| Former Aransas County Sheriff killed in auto accident |
May 15th, 2013 |
Aransas County Sheriff Mark Gilliam jokingly offers up his hot dog to McGruff the Crime Dog in 2008 during the National Night Out Against Crime at the Rockport ...
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| Forget The Safety Ratings – SUVs Are Safer Than Cars |
May 15th, 2013 |
Even if a car has a better safety rating than an SUV, the driver in the smaller vehicle is more likely to be the one killed in a head-on collision between the two different types of automobiles, according to researchbeingpresented Thursdayat ...
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| Motoring review Vauxhall Cascada SE 1.4 Turbo |
May 15th, 2013 |
This is Cassandra. Sorry, let me start again, this is the Cascada and it's the new convertible from Vauxhall. The idea is that the Cassandra, sorry Cascada, will tempt lots of Audi drivers out of their A5 cabriolets and VW drivers out of their EOS convertibles this summer.We Brits love convertibles you see, and despite our unreliable weather and the fact the roof can only come down ...
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| Sir Torquil Norman designs flat-pack OX truck for the developing world |
May 15th, 2013 |
After making a fortune from Polly Pocket and a doll's house shaped like a teapot, the entrepreneur has turned his creativity to a transporter truck for the developing ...
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| Jaguar Land Rover opens research centre in Dubai |
May 15th, 2013 |
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has opened a new engineering test centre in Dubai to conduct extreme hot weather environment vehicle research, development and testing. The ...
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| Does Reliability Affect Luxury-Car Sales |
May 15th, 2013 |
. Does it matter? Not as much as you think. It seems luxury-car shoppers care for reliability as much as Don Draper cares for self-restraint. Through April, Jaguar and Land Rover sales are up 12.7%. The Verano outsold ...
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| New Zealand orders Rheinmetall trucks |
May 15th, 2013 |
New Zealand's military is acquiring 200 trucks from Germany's Rheinmetall MAN in a deal worth $111.3 million. The vehicles, which will be delivered by the end of next year, will replace Unimog and heavier Mercedes trucks in use by New Zealand forces. "The new NZDF medium and heavy trucks will carry more people and equipment and will be fitted with armor and weapons to protect the ...
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| Chrysler Delays Jeep Cherokee Rollout |
May 15th, 2013 |
Chrysler will start production of its new Jeep Cherokee, the automaker's most important new vehicle this year, in late June or about a month later than originally planned. The Cherokee is Jeep's entry in the growing midsize SUV segment. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said in February that the automaker planned to launch the Cherokee by May 24. But last month, he told analysts the ...
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| Recall Alert 2013 Subaru Outback and Legacy |
May 15th, 2013 |
due to a problem with the steering column, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The affected vehicles were manufactured from Feb. 15 through June 15, 2012; check your vehicle's build date on a sticker on the driver-side doorjamb. In these cars, the inner and outer shafts of the steering column assembly could become disengaged, leading to a possible loss of ...
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| Automakers Want NHTSA to Lighten Up on High-Beam Rules |
May 15th, 2013 |
Automakers are asking U.S. safety regulators to lighten up on headlight restrictions. They want to implement new headlight technologies that allow motorists to use their high beams without blinding other drivers. European and Japanese automakers, in recent weeks, have ramped up the dialogue on the issue with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in hopes of bringing to U.S. consumers ...
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