| Toyota Recalling 87,000 Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h Models for Potential Brake Problems |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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If you own a 2010 Toyota Prius or Lexus HS 250h, we have some news that may make you cringe a little. Both vehicles are getting recalled for a potential fault in their brake pressure accumulators, which affects around 87,000 of the hybrid cars. The brake pressure accumulator makes your pedal have some pressure behind [...]
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| Video: MINI’s “Makeup or Drive” Campaign Blows Up In Your Face, Literally |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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MINI sets up airbags to deploy in women's restrooms to show that there's a time and place for everything.
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| Ford 1.0-Liter EcoBoost, VW 1.4-Liter TSI Lead International Engine of the Year Awards |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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Sure, an engine usually sits two to three feet in front of you in a car, separated from you by a heavy gauge sheet of steel. But never forget that it’s the heart of the car. You can be sitting in the nicest cabin in the world, but if the car is powered by some [...]
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| Škoda Introduces Gas and Diesel Octavia RS Sedans, Wagons for Europe—Could They Point to Future Jettas? |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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Fans of sporty European oddities, consider your fancy tickled. Škoda has introduced compact Octavia RS sedan and wagon models for Europe, both of which offer turbocharged gas or diesel power. The Octavia is based on the versatile MQB platform that underpins the seventh-gen Volkswagen Golf and GTI, and much like (fellow VW Group member) Audi’s [...]
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| Remotely Interested? GM Makes Remote Start / Door Unlock Standard on 2014 Models |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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Right up there with other how-did-we-live-without-them-before conveniences of modern living such as TV remotes, hands-free powered tailgates, and vacuum-cleaning robots, smartphone apps for cars are making things that weren’t really difficult to do in the first place even easier. GM is now making tedious chores like starting cars, activating horns and lights and unlocking doors [...]
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| Track Out: BMW Launching M Power Track-Day Data-Acquisition App |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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At the launch event for the 2014 M6 Gran Coupe, BMW also introduced a new, cool iPhone app dubbed M Power. The tool allows owners to record their track-day shenanigans and digitally interact with other drivers. It differs from the M Power Meter app currently available in Apple’s iTunes store in that it’s much deeper [...]
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| Why Chrysler Said “No Thanks” to NHTSA’s Request to Recall 2.7 Million Jeeps |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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The word voluntary is subject to lots of abuse. “Here’s a voluntary reading list,” your high school teacher or college professor might say a few months before putting said material on a final exam. Your boss e-mailed about a voluntary 7:00 a.m meeting tomorrow? Better stop for coffee on the way. So it goes with [...]
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| Production of Detroit Electric’s SP:01 Electric Sports Car Reportedly Delayed, Likely for Some Time |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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According to the Detroit News, startup electric-car company Detroit Electric is pushing back production of its SP:01 EV by one month. This doesn’t seem like a big deal—and at least the news doesn’t involve Detroit Electric going belly-up, as has been the case recently with several other fledgling companies focused on EVs. The North American [...]
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| 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup Driven: The Gentleman’s GM Truck |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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Identical twins can be hard to tell apart, but it gets easier when they’re wearing name tags. Maybe that’s why GM attaches big Chevrolet and GMC badges on their pickup-truck twins, the Silverado and Sierra. READ MORE ››
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| Tesla to Expand Free Charging Stations Nationwide, But Not Its Dealerships |
Jun 5th, 2013 |
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Tesla has a new, ambitious plan to expand its Supercharger charging network from a handful of spots today to triple that by the end of June, and then to a number large enough to cover the whole U.S. in the next few years. (The latter is shown in the map above.) The aim is to [...]
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