| Honda Civic tops small-car crash test Kia Forte scores worst |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
The Honda Civic was the only small car to earn the top rating in an insurance industry test that seeks to measure damage and injuries from a crash into an immovable object such as a post or a ...
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| Tesla rises after Q2 results top analysts estimates |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Tesla Motors Inc., the electric-car company led by Elon Musk, rose as much as 18 percent after posting second-quarter results that surpassed ...
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| Small Cars Struggle In New Crash Tests |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Just half of the dozen small cars the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety featured in recent crash tests managed to earn a good or acceptable rating from the group. Only two cars, the two-door and four-door Honda Civic earned a top rating of good from the IIHS. The Dodge Dart, Hyundai Elantra, and 2014 Scion tC earned acceptable ratings in the overlap crash tests performed ...
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| Galliani Honda deal has stalled |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Mian vice-president Adriano Galliani has admitted that they are unlikely to sign midfielder Keisuke Honda from CSKA Moscow. The Japan international has been a long-term target of Milan, as they aim to bolster their ranks and challenge for the Serie A title this season. Milan have already brought in seven players in the close-season, with midfielder Andrea Poli joining from Sampdoria, and ...
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| GM to keep Chevy Colorado GMC Canyon names when new midsize trucks come out next year |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- General Motors will keep the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon names when it rolls out redesigned midsize pickup trucks next year. Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann says the trucks will be markedly different from the current models. He tells reporters at an industry conference in Northern Michigan that the Colorado will be targeted toward people who spend time outdoors. ...
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| Advance Auto Parts 2Q profit up 17 percent |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
RICHMOND, Va. -- Advance Auto Parts says its second-quarter net income rose 17 percent as it benefited from its acquisition of a Northeast car parts supplier and its profit margins expanded.Its earnings topped Wall Street expectations but revenue was short. Its shares fell 2 percent in premarket trading.The company on Thursday posted earnings of $116.8 million, or $1.59 per share, for the quarter ...
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| Video Crash test Only half of small cars studied rated acceptable |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its first-ever findings from what it calls a "small overlap front test," and only half earned a safety rating of "good" or "acceptable." John Giamalvo, senior analyst at Edmunds.com, talks to the "CBS This Morning" ...
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| UPDATE 1-Russian car sales fall 8 pct in July - industry group |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Thu Aug 8, 2013 9:08am EDT MOSCOW Aug 8 (Reuters) - Russian car sales fell for a fifth straight month in July, according to a business lobby that groups Europe's top automakers, although the 8 percent fall was a slower decline than the 11 percent recorded the previous month. Car sales have been falling as Russia's $2 trillion economy has faltered, causing the Association of European ...
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| Road Test Toyota RAV4 |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Sometimes I do wonder if I'm being overly harsh on Toyota and Lexus in my reviews, but then I take a look through the hilarious hyperbole of the company's marketing material and I feel utterly exonerated. It isn't that Toyotas are bad cars, it's just that they rarely (if ever) justify the PR spin that's applied to them within the pages of the brochures, and I feel ...
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| Love of high-risk Sprint Cars costs Stewart |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
In this Aug. 5, 2013 photo, personnel prepare to load NASCAR driver Tony Stewart into an ambulance after being involved in a four-car wreck at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Stewart underwent successful surgery Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, to repair the broken right tibia and fibula suffered in the wreck. Stewart will need a second surgery and remains hospitalized. (AP Photo/The Des Moines ...
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