| Police 5 cars damaged by BB gun |
May 14th, 2013 |
report. Police officials received five reports of car windshields shattered, but nothing was stolen from the vehicles. Many residents believed they had been damaged by a BB gun. Police officials have not yet determined whether or not the windshields were intentionally shot. Officers in the area are continuing to investigate the reports. So far, no one has come forward as a witness of the ...
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| Honda to build Acura NSX supercar in Ohio |
May 14th, 2013 |
its Acura NSX supercar and assemble its performance engine here starting next year.About 100 workers from Honda's other Marysville operations will be chosen to make the NSX. The engine will be assembled at its nearby Anna, Ohio, engine plant. ...
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| Study New generation spurning cars and trucks |
May 14th, 2013 |
America's love affair with the car is dying and being replaced by a new generation's obsession with technology and different ways of getting around.Or so says a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group Foundation, which claims this country's waning interest in cars and trucks means policy makers have to set new priorities for spending transportation ...
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| 2013 SUV of the Year |
May 14th, 2013 |
With their rugged looks and utilitarian appeal, SUVs are among the most popular vehicles in America, but the demands put on these vehicles have changed over the years. No longer trucklike, ladder-framed behemoths capable of all kinds of off-road antics, today's SUVs are mostly the car-based crossovers that have replaced the minivan or station wagon as the typical family transportation.But ...
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| Cost Could Be Big Factor in Talking Cars Acceptance |
May 14th, 2013 |
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN -- Cars that "talk'' to each other to avoid crashes or traffic jams, like those being tested here, will save lives but the cost of the systems will determine consumers' acceptance of such technology, the U.S. transportation secretary said on Tuesday. "These are definitely safer vehicles. At what cost though?'' Ray LaHood told reporters at ...
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| The 1000 MPH Rolls-Royce |
May 14th, 2013 |
Do we have your attention yet? The jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce PLC have announced that they're supporting the Bloodhound Project, an educational program (and a real land-speed-record effort) that hopes to break that barrier. Rolls will be supplying a version of its EJ200 engine for the project, from a Eurofighter Typhoon; that will be complemented by a Cosworth F1 engine driving the ...
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| Is the Subaru BRZs Small Backseat a Big Inconvenience |
May 14th, 2013 |
The four-seat BRZ has received plenty of use in its six months of ownership so far; the backseat has not. It remains something Cars.com editors have to live with considering the BRZ is a daily driver -- even split a dozen ways -- not a weekend ...
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| Cost to be big factor in talking cars acceptance U.S. transport chief |
May 14th, 2013 |
By Ben KlaymanANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Cars that "talk" to each other to avoid crashes or traffic jams, like those being tested here, will save lives but the cost of the systems will determine consumers' acceptance of such technology, the U.S. transportation secretary said on Tuesday."These are definitely safer vehicles. At what cost though?" Ray LaHood told ...
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| Nissan building new small van for GMs Chevrolet |
May 14th, 2013 |
General Motors is entering the next-generation small van competition with a new version of a commercial vehicle made by Nissan, both companies announced Tuesday. The Chevrolet City Express, as it will ...
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| Auto repos late car payments on the rise |
May 14th, 2013 |
They are likely to rise even more The percentage of car owners who are falling behind on their payments or are facing repossession of their autos crept up in the first quarter, but still don't match the levels of the depths of the recession, Experian Automotive reported Tuesday.The number of borrowers who were at least 30 days behind on their auto loan delinquencies rose 1.3% in the first ...
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