| Name That Shifter, No. 125 |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open [...]
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| IndyCar Race + County Fair = Long Beach Grand Prix [Race Recap, Photo Gallery] |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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The Long Beach Grand Prix is the third round on this year’s IndyCar schedule. It’s also the main attraction of a race weekend that features everything from a drifting competition to an American Le Mans event to a Pirelli World Challenge race. This was an historic weekend, too, as Takuma Sato became the first Japanese [...]
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| TOTD: How Many States Has Your Car Visited? |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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Today’s Thread of the Day combines nostalgia and a test of your knowledge of state abbreviations. Forum member getchoo136 asks what statesyour car has visited. Getchoo136 has owned a Pontiac G8 for a year and a half and has driven through 19 states including South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois, and Arizona. He’s also covered the [...]
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| No Joke: Production-Spec Winged Smart ForTwo ForJeremy Revealed |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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The winged-wonder, the Smart ForTwo ForJeremy is entering production. Seriously. Daimler previously announced that a toned-down version of the Jeremy Scott-designed Smart ForJeremy concept would be entering production, and now we have our first look at the road-legal “extremely limited special edition” ForTwo. Though it still has ridiculous wings sprouting out of its B-pillar, the [...]
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| MT Poll: 2014 Acura RLX or 2013 Cadillac XTS? |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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At first glance, the 2014 Acura RLX P-AWS and 2013 Cadillac XTS4 Platinum seem to cater to different buyers, but a closer look reveals how closely matched the two luxury sedans really are. In our recent full-size premium sedan comparison, though we noted similarities in size, power, and price, the automakers took very different approaches [...]
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| BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe Gets Artsy in New Photos |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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BMW is getting in touch with its artistic side, showing off a set of retro-themed 6 Series Gran Coupe images at Paris Photo LA, an international photographic art fair held at Paramount Pictures Studios. Shot by German photographer Uwe Düttmann, the photos are inspired by film noir and burlesque style and feature the 6 Series [...]
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| Toyota Concept May Preview Corolla Hybrid Sedan – 2013 Shanghai |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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Will Toyota offer the next-generation Corolla as a hybrid? That’s the question we’re asking after taking another look at the Toyota Yundong Shuangqing II, a hybrid sedan concept that appears to be a touched-up version of the Furia concept we saw at the 2013 Detroit auto show. The Toyota Corolla Furia concept in Detroit was [...]
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| Shanghai MT Poll: Should We Get the Honda Crider, Jade, or Both? |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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Honda was busy at this year’s Shanghai auto show, with the Concept M MPV and Acura SUV-X concept, but that’s not all the automaker debuted. The production-spec Honda Crider sedan and Jade MPV were displayed on the Japanese automaker’s Shanghai auto show stand, but neither are destined for the U.S. Of the two production models, [...]
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| Nissan Friend-ME Concept is Meant for Sharing – 2013 Shanghai |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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Passengers Share Giant Touchscreen.
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| Wunderkind Benz: Testing the 2014 Mercedes CLA on Ignition |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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In the U.S., Mercedes-Benz is known as the manufacturer of big, expensive, rear-drive coupes and sedans. The new 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is none of those things, and this week on Ignition, technical director Frank Markus heads to France to see if the 2014 CLA250 can live up to the three-pointed star on its nose. The [...]
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