NEMPA bestows 2014 honors
At its annual awards dinner, held on May 29 at the MIT Media Lab and sponsored by AAA of Southern New England, Chrysler and Nissan, NEMPA honored remarkable three individuals for their contributions to the automotive industry and awarded trophies to 17 outstanding vehicles.
Ford 2015 F-150 takes home coveted Yankee Cup
The Yankee Cup, presented each year by NEMPA, with input from MIT’s automotive engineering faculty, to a “feature or system that significantly enhances the motoring experience, whether by making driving safer, more cost-efficient or simply more enjoyable.” For the first time, the Yankee Cup has been awarded to an entire vehicle—and a truck, at that: […]
Engineering Safer Drivers
Distracted driving was on the agenda in the 1940s when Massachusetts state legislators wanted to ban automobile radios because people were singing in their cars. It was a concern in 1959 when Paul Evans’ pop tune reached No. 9 on the Billboard charts. And today distracted driving is becoming a critical issue, thanks to the […]
Visiting Manheim New England on sale day
Visiting Manheim New England’s auto-auction facility during a sale has the feel of being at the track for a big stakes race.
Hyundai introduces gen-two Genesis to NEMPA
A small fleet of V-6 and V-8 2015 Genesis sedans rolled into the Automotion garage for introduction to NEMPA on May 14. Story & photos by Bill Griffith, NEMPA Hyundai’s Joe Guy Collier brought a mini-fleet of the company’s second-generation 2015 Genesis premium sedans to NEMPA headquarters on May 14. Brandon Ramirez, Hyundai senior group […]
Nissan’s NY Cabs hit Boston
The canary-yellow taxi was sitting outside the Middleboro/Lakeville commuter rail station this raw and drizzly April night. It looked like it was hoping for a fare, but it was just being photographed by the media. A taxi? Well, yes—a brand-new Nissan taxicab, as adopted by New York. Sort of.