| Ezra Dyer: What Ever Happened to the Affordable Pickup Truck? |
Apr 29th, 2015 |
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In 1987, my parents bought their first new truck, a Dodge Ram D150. The Big Dodge Ram, as it came to be called, was so sparsely equipped that it should have come with a vow of celibacy. It had a manual trans hooked to an overtaxed 95-hp slant six. You sat on a bench seat […]
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| You Ain’t No OG: Mercedes G-Wagen Clone Appears at Shanghai |
Apr 29th, 2015 |
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We look at this cloned Mercedes-Benz G-wagen as heresy punishable by four years in automotive design school. But in China, where copyright infringement is encouraged by the government’s many state-owned enterprises, knockoff products are simply good business. Unlike contracts other foreign automakers enter with Chinese companies, this isn’t a simple rebadge of a discontinued model […]
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| Credit Unions Now Third Largest Auto Lender Type, CUDL Reports |
Apr 29th, 2015 |
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Credit unions are competing aggressively in the automotive marketplace, financing one in four auto loans so far in 2015, CU Direct reports.
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| Putting F&I Online Increases Profits, MakeMyDeal Finds |
Apr 29th, 2015 |
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A new study from Cox Automotive company MakeMyDeal found that 63% of consumers would be more likely to buy F&I products if they could learn about them on their own time before entering a dealership.
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| 24 Hours of LeMons Detroit: The Winners! |
Apr 29th, 2015 |
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The 24 Hours of LeMons crew has survived another weekend of torture testing tired vehicles on the track at Gingerman Raceway, although some cars’ engines left the circuit with lower percentages of intact internals than others. Nevertheless, most of the intrepid Midwest regulars and a few new faces managed to avoid showering the Michigan track’s […]
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| 2016 Mazda CX-5 2.5L AWD – Instrumented Test |
Apr 28th, 2015 |
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| Volkswagen: I’m a Kitty Cat and I Meow Meow Meow into Leasing [w/ Super Weird Video] |
Apr 28th, 2015 |
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Today, internet, you can haz cheezburger, because Volkswagen has drummed up one of the weirdest, cattiest ads we’ve ever seen. And for Germany, no less. Setting aside the idea that Germans are, on the stereotyped surface of things, the least funny people on earth, the commercial is mesmerizingly zany, with humans acting out internet-famous cat […]
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| Racy in Red: New Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Spotted Testing in New Color! |
Apr 28th, 2015 |
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red (red) n. [[ME < OE read, akin to Ger rot, ON, rauthr < IE base *reuhd-, red, > Gr erythros, L ruber, rufus, red, rubere, to be red, OIr ruad, Lith raudas, red]] 1 a primary color, or any of a spread of colors at the lower end of the visible spectrum, varying in hue […]
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| Racy in Red: New Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Spotted Testing in New Color! |
Apr 28th, 2015 |
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| 2015 Volkswagen GTI Long-Term Test Intro: Welcome Back, Benchmark |
Apr 28th, 2015 |
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Optioning a test car for long-term duty will occasionally turn our office into a war zone. Sunroof lovers and haters, for example, nearly come to blows when the order sheets circulate. The arguments for and against introverted shades of gray or extroverted reds and yellows are hotly contested. But the one thing everyone could agree […]
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