| Ralph Gilles, Randy Pobst Discuss the SRT Viper TA – WOT Video |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
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On this week’s episode of Wide Open Throttle, we sit down with SRT president Ralph Gilles, and resident hot shoe Randy Pobst at the New York International Auto Show to talk about the 2014 SRT Viper TA, the Dodge Challenger’s answer to the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, and Gilles’ favorite cars of the show. The [...]
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| Watch a 2013 Nissan GT-R Get Tested in the Snow |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
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Each model year, Nissan engineers push the performance envelope of the twin-turbocharged, all-wheel-drive GT-R. In this Video Find, a 2013 Nissan GT-R hits the snow in northern Japan at Nissan’s Hokkaido Proving Grounds to show off its all-wheel-drive prowess in inclement weather. After describing the concept behind the GT-R’s design and its performance accomplishments, the [...]
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| 2014 Range Rover Sport Configurator Launches |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
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The Range Rover Sport is still a couple of months away from hitting showroom floors, but you can start specifying the new trucklet on Land Rover’s new configurator page. As we reported last month, the 2014 Range Rover Sport starts at $63,495 when it goes on sale late this summer. That 64 grand gets you [...]
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| Hyundai Kia recalling almost 1.9 million vehicles |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
-1.81% are together recalling nearly 1.9 million cars and SUVs in the U.S., according to reports Wednesday, citing U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents. The recalls cover most of the car makers' models released between 2007 and 2011, as well as almost 200,000 Hyundai Elantra compacts from 2011 to 2013, reports said. The first group recall is due to faulty brake-light ...
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| Reborn Detroit Electric charges into battery-car market |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
It's been nearly six decades since the last serious attempt to create a major new Motor City-based auto company, and nearly three-quarters of a century since the last maker to use Detroit in its logo turned off the lights. That may explain why skeptics showed up to the first news conference of the resurrected Detroit Electric this week.They noted that the maker is targeting the ...
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| General Motors CEO Dan Akerson to Appear on CNBC Show |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson will appear as a guest host on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment this morning, a rare public appearance for the publicity-shy executive. Akerson will join regular CNBC personalities Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin for an hour at 7 a.m., GM confirmed after CNBC transportation reporter Phil Lebeau broke the news on Twitter. The CEO will ...
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| Nissan sees rebound in China this quarter |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
Bullish on China: Andy Palmer, executive vice president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during a Bloomberg-organized financial conference in New York in April 2011. | ...
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| U.S. considers new vehicle safety ratings for senior citizens families |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
Washington - Federal safety regulators are considering new vehicle safety ratings that would help older people and families choose the safest vehicles.In a notice posted Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is planning to update its New Car Assessment Program and is mulling a "silver" rating that would assess the safety of the vehicle for older occupants, ...
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| Australia wants tariffs on Japanese cars to linger |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
Australia has demanded it be allowed to keep its 5 percent tariff on Japanese car imports in place in bilateral free-trade negotiations with Japan. The demand is apparently a response to Tokyo’s recent decision to tolerate U.S. auto tariffs in separate trade negotiations, a Japanese government source said. Australia had been willing to abolish the tariff on automobiles and trucks within ...
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| UPDATE 1-Brazil auto output edges up in March from year ago |
Apr 4th, 2013 |
Thu Apr 4, 2013 10:41am EDT * Sales still lag from a year ago, but rebound from Feb * Government extended tax breaks for industry last week (Recasts with details of data, background for industry) SAO PAULO, April 4 (Reuters) - Automobile production in Brazil rose slightly in March but sales continued to lag compared with a year earlier, underscoring a fragile market that prompted the government ...
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