| MT Poll: 2013 Panamera S V-8 or 2014 Panamera S Twin-Turbo V-6? |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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The 2014 Porsche Panamera has been refreshed with revised styling, a long-wheelbase version, and a new plug-in hybrid called the S E-Hybrid. The most significant change, however, may be the fact that the Panamera S no longer has a V-8 under the hood, and that’s what brings us to today’s MT Poll. The 2013 Panamera [...]
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| Road Trip Time: Gas Prices Expected to Drop Slightly This Summer |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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Gas prices this summer are expected to be no more expensive than they were two years ago, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. In fact, during what the EIA calls the driving season — April through September — gas prices are forecasted to be $3.63 a gallon nationwide, down from the 2012 average of $3.69 [...]
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| Watch These Two Ferrari F50s in a Heroic Tug of War |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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Remember the rallying Rolls-Royce Phantom video from a few months back? How about the priceless Ferrari Enzo doing its best WRC car impression? Well it looks like the mysterious madmen are at it again; Tax the Rich has just released a video of two Ferrari F50s competing in a truly heroic game of tug of [...]
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| Video Find: Ken Block Hustles the Ford Fiesta ST in Budapest |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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The Ford Fiesta ST isn’t the biggest or most powerful hot hatchback on the market, but it does look like lots of fun. We can pick up that much from today’s Video Find, which features rally star Ken Block pushing the new sporty hatch around a closed ice rink in Budapest. The ice rink in [...]
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| TIMELINE-Major global recalls in the auto industry |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
April 11 | Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:26am EDT April 11 (Reuters) - Here are details of some recent major recalls. January 2010 - Toyota issues a series of recalls covering 5.6 million vehicles in the United States due to sudden acceleration in some vehicles. March 2010 - GM says it is recalling 1.3 million compact cars covering the 2005-2010 model year Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007-2010 Pontiac G5 ...
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| Exploding airbags put 3.4m Japanese cars in peril |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
(55 mins ago) Four Japanese auto giants are recalling nearly 3.4 million vehicles worldwide because of airbags dangers including fire risks, in the latest safety blow for the country's carmakers. Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda, announcing in separate statements the recall of a combined 3.39 million vehicles, all cited the same malfunction of the Japanese-made passenger-side airbags. A ...
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| Automotive aftermarket legend Gale Banks revs up Armys Humvee |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Gale Banks, a Southern California automotive aftermarket legend, next to a Humvee at his headquarters in Azusa. Banks is using his expertise to rev up the horsepower on the Army's underpowered ...
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| Tesla CEO takes dealer fight to Texas says he can sell more cars |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
The Tesla Model S is introduced at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. In the latest chapter of an ongoing battle against traditional dealer networks, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has taken his fight to Texas, telling lawmakers his company could sell as many as 2,000 cars there next year if allowed to open its own ...
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| Toyota to recall Corolla made in January-June 2003 in India |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Japanese car giant Toyota today said a select lot of its premium sedan Corolla sold in India will be affected by its global recall of 17.3 lakh vehicles to rectify defective ...
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| Japanese automakers recall 3.4M units |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Four Japanese automakers, led by Toyota and Honda, said dangerous airbags had prompted the recall of 3.4 million vehicles. Toyota said it would recall 1.7 million vehicles and Honda 1.1 million. Nissan and Mazda were recalling 480,000 and 45,000 vehicles, respectively, CNNMoney reported Thursday. Honda said inflators for passenger-side airbags "may deploy with too much pressure, which may ...
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