| Lawsuit alleges unintended acceleration in Ford cars vans SUVs |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
A lawsuit filed against Ford Motor Co. alleges that several Ford and Lincoln vehicles manufactured between 2002 and 2010 are subject to unintentional ...
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| New Land Rover Defender will be the “dog’s bollocks” designer |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern told a small group of Australia’s automotive media including CarAdvice that his team is currently working on a number of different derivatives that will make up an ...
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| Behind the Wheel: 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0T |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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Welcome to brave new territory for Hyundai. We’ve become accustomed to Korean cars as a little cheaper than the competition, but you’d always expect them to be value leaders. Then we got this $36,000 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport to drive, and things changed. For the same money, you’re looking at the Santa Fe in the [...]
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| Not-Surprising News: Volkswagen Discontinuing Routan Minivan Sales |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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In the biggest piece of non-news you’ll read all day, Volkswagen is discontinuing its slow-selling Routan minivan after the 2013 model year. The automaker made the announcement to Automotive News, VW CEO Jonathan Browning saying “The segment is contracting in favor of crossovers and SUVs.” Most of the rest of Routan production is slated for internal fleets. [...]
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| 2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel Tested: Yeah, It’s a Diesel Porsche—Get Over It |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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You just have to love diesels. No, not you specifically—we’re talking about the people who would buy this Cayenne. They will have to love diesels. Why else get it? (Other than an all-consuming desire to piss off Porsche purists.) It’s $6900 more expensive than the gas V-6. Yes, it’s more efficient than a gas Cayenne, [...]
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| Ultra-Sexy Lexus LF-LC Coupe Concept Reportedly Confirmed for Production |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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With the departure of the massively expensive, hugely capable LFA supercar from its lineup, Lexus is currently without a halo vehicle. So what might next sit atop Mount Lexus? According to a report from WardsAuto, Lexus’s vice president of marketing has apparently confirmed that last year’s sexy LF-LC concept is going into production. The LF-LC [...]
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| 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid: Subie’s First Gas-Electric [2013 New York Auto Show] |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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It’s been 13 years since Toyota put hybrids on U.S. car-buying charts, and while the Prius has become the benchmark for this new class—as well as a hybrid-system resource for others through licensing—Subaru has been standing on the sidelines, watching and weighing its options. Now it’s finally prepared to enter the fray. At this year’s [...]
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| 2014 Kia Optima Photos and Info: A Mid-Term Refresh for Kia’s Most Stylish Car [2013 New York auto show] |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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When the current Kia Optima launched in 2010, its gorgeous styling was, frankly, a little stunning. Conceived and executed at Kia’s design studio in Frankfurt, Germany, the Optima helped launch the brand as a major aesthetic force. With its subtle wedge shape, its clean and discreet application of the corporate “tiger-nose” grille, and excellently executed [...]
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| Credit Unions Pin Growth Hopes on Auto Loans |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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 Approximately two in three credit union executives see loan growth as the critical business issue facing their industry in 2013, according to a new survey from TransUnion. Auto loans may be the main focus of that growth.
The survey found that more than half of credit union respondents believe auto loans are their biggest opportunity.
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| CFPB Launches Complaint Database |
Mar 29th, 2013 |
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 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau went live with the nation's largest public database of federal consumer financial complaints, opening up to consumers across the country information on more than 90,000 individual complaints on financial products and services.
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