| Auto review BMW does small in a big way with X1 |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
Coldly efficient BMW could transform Bubba's big red barn into a two-story, road-ripping terror of an SUV.Jawohl, dudes and dude-ettes. Drag out the 20-inch wheels and twin turbos.Can you say "barnstormer"?Just look at the bulky X6, a wildly exaggerated, 5,000-pound crossover seemingly styled by a gang of over-amped teenage boys beneath a street light. Even with the base ...
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| Chevrolet Caprice PPV a chance in lucrative New York State Police battle |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
Ford Taurus-based Police Interceptors and 10 Dodge Charger Pursuits as part of a pilot program that will determine the vehicle that supersedes its ageing fleet of about ...
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| Tri State Valet put cars in rival’s parking lot |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
Neighbors told the Tribune-Review that Tri State Valet Inc.'s employees parked some cars for free in a nearby lot on Fourth Avenue owned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and operated by Kail's Parking, a competing parking management ...
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| Auto review Mustang honors the past as Ford looks to the future |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
A decade ago, as Ford engineers prepared the next-generation Mustang, they stared down an inescapable truth: The best Mustangs were built in the ...
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| Nissan Middle East says Patrol sales peak in 2012 |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
That represents a 66 percent increase in sales - far outstripping the overall SUV segment's growth of 24 percent - and giving Nissan Patrol a record market share of 22 percent in the Gulf ...
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| Suit Ford delayed fix on unintended acceleration defect |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
Ford Motor Co. was installing electronic systems in its vehicles in Europe that could prevent unintended acceleration as early as 2005, but didn't take the same precautions in the U.S. for another five years, according to a lawsuit filed this week in West Virginia against the company.The complaint, filed on behalf of Ford customers in 14 states, claims Ford was aware of the risk of ...
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| Confirmed: Lexus to Put LF-LC Concept into Production |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
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The Lexus LFA supercar may now be done and gone, but the Japanese luxury brand isn’t about to lay over. According to a report in Wards Auto, Lexus has confirmed that it will indeed build a production version of the LF-LC concept car–the very car that wowed us–and the entire automotive industry–at last year’s New [...]
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| Refreshing or Revolting: 2014 Toyota Highlander |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
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Your eyes are not deceiving you – the refreshed 2014 Toyota Highlander is larger than its predecessor. As previously reported, the overall length of the new Highlander has increased from 188.4 to 191.1 inches and its overall width jumps from 75.2 to 75.8 inches. Perhaps more significant is that Toyota has widened the 3rd row [...]
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| Thread of the Day: Audi S3 Sedan or Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG? |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
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It’s no coincidence that the Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG and Audi S3 sedan were both shown at the 2013 New York auto show, because as the saying goes, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. That’s exactly what the two German automakers are doing by firing back at each other with equally impressive products. But [...]
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| Man wants to see Zero fly again over Japan |
Mar 30th, 2013 |
A New Zealand man originally from Japan says he is taking steps to fly a World War II-era Zero over the skies of his homeland where it was built. Masahide Ishizuka bought an airworthy Zero fighter plane in 2009 for $3.72 million from a U.S. investor, The Asahi Shimbun reported Friday. The plane is one of only four Zeros capable of flight known to exist and they are all in the United States. ...
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