| EPA to VW: Build EVs in U.S. as Penance for Diesel Cheating |
Feb 22nd, 2016 |
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It looks like cash payments aren’t the only way Volkswagen will try to make up for installing emissions-cheating software on its diesel vehicles. The German automaker may also end up building electric cars in the U.S., at the behest of the federal government. Based on an article in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Automotive News reports that the U.S. Environmental […]
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| 2016 Honda Civic Coupe: Style Amplified by Substance |
Feb 22nd, 2016 |
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According to Honda research, buyers who prefer coupes to sedans are primarily seduced by styling and image, feeling that the absence of that second set of doors suggests that both car and driver possess a sporty persona. That’s not always the case, but the dynamic character of the new Civic coupe vindicates the sporty part […]
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| 2016 Honda Civic Coupe – First Drive Review |
Feb 22nd, 2016 |
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| New Audi TDI Diesels Include V-8 and Electrically Supercharged V-6 |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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A decade ago, V-8 diesels were all the rage in Europe. You could get them in large SUVs and luxury sedans, including the Audi A8, the BMW 7-series, the Mercedes-Benz S-class, and the Volkswagen Phaeton. At Mercedes-Benz, the 4.2-liter V-8 diesel even trickled down to the E-class. Their smoothness and sheer muscle surpassed the ubiquitous V-6 […]
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| Here It Is: Maserati Releases Official Photos of Levante SUV |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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Maserati has released the first official pictures of its upcoming new SUV, the Levante, ahead of the vehicle’s public debut at the Geneva auto show next month. The brand’s first sport-utility is claimed to be based on the same platform that underpins the Ghibli and Quattroporte sports sedans—and not derived from the Jeep Grand Cherokee […]
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| Year of the Goose, Part 5: Track Education at Yamaha Champions Riding School |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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The Yamaha YZF-R6 is an impossible thing. That’s a lie, of course. The tuning-fork company’s been selling the same basic bike since 2008. And each of the big-four Japanese bike companies builds what’s known in the industry as a “supersport”—a machine with a fairing that sticks your ass up in the air like a presenting baboon […]
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| 2016 Mercedes-AMG G63 Test: Mid-Level Crazy |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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Mercedes-Benz knows its customers perhaps better than any other manufacturer, a point best observed from the old-school helm of its burly Geländewagen SUV. When a cadre of highly affluent buyers—about 3600 in the U.S. last year—clamor for a mildly modernized 1970s-era military rig with which to pound the suburban pavement, the German luxury brand obliges. […]
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| 2016 Mercedes-AMG G63 – Instrumented Test |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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| Alfa Romeo Giulia Production to Begin Next Month, Says Sergio |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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It’s been a rough road for the tantalizing but chronically challenged Alfa Romeo Giulia sport sedan. With production delayed for several months back in November and reports of failed crash tests, we we’ve been wondering when we’d ever see this thing on the streets. But according to Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, production will begin in Italy […]
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| 2018 Lexus LC500h: Hybridized with Two Transmissions for Your Pleasure |
Feb 19th, 2016 |
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Like it or not, the long-term future of cars almost definitely doesn’t involve the internal combustion of fossil fuels. Toyota is keenly aware of this truth, and that’s why the brand is readying a fuel-cell car for its premium Lexus brand by 2020. But that model won’t represent Toyota’s first major foray into hydrogen-fuel-cell powered […]
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