| 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 Performance Estimates Revealed! |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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Detailed technical information? Blah. Photos? Yawn. Those goods simply aren’t enough when it comes to the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray—all enthusiasts have been dying to know is what it can do, in units of time, g, and mph. We’re talking about performance figures, and Chevy finally has placated enthusiasts and released its estimates for what [...]
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| Residuals Still Strong Despite Drop |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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 Continued competition from new vehicle sales and increasing wholesale market supply will maintain recent pressure on used vehicle values and have some impact on recoveries for defaulted contracts and auto lease residual realizations, Fitch Ratings reports.
The ratings agency believes this trend is a return to more reasonable values from exceptionally strong ones and expect auto lease ABS to continue to outperform expectations in the near term.
Used vehicle values and residual realizations for off-lease vehicles slid a bit early in 2013. Fitch expects this to continue, as years of constricted used vehicle supply is slowly subsiding and new car sales and off-lease returns are rising.
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| Tesla Recalls Cars for Seat Issues |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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 Tesla Motors Inc. is recalling 1,228 model year 2013 Model S electric vehicles manufactured May 10, 2013, through June 8, 2013. An improper method for aligning the left hand seat back striker to the bracket may have weakened the weld between the bracket and the frame of the vehicle.
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| Boston Becomes First City to Partner with CFPB |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the City of Boston announced a partnership to connect consumers with the CFPB to ask questions and submit complaints about financial products and services.
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| Consumers Remain Cautious |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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 Consumers' financial security sentiments seem to be idling since the end of 2012.
The Country Financial Security Index dipped to 65.9 this month from 66.3 in December 2012.
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| 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 has 3.8-Second 0-60 MPH Time |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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Chevrolet has just released official performance estimates for its 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray equipped with the Z51 performance package, and so far the new ‘Vette looks promising: 3.8-second 0-60 mph estimate, and a 12.0-second quarter-mile at 119 mph – all thanks to the 2014 Corvette Stingray’s new 460-hp, 465-lb-ft 6.2-liter LT1 V-8 (Stingrays without the [...]
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| 2015 Ford Mustang Prototype Caught in Action (W/Video) |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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What’s better than spy shots of a 2015 Ford Mustang prototype? Video. While we’ve spied numerous test mules, nothing is better than actually witnessing the pony car in action as an engineer takes it for a test drive, and today we can share video from Mustang6G. We thought we got our best look yet at [...]
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| U.S.-Spec 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Revealed in First Photos |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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Class-leading mpg estimated for Honda’s midsized hybrid.
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| New Volvo XC90 to Offer Autonomous Steering, Revealed Late 2014 |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
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Self-parking cars without drivers may soon come to a shopping mall parking lot near you, and this week, Volvo provided a video highlighting the developing technology. The next-generation Volvo XC90 will debut with autonomous steering technology when it is revealed at the end of the 2014 calendar year, but before then, Volvo is using a [...]
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| BRIEF-Rolls-Royce says wins $200 mln order from Transaero |
Jun 20th, 2013 |
LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:26am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC : * Selected by Russian airline Transaero to provide Trent 1000 engines for four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft * Source text for ...
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