| Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept exclusive world debut |
May 19th, 2013 |
has debuted at Germany's 24 Hours of Nurburgring race this weekend as part of the badge's centenary celebrations. The ultra-exclusive V12 Vantage-based two-seater sports car celebrated its unveiling by completing a lap of the Nordschleife, alongside the 1000km race-winning 1959 DBR1 with British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss behind the wheel. The CC100 blends the classic styling of ...
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| Sex drugs and fast cars The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing |
May 19th, 2013 |
Even if you have not the faintest interest in motorsport, or Formula One - that shiny Babylon of sponsors and sleaze - the lure of James Hunt is hard to resist. Handsome, brave, articulate, he had a reputation for living as fast off the track as on. For a film director, there could be no better sporting hero. No wonder, then, that Ron Howard, the Oscar-winning director of Frost/Nixon and Apollo ...
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| Amgen Tour Of California Bicycles Vs. Cars |
May 19th, 2013 |
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — The Amgen tour of California rolls out of San Francisco to the finish line in Santa Rosa tomorrow. The route through lush wine country is popular year round. But not everyone’s happy about all the bicycle traffic. Close encounters with drivers are becoming common and incidents of road rage are on the rise. Gary Helfrick of the Bicycle Coalition keeps a database ...
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| Volvo Pairs with Swedish House Mafia, XC60 Featured in New Video |
May 18th, 2013 |
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Volvo announced it has partnered with electronic music group Swedish House Mafia to create a new music video. The video, for the song “Leave the World Behind” will be used to introduce the refreshed 2014 Volvo XC60 to a global audience. Though the group recently broke up, Swedish House Mafia teamed up with Swedish singer [...]
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| New Jersey increases distracted driving enforcement with sting operations |
May 18th, 2013 |
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New Jersey enforcement officers are increasing measures to stop distracted driving. Those who are distracted while driving and cause an accident could face vehicular homicide and assault charges.
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| Jeep Builds its 1 Millionth Wrangler JK |
May 18th, 2013 |
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As one of the most iconic vehicles worldwide, the Jeep Wrangler marks its 1 millionth vehicle produced. Earlier today the 1 millionth Wrangler JK model rolled off Chrysler Group’s Toledo, Ohio Assembly Plant, with executives, employees and UAW representatives waiting at the end of the line to mark the occasion. The black 2013 Jeep Wrangler [...]
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| Toyota FT86 On Display At The Mall |
May 18th, 2013 |
Bandar Seri Begawan - Toyota sports car FT86 is currently on display at The Mall, Gadong for this weekend. Organised by NBT Sdn Bhd, the main distributor of Toyota in the country, there are sales personnel to information regarding FT86. The Toyota 86, a new breed of sports car from Toyota, reflects the name ofAE86, a model well-known and loved by customers globally. The raw power of the engine ...
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| GMC Sierra Regular Cab Sneaks Into Aerodynamics Press Release |
May 17th, 2013 |
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The all-new 2014 GMC Sierra has undergone specific design changes to boost both fuel efficiency and interior quietness, after spending a major portion of its development time in a wind tunnel. Every millimeter of the truck was scrutinized by aerodynamic engineers to find areas of improvement, and as a result, debunked some myths. It’s interesting [...]
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| GM Shares Return to $33 Initial Public Offering |
May 17th, 2013 |
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For the first time in more than two years, the stock price for General Motors has passed its $33 initial public offering, thanks to the automaker preparing to introduce redesigned full-size pickups. The company will be introducing 20 new vehicles, including the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, hoping to rebound from an 88-year low market [...]
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| NTSB Recommends Lower Blood Alcohol Limit for Drivers |
May 17th, 2013 |
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made 19 recommendations to lower alcohol-related automotive deaths this week, including a recommendation for all 50 states to lower blood alcohol content (BAC) level to 0.05 to less. Other recommendations include stiffer punishments, better enforcement of existing laws, and wider use of technology to eventually lower the number of [...]
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| Drive On Plug-in car sales hit 100000 -- is it enough |
May 17th, 2013 |
Sometime over the weekend, the electric-car movement is going to hit a major milestone: 100,000th plug-in car in the U.S. is likely to be sold. So says Plug-In America, an advocacy group that that is doing ...
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| Schmidt trying to get 2 cars in before adding car |
May 17th, 2013 |
The owner of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports told The Associated Press on Friday he has not hired a driver for the No. 99 car but might if his two other drivers safely qualify Saturday. Schmidt's other drivers are Simon Pageland, last year's IndyCar rookie of the year, and rookie Tristan Gautier. Both are from ...
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| Live Test Drive auto chat today |
May 17th, 2013 |
Join the auto conversation today. Chat live with Test Drive columnist James R. Healey. You can use the big gray box below to ask questions ahead of time, or during the chat. It starts at 2 p.m. EST. ...
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| European car sales rise but it is a dead cat bounce |
May 17th, 2013 |
For the first time in a year and a half, car sales in Europe rose, but without an almost 15 percent increase in Britain they would have been negative again. Indeed the rebound in April was weak – one analyst called it a ';dead cat bounce'; – and was linked to several one-off factors which suggests we are not looking at a sustained recovery. Last year demand for new cars in ...
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| 2013 Audi RS 5 Photo Gallery |
May 17th, 2013 |
Cars.com's test cars are parked amid a vast sea of vehicles in a multistory parking tower; Audi's RS 5 was easy to spot with its unmistakable LED headlights, aggressive grille, carbon fiber accents and Sepang Blue pearl paint. Likewise, its throaty exhaust note is hard to miss. The ...
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| Chrysler Delays 2014 Jeep Cherokee One Month |
May 17th, 2013 |
on Thursday that its midsize SUV, slated to hit dealers right about now, won't arrive until the middle of June. But dealers should have plenty of cars by fall, said Mark Chernoby, who heads up engineering at Chrysler. Chrysler builds the Cherokee in Toledo, Ohio; the automaker said it's smoothing out a few issues common with new-vehicle launches. "Right now, we are at a point ...
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| Layman Chevy showroom get smell of new and more cars |
May 17th, 2013 |
The redesigned Bobby Layman Chevrolet, still located at 3900 W. Broad St. Bobby Layman Chevrolet hasnt moved from its jingle-immortalized address, but it has a new look. The auto dealership at 3900 W. Broad St. in Columbus is debuting its new showroom and administrative offices Friday, showing off the newest design from its supplier General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) Instead of renovating, it made more ...
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| Fistful of new Grand Theft Auto V screenshots |
May 17th, 2013 |
Sky's the limit in new 'Grand Theft Auto V' images Vehicular-based activities abound as no-good drifter Trevor and car requisitionist Franklin get on the wrong side of the law, and a submersible stumbles upon a sunken wreck in the latest Grand Theft Auto V images. And various tidbits can be gleaned from each of the shots, such as the existence of police motorcycles in Trevor's ...
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| European Car Sales up First Time in 20 Months |
May 17th, 2013 |
European car sales posted their first gain in 20 months, rising 1.7 per cent in April compared with the same month last year, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said Friday. A total of 1.038 million new cars were registered in the European Union in April, the ACEA said. Registrations had slumped to an historic low of 1.021 million in April last year. "The ...
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| 2014 Jeep Cherokee Production Pushed Back One Month |
May 17th, 2013 |
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Chrysler Group LLC has announced that production for the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee will be delayed by a month, but that sufficient inventory will be ready by the fall. Chrysler is trying to iron out issues that arise when launching a new vehicle. The Cherokee replaces the Jeep Liberty, making it the brand’s most important [...]
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| TrueCar Hires Chief Technology Officer |
May 17th, 2013 |
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 TrueCar has hired Mike Dunn as chief technology officer following a nationwide executive search.
Dunn, most recently the CTO for Hearst Interactive Media, has also served as corporate CTO for Time Warner, founding CTO for Dell Online and EVP/CTO for Encoda Systems.
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| TransUnion, Carfax Team on Finance Tool |
May 17th, 2013 |
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 TransUnion has developed a risk assessment model designed to help auto lenders evaluate the potential for future loan delinquency based on the history of the vehicle used as collateral.
The TransUnion Vehicle History Score was developed in partnership with Carfax and uses vehicle-specific information to help lenders improve risk segmentation.
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| We Hear: Production of 2014 Jeep Cherokee Delayed to Mid-June |
May 17th, 2013 |
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| Cars collide in north St. Louis after driver runs light |
May 17th, 2013 |
St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A north St. Louis crash late Thursday remains under investigation after one of two drivers involved ran a red light and collided with a second car. The impact flipped the speeding car onto its top, where it then slid on the roof nearly a block. The crash occurred around 11:50 p.m. last night on North Florissant at Salisbury Street. Witnesses told police a northbound car ...
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| GM returns to $33 IPO price on truck optimism after 2-year slump |
May 17th, 2013 |
General Motors Co., poised to rejoin the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, topped its $33 initial public offering price for the first time in more than two years as the automaker prepares to introduce redesigned full-size pickups. GM rose 2.2 percent to $33.11 at 9:42 a.m. New York time after touching $33.16. The shares peaked at $38.98 at the close on Jan. 7, 2011, less two months after its ...
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| Glimmer of hope for EU car sales |
May 17th, 2013 |
DDAIF all pushed higher. Peugeot's stock rallied by as much as 7%. New car demand in the United Kingdom continued to grow, but the picture remains mixed elsewhere in the EU. Car registrations were up in Spain and Germany, but fell in Italy and France, which dipped back into recession in the first quarter of the ...
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| Turkish police arrest suspect in bombings that killed 51 |
May 17th, 2013 |
Turkish police said they arrested a man who allegedly bought two cars used in two bombings that killed at least 51 people on the Syrian border last week. Mehmet Genc was arrested and police sought to detain two other suspects who attempted to escape to Syria but failed because of increased security at the ...
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| Cars catch fire in Tampa brush fire |
May 17th, 2013 |
TAMPA - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue is working on a brush fire that broke out in the Port Manatee area of Tampa at a junkyard, putting several cars in the line of fire. The flames caught at least four cars on fire near a junk yard at near East Bay Raceway Park off US-41. Tons of smoke is pluming over the area, but it is not affecting visibility on Us 41 right now. On Thursday night, there ...
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| Supreme Court says warrantless blood tests are generally impermissible |
May 17th, 2013 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that warrentless blood tests for DUI suspects are generally unconstitutional.
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| Study finds no safety benefits in hands-free texting |
May 17th, 2013 |
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A recent study found that hands-free texting is no safer than handheld texting.
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| San Diego police officer gets probation after DUI accident |
May 17th, 2013 |
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The recent arrest of a San Diego police officer highlights the potential consequences of drunk driving
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| Honda confirm F1 grid return in 2015 |
May 17th, 2013 |
Honda have announced they will return to Formula 1 by supplying McLaren engines from 2015.The Japanese manfacturer and British team believe they can take advantage of the new 1.6 litre V6 engine rule that is being brought in next season.Honda came into the sport back in 1964 when they debuted their works team at the German Grand Prix, only to withdraw from the sport at the end of the 1968 ...
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| Mazda MX-5 Media Challenge |
May 17th, 2013 |
Mazda MX-5 Media Challenge has seen Australia’s quickest motoring journalists take on their colleagues from Russia twice before in two ice races: the inaugural event and then again in Russia in 2012. This year ...
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| GM works to wow customers exec says repeat business target in sight |
May 17th, 2013 |
In 2011, General Motors Co. North America President Mark Reuss announced a bold goal: He wanted the automaker to have the best customer service in the automobile industry. Internally, the company has narrowed its focus to meet that goal. More resources - money and people - in the past few years have been devoted to wow customers, working with them to resolve conflicts and improve vehicle quality ...
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| Four hurt in auto repair shop fire |
May 17th, 2013 |
Firefighters extinguish a fire that erupted in a depot of a residential building in Adonis, north of Beirut, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan ...
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| 33 more charged in Fla. staged auto accident probe |
May 17th, 2013 |
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Authorities in South Florida say 33 more people have been charged in a three-year crackdown on staged auto accidents used to defraud insurance companies out of millions of dollars.Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Thursday those charged included doctors, chiropractic clinic owners and therapists in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. Ferrer says the group staged ...
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| Virginia man accused of crashing stolen ambulance into cars www.privateofficer.com |
May 17th, 2013 |
Police say a man was drunk when he stole an ambulance and crashed into five cars in Norfolk. Just after 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, police say 25-year-old Lamont Antonio Davis got into the private ambulance that was parked at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and drove off. They say he drove down Colley Avenue, crossed the median and crashed near the intersection with Westover ...
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| Cars robots superheroes dominate summer movies |
May 17th, 2013 |
The summer movie season is officially in full swing. I honestly can’t remember the last time we had a summer season that was this packed to the gills with such high-profile and promising fare. If nothing else, it’s a great time to be a fan of comic book movies and blockbusters in general. Here’s a look at what’s hitting the silver screen in the coming weeks. May ...
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| BMW M235i revealed in spy shots |
May 17th, 2013 |
has been spied almost entirely free of camouflage, revealing most of the production car’s exterior design. CarAdvice’s spy photographers captured the 2 Series coupe during an official photo shoot in which all but the ...
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| Update-Moodys has assigned provisional ratings to German auto loan ABS of BAVARIAN SKY S.A. Compartment German Auto Loans 1 |
May 17th, 2013 |
Fri May 17, 2013 4:39am EDT BAVARIAN SKY S.A., Compartment German Auto Loans 1 For the full text of this story please click the following ...
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| UK automotive manufacturing on the rise |
May 17th, 2013 |
Car manufacturing in the UK rose by 17 per cent in April. What's more, the nation is outperforming most other countries in the ...
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| Sports hatch track test Ford Fiesta Metal v Suzuki Swift Sport v Volkswagen Polo GTI |
May 17th, 2013 |
Volkswagen Polo GTI are the cheapest brand new driver's cars on sale. Each pack enough poke to elevate driving entertainment beyond that of a regular small hatch, yet none will force drivers with modest wallets into the Centrelink ...
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| McLaren boss wants Button to stay on beyond 2015 after new Honda deal |
May 17th, 2013 |
McLaren team boss Jonathan Neale has said that he hoped that ace driver Jenson Button will remain with the team beyond this season following the announcement of a new engine deal with Honda. Neale also refused to rule out a Woking comeback for Lewis Hamilton as one of the greatest names in world motor sport prepared for a return to F1 in 2015, the Mirror reports. Praising the 2009 Formula One ...
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| Ram’s 2500 / 3500 HD pickup Driven: Going for the Gold Medal of Tow Ratings |
May 17th, 2013 |
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While half-ton pickups often lead lives of suburban leisure, three-quarter and one-ton class trucks are seldom extended the luxury. Often put to work within minutes of taking delivery, big dogs like Ram’s 2500 and 3500 HD models are built to flex their muscles on a daily basis, and live in a world where a soiled [...]
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| Orland Park man suspected of half a dozen auto break-ins |
May 17th, 2013 |
A man arrested in Orland Park Wednesday after he was seen breaking into a vehicle has been linked to more than a half dozen other car burglaries in the area, authorities said. The 21-year-old man, of the 14100 block of Trenton Avenue in Orland Park, was arrested near Michael Drive and Sheri Lane after he was pursued by police on foot. Officers were responding to a 911 call about a man cutting ...
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| UPDATE 1-Honda to return to F1 in 2015 as McLaren engine supplier |
May 17th, 2013 |
(Adds Honda and McLaren CEO comments, background) By Yoko Kubota TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Honda is returning to Formula One racing in 2015, after a seven-year hiatus, as McLaren's engine partner, the Japanese carmaker said on Thursday. The ...
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| BMW CEO to Germans Chill out and start buying electric cars |
May 17th, 2013 |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) visit a BMW plant in Leipzig on Nov. 5, 2010. The plant will be expanded to produce the newly-developed Megacity electric car. (Steffen Kugler/AFP/Getty ...
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| Honda confirms Formula One return |
May 17th, 2013 |
from 2015. The Japanese brand had been strongly rumoured to return to motorsport’s premier racing category after leaving at the end of the 2008 ...
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| Former Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers ends confinement |
May 17th, 2013 |
U.S. Rep. John Conyers , D-Mich., finished a term of home confinement Thursday. Conyers will remain on supervised release for two years, The Detroit News reported. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe to change her vote on a sewage contract and served some of her time at the federal prison camp for women in Alderson, W.Va. After returning ...
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| Spied! 2014 BMW M235i Without Camouflage |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Previously, the only BMW 2-Series prototypes seen were smothered in camouflage, making it harder for us to figure out what the production-ready car would look like. Today, we caught the BMW M235i at an official photo shoot where most of the camouflage has been done away with. Even several months before its official debut, we [...]
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| 2014 BMW 6 Series Adds M Sport Edition |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Available on all 2014 BMW 6 Series models will be a special M Sport enhancement edition that will add features and sportier styling. On the outside the 6 Series will get new 19-inch wheels with a double five-spoke design. A host of dark-chrome accents will make their way on everything from the brake calipers to [...]
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| EPA’s Low-Sulfur Fuel Proposal a Mixed Bag for Refineries, Manufacturers |
May 16th, 2013 |
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In March of this year, the EPA took a few more steps in converting its long-gestating Tier 3 fuel-standards proposal to reality. According to a report in the Washington Post, the rules (which include plans to cut sulfur content by two-thirds and impose fleet-wide pollution limits on new vehicles by 2017) have been in regulatory [...]
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| 2013 Nissan Pathfinder AWD Long-Term Intro: Climbing Aboard for 40,000 Miles |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t what it once was. Like the Ford Explorer, this one-time hardbody truck has morphed into a mom-bomb crossover. Towing capacity and cargo volume are now secondary concerns to fuel economy, comfort, and refinement. The V-8 engine has disappeared, the drivetrain has flipped to a front-wheel bias, and the sheet metal has [...]
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| Honda to Return to Formula 1 in 2015 with McLaren |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Confirming a rumor that has been making the rounds for years now, and picked up quite a bit of steam within the past six months, Honda has announced it will return to Formula 1 as an engine supplier beginning in 2015. Honda didn’t explicitly say why it wouldn’t join up next season when the 1.6-liter [...]
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| TransUnion, Carfax Partner to Help Finance Sources Measure Risk |
May 16th, 2013 |
TransUnion and Carfax have partnered on a new vehicle history scoring model designed to help finance sources predict credit risk on auto loans.
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| Naming the Best M3, Range Rover vs. G-Wagen on Wide Open Throttle |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Carlos Lago soaked up in BMW M3 goodness when he drove all four generations of the sports sedan at the automaker’s track in South Carolina and, naturally, other Motor Trend staffers want to know how it went. On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, hosts partake in a heated debate about the best M3, talk [...]
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| NHTSA Considers Making Automatic Braking Mandatory |
May 16th, 2013 |
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First antilock brakes, then traction and electronic stability control, and now automatic braking? The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reportedly considering a push to make automatic braking, as seen on vehicles such as the Volvo S60, a mandatory feature for all new cars. The news comes from NHTSA administrator David Strickland, who made [...]
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| Report EV charging stations may grow tenfold by end of decade |
May 16th, 2013 |
The number of electric-vehicle charging stations is expected to grow tenfold by the end of the decade, according to a new report compiled by IMS Research. EV charging stations, which totaled 135,000 globally in 2011, could grow to 10.7 million by 2020, the report said, led by growing electric-vehicle markets like the U.S., China, Japan and Germany. "While volumes may not reach the levels ...
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| Toyota starts exports of French-built Yaris cars to N.America |
May 16th, 2013 |
PARIS | Thu May 16, 2013 1:02pm EDT PARIS May 16 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has begun exporting French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month. Toyota said it planned to export around 25,000 gasoline versions of the Yaris built at the northern French town of Onnaing, near Valenciennes, to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico ...
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| IEC in talks to buy Better Place cars |
May 16th, 2013 |
Better Place Inc. electric cars in what is being described as a pilot project. IEC would then consider gradually expanding the scale of procurement if the pilot project is deemed successful. IEC's departmental managers already receive Toyota Prius hybrid cars. IEC said, "As a national company we see importance in participating in the reduction to the environmental damage by introducing ...
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| Automaker Honda to return in 2015 |
May 16th, 2013 |
Japanese automaker Honda said Thursday it will return to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to British team McLaren in a bid to revive their championship-winning partnership.Honda president Takanobu Ito said, "We shall act as McLaren-Honda," and they are resolved to be "the No.1." AFP - Global ...
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| 2014 Cadillac XTS Whats Changed |
May 16th, 2013 |
goes on sale later this summer, the large sedan will be what the automaker calls "one of the most technologically advanced production cars in the brand's history." Topping the list of upgrades is a new twin-turbo V-6 engine that's borrowed from the ...
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| Munoz Takes the Wheel at Nissan |
May 16th, 2013 |
When Nissan's Jose Munoz surveys the U.S. auto market, he sees lots of potential. He sees a market that is once again expanding and can deliver strong growth in the coming years.As the new senior vice president of sales and marketing for the U.S. and Canada, Munoz has the job of making sure Nissan captures as much of that growth as possible. With new car sales declining for all automakers in ...
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| Disneys Planes Teaser Soaring Over Cars Land |
May 16th, 2013 |
First full length trailer for Disney's animation featuring voices by Dane Cook, Val Kilmer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad, Garrett, Teri Hatcher and John Cleese. The plane racing movie is set to hit theaters on August 9, ...
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| Board accepts Lexingtons food trucks ordinance |
May 16th, 2013 |
Customers formed a long line to buy crepes at La Petite Creperie. On Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Lexington Farmer's Market near the Old Courthouse in downtown Lexington, Ky., two of Lexington's food trucks (La Petite Creperie and Hardwood Pizza) served up a variety of dishes. Photo by Angela ...
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| Toyota is Asia’s top firm |
May 16th, 2013 |
Tokyo - Toyota has accelerated past South Korea's Samsung Electronics to become Asia's biggest company by market value, after the Japanese automaker's shares doubled in the past ...
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| Fitch Rates CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-2 |
May 16th, 2013 |
Fitch Affirms IDRs of 12 Global Trading and Universal Banks Fitch Ratings has concluded its periodic review of 12 Global Trading and Universal Banks, which resulted in Affirmations of all 12 banks' Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs). All of these banks' Viability Ratings were also affirmed, with the exception of Bank of America, whose viability rating was upgraded to ...
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| Honda looking forward to green return to F1 |
May 16th, 2013 |
Sitting in an interview room at the Bunkamura cultural complex in Tokyo's Shibuya district, Mara Pags leans forward, smiles and tells me: "Flamenco is my ...
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| US cars rank high in total quality |
May 16th, 2013 |
Agreed with other comment: what's this list's definition of "Quality" -all those VWs? And the MINI is a very troublesome car. I question this survey. Big ...
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| SUV vs. Small Car Crashes Deadly Despite Good Test Scores |
May 16th, 2013 |
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A new study from the University at Buffalo has found that crash test scores are less relevant when a sedan is in an accident with an SUV. The study will be presented in full on May 16 at the annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine in Atlanta. In a head-on collision between [...]
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| Lessors Approve More Consumers |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 The latest car lease credit approvals data show 2013 has started out with the strongest credit health since the recession.
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| Revealed! BMW M235i Spied During Photo Shoot |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Our Best Look Yet at the M235i
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| Honda to Build Engines For McLaren F1 Team |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Honda to build turbo V-6 engines.
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| Honda Returns To Formula One After Five Years |
May 16th, 2013 |
Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to McLaren. They left the sport in 2008 because of financial trouble but their ...
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| Bowling Green auto parts plant will invest $66M create 100 jobs |
May 16th, 2013 |
A Bowling Green auto parts maker has broken ground on its second expansion since November. Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC will add an 87,000 square-foot building, an investment of up to $66 million that will create 100 new full-time jobs, according to The Associated Press. The plant, a joint venture between Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Toyota Tsusho Corp., has been located in ...
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| Several Compact Crossovers Fail IIHS Small Overlap Test |
May 16th, 2013 |
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's newest test -- frontal small overlap -- is pretty tough to ace. The agency recently performed the test, meant to simulate a crash of a vehicle's front corner into another vehicle, a tree or a pole, on 13 compact SUVs; 11 scored Marginal or Poor. The ...
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| RPT-Fitch Assigns Auto ABS FCT Compartiment 2013-1 Final Ratings |
May 16th, 2013 |
Thu May 16, 2013 9:30am EDT (Repeat for additional subscribers) May 16 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has assigned Auto ABS FCT Compartiment 2013-1 final ratings as follows: EUR361.2m class A, due May 2020: 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable The ratings address timely payment of interest and payment of principal by the final maturity date in ...
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| Automotive Leather Supplier Eagle Ottawa Increases Hungarian Plant Capacity |
May 16th, 2013 |
Eagle Ottawa, the world's largest automotive leather supplier, is expanding its manufacturing facility in Szolnok, Hungary to meet increasing customer demand. The facility will increase by 60% in size. Groundbreaking will take place on June 10, 2013 and the expansion is expected to be complete in October 2013. The company's investment will be bringing 150 new jobs to the ...
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| 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Car Seat Check |
May 16th, 2013 |
Both the Jeep Grand Cherokee's exterior and interior get refreshed for the 2014 model year. The changes don't affect the Grand Cherokee's ability to fit three child-safety seats across the backseat, however. Since its 2011 redesign, the Grand Cherokee has been one of the handful of cars that ...
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| IIHS Gives Top Safety Pick + to 2014 Subaru Forester, 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced test scores for its most recent compact crossovers, and Mitsubishi and Subaru have reasons to smile. Only two out of the 13 vehicles tested earned the top honor of Top Safety Pick+. The 2014 Subaru Forester was the only vehicle to earn Good ratings on the [...]
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| Recall: 2013 Subaru Outback and Legacy Over Steering Problems |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Earlier this week Subaru announced a recall that would affect certain 2013 model year Outback and Legacy vehicles manufactured between February 15, 2012 and June 15, 2012. The reason these vehicles are being recalled is that the inner and outer shafts of the steering column may become disengaged from one another. In the event that [...]
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| Tesla To Pay Back Department of Energy Loan Through Stock Sale |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Tesla Motors, Inc. has announced its plan to pay back the Department of Energy by offering almost 3 million shares of common stock, as well as $450 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes. The automaker has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 405,454 shares of common stock [...]
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| National Transportation Safety Board Recommends Lowering Legal Drunk Driving Limit |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Not wholly shocking, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all states lower what legally constitutes drunk driving from a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 to 0.05 percent. The NTSB says that about 10,000 people die each year from alcohol-related car accidents, and 170,000 are injured. This would be one way to lower those numbers, [...]
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| Gran Turismo Celebrates its 15th Anniversary |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has announced that Gran Turismo 6 will be released in time for the holidays this year, game creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealed a 15th anniversary celebration today. The newest installment of PlayStation’s best-selling franchise will bring more authenticity to the “Real Driving Simulator,” along with new track and cars. Along with the [...]
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| Top 10 Incentives for May |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Summer is right around the corner, making it the perfect time to get yourself behind the wheel of that car you’ve been eying. With all the vehicles on our list this month, there is no doubt something for everyone, and even a convertible to help you beat the summer heat that has already started to [...]
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Breaks Cover: Mega Gallery |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Sorting through Mercedes-Benz’s ever-expanding lineup, it can feel like a never-diminishing bowl of alphabet soup. But as far as the suits in Stuttgart are concerned, there is one letter that matters above all: S. The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class exemplifies that rare confluence of driving characteristics, advanced technology, and luxury that embody and lift the automaker’s [...]
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| 24 Hours of LeMons New England: Winners! |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The last time LeMons racing came to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Hurricane Sandy forced the LeMons perpetrators to drive their rental Kia to North Carolina immediately after the checkered flag. This time, the weather was a bit better, but we still had to endure a blizzard of thrown rods and a hail of engine-block bits. [...]
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| 2015 Jaguar F-type Coupe Spy Photos: Same Sexy Sports Car, Different Hat |
May 16th, 2013 |
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What It Is: The inevitable Jaguar F-type coupe, caught wearing camouflage on its roof designed to look like a softtop. It’s not fooling anyone, and it isn’t exactly a secret that Jaguar is working on a fixed-head F-type. Despite debuting as a roadster, the F-type was first previewed in concept-car form as the roofed C-X16. [...]
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| Aaron Robinson: Where Have All the Hobby Stores Gone? |
May 16th, 2013 |
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In January, my pal Paul Grusche and I drove the 94 miles to Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the Kalamazoo Thunderbirds R/C Club swap meet at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center. I’m only being specific because I like writing “Kalamazoo.” The large parking lot was jammed, and I was impressed until I learned that there was also [...]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 128 |
May 16th, 2013 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open [...]
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| Acura Reveals More Details of NSX, Will be Produced in Ohio |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Long known as the home of buckeyes, cornfields, and Amish communities, central Ohio soon will be home to something a little more exciting for car aficionados: the Acura NSX. In an announcement made today, Honda confirmed the NSX will be produced at a $70-million production facility to be housed inside Honda’s former North American logistics [...]
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| 24 Hours of LeMons New England Day 1: Honda Accord, Volvo 745, Sea Sprite Leading |
May 16th, 2013 |
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When we inspect the cars that show up for a LeMons race, we’re never sure what’s going to happen once the real racing starts. Oh, sure, we always know which half-dozen teams have a genuine shot at the overall win— that’s a matter of recognizing which teams have the organizational chops and reliable machinery needed [...]
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| 2013 Volkswagen Jetta “Safety” Commercial: A Little Fresh Heir Is Good [The Ad Section] |
May 16th, 2013 |
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There’s an old maxim in advertising that says if you want people to pay attention to your commercial, show babies or puppies. Over the years a lot of research—from eye-tracking studies to serious neuroscience experiments—has confirmed what every mother already knows: Adults are fascinated by the cute little buggers. E*Trade has certainly taken this adage [...]
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| Ten Things You Probably Didn’t Know—And Neither Did We—About McLaren’s P1 |
May 16th, 2013 |
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We recently had the opportunity to participate in a technical workshop hosted by McLaren to discuss all things P1. The long-awaited successor to the famed F1 has been touted by the Woking-based operation as “the world’s best car on road and track.” So we took the opportunity to discover what will make this $1.15-million hypercar [...]
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| 2014 Chevrolet Impala 3.6L Tested: An Impala that Won’t Disappoint |
May 16th, 2013 |
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To car classicists, the Chevrolet Impala is a tale of squandered potential as, with each passing year, the exuberant jet-age styling of the original 1958 model morphed into the amorphous last generation. To enthusiasts, recent Impalas have been nothing more than rental-lot punishment and a punchline. But to Chevrolet, the car is serious business. Through [...]
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| Suppliers’ Hires: Where Automotive Partsmakers Are, By State [Infographic] |
May 16th, 2013 |
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It’s been a long time since America’s auto industry consisted solely of Clint Eastwood types hammering together Fords in greater Detroit. While our automobile-manufacturing base is spreading across the South, if you look one step beyond the automakers, their suppliers are even more geographically diverse. From a factory in Maine that makes suspension components to [...]
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| In Support of Lowering the Blood-Alcohol Limit to 0.05 |
May 16th, 2013 |
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When Roger Sterling takes a glass of vodka “for the road” on the television drama Mad Men, we laugh it off as another bit of black comedy. We’re smirking on our couches, nervously, from the reckless, carte blanche behavior seen on the show’s fictional 1960s setting. But five decades on, despite hundreds of laws on [...]
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| Lexus LS460 F Sport AWD Tested: Serene with an Attitude |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Note to luxury automobile manufacturers interested in entering the performance market: The world’s strategic reserve of performance-signifying alpha characters is dwindling fast. BMW has M locked up, Audi claimed RS, Cadillac took V, and greedy old Mercedes-Benz, acting with characteristic disregard for its Bavarian comrades, took A, M, and G. Thank heaven the letter F [...]
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| Two Metals Enter, One Leaves: The Miracle of Friction Stir Welding |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The typical images of welding—a robotic arm burping sparks or a masked Jesse James hovering over a glowing metal puddle—don’t apply to friction stir welding (FSW). The metal-joining technique was developed in 1991 by The Welding Institute, an industrial research center near Cambridge, England. In the mid-1990s, two Scandinavian aluminum-extrusion companies became the first to [...]
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| What I’d Do Differently: Dan Quayle |
May 16th, 2013 |
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C/D: Mr. Vice President, let’s get right to the fuzzy dice. DQ: I’m just on [Bell Automotive’s] board. I have nothing to do with their products. But I’ve had some dice and seat covers and steering-wheel covers in my cars. Not a lot. READ MORE ››
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