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After a huge success of the NDTV Toyota environment campaign Greenathon I & II, NDTV in partnership with Toyota today announced the Green Awards to encourage, acknowledge and award the Champions of the Earth for environmental leadership (globally) contributing most towards protecting our environment.

The European Aftermarket Overview quantifies the value and volume of key aftermarket product groups and distribution channels.

This report assesses the factors behind the development of the sector, and the implications for market participants.

This interactive model quantifies the volume sales potential of 18 products across 25 marques in 10 countries for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. It also displays both IAM and OES potential.

ReportsandReports announce it will carry European Fleet Database 2010 - Light Commercial Vehicles Market Research Report in its Store.

Brand new: Aftermarket car electronics specialist Mod4cars now offers a smartTOP control module that allows raising and lowering the foldable steel roof of the Peugeot 207cc either by using the factory key remote from a distance or by touching the console button inside the car while driving at slow speeds. The kit comes with a custom designed plug-in wiring harness and can be installed by anyone in just minutes.

Benefitting from the rapid development of the automotive industry, China’s auto parts industry has witnessed increasingly fast development in recent years. China’s auto parts and accessories manufacturing industry realized a total industrial output value of RMB1.0822 trillion in 2009, up 20.39% year-on-year. In Feb., 2010, the number of auto parts manufacturers above designated size (i.e. with annual sales revenue exceeding RMB 5 million) rose to 10,788, and the number of employees also exceeded two million, both were better than the year of 2009.

Traditional automotive safety system mainly refers to airbag and seat belt. The driver’s airbag is installed on the steering wheel, and the airbag can only help while the occupant is wearing the seat belt, therefore, the main products of traditional automotive safety system manufacturers are airbag, steering wheel and seat belt, and airbag is the most important.

Although LED has many advantages, it is not as good as xenon lamp in cost performance. While LED will see price drop, xenon lamp will further have its cost reduced and deliver better cost performance than LED will do. Xenon lamp also does better than LED in power consumption and energy conservation. With the biggest disadvantage in heat dissipation, a problem that is hard for LED to tackle in a short time, LED headlights are unlikely to become the mainstream in the next decade.

Crevier BMW, located in Santa Ana, Calif., today announced that two veteran sales managers have joined the team of quality and service-minded professionals at the top-selling dealership. As new vehicle sales managers, David Bunnell and Paul Liu are responsible for planning, organizing and controlling procedures including employee training and management.

Japan is an overlord in household air-conditioner field worldwide thanks to its most advanced technology in the core upstream component--compressor. Many Japanese enterprises, including Daikin, Hitachi, Panasonic, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric, are the key players in compressor industry. As such, American enterprises still have competitive strength in high-power air-conditioning compressor industry, represented by Carrier, Trane, Copeland and York. Accordingly, the automotive air-conditioner field is dominated by Japanese enterprises and American counterparts.

Toyota Technical Training Institute (TTTI) today conferred academic degrees to 63 students - the first batch - on the successful completion of its 3 year training course (2007-2010). The convocation ceremony was graced by Dr Abdul Kalam, Former President of India. He toured the facilities at the institute and also spent time interacting with the students

World of Clean, one of the fastest growing carpet cleaning forum and internet stores in the U.S. is providing high quality carpet cleaning machines, auto detailing equipment, supplies and chemicals to its customers at competitive prices.

Automotive portal CarDekho.com is in the fast lane and in top gear as it has reached the top spot by becoming India's number one Auto portal. Comscore, world leader in online audience measurement, has ranked the CarDekho as No.1 Auto portal with 745,000 unique visitors for the month of June.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor today conducted a unique Fortuner 4WD (four wheel drive) Boot Camp for the owners of India’s most successful SUV, the Toyota Fortuner.

China’s auto parts industry has witnessed increasingly fast development in recent years. China’s auto parts and accessories manufacturing industry realized a total industrial output value of RMB1.0822 trillion in 2009, up 20.39% year-on-year.

The auto component production in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 15% during FY 2011–FY 2014 on account of low production costs and increasing demand from the automobile industry.

ReportsandReports announce it will carry China High-speed Railway and Subway Industry Report, 2009-2010 Market Research Report in its Store.

ATVManiacStore.com offers a wide variety of ATV luggage alongside their already broad spectrum of ATV products.

Owen Trinkler, one of the most recognizable names in GRAND-AM racing, made a triumphant return at the NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal at the New Jersey Motorsports Park at Millville, New Jersey. The weekend race also saw the return of the rebuilt No. 198 RSR-Motorsports Mini Cooper S. Driving with Trinkler was RSR team owner Randall Smalley. With the rebuilt Mini Cooper, Trinkler led RSR Motorsports to victory, his second in the series and Smalley’s first.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. (TKM) today announced the launch of the Corolla Altis Diesel in India.

We have substantially revised upward our expectations of sales growth in South Korea’s auto market in 2010. We now anticipate that domestic vehicles sales will rise 16% y-o-y during 2010 as a whole, compared with our earlier forecast of 6%.

Auto Transponder has announced a 90 day money back guarantee scheme on purchase of any product from their store. With their customer centric approach and reliable product range, Auto Transponder has carved a niche for themselves in this domain.

ATVManiacStore.com, a United States-based ATV tire, ATV wheel, ATV winch, helmet, accessory and parts retailer, offers Warn XT Extreme Terrain Winches - a natural compliment to their already broad spectrum of ATV products. Warn Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a full line of off-road equipment and accessories that enhance the performance of four-wheel-drive vehicles, ATV’s and utility vehicles.

Owen Trinkler, one of the most recognizable names in GRAND-AM racing, suits up for a thrilling race in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at the NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal at the New Jersey Motorsports Park at Millville, New Jersey. This weekend for RSR Motorsports in the No. 198 RSR-Motorsports Mini Cooper S. driving with Trinkler, will be RSR team owner Randall Smalley. This will be the debut race for the entirely rebuilt, Mini Cooper S. Attracting thousands of race fans from across the nation, the NJMP 250 is one of the premier racing events in the Northeast.