| Knitting a Little Magic: How Carbon Fiber Is Finally Getting Cheaper |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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Carbon fiber (CF) has become vital to modern life. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner contains 35 tons of the stuff, and it’s a core ingredient in our running shoes, bike frames, tennis rackets, golf clubs, and fishing poles. Spendthrift fans of the black composite furnish their bathrooms with CF toilet seats ($300) and bathtubs ($72,000). READ MORE [...]
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL450 Tested: The Seven-Seat S-class |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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If for any reason the base $64,805 GL450 isn’t cushy, flashy, or techy enough, don’t worry; you can deploy more than $40,000 in options to spruce it up. Hate parallel parking? Spend $970, and the GL will do it for you. Sick of hearing the third-row passengers whine about your A/C setting? Three-zone climate control [...]
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series: Affalterbach’s Baddest of the Bad |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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It wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret, Mercedes-Benz’s plan to come up with an über bad-ass version of the SLS to maintain the momentum and give the competition something to chew on. We spied the prototypes and we received hints from AMG chief Ola Källenius himself. Despite all the foreshadowing, though, the aggressiveness of the 2014 [...]
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| Next-Generation Mazda 2 and a “Subcompact Toyota” to be Produced at Mazda’s Mexican Plant |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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Mazda may be having some financial troubles, but it certainly isn’t going down without a fight—the smaller automaker already has announced a partnership with Alfa Romeo to produce small roadsters, and now it has entered an agreement with Toyota to build a Mazda 2–based subcompact Toyota. The new 2 and small Toyota will be produced [...]
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| Consumers Take on More Auto Debt |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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 Consumers are again taking on debt when it comes to their vehicles.
Across the country, auto bank and auto finance debt rose 7.1 percent, compared with the same period a year ago, according to new Credit Trends data released by Equifax. The auto lending trends look different for different parts of the country.
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| World Omni Names New President |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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 JM Family Enterprises Inc. announced the promotion of Dan Chait to president of World Omni Financial Corp.
Chait joined World Omni in 2002 after holding senior-level positions at US Airways, AutoNation and UniCaptial Corp. He most recently served as senior vice president of World Omni working closely with Frank Armstrong, who is retiring as president of the company.
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| Dealer Pleads to Floor Plan Fraud |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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 Former dealer John B. Langley, of Harrah, Okla., has entered a guilty plea to making a false statement to a federally insured credit union.
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| Jaguar Recalls Cars for Fire Risk |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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 Jaguar is recalling 4,195 model year 2010-12 XF vehicles equipped with a 5.0L gasoline engine.
The affected vehicles may have a fuel tank fuel outlet flange that may crack.
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| 2014 Audi R8 drive review: New S-tronic gearbox, V10 Plus make this supercar even better |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible review notes: Closest you can get to a Z06 convertible |
Nov 9th, 2012 |
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NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: This 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 is the Z06 convertible in everything but name.
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