPG will also sponsor an award within the Kids First! Best Awards Celebration. Later this year, MPG will introduce the monthly Kids First!

New CAFE MPG rules for automakers rule  -  Aug 14, 2007
Design News,Current CAFE standards are 27.5 MPG for cars and 22.2 MPG for light trucks. The issue will be debated in both Congressional chambers this Fall and already a

Autovations: The Toyota Tundra  -  Aug 23, 2007
Christian Science Monitor,On one interstate trip we nursed out 19.6 mpg In mixed use we got 16, not bad for a heavy 4x4 that can tow 10000 lbs., but a waste, obviously, for dropping

2008 totally new Subaru Impreza  -  Aug 24, 2007
AutoCorse.it,Fuel economy is also respectable with 29.4 mpg on the Urban Cycle, 44.8 mpg on the Extra Urban Cycle and 37.7 mpg Combined – 2 mpg better than before.

Auto Loremo AG to Display Working Prototype of 100+ MPG Car  -  Aug 14, 2007
DailyTech,When Loremo first debuted the vehicle, it said that two models would be released: a 992 pound, 157 MPG, $13000 USD Loremo LS and a 1032 pound, 87 MPG,

Honda has faith in Accord  -  Aug 23, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,V-6 Accords get 19 mpg in the city, 29 mpg highway, compared with 19 mpg/28 mpg for the equivalent Camry. To conserve fuel, Honda added the first cylinder

52 mpg Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion to debut at Frankfurt  -  Aug 13, 2007
MotorTrend Magazine...diesel engine with 105 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque that Volkswagen says will achieve as much as 52 mpg with CO2 emissions of just 0.42 lb/mile.

Love my car  -  Aug 23, 2007
Detroit Free Press,In the beginning, we were averaging about 47 mpg However, as the car has broken in, and we get better at driving it, this keeps going up.

Honda Unveils The New 2008 Accord  -  Aug 21, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Fuel economy is 19/29 mpg, thanks to Honda’s Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) technology that shuts off some cylinders when they’re not needed.

Westwood PD goes green with an SUV rated at 30 mpg  -  Aug 16, 2007
NorthJersey.com,By DEENA YELLIN WESTWOOD -- The Police Department is giving a new ride to officers on patrol: a Ford Escape Hybrid sport utility vehicle.

Infineon To Buy LSI's Mobility Group To Boosts GSM Capability  -  Aug 21, 2007
InformationWeek,The MPG operation moved to LSI in April when LSI acquired Agere Systems. The move to Germany's Infineon is a close fit with customers, because of MPG's




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