Nissan Remains Committed to Tsunami Recovery Five Years Later
Five years ago, a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of northeastern Japan. The area is still recovering, and Nissan’s team in Japan is as committed as ever to helping in the recovery. Nissan itself, like many Japanese brands, was affected by the tsunami, with the devastation delaying shipments to overseas markets. Several suppliers […]
Mr. Miller Steals Coors Light Truck, Runs Over Own Ankle
We all have impossible dreams—like when you were a kid, you always wanted to drive the ice cream truck, because then you would have all the ice cream you wanted. Then maybe you wanted to work at the toy store, because then you would get so many toys. Do Habitat for Humanity People Get Houses? […]
Nissan Enters Widest-Reaching Partnership in College Sports History
As we have mentioned several times, Nissan just loves partnerships, previously teaming up with groups as diverse as Enterprise, the Americana Music Association, NASA, and the UEFA Champions League. Now, Nissan has taken its partnership library to the next level, becoming the official sponsor of 100 colleges and universities nationwide, as well as a supporter […]
Russian Proposal: What If You Could Drive From London to New York?
Living in the world’s largest state has apparently given Russian Railways head Vladimir Yakunin a big idea: What if you could drive from London all the way to New York? Yes, that London, and yes, that New York. Yes, That Habitat for Humanity: Here’s how Nissan celebrates a 10-year partnership Yakunin’s proposed plan is called the […]
1,800 Volunteers to Participate in teamGM Cares Week
General Motors will enlist the help of more than 1,900 employee volunteers this week to participate in almost 100 different community service-oriented projects around the country. These projects comprise the fourth annual “teamGM Cares Week,” which runs from Monday through Friday. “Our employees are passionate about giving back year round, both in dollars and time,” […]
Bowling Green Feels the GM Love
Bowling Green is a beautiful city tucked away in the hills of Kentucky. Don’t let all the natural beauty fool you, however, as this city is a manufacturing powerhouse. It is the home of General Motors’ Corvette Assembly Plant, as well as the National Corvette Museum. You can see the Corvette’s influence all around, with shops, […]
Latest Ford Accelerated Action Day Follows World Environment Day
Ford Volunteer Corps members around the country participated in another Ford Motor Company Accelerated Action Day on Friday as a means to celebrate World Environment Day and bolster the efforts of nearly 40 community service projects. Ford pledged more than $47,000 in grants to cover necessary materials for the projects, and more than 500 company […]
France Gets Design Edition Nissan Juke and Qashqai
Nissan is all about special editions, many of which rarely make it to the United States. The latest limited edition to be offered by the Japanese automaker is so exclusive, you can only get it in France. What do we have to thank France for? How about the metric system? We’re one of the last […]
500,000th Mississippi-Built Corolla Rolls off Line
Since 2011, employees at the Toyota Mississippi facility in Blue Springs have been hard at work building brand new Corollas for the North American market. And yesterday, their hard work paid off as the 500,000th Corolla built by that plant rolled off the production line. This makes Toyota Mississippi the fastest facility to accomplish this […]
Toyota Indiana Grants Total $100,000 in Second Quarter
It’s no secret that Toyota is a generous company. It seems that we hear about a new charitable donation from the Japanese automaker with each passing week. While supporting national organizations is important to Toyota, so is supporting local ones. And in the second quarter of 2014, Toyota Indiana grants totaled a whopping $100,000. Toyota’s […]
Nissan Aiding HRWA With Preserving The Harpeth River
Nissan is pledging a $50,000 program grant to the Harpeth River Watershed Association (HRWA) to help sustain and preserve the 125-mile long Harpeth River in Tennessee. The funds will support HRWA’s Water Quality & Sustainability Program in their ambitions to create a water quality monitoring system in order to achieve state standard for both public […]
GM and Suppliers Enact Supplying Communities Together
General Motors today announced an initiative called Supplying Communities Together. Along with some of its major suppliers, GM and its GM Foundation hope to benefit Habitat for Humanity Detroit. In total, the Supplying Communities Together initiative will amount to a donation of $948,500 and 2,500 employee work hours toward to the charity. “It’s about building […]
Nissan Heisman House Returns With Johnny Football
The Nissan Heisman House is returning for a fourth year, and this time, they’re bringing Johnny Football into the fold. Don’t worry, Browns fans: he doesn’t flip anybody off in any of these videos. Nissan Heisman House places Heisman Trophy winners from the past (Roger Staubach, Billy Sims, Marcus Allen, Doug Flutie) in various situations […]
2015 Escalade Jams with Bose® Centerpoint® Surround Sound System
Last week, Cadillac announced that its 2015 Escalade would be getting an audiophile’s dream come true: the Bose® Centerpoint® surround sound system, which the automaker is touting as the most advanced Bose system to find its way inside a Caddy. Audio sophistication has reached new heights with this system, which was customized specifically for the […]
GMC, NFL Characters Unite Award Families With New Car, Scholarship
On this morning’s Today Show, Tyson Wheelock—a 13-year-old boy who is struggling to overcome bullying with the help of Green Bay Packers wideout, Randall Cobb—and his mother were awarded a 2014 GMC Acadia as part of the auto brand’s partnership with USA Network’s Characters Unite public service campaign and the upcoming NFL Characters Unite television […]
Six Nissan Employees Join 2013 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project
Being that it’s the holiday season, it’s easy to think about the things you want: the newest Playstation or Xbox console, clothes, money, or a new car. With so much on our lists, it might be easy to forget that there are a number of people right here in America who are not so fortunate […]
Cadillac’s Luxury EV Lineup Might Grow After 2014 ELR
With the growing interest in the 2014 Cadillac ELR, it’s no wonder that Cadillac has considered adding more electric vehicles to their luxury car lineup. According to an interview with The Detroit Bureau with Cadillac’s global sales chief, Bob Ferguson, a luxury EV that is both larger and more upscale that the Volt-based ELR might […]
Potential of Cadillac in “Batman Vs. Superman” Inspires Little Nerd Rage
Months later, the internet is still picking up the pieces after the explosion that occurred in the wake of finding out that Ben Affleck will play Batman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of Steel sequel. It raised a lot of important questions, like can Ben Affleck even growl, will they make his costume ridiculous again, […]