| Toyota Unveils Brake Assist Technology |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it has developed a new safety system to prevent collisions. The collision avoidance assist system uses radar to detect a possible collision, then sounds a ...
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| Chevy to Showcase Spark EV at L.A. Auto Show |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Chevrolet has been around for more than 100 years, and the automaker is expecting 2013 to be one of its biggest. But is this just typical automaker hype? Maybe, but with the latest iteration of the Chevy Corvette set to debut, along with 12 other “new or significantly redesigned” cars, maybe not. The 2014 Chevrolet [...]
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| UAW Healthcare Trust Seeks $342 From Fiat for 3.3 Percent Stake in Chrysler |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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If Fiat wants a 3.3 percent stake in Chrysler currently held by the UAW’s healthcare trust, it’s going to have to pony up some serious cash, again. Fiat’s initial offering of $139.7 million is “substantially below fair market value,” according to documents filed in a Delaware court and obtained by Automotive News. Now, the UAW [...]
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| Tesla CEO Elon Musk Talks Future Plans amid COTY Award |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a lot to be happy about this year, and the good news keeps coming in. SpaceX—one of two companies Musk heads—just successfully resupplied the International Space Station. His other company, electric automaker Tesla, isn’t doing too badly either. The Tesla Model S was just named the Motor Trend Car of [...]
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| Toyota to Relive its Past: Will Soon Build Two More Sports Cars |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Sports cars are important in creating a bond with buyers. That’s the refrain from a recent interview with Tetsuya Tada, Toyota’s chief engineer for the Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S twins. And, confirming industry speculation, Tada-san told Asiaone Motoring that the iconic fuel-sipper brand is planning to release two more sports cars in the coming years. According [...]
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Toddlers Launched |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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| Honda Micro Commuter Prototype Unveiled |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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| 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon To Get 30 MPG, Says Ford |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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| Chevrolet Announces Production Spark EV to Debut in L.A. [2012 L.A. Auto Show] |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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2013 Chevrolet Spark, as fed by gasoline Chevy has revealed that the production 2014 Spark EV will make its auto-show debut at the 2012 Los Angeles auto show at the end of this month. (A regular, gas-powered Spark is pictured above; the EV shouldn’t look much different.) Full details on the battery-powered Spark have not [...]
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| The Graceful Fly, Large German Cars Fall: A Compilation of Leaping Lards at the Nürburgring |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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We publish a lot of spy photos of automakers’ prototypes here at C/D, many of which are shot at the Nürburgring track in Germany. Many of these photos are pretty dry—oh, look! A covered-up test mule in motion—but these shots of several large German cars cresting a hill at the ‘Ring with only wind beneath [...]
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