| Consumer Portfolio Services a subprime-auto-lender survivor |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
';The dealers write the loans, but effectively, we’re the bank,'; says Consumer Portfolio Services founder and Chief Executive Charles E. ...
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| Infiniti Q50 world-first steer-by-wire technology detailed |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
Infiniti calls direct adaptive steering, will be standard on the Q50 3.5 Hybrid and optional on the Q50 2.2d diesel in select markets. Australian availability will be confirmed closer to the car’s fourth-quarter launch. Steer-by-wire technology electronically transfers the driver's input to the front wheels where a high-response actuator drives the steering rack. Infiniti says the ...
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| The Continental: Goodwood Festival, a Fantastic Peugeot, VW and Diesel News |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Mere weeks after our very own John Lamm went for a spin in the Italdesign Giugiaro [...]
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| Skoda Rapid Spaceback teased |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
Skoda Rapid Spaceback's glass rear hatch, roof-mounted rear spoiler and left-hand tail-light, the new teaser shot all but confirms the car as the new compact Czech wagon, following a more tightly ...
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| Nissan to unveil Datsun in India at sub-Rs 4 lakh category |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
So depending on what features clients want, these homes away from home begin at a starting price of Rs 25 lakh and go up to Rs 4.5 crore if you want armoured ...
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| NZ at Noon Smashed cars and a till raid |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
Stories making headlines around the regions today include cars getting smashed up by vandals across three Tauranga suburbs and two boys who robbed a dairy. Cars have been smashed in a crime spree by vandals over three Tauranga suburbs. Two teenage boys, who burgled a Havelock North dairy on Saturday afternoon, took off with the till. A Rotorua dairy owner fears he or another dairy owner may be ...
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| Nissan goes on a cheap-car push in India |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
takes the veil off the first car in its resurrected Datsun brand in New Delhi on Monday - a sub-400,000-rupee ($6,700) hatchback that is part of a foray by the Japanese auto maker into cheap cars for emerging markets. With the Datsun hatchback and other Datsun models to follow over the next three years - one of which could be priced as low as $4,000 (240,000 rupees) if Nissan can meet its ...
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| 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Review |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
For 2014, Chevrolet redesigns the second-best-selling vehicle in America, the Silverado 1500 pickup. The new truck uses lighter materials in the engine, frame and suspension, but offers greater utility with a towing capacity that tops out at a class-leading 11,500 pounds. The full-size pickup market is changing. With recent updates to ...
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| With help from Chinese auto plants Volvo hopes to thrive |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
Chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Li Shufu poses for a photo at an assembly line of the new Volvo automobile manufacturing plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province. CHENGDU, CHINA -- The assembly line crept along at a glacial pace. For the next few months, the workers at the sprawling plant on the outskirts of the Sichuanese capital of Chengdu will be carefully trained before the first cars ...
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| Part-timer Brian Vickers outduels Tony Stewart for New Hampshire win |
Jul 15th, 2013 |
Tony Stewart with 16 laps left and held on for his first victory since 2009, claiming Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup event in New Hampshire. The part-time ...
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