| Stretched car loans gain traction with buyers |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
The standard length of car loans has been creeping up for some time. Loans of six years or longer account for 30 percent of all deals this year, according to J.D. Power and Associates. (Keith ...
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| Kenya New Cars for Mombasa Cops |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
The fight against crime in Mombasa county received a major boost yesterday with the unveiling of the first batch of state-of-the-art security vehicles. The county becomes the first in the country to acquire vehicles for the police force in the county. The six vehicles are expected to go into service right away. Governor Hassan Joho said the vehicles are to help improve the security of Mombasa ...
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| Self-driving cars could create 1GB of data a second |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
which some experts have predicted will be readily available within five years, will come with a myriad of sensors creating machine-to-machine data at the rate of 1GB a ...
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| Sneak peek at new BART cars |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
OAKLAND -- After more than 40 years of service, BART is saying out with the old and in with the new. Vinyl seat covers, bike racks and digital displays are only some of the features of BART's future trains, with a half-car wooden mock-up open for public viewing beginning Tuesday. The new trains will also include more handholds, wider aisles and an additional door for each car.The BART fleet, ...
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| California motorist allegedly tried to hit bicyclists |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
A California man was arrested after allegedly trying to run bicyclists off the road, police said. Christopher J. McDonald, 26, of Redlands was arrested Sunday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise reported. Multiple bicyclists in the Redlands area called police to report the driver of a gray Honda Civic had ...
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| Ford to develop hybrid trucks solo after Toyota tie-up ends |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
Reuters © The logo of Ford Motor Co is seen at the company's assembly plant after an emergency meeting with the plant management in Genk October 24, 2012. REUTERS/Francois ...
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| Lamborghini Bentley stolen in Philadelphia break-in |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
Philadelphia police said thieves made off with a pair of valuable luxury cars by breaking into an apartment and taking the key fobs. Investigators said two men broke into the apartment about 1 a.m. Tuesday and took two big-screen TVs, a computer, nearly $1,500 in cash and the key fobs for a 2006 Lamborghini and a 2006 black Bentley, WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, reported Tuesday. Police said the ...
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| Motorsports Toyota to launch one-make series |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
The inaugural Etios Motor Racing (EMR) Trophy series will commence in Chennai as a part of the FMSCI National Racing Championship organized by Madras Motor Sports Club, it was announced here Tuesday. Toyota had launched the one-make racing concept last year at the Auto Expo in New Delhi followed by motorsport activities across the country which included two exhibition races at Chennai and ...
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| Jaguar XFR-S Sportbrake super station wagon spied |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
has been spied undergoing testing on the streets outside the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Black and white camouflage across the test car’s front bumper does little to disguise its ground-hugging lower lip and aggressively styled air intakes that are identical to those of ...
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| 2013 NRMA used car safety ratings revealed |
Jul 24th, 2013 |
has revealed its annual used cars safety ratings list, including 57 vehicles that achieved the maximum five-star score for driver protection. The data was compiled from an analysis of over six million vehicles involved in police reported road crashes in Australia and New Zealand between 1987 and 2011, and covers 216 different models. The results show that the 'safest' class is the ...
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