| Chrysler Temporarily Slows Production of Grand Caravan, Town & Country |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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Chrysler is temporarily slowing production at its Windsor, Ontario plant in Canada, where workers have been cranking out the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans. The slowdown will help the automaker better balance inventory levels of the minivans with demand, reports suggest. Starting next week, shifts at the Canadian plant will be [...]
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| Dethroned: Chevrolet Volt, Toyota Prius Plug-in Outsell Nissan Leaf in 2012 |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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The Nissan Leaf was outsold globally by the Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius Plug-in in 2012, according to a Bloomberg report. The Leaf, which led plug-in and electric vehicle global sales in 2011, sold 25,435 units in 2012, compared to 30,090 units for the Volt and 27,181 for the Prius PHEV. Though the Leaf fell [...]
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| Watch Bentleys Go Drifting on Ice in New J-Turn Video |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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Drifing on ice isn’t exactly what you’d expect to see with a fleet of Bentleys, but that’s exactly what Jessi Lang masters on the new J-Turn. Lang heads to Finland to learn how to power-slide on ice new Bentleys — everything from a 500-hp Continental GT V8 to the 621-hp Continental Supersports, which has an [...]
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| Marchionne’s Custom 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Heading to Auction |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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Interested in a like-new 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 with a few tasteful modifications an interesting provenance? We know a guy who might be able to hook you up. That guy is none other than Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, as he’s auctioning off his personal 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 for charity. We knew Marchionne had a [...]
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| WOT Opinion: What the 2015 Ford F-150 Needs to Stay on Top |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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How to Stay Ahead of GM and Ram
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| Thread of the Day: Should the Next Lincoln Navigator Offer a V-8? |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
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The news that the next Lincoln Navigator may not offer a V-8 at all while the mechanically related Ford Expedition could make available a V-6 and a V-8 struck a chord with some of our readers. Full-size luxury SUVs including the Infiniti QX56 and outgoing Cadillac Escalade only offer V-8s, while the class-leading Mercedes-Benz GL-Class [...]
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| A.M. Best Downgrades National Automotive Insurance Co. |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to C (Weak) from B (Fair) and issuer credit rating to "ccc" from "bb" of National Automotive Insurance Co. (National ...
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| Coming soon to Jacksonville Trucks fueled with natural gas |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
Finally, a Jacksonville company has committed to running its truck fleet on compressed natural gas. Waste Pro USA Inc. will build a compressed natural gas fueling station at its Strickland Street ...
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| Federal safety agency could add more than 1 million cars to General Motors brake light recall |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
DETROIT - Safety regulators in the U.S. are investigating whether to add more than a million General Motors midsize cars to a recall for brake light problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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| Ford recalls 7150 new cars to repair child locks |
Mar 12th, 2013 |
Ford will recall 7,150 vehicles built in November, including the 2013 Escape crossover, because some models are equipped with a defective child lock on the left rear door. Also included in the recall ...
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