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0Audi giving tweeting fans R8 for a day... will you be next? [w/video] 1317301260
Spending time with any iteration of the Audi R8 is a glorious occasion. Your life becomes brighter, and everyone you pass on the street feels a bit better about their day for just having seen one. Audi wants you to experience this for yourself, and you're going to need to flex your Twitter ...
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Report: How Nissan outmaneuvered Toyota's Camry launch for Twitter supremacy 1314977400
Automotive News is reporting that Nissan recently scored a hit against Toyota – at least in terms of social media marketing for the new 2012 Camry. When Nissan received word that Toyota was planning to pull back the sheet on the Camry last week, it reportedly set about snatching up promoted ...
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Teased: Toyota takes to Twitter to tease 2012 Camry... again 1313013480
Toyota has released a new image of the 2012 Camry, which adds to the growing number of teaser images highlighting the updated sedan. We've seen a video of Akio Toyoda talking up his latest product, along with a shot of the headlight. After that came a still image of the headlight, foglight and a ...
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Video: Saudi woman's "right to drive" protest video circulates online despite gov't. efforts 1306281420
The Arab Spring has brought a wave of change and reform to the Middle East, but that tide has seemingly stopped at Saudi Arabia. According to The New York Times, the Saudi government has effectively squelched a movement championed by Manal al-Sharif. The woman wasn't campaigning for the ...
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Video: Exclusive hands-on with BMW Apps, new ConnectedDrive 1303322460
BMW has big plans for this week's New York Auto Show, including the debut of the 2012 6 Series Coupe, lease pricing for the all-electric ActiveE and the first application of its new TwinPower turbocharged four-cylinder in the U.S. But that's not all. BMW gave us an early preview of the next ...
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Report: PR guy behind Chrysler Twitter debacle gets new job 1301696940
Everybody deserves a second chance, even the guy who dropped an F-bomb on the official Chrysler Twitter account. The Detroit News reports that Scott Bartosiewicz, the former New Media Strategies employee who accidently sent an expletive-laden tweet expressing frustration about his fellow Detroit ...
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Video: Fired NMS employee speaks out about errant F-bomb on Chrysler Twitter account 1300379340
Scott Bartosiewicz was running late for work when he sent out that tweet. It's the one Scott says he believed was on his personal account and contained the F-word. Problem is, that tweet went out on the Chrysler Twitter account being run by New Media Strategies. Bartosiewicz was fired from NMS, ...
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New Media Strategies loses Chrysler contract after F-bomb tweet *Update 1299790860
On March 9, 2011, a now-former employee of New Media Strategies – the company responsible for managing Chrysler's Twitter account – thought they were using their personal account to push out a message related to the less-than-stellar driving abilities of Detroit's residents. It ...
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When Tweeting Goes Wrong: Chrysler accidentally throws out F-bomb *Update 1299694800
For those of you who don't use Twitter, these next few sentences will be rather odd. Most companies maintain a Twitter account these days as a means of directly reaching out to potential customers and the public in general. The Chrysler account had an interesting message broadcast to the world ...
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Video: Mercedes wants you to think Twitter is fuel 1295560860
Automakers have taken to social media with varying degress of success. On one side, we've got the Ford Fiesta Movement and on the other we've got... nearly every other automaker's social ...Mercedes-Benz engineers test out their "tweet fuel" – Click above to watch video after the jump

