| NSX-pensive: Acura Prices 2017 NSX Like the Exotic Thing It Is |
Dec 18th, 2015 |
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Acura’s long-awaited NSX hybrid supercar looks like an exotic, drives like an exotic, and as we now know, will be priced like an exotic, as well. When ordering commences on February 25, 2016, the 2017 NSX will start at a rather dear $157,800—three times the price of Acura’s current flagship RLX sedan—topping out at $207,500 when dressed […]
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| 2015 Kia K900 V-8 – Long-Term Wrap-Up |
Dec 18th, 2015 |
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| VW Hires Lawyer Ken Feinberg, the Compensation King, to Administer Cheater-Diesel Payments |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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Attention, cheater-diesel Volkswagen (and Audi) owners: The compensation payouts are gearing up. That’s the clear implication from the recent announcement that Volkswagen has retained the services of Kenneth R. Feinberg’s legal firm. Feinberg is “to design and administer an independent claims-resolution program to address claims related to the 2.0L and 3.0L TDI vehicles affected by […]
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| Alphabet Bloop: Google Spins Self-Driving Car Project Off into Google X, an Alphabet Company |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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Just before finding out that California plans to severely restrict the ease with which autonomous vehicles may be tested going forward, Google made the decision to fold its driverless car program under the Google X division of Alphabet, according to Bloomberg. What the heck is Alphabet? It’s the three-months-old holding company under which Google, Inc., and […]
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| Check Engine: A Deeper Look at Infiniti’s New Twin-Turbo 3.0-liter V-6 |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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The Infiniti (and Nissan) faithful are plenty familiar with the VQ-series family of V-6 engines. The VQ V-6, which ranges in size from a wee 2.0 liters in foreign-market vehicles all the way to 4.0 liters in the NV van, has been in service for more than 20 years, and it is found in nearly […]
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| VW Group CEO Makes More Personnel Changes at the Top |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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Recently installed Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Müller has made more sweeping changes in the company’s upper ranks. Ousted VW Group R&D chief Ulrich Hackenberg will be replaced by Ulrich Eichhorn, while Group design chief Walter de’Silva will give way to Porsche chief designer Michael Mauer. (Hackenberg also served as Audi’s R&D chief; that role was given to […]
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| CEO Mark Fields: Ford Will Have Hybrid F-150 by 2020 |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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NPR isn’t a place where automotive news is often made or announced, but during an interview with All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro, Ford CEO Mark Fields reminded us that Ford is planning to build a hybrid F-series pickup within the next four years. While this is being reported as news by many outlets, it’s not […]
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| Chrysler Dealers to Get Econtracting |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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RouteOne and Chrysler Capital/Santander Consumer USA announced today that they will begin rolling out econtracting to Chrysler dealers toward the end of the first quarter 2016.
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| CFPB Fines CarHop $6.4 Million |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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The CFPB charged the buy-here, pay-here dealer and its affiliated finance company, Universal Acceptance Corp., with providing inaccurate information to credit reporting agencies for more than 84,000 consumer accounts between January 2009 and September 2013.
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| A Little Less Autonomous: California’s New Rules Prohibit Driverless Cars |
Dec 17th, 2015 |
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles just enacted a whole spate of new laws aimed at regulating the testing of self-driving cars—and major players like Google are not happy.As Automotive News reports, the rules put strict limitations on automakers planning to test autonomous cars on the state’s public roads. There are four key aspects to […]
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