| On the Vehicular Afflictions of Summer: “What You’ve Got There Is a Turd. Look for a Nest” |
Nov 23rd, 2015 |
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The driver’s seat in my Toyota Tundra is covered in a snow-white Merino sheepskin I bought in New Zealand. Of late, I’ve been finding it peppered with black seeds. “These aren’t mouse turds, are they?” I asked my wife, who studied one of the seeds as you might study a small emerald. READ MORE ››
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| Ford Recalls 411,000 Fusion, Mercury Milan Sedans for Potential Fuel Leaks |
Nov 23rd, 2015 |
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Ford is recalling 411,205 cars in the U.S. for fuel tanks that can crack, the company said Monday. The 2010-2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan have faulty canister purge valves, which allow excess gas vapors from the tank to recirculate back into the engine. That can stress the tank’s walls due to repeated changes in […]
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| EPA Investigating Bosch over VW Diesel Cheater Software |
Nov 23rd, 2015 |
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The world’s biggest automotive supplier is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over its role in the Volkswagen diesel-emissions cheating scandal. Prosecutors have launched the investigation to find out whether Robert Bosch GmbH knew about or participated in the software-controlled cheat, which turned off emissions controls in real-world driving conditions. A Department of […]
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| Goodwill Cash Offered to Owners of Cheater Audi A3 TDI Diesels, Too |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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Earlier this month, Volkswagen announced that as part of a “goodwill” campaign it was offering owners of its noncompliant TDI models a $500 Visa gift card plus another $500 in credit to spend on Volkswagen products and services. Audi A3 TDI owners, whose cars have the same emissions-cheating software, at that point might have asked, […]
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| 2017 Infiniti Q30 Sport AWD – First Drive Review |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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| BMW, Nissan Helping to Set Up Nationwide EV Public-Charging Network (But It Isn’t Like Tesla’s) |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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Since only a relative pittance of electric vehicles have been sold in the U.S. to date, forgive us if we assume you don’t own one. Working off of that assumption, let us illuminate a particularly frustrating aspect of EV ownership: Charging. We’re not talking about most EVs’ short driving range; rather, it is the financial transaction […]
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| Getting Schooled: We Drive Porsches with Five-Time Daytona 24 Hour Champion Hurley Haywood—And You Can, Too |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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Hurley Haywood makes it look easy. He’s roaring around Barber Motorsports Park in a Porsche Panamera Turbo, left elbow resting on the door panel and left hand gently jostling the steering wheel, while he uses his other hand to point out to us various nuances of the undulating 2.38-mile racetrack near Birmingham, Alabama. Haywood, the endurance-racing legend is the chief driving instructor at […]
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| Tesla Recalls Every Model S to Check Seatbelts |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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Two weeks ago, a passenger in a European Tesla Model S turned around to speak to occupants in the back seat when the outboard lap pretensioner came loose. The culprit? A loose bolt holding together a pair of anchor plates that keep the pretensioner in place. The result? A recall of every Model S that […]
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| Cadillac: We’ll Do Three—Maybe Four—Additional Crossover SUVs, No More Standalone EVs |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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At the introduction of its new XT5 mid-size crossover—which made its worldwide debut in Dubai, followed shortly thereafter by a North American premiere at the L.A. auto show—Cadillac stated that the model would be the first of four new crossovers from the brand. Speaking to Cadillac chief marketing officer Uwe Ellinghaus, however, he suggested that the […]
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| Getting Schooled: We Drive Porsches with Five-Time Daytona 24 Hour Champion Hurley Haywood—And You Can, Too |
Nov 20th, 2015 |
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