| Mercedes-Benz GLA headlights double as movie projectors |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
THE drive-in theatre might be nearing its final act but a leading car maker is trying to bring the good old days into modern household driveways. Mercedes has revealed its second concept car in a little more than six months that is capable of projecting movies on to a screen in front of the vehicle when stopped. At the Paris motor show last year the company revealed a tiny projector on the bonnet ...
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| VW to Honda spur $3 billion boom for made-in-Mexico steel |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
An employee works on the production line of Volkswagen AG Beetle at the company's assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, on Aug. 5, 2011. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg News, File) MEXICO CITY - Mexico's auto production has almost doubled since 2009. Now its steel industry is trying to catch up by spending almost $3 billion on new and improved factories. "Auto exports are going to be the ...
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| Nissan Leaf breezes in |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
Nissan Leaf - the Japanese carmaker's all-electric rival to the Ford Focus - could be in for a surprise. With its tangle of boxes and wires, the Leaf seems just like a conventional engine - only without the oily grime."The weirdest part of the car is how normal it looks underneath," says Lee Twomey, a Nissan sales advisor. Several parts have been deliberately bulked up, to reassure ...
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| Sinkhole swallows three cars on Chicagos South Side |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News A driver was hospitalized Thursday after a large sinkhole opened up in the middle of the street and swallowed three cars on Chicago's South Side, police ...
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| Renault to hire ex-defense chief Koike as director |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
If anyone understands the truth in the phrase, ';It doesn’t hurt to ask'; -- it’s Alexandra Rutter. The 23-year-old cofounder and artistic director of Whole Hog Theatre (WHT) is also the director of the first-ever adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 anime masterpiece, ';Princess Mononoke.'; ...
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| Safety Reminder What to Do If Your Car Is Caught in a Flood |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
A storm system moving across the South and Midwest is leaving damage and danger in its wake today. In Chicago -- where Cars.com is based -- heavy rains and widespread flooding have resulted in the closures of three expressways and numerous major streets, hundreds of canceled airline flights, bus- and train-route disruptions, school closures and evacuations of some areas. Flash flooding has also ...
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| Ex-GM exec Lutz says fuel economy regulations will add 5K to cost of cars |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
Bob Lutz, retired vice chairman of General Motors Co., giving the keynote address at SAE World Congress at Cobo Center. (David Coates/The Detroit ...
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| North Carolina Auto Insurance Rating Bill Dies in Committee |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
Legislation to overhaul North Carolina’s automobile insurance system was rejected Tuesday by a House committee after Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and other speakers argued it would raise premiums for everyone. The House Insurance Committee turned down a motion to recommend the measure to the full House by a vote of 18-11. Watching the vote in the crowded committee room were ...
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| State Department Once Thought Auto Parts Were Spaceballs 1970s Cables Show |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
Newly released diplomatic cables from the 1970s reveal that the State Department once believed that old automobile parts were actually fragments that fell from ...
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| Watch Chicago Sinkhole Swallows 3 Cars |
Apr 18th, 2013 |
Pounding rains hitting Chicago created huge sinkhole that easily swallowed three cars. Take a look at this at roadway is located on Chicago's southeast side crews arrived to find two cars inside ...
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