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A father and son are suing Ferrari and Facebook after losing control of their fan pages.
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Ferrari Celebrates 10 Million Facebook Fans With Amusing Video
Anyone doubting Ferrari’s ability to not take itself too seriously should take a look at the latest video to emerge from Maranello. In celebration of achieving 10 million fans on its Facebook page, Ferrari has released a humorous video expressing its gratification for all its fans. The video...
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Nissan Unveils Its Completed Project 370Z: Video
To promote its refreshed 2013 370Z, Nissan solicited fan feedback on its Nissan Performance Facebook page to create the world’s first crowdsourced 370Z track car. Since Kicking off what it called "Project 370Z," Nissan has shown us two videos of the car under assembly, and now we get to see a...
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How Many Cylinders Does A Supercar Need To Have? #YouTellUs
Automakers are downsizing engines and adding hybrid powertrains to many next-generation supercars. But this raises the question: how many cylinders does a supercar need to have? Engines with fewer cylinders provide many benefits as outlined earlier today by McLaren. Ranging from less weight and...
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Aston Martin DB9 1M: The Car Designed By Facebook Fans
Aston Martin celebrating one million Facebook fans by building the crowd-sourced DB9 1M.
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Ford Corrals Four Million Mustang Fans On Facebook
The iconic Ford Mustang has set yet another record, this time for becoming the most popular nameplate vehicle on the largest social network in the world. The Mustang has now surpassed four million Facebook fans, something that no other vehicle has yet to manage. Perhaps more surprising is that the...
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The passion for the Prancing Horse has reached new heights, with Ferarri’s tally of Facebook fans passing the 8-million mark this week. In celebration of this milestone, Ferrari has released a video of the 458 Italia burning some serious rubber on the steering pad at its Fiorano race track. To put Ferrari’s popularity into perspective, at least, in social media circles, Ferrari’s number of Facebook fans more than doubles the 3.2 million of Lamborghini as well as the 3.6 million of Porsche. If you aren’t already a member, you can become one by hitting the...
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Lotus Goes On The Defense With Bizarre Facebook Rant
Following recent reports that Lotus was ending sponsorship of the Lotus F1 team and, of more concern, could possibly be put into administration by its new parent, Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom, Lotus has gone on the defense with an extensive Facebook rant addressing many of the various...
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Open Up And Say Aha With Subaru
After showing off a prototype fitting in a 2013 Subaru BRZ at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas recently, Subaru has now confirmed it’s integrating Aha across its model line. Subies enabled with Aha in an optional infotainment package open literally thousands of...
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New Feature: An Easier Way To Share Your Favorite Posts On Facebook
Loyal readers of Motor Authority, we know how much you love sharing our content with all your automotive friends. Today, we're excited to announce the release of Motor Authority with amped up sharing features. The new features are part of an enhanced integration with Facebook that just launched...
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Nissan Invites Fans To Participate In "Project 370Z"
Yesterday, Nissan unveiled the refreshed 370Z Coupe and Convertible. Today it is inviting fans to participate in what it's calling "Project 370Z." In an effort to highlight the numerous options available to passionate Z owners, Nissan is going to create a project Z car in which fans are in charge...
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Porsche Celebrates 2 Million Facebook Fans With Special Cayman S
Porsche has grown its Facebook fan base by a million people in less than a year, and it's built a special Cayman S to commemorate two million Facebook fans.
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We know you love to get Motor Authority news in every way possible, and now we have a shiny new way to connect with you, our loyal fans. We're now on Google+, and we are making sure the latest news reaches our circles as quick as possible. While you probably are already a fan on Facebook, and you likely follow us on Twitter, Google+ is new. At the moment we are treating it similarly to Facebook and Twitter, but we know it is very different, and we are already planning how to interact with our fans on a different level on the newest social media website, adding a new dimension to your social...
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Aston Martin Reveals The Name Of One Millionth Facebook Fan Car
Aston Martin has all the details on its Millionth Fan Car.
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Facebook For Cars: Monkeyplate Is Social Media For Gearheads
Gearheads have been using online social media to discuss their love of cars for years, but few of the existing outlets are aimed specifically at the car enthusiast. The people at Monkeyplate.com are changing this. The website is the first to connect car fans in the real world using customized...
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To Celebrate 1 Million Facebook Fans, Aston Martin Crowdsources A Car
Aston Martin has hit 1 million Facebook fans in two years, and to celebrate, the automaker is letting its fans design a special Millionth Fan Car.
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GreenSight City: Daimler's Green Sim City Coming To Facebook
Urban planning games are nothing new - the seminal Sim City title has been around since 1989 and we've probably been playing it all that time. Facebook games are a more recent phenomenon and you've probably heard of Car Town, the best of the bunch for gearheads. "GreenSight City" looks like...
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MINI Builds Its Two-Millionth Car
Just ten years after the modern MINI went into production, the two-millionth car has rolled off the assembly line at MINI's Oxford plant in the UK.
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Garmin has launched a new teaser campaign via email and Facebook, and because it's a slow news day, our crack team of marketing specialists has decided to take some guesses at what all the fuss is about. So far, it appears that Garmin's campaign has two components: an email containing an image that reads, "Reimagined. Redesigned. Ready to move you. 08.24.2011", and a video that the company has posted only to its Facebook page. Unfortunately, the folks at Garmin don't seem to understand that Facebook videos can't be shared outside of Facebook, and the company hasn't yet bothered to upload the...
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Uncle Lexus Wants You! For The 2013 GS 350 Reveal, Of Course
You already know the 2013 Lexus GS is going to be unveiled at Pebble Beach--you even already know what it looks like, more or less. But did you know that Lexus wants you to submit your photo to them on the chance that it could be broadcast around to world during the official unveiling? It's true...
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Citroën Sponsors Nationwide Game Of Hide-And-Seek For The DS4
U.K. readers: how'd you like a brand new car? Well as it turns out, Citroën is running a nationwide game of hide-and-seek, and if you play your cards right, you could drive off in a Citroën DS4. To participate, all you need is a computer, Android, or iPhone and a heaping helping of...
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Facebook Could Eventually Replace Call Centers For Nissan
If you've ever had a complaint or simply wanted to speak to the customer service department of a company using their phone service, you're no doubt aware of the frustration sitting through endless menus and electronic voices before finally getting through to the right department. For Nissan...
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Ford Asks, 'How Should The 2012 Ford Focus Electric Sound?'
Electric vehicles have upsides and downsides. On the upside, they crank out far fewer pollutants than their fossil-fuel-swilling cousins, and they may help ease dependence on foreign oil. On the downside, they're quiet. Too quiet. While some of you might find that a good thing, EV's lack of sound...
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Al Franken's New Bill Guards Your Privacy On The Mobile Web
Privacy has long been a serious issue on the web. Now, a new bill authored by Senator Al Franken wants to address some of those concerns -- and from where we sit, it's arrived just in the nick of time. In the early days of Web 1.0, long before the rise of social networking, privacy concerns...
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