| 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Gets All Up In Bentleys Business With Trend-Setting Technology |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Click for full photo gallery: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class: Spa On Wheels Cameras and cell phones go on a table under watchful eye. Names get checked off a list. Through a darkened archway flanked by stern looking security personnel are three 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans. The front and rear of each car are hidden with black plastic and tape. The room is pitch black. Only a few journalists are ...
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| The royal love to cars and trains was insane in tsarist Russia |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
"While I am in Livadia, automobiles should not appear in the Crimea", Russian czar Nicholas II once said. The use of automobiles on the Crimean Peninsula was prohibited. In 1903, during a visit to relatives in Hesse, the Emperor's brother Ernst Ludwig of Hesse gave Nicholas "a motor ride." After the ride, the czar fundamentally changed his mind about cars and ordered an ...
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| MT Video Week in Review: Jeep Concepts, Tesla vs. Citroen, Honda Odyssey Vacuum |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
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As usual, this week’s video roundup is an eclectic mix of the ordinary and extraordinary. We take a look at some of Jeep’s latest concepts in their natural habitat among the red rocks of Moab, Utah, and more off-road action with Jonny Lieberman driving the legendary Mercedes-Benz Unimog at its Gaggenau, Germany proving grounds. For [...]
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| Hot Rod Magazine Behind the Scenes! |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live the life of Hot Rod magazine staffer? Hot Rod Associate Editor Jesse Kiser takes you on a tour of Hot Rod Magazine headquarters in Southern California to show you what goes into making the magazine. It’s a combination of the mundane and the fantastic, from grinding [...]
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| UAW Membership Rises to Highest Level Since 2008 |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
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After years of successive membership declines, pay and benefit sacrifices as part of Chrysler and General Motors’ bankruptcies, and an inability to successfully organize a foreign transplant factory, the United Auto Workers is seeing a glimmer of a silver lining this year. For the second consecutive year, the UAW has seen a membership increase. It [...]
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| US pileup involving 75 cars leaves 3 dead |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
US local police say three people have been killed and more than 20 are injured after a 75-vehicle pileup on an interstate highway near the Virginia-North Carolina border. The Virginia Department of Transportation says traffic is backed up about 13 kilometres. State police say a series of wrecks began around 1.15pm on Sunday in the southbound lanes in the area of Fancy Gap Mountain in southwest ...
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| New York Auto Show Brace For More Nissan Infiniti Ads As Nissan Chases Honda |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
New York International Auto Show last week. He said nothing short of 10 percent U.S. market share would do -- and quickly, too, by around 2016. "Unless we hit 10 percent share, we are not getting a fair return on our investments," he said. Nissan showed off the ...
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| Guess the NBA stars and their cars |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
Easy part is buying the car. Hard part is fighting off all those illegitimate kids an their baby mammas that want a ride. Guess thats where DNA tests and busses come ...
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| Consumers Suing Ford for Lack of Electronic Throttle Safeguards |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
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A group of 20 consumers represented by New York-based law firm Grant & Eisenhofer are bringing suit against Ford Motor Company, alleging the company neglected to install sufficient safety systems on its vehicles equipped with electronic throttles, Reuters reports. The suit specifies vehicles built from 2002-2010, and includes the 2004-2010 F-Series pickup trucks, 2005-2009 Lincoln [...]
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| Ram Considering More Sports Edition Trucks On Success of Red Wings Package |
Mar 31st, 2013 |
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Chrysler has long been known as the master of creating and marketing special-edition models, pulling from its rich history of heritage models, as well as collaborating with well-known designers for new models, such as the John Varvatos edition Chrysler 300. But after the strong regional success of a Detroit Red Wings limited-edition Ram 1500, the [...]
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