| Soar Over Volkswagen’s Worthersee Festival (W/Videos) |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Diehard Volkswagen enthusiasts wouldn’t miss the annual Worthersee festival in Austria, but in case you couldn’t make it out this year, the videos below take us for a tour inside the celebration, in which we see Volkswagens of all shapes and sizes everywhere the video camera turns. Onto its 32nd year, the Worthersee festival draws [...]
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| TOTD: Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels or Camaro 1LE? |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Until recently, the Chevrolet Camaro was a mostly-show-and-a-little-go kind of car. Now, with performance variants like the 1LE, ZL1, and upcoming Z/28, you can say “Camaro” and “race track” in the same sentence without feeling silly. Still, many are sold on the retro-inspired Camaro’s looks alone. The 2013 Camaro SS Hot Wheels Special Edition we [...]
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| Porsche Reveals An Itsy Bit of News on 918 Spyder Plus Photos |
May 16th, 2013 |
-- a time when electric vehicles were thought to be the near future for everyone. The idea of Porsche putting a plug-in hybrid powertrain into its halo race car might have dimmed with the tepid reaction to typical EVs. That doesn't seem to be the case. Porsche has let out some more details about the prototype for the 918 Spyder, which is running rings at Germany's famed ...
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| Ford experiencing rapid sales growth in coastal markets |
May 16th, 2013 |
Ford Motor Co.'s shift to beef up car offerings that appeal to coastal markets is accelerating ahead of schedule. Led by the new C-Max compact hybrid and revamped Fusion midsize car and Escape compact SUV - three of the five vehicles that comprise Ford's self-created "supersegment," a segment comprised of subcompact, compact and midsize cars plus compact SUVs - the Dearborn ...
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| Report EV charging stations may grow tenfold by end of decade |
May 16th, 2013 |
The number of electric-vehicle charging stations is expected to grow tenfold by the end of the decade, according to a new report compiled by IMS Research. EV charging stations, which totaled 135,000 globally in 2011, could grow to 10.7 million by 2020, the report said, led by growing electric-vehicle markets like the U.S., China, Japan and Germany. "While volumes may not reach the levels ...
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| Toyota starts exports of French-built Yaris cars to N.America |
May 16th, 2013 |
PARIS | Thu May 16, 2013 1:02pm EDT PARIS May 16 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has begun exporting French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month. Toyota said it planned to export around 25,000 gasoline versions of the Yaris built at the northern French town of Onnaing, near Valenciennes, to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico ...
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| Osceola County shoot-out damages cars in Buenaventura Lakes |
May 16th, 2013 |
KISSIMMEE – Gunshots fired about 1:40 am. Thursday drew Osceola County sheriff's deputies to the area of Royal Palm and Alameda drives, according to the sheriff's office.When they arrived, an unidentified resident told deputies he had been in his back yard when he heard gunfire on the street and then saw an older model white Dodge Caravan leave the area. Deputies found what ...
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| Fitch Rates CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-2 |
May 16th, 2013 |
Fitch Affirms IDRs of 12 Global Trading and Universal Banks Fitch Ratings has concluded its periodic review of 12 Global Trading and Universal Banks, which resulted in Affirmations of all 12 banks' Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs). All of these banks' Viability Ratings were also affirmed, with the exception of Bank of America, whose viability rating was upgraded to ...
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| Briefs New No. 2 NHTSA official has history with automakers |
May 16th, 2013 |
Washington - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a new No. 2 official who has often sparred with automakers. David Friedman, deputy director of the Clean Vehicles Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was sworn in as deputy administrator at NHTSA on Wednesday, his boss, David Strickland disclosed at a Senate Commerce hearing. Friedman, who was in attendance at the ...
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| 2014 Cadillac XTS Whats Changed |
May 16th, 2013 |
goes on sale later this summer, the large sedan will be what the automaker calls "one of the most technologically advanced production cars in the brand's history." Topping the list of upgrades is a new twin-turbo V-6 engine that's borrowed from the ...
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