| Thread of the Day: 2014 Ford Transit Connect, Mazda5, or Larger Minivan? |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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The 2014 Ford Transit Connect will soon be put to work by businesses in the U.S. everywhere, but Ford has bigger ambitions for the new model. Thanks to the wagon model that seats seven, Ford is effectively returning to the minivan segment after retiring the Freestar in the 2000s. Though the 2014 Ford Transit Connect [...]
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| The Making of Need for Speed Most Wanted on The Downshift |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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While we would never encourage trying to elude the cops in real life, we can however, encourage it in the upcoming Need For Speed Most Wanted video game. On this week’s episode of The Downshift, we take you to Criterion Games in the U.K. and speak to developers about everything that went into making the [...]
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| An Electric Debut: Chevrolet Spark EV to be Unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette muscle car may be debuting in Detroit this January, but the Los Angeles auto show will host a new Chevrolet that’s far more efficient: the Spark EV. In Los Angeles at the end of this month, the Chevrolet Spark EV will debut along with the latest version of MyLink, shown first [...]
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| We Hear: UAW Demands More Than Twice Fiat’s Offer for Chrysler Shares |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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It’s no secret that Fiat has been working to fully take over Chrysler, after it acquired the American automaker during Chrysler’s bankruptcy proceedings in 2009. However, the United Auto Workers’ VEBA retirement trust may be standing in the way – the trust own some 41.5 percent of Chrysler, according to Reuters, and rejected Fiat’s recent [...]
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| Looking Forward: Tesla’s Future May Include Electric Trucks, Driverless Cars |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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The Tesla Model S is brilliant. While we’re smitten with the quick electric car – the Motor Trend 2013 Car of the Year – Tesla CEO Elon Musk tells us there’s much more to come, including the Model X, an electric truck, and possibly self-driving cars. Musk also reaffirmed that the more affordable and higher-volume [...]
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| Toyota event draws 1600 hoping to make deals |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Nearly 1,600 people packed the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown in the past two days for Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North Americas annual Opportunity Exchange. Toyota calls it one ...
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| Best of MSPBJ Upsher-Smith to expand HQ + Auto dealers take wheel of marketing company |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Not many businesses get a second chance after failing, but automotive marketing firm Visible Customer is one of the lucky ones. Visible Customer was a big player in the automotive marketing arena ...
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| Bergstrom Automotive buys Oshkosh dealership |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Bergstrom Automotive has bought Pommerening Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Oshkosh, the Neenah-based dealership group announced Tuesday. The Pommerening dealership will open Wednesday as Bergstrom ...
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| Motor Trend names Teslas Model S as Car of the Year |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Kathy Janes sits in a Tesla Model S Beta prototype vehicle at the carmaker's store in Santa Monica, Calif., on October 25, 2012. / GARY FRIEDMAN/Los Angeles ...
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| Electric mini-car synced with tablet being tested by Honda |
Nov 13th, 2012 |
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Honda will begin tests next year of a small electric vehicle that uses a driver's tablet for displaying dashboard readings, audio, navigation and images from its rearview camera. The ...
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