| Confirmed: 2014 Ram 1500 to Offer 3.0-liter EcoDiesel Engine |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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As if we hadn’t seen this coming. Today, Chrysler Group finally announced that the Ram 1500 will be offering a diesel engine. Starting with the 2014 model year, a 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 engine, mated to a TorqueFlite eight-speed transmission, will be an available option in all Ram 1500s. Ram is mum on numbers, but estimates [...]
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| Make or Break: We Chat With the Designers Behind the Lincoln MKC Concept |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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You’ve heard Lincoln is undergoing a reinvention. If you were one of the one-hundred-whatever million people that watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw Lincoln’s spot that–if nothing else–reminded us that this century-old relic of an automaker was still here, still kicking, and maybe even in its infancy. We’ll see. For now, the luxury arm [...]
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| Holden Signals VF Commodore with New Sport Luxury Show Car |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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Make no mistake: This is the 2014 Chevrolet SS. It simply has Holden badges on it instead of Chevrolet ones. But, and we’re quoting from the press release here, “Holden has taken the wraps off its stunning new performance sedan show car ahead of the VF Commodore’s international debut as the Chevrolet SS Sports Sedan [...]
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| General Motor’s Fourth Quarter Profits Rise |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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Today, General Motors Co. announced its 2012 calendar year net income has been attributed to stockholders of $4.9 billion, or $2.92 for a fully diluted share. This is down from 2011, $4.58 for a fully diluted share. The drop is mainly the result of unfavorable special items. Compared to 2011′s $150.3 billion in revenue, in [...]
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| Show Your Car Some Love for Valentine's Day |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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Five ways to show your car you love it.
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| Ram Announces 2014 1500 EcoDiesel Pickup Coming Later This Year |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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It looks as though Chrysler is fully embracing the diesel engine, having already introduced an oil-burning Jeep Grand Cherokee for 2014, the company’s Ram division is introducing a diesel-powered light-duty pickup later this year. This move will make Ram the purveyor of the only diesel-powered non-heavy-duty pickup in the marketplace, at least until Ford and [...]
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| 2013 Dodge Dart Rallye 1.4T Manual Long-Term Intro: 40,000 Miles Wearing Header Orange Paint |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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The new Dart is being ballyhooed within the halls of Chrysler’s HQ as the car that will reestablish the Dodge brand among compact-car buyers—an important mission because Dodge hasn’t offered a viable small car in nearly a decade. The Neon had plucky charm, but it was replaced with the crudely executed and unloved Caliber just [...]
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| 2014 Kia Sorento First Drive: Freshened From the Inside Out |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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So just where is the semantic boundary between freshening and all-new? The 2014 Sorento crossover comes along at the scheduled time for a midcycle refresh, doesn’t look vastly different from its predecessor, and maintains the same 106.3-inch wheelbase (shared, of course, with the five-door Hyundai Santa Fe Sport). READ MORE ››
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| The Da Vinci Road: U.S. Patents Reveal Automakers’ Dreams for Future Tech |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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While most of Europe was illiterate and still recovering from the Black Death in the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci was brainstorming helicopters and scuba gear on his sketch pad. Though automotive suppliers do a lot of today’s in-car innovating, da Vinci’s spirit lives on in car companies, where in-house engineers dream up the [...]
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| SRT Viper Convertible Is In the Pipeline, According to Report |
Feb 14th, 2013 |
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It makes sense, of course, that there should be a convertible version of the new-generation SRT Viper. Earlier iterations were launched with open tops, with the hardtop version following thereafter. This time around, SRT’s opening act, so to speak, is the closed model, but SRT boss Ralph Gilles has told WardsAuto that there will be a [...]
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