| Fisker Resale Values Tumble On Uncertain Future |
May 18th, 2013 |
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Noted for its stunning styling and unique range-extended electric powertrain, the Fisker Karma initially showed promise as an eco-friendly car that didn’t sacrifice style or performance for its efficiency. But many quality issues, mediocre reviews, and most importantly, a shortage of cash, have left the startup automaker’s future in doubt. The Karma may be destined [...]
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| Floatable cars for tsunami |
May 18th, 2013 |
Tsunami ‘Noah’s Ark ';: It would be a great idea for the infrastructure ministry to make special lifeboats for evacuation during tsunami. But we could save many more lives if car companies would make a new car or adapt an existing model to float for many hours or even days. Families would at least be able to get into their cars if there wasn’t enough time to escape the ...
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| Week in Review: GM SUVs, Big Benzes, and Honda Hits the Track |
May 18th, 2013 |
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We understand that time is valuable, and for your benefit, we’ve composed a list to highlight the most important news each day of the past week. Kicking things off was an NHTSA announcement that traffic fatalities are gearing up to break a devastating record. Thankfully the next few days brought happier news with the spy [...]
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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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| Lowering The Legal Limit For Blood Alcohol Level in a DWI Case: A View From a Queens NY DWI Lawyer |
May 18th, 2013 |
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The NTSB is recommending that all US states reduce the blood alcohol threshold for legal intoxication down to .05%.
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| Photos Legendary Italian auto race - The 2013 Mille Miglia |
May 18th, 2013 |
Only 375 vehicles are accepted for participation in the famous Mille Miglia race, selected exclusively from the models that took part in at least one of the historical Mille Miglia races (from 1927 to 1957) and driven by crews coming from all over the world. The race starts off in Brescia and journeys to Rome and then back again, taking in magical Italian scenery along the ...
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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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| Ford Being Sued Over EcoBoost Engines |
May 17th, 2013 |
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Ford Motor Co. is facing a lawsuit over alleged issues and defects with its 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engines. Three vehicle owners in Ohio have reported these issues, and according to the lawsuit, their engines “contained serious latent design, manufacturing, or assembly defects.” The three drivers have said the problems occur at highway speeds, where the [...]
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| 2013 Scion FR-S “Bringing Sport Back” Commercial: Shut Up and Drive [The Ad Section] |
May 17th, 2013 |
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I like this commercial. I like it because it’s simple, edgy, and exciting, just like the car it advertises. It makes me want to get in an FR-S and drive it. Not just own it, but drive it. How many commercials these days make you want to do that? Not many. Sure, there are plenty [...]
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| Storm the Colorado Rockies in a 2013 Audi S8 on Epic Drives |
May 17th, 2013 |
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On this episode of Epic Drives, host Arthur St. Antoine hits the high roads in wintery Colorado. A bitterly cold and snowy location deserves a car well prepared for the climb, which is why St. Antoine chose the 520-hp 2013 Audi S8 sports sedan to drive through the scenic Rocky Mountains. Starting at Fort Collins [...]
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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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| 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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| 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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| Peugeot settles with CGT Union on terms of factory shutdown |
May 17th, 2013 |
PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second- largest automaker, reached a deal with a striking union on closing a car factory in France, removing one of the last obstacles to a plan to cut 11,200 domestic jobs. Peugeot rose to the highest price in 10 months after the CGT agreed to end a walkout by its 130 members at the plant on the outskirts of Paris. The strike had cut the site's production ...
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| Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington to square off |
May 17th, 2013 |
Get ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington’s fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from Westport Waterfront to Rash Field. Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington will compete in several categories. An overall winner will be presented the Mayor’s ...
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| European car sales slump ends |
May 17th, 2013 |
Milan - European auto sales grew in April for the first time since September 2011, ending 18 consecutive months of decline, but the improvement was a technical one because of two extra work days last month, the European automaker's association said ...
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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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| BMW’s Z4 GTE Picks Up Where the M3 GT Left Off—Winning |
May 17th, 2013 |
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It’s going to break the hearts of many M-sters, but the last of the current-generation M3s are spoken for. And we’re not likely to see the F30-generation-sedan M variant until near the end of this year. On top of that, the coupe version, the M4, won’t make its first public appearance until some time next [...]
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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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| Lawsuit Targets Ford EcoBoost |
May 17th, 2013 |
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 Bohrer Law Firm LLC has filed a class action complaint on behalf of all Louisiana purchasers and lessors of 2011 and 2012 Ford F-150 trucks with the Eco Boost engine.
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| Photos of Mangled Cars Find Beauty in the Wreckage |
May 17th, 2013 |
. For the project, he found a police station in Denmark that let him photograph several wrecked cars after they'd been towed from the streets. The images he made create haunting scenes that are also strangely beautiful. '; is not so much about the car crashes, but more the human emotion,'; Howalt says. ';What I’m really looking at, is tragedy as both a terrifying and ...
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| In India its a bumpy road for trophy cars |
May 17th, 2013 |
Mumbai : It's not easy being the owner of an exceedingly expensive car in India. Just ask Rishabh Jain, whose Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, in a shade of metallic grey called Grigio Telesto, spends an inordinate amount of time under a cover in the parking lot of his apartment building in the affluent Malabar Hill neighbourhood in Mumbai.On a recent Sunday drive along the sea-hugging Marine ...
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| New Noises Lead to Dealership Visit for Long-Term Subaru BRZ |
May 17th, 2013 |
had developed some new noises -- or maybe we were able to hear them more now that it's getting warm in Chicago and we're driving with the windows ...
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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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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz ML550 4Matic review notes: With AMG-like acceleration |
May 17th, 2013 |
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Iand#8217;ll rarely turn down the chance to drive an ML, any ML. They are among the best midsize SUVs in the land. Expensive, but excellent. With that said, I like the ML350 Bluetec diesel best over the gas-powered ones.
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| Attend a 2013 Newberry Car Buffs Cruise In and Stay at the Nearby Holiday Inn Express & Suites Newberry Hotel |
May 17th, 2013 |
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Newberry South Carolina Hotel offers convenient accommodations to guests attending a 2013 Newberry Car Buffs Cruise In.
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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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| Data reveals the most common distractions in fatal crashes |
May 17th, 2013 |
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A recent analysis details the top 10 causes of fatal distracted driving accidents.
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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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| Inhalation of auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from good to bad |
May 17th, 2013 |
Washington, May 16 : Breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries, researchers have found in a study done in ...
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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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| Indian auto and pharma industry benefit from international sanctions on Iran |
May 17th, 2013 |
The various international sanctions imposed on Iran have made it difficult for India to settle the bills of its crude oil import from the Islamic nation. To overcome this difficulty and settle the payment issue both the nations have reached an agreement under which the Iran has agreed to import automobile and medicines from ...
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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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| 16 food trucks apply to be part of Taste of Chicago |
May 17th, 2013 |
Sixteen food trucks submitted applications to be part of this year's Taste of Chicago, city officials said Thursday. This year's food festival, scheduled for July 10-14 in Grant Park, will include licensed food trucks for the first time. The trucks will be parked at Butler Field next to the lawn seating for the Petrillo Music Shell. They will be able to set up two hours before each ...
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| Bicyclist dies after hit by two cars |
May 17th, 2013 |
According to FHP, the first car that hit Robinson was a white 2005 Hyundai driven by Christopher M. Jones, 24, of Tarpon Springs. Troopers say Jones left the scene of the crash and then abandoned his car a few miles ...
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| Two NATO truck drivers killed near Afghan border |
May 17th, 2013 |
Two NATO drivers were killed when gunmen opened fire on supply trucks passing through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, local officials said. The News quoted local official Asmatullah Wazir as saying, that the first driver was killed in the Jamrud area of Khyber by two motorcycle-borne gunmen. In a separate attack, gunmen opened fire on another NATO supply truck in a suburb of ...
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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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| European car sales up for first time since 2011 |
May 17th, 2013 |
European auto sales grew in April for the first time since September 2011, ending 18 consecutive months of decline, but the improvement was a technical one because of two extra work days last month, the European automaker's association said Friday. In April, 1.038 million new cars were registered in ...
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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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| 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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| 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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| Column Electric cars charging forward |
May 17th, 2013 |
Photo credit: Consumer Reports gave the Tesla Model S a stellar rating. (Getty) It's been a wild couple of weeks for Tesla Motors, the rapidly-growing manufacturer of electric cars. It became a Wall Street darling after its announced its first-ever quarterly profit, driven by significantly better-than-expected sales. But even more importantly, the highly-influential Consumer Reports named ...
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Video: Is Volvo Teasing the Next-Generation XC90 SUV? |
May 16th, 2013 |
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In this latest teaser video from Volvo, we get 11 seconds of a man walking up to a lighthouse. There are no hints as to what will be unveiled, except for what might be an SUV to the left of him. It’s hard to speculate what we will see in the debut, but it’s possible [...]
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| 2014 Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 Driven: 404-hp V-6 and AWD Get It Done |
May 16th, 2013 |
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We are literally flying in a Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 at the automaker’s Balocco test track. Former WRC rally driver Alex Fiorio has launched Maserati’s sedan into a dipping left-hander— WHAM, we land, and he deftly cranks the 4500-pound sedan into a rising right. A few corners later, Fiorio purposely misses an apex and slides [...]
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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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| Watch Infiniti M Sedans Slide Around in the Dirt |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Infiniti is making the most of its partnership with Red Bull Racing, releasing a new video featuring newly named Infiniti performance director and three-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel of an Infiniti M sedan. This time, instead of dueling with teammate Mark Webber, Vettel’s partner is former Red Bull driver David Coulthard. The [...]
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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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| Car Promises That Werent Kept |
May 16th, 2013 |
, and in the following months purchased the remaining shares and privatized the entire company. With the acquisition came a new edict: No future product announcements. "We don't know, at this point, to what extent any of those future products are in the works," Lotus Cars USA spokesman Kevin Smith told us. "We don't even, frankly, know that much internally right now ...
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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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| A16Zs Chris Dixon on the Internet of Locks Cars New York and Everything Else |
May 16th, 2013 |
Kevin Maney Chris Dixon is a New York guy with a degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He's also, as of last fall, a partner at hot Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (which shortens its name to A16Z--16 is the number of letters between the A and the Z). All in all, that gives him a pretty interesting point of view on the big technology shift that's being ...
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| Osceola County shoot-out damages cars in Buenaventura Lakes |
May 16th, 2013 |
KISSIMMEE – Gunshots fired about 1:40 am. Thursday drew Osceola County sheriff's deputies to the area of Royal Palm and Alameda drives, according to the sheriff's office.When they arrived, an unidentified resident told deputies he had been in his back yard when he heard gunfire on the street and then saw an older model white Dodge Caravan leave the area. Deputies found what ...
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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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| Briefs New No. 2 NHTSA official has history with automakers |
May 16th, 2013 |
Washington - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a new No. 2 official who has often sparred with automakers. David Friedman, deputy director of the Clean Vehicles Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was sworn in as deputy administrator at NHTSA on Wednesday, his boss, David Strickland disclosed at a Senate Commerce hearing. Friedman, who was in attendance at the ...
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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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| 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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| 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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| Fuel Economy Remains at Record Levels |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 Fuel economy numbers from April light vehicle auto sales indicate increases in fuel economy have steadied at 23.7 MPG, remaining at record levels although ending a 3-month rise in industry fuel economy.
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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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| 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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| 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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| McLaren Say Honda Deal Keeps Them Among F1 Elite |
May 16th, 2013 |
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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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| 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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| 2013 Dodge Dart Special Edition Packages |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Available today in Dodge dealerships across the country are new 2013 Dodge Dart “Special Edition” packages, as well as a new Rallye Appearance Group. These are only available on the STX and Limited models, and they combine features and content exclusive to the segment, and are consistently ordered by current Dart customers. Dodge says the [...]
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Exclusive: Feds Declare War on Black-Market Land Rover Defenders |
May 16th, 2013 |
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About half of the action movies made in the 1980s and 1990s, it seems, end up with a final showdown in a shipyard, hero and villains weaving through crates and pallets and containers. (The other half in abandoned warehouses and steel mills with free-flowing magnesium sparks.) “Diplomatic immunity!” a South African criminal taunts from atop [...]
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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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| 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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| 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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| Lamborghini Egoista: Sant’Agata’s Aviation-Inspired, Hot Wheels–Like Anniversary Special |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Those who appreciate the wildly styled Lamborghini Veneno are sure to take pleasure in Lamborghini’s next 50th birthday present to itself, the Egoista. As for the rest of us, and as far as the design community is concerned, it seems that the Sant’Agata operation just had its EXP 9 F moment, which is to say, a bit of [...]
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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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| 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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| The Concepts of Wörthersee: VW Group’s Pilgrimage to Austria |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The GTI meeting at the picturesque Lake Wörthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia has turned into the VW Group’s annual adoration event. The entire company’s top brass, including Ferdinand Piëch, is present on location, embracing the culture surrounding the GTI. This year, VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda will debut six concepts, and if the [...]
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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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| Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 184 |
May 16th, 2013 |
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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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| Assault on Battery: Three Early-Hybrid Energy-Storage Fears that Never Materialized |
May 16th, 2013 |
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When hybrids first nosed through auto-show curtains at the turn of the century, we were intrigued by their fresh approach to more efficient propulsion. At the time, skeptics raised a few potential battery pitfalls—concerns that have now been disproven. MYTH #1: The naysayers predicted that depleted batteries would take their place next to bald tires [...]
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| Prime Cuts: The Difference Between Regular and Run-Flat Tires Revealed—By Slicing Them Open |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Modern run-flat tires rely on strong, stiff sidewalls to carry the vehicle’s weight when air pressure dissipates. Extracting 50 miles of use from a flat tire, however, requires more than strength. Driving on a deflated tire—run-flat or not—initiates a destructive cycle: As the sidewall collapses, increased friction generates more heat, which softens the rubber and [...]
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| 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Driven: Good, Green Fun |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The 918 Spyder may pay homage to Porsche’s illustrious past, but its real mission is redefining supercar possibilities. Smart use of advanced technology works to eliminate the traditional conflict between performance and efficiency. Faster, and theoretically more fuel-stingy than any past Porsche, the 918 ventures beyond today’s expectations of hybrid technology to ensure that driving [...]
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| Lamborghini Urus SUV Finally “Officially” Approved for Production, Surprising Nobody |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Lamborghini has finally formally confirmed that the Urus crossover will move from concept to reality in 2017—one hopes with a new name—ending a year of executives saying that it really, most likely, probably, almost definitely would be approved by upper management at VW. The news was announced by none other than Rupert Stadler, the CEO of [...]
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| SEMA Enhances Collision Expo |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 The 2013 SEMA Show will include enhanced features for the Collision Repair & Refinish market, including an expanded show floor area, targeted activities both inside and outside the Las Vegas Convention Center and an educational program.
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| Ally Remains on Negative Watch |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 Fitch Ratings has maintained Ally Financial Inc.'s long-term Issuer Default Rating and senior unsecured debt rating of 'BB-' on Rating Watch Negative.
The ratings were first placed on Rating Watch Negative on May 15, 2012; following the bankruptcy filing by Ally's wholly owned subsidiary Residential Capital LLC.
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| ALG Expects Lower Residuals |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 ALG is forecasting a slight decrease in 36-month residual values of -0.5 percentage points, which compares favorably to historical norms that expected a -0.9-percentage point drop, according to the latest ALG Industry Report.
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| Lawyer Group Elects Officers |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 The National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC) Board of Directors elected officers at its 9th Annual Member Conference held at The Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, Calif.
Oren Tasini of Haile, Shaw & Pfaffenberger, P.A. was elected president, replacing former President Patty Covington of Hudson Cook, LLP. Stephen Linzer of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. and Diane Cafritz of CarMax were elected vice presidents. Andrew Weill of Benjamin, Weill & Mazer was elected treasurer and Tom Hudson of Hudson Cook LLP was elected secretary. The officers will serve two-year terms.
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| NADA Extends Deadline for Study |
May 16th, 2013 |
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 The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), American Truck Dealers (ATD) and NADA University have extended the deadline to participate in the 2013 Dealership Workforce Study until June 30.
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| NADA University Now Accepting Speaking Proposals for 2014 Convention |
May 16th, 2013 |
The national dealer group is now accepting speaker proposals for its 2014 NADA and ATD conventions in New Orleans.
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