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| Car Control Software Chaos Revealed in Major Safety Study PCWorld By Leo King, computerworlduk.com Automated software control systems are proliferating in cars, but vehicle safety authorities do not have anywhere near enough expertise to measure or regulate their usage. That is according to the stark warnings of a US ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| A self-driving car, but thankfully a BMW CNET by Chris Matyszczyk January 28, 2012 9:52 AM PST I know there are many who look forward to the days when all cars are self-driving. These are people who seem to believe that technology can not only solve every problem, but actually make life better. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cars lasting longer Worcester Telegram "About every other time I go to the mall, I find a note from someone that says, 'If you ever want to sell this car, call me,' " the Chicopee man said. He said selling the car, which has 320000 miles on it, isn't in his plans. He was scouring the Sam's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Corvette prototype connects racing machine to the street car Daytona Beach News-Journal By dinah pulver, staff writer A sleek new Corvette made its debut here this week, moving up to the top class for the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the latest chapter in America's long love affair with the sleek, homegrown sports car. Though the Corvette and its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Which Cars Offer the Best Value — Even At $95000? Wall Street Journal (blog) By Jonathan Welsh This is a big time of year for "best car" and "car of the year" awards from publications and writers' groups catering mainly to car enthusiasts and industry insiders. But a lot of everyday drivers shopping new vehicles and looking for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Vintage car expert's global search lands winning cars for parade Daytona Beach News-Journal Several seeing the procession of cars at a benefit Thursday night and parading through town on Friday said they would have guessed it couldn't be done. But when Tim Pendergast said he heard Jim France wanted to put together a reunion of the champion ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Star-studded Ganassi teams expect to be up front again during 24-hour race at ... Washington Post Ganassi's two-car team finished first and second in the twice-around-the-clock event, sweeping the prestigious endurance race at the hallowed track. Two-time defending Grand-Am Series champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, along with Joey Hand and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More than 700 cars on display at Washington Auto Show WTOP WASHINGTON -- That new car smell has come to the Washington Convention Center for the 24th annual Washington Auto Show. More than 700 new makes and models will be on display during the show, which starts Friday, Jan. 27 and ends Sunday, Feb. 5. See all stories on this topic » |
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| President Obama's car for sale on eBay: Is $1M bid too much? newjerseynewsroom.com That car has had three owners, and is now on eBay for auction. If you think gas prices are high, all this car's going to cost you is $1000,00. The woman handling the auction, Lisa Czibor, said to ABC News, "How do you put a price on something like that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| American Auto Sales Enjoy Banner Year in 2011 Fenceviewer Hyundai continued to display consistent growth, moving up to sixth place on the sales charts, just ahead of Kia, which displaced Dodge. Hyundai rode the continued success of its stylish cars — the Sonata and Elantra to a 17 percent sales gain. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ROOMS with a view at Bidton Hill property for sale with Clive Watkin Liverpool Echo But there are so many superb features in 'Southwood', this architect-designed home in Eleanor Road, for sale with Clive Watkin at £699950. This magnificent, spacious five bedroom detached house extends to about 5000 square feet on three floors and was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hybrid heroes on the nose Sydney Morning Herald Politicians may be calling for Australian brands to build electric cars but sales figures suggest if they build them, no one will come. While car companies around the world are making fuel efficiency a priority, Australians continue to shun hybrid and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| California's new zero-emissions automobile rules pass Alaska Dispatch Confirming its role as a national trend-setter on auto emissions, California passed stringent new standards Friday intended to boost the production and sale of electric and hybrid vehicles here and nationwide. The new rules passed by the California Air ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Women's Car-Shopping Tactics Steer Them Toward Better Deals NPR (blog) by Dana Farrington A new survey from LeaseTrader finds that women ask more thorough questions than men when buying cars. A new survey from LeaseTrader finds that women ask more thorough questions than men when buying cars. When it comes to buying cars, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Suicide car bomb kills 31 in Baghdad Financial Times By Dan Morse and Aziz Alwan in Baghdad A suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives amid a funeral procession on Friday morning, killing at least 31 people and injuring at least 60, a security official said. Mourners had gathered outside a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cars.com Fuels Confidence in Kids with Launch of 'Cars Cares' During Super ... Sacramento Bee By Cars.com CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used vehicles, announced today that it will be giving the massive audience of Super Bowl XLVI the power to make a big difference ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 27, 2012 Chicago Tribune JD Power and Associates' Avoider Study, now in its ninth year, found 43% of new-car shoppers avoid certain brands or models because of perceived quality or reliability issues rather than actual data. Thirty-eight percent of shoppers based avoidance on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CUP: Teams To Test 2013 Car Wednesday At… SPEEDtv.com Teams from Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Penske and Hendrick will each bring one car for next week's test... The 2012 season hasn't begun, but the first on-track test for the 2013 car will take place Wednesday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Car-sharing networks spring up for urban drivers The Idaho Statesman But his car does not sit idle-it's out on the streets earning money. Fowler rents out his Saab for $8 per hour via Getaround, one of several car-sharing networks that have sprouted in his area. Since joining Getaround in the fall, Fowler has earned ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| How the Chevy Volt Became a Political Punching Bag DailyFinance The political hullaballoo around the car cast "an undeserving, damaging light on a promising new technology," said Akerson, who drove to the hearing in a Volt. "We did not engineer the car to become a political punching bag." Tough words. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Volunteers appreciate repainted cars News Chief Members of the Lake Wales Police Department and the VOICE volunteers stand with Body Shop crew that renovated the Lake Wales Police Department VOICE, Volunteer Observers Impacting Community Effort, cars at Bartow Ford in Bartow, Florida January 26, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Auto show has cars for nearly every niche STLtoday.com People looking for a more efficient car will have plenty of choices among midsize sedans and compacts. Ford will roll out a redone version of its top-selling Fusion midsize sedan. The new model, which goes on sale this fall, features a warning system ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GM Seen Accelerating Opel Restructuring as Sales Plunge: Cars BusinessWeek Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson has lost more than $2.34 billion on GM's European operations since pushing to call off the sale of the Opel brand in late 2009. Plans to reach break-even on an operating basis were scrapped in November as the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Internet car sales conman wanted by police The Bolton News He advertised cars for sale on a specialist website used by professional car traders and which requires a paid subscription. Gieburowski claimed to be selling Audi Q5s, Audi A4s and VW Golfs. Dealers from across the country, including Scotland and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show | By Terence ... Hospitality Net I was chuffed that on one of the occasions I ordered a car to transport me from my place of lodging to an event, a stretched Hummer turned up. And when I got out at my destination - the venue for an HTNG Board Meeting, people standing outside of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California Considers Plan to Speed Battery, Hydrogen Auto Sales BusinessWeek The new phase, running from 2018 through 2025, would require those companies and six more automakers to sell as many as 1.4 million such vehicles, or 15 percent of total sales, in the state in 2025. California has pushed automakers since the 1970s to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Auto industry's rebound continues MiamiHerald.com AutoNation's car sales up 13 percent as buyers scoop up cheap loans and give up on clunkers. Next up: fixing dents. Repair dollars still in the doldrums. By DOUGLAS HANKS AutoNation reported a 13 percent revenue boost for the final three months of 2011 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tax Gain, US Sales Drive Ford Profit Wall Street Journal By JEFF BENNETT DETROIT—Ford Motor Co. reported a record fourth-quarter profit on a one-time tax allowance, although slower sales in Europe, higher commodity costs and production disruptions caused by last year's flooding in Thailand chipped away at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Famed Arizona auction also a spectator sport Vancouver Courier By Brendan McAleer, Vancouver Courier January 27, 2012 7:56 The 1947-built Bentley Mark IV was one of the many rare, classic and collectible vehicles for sale at the 41st annual Barrett-Jackson auction. On the block, ladies and gentleman, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| California 'clean car' law would cut emissions by 2025 Politico The new rules, if approved, would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters fewer smog-producing pollutants and mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the state be a zero-emission or plug-in hybrid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California setting new clean car standards (2:35) Washington Post California is adopting rigorous new emissions standards for cars that will force automakers to make even cleaner engines, more hybrids and a diverse collection of alternative fuel vehicles. (January 26) (/The Associated Press) Correction: ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New cars try to deny Pruett a Rolex 24 record Sacramento Bee 01 BMW/Riley DP entry with Rojas, IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal and sports car veteran Joey Hand. The No. 02 team from Ganassi is made up of NASCAR drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray and IndyCar stars Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| At DC area car shows, American beauties on display Washington Post Elvis croons, and an old man with a propensity for pinstriping cars taps his foot. Nearby, men with callused hands and pompadours admire tattooed women with victory curls. Taking it all in, among a crowd of hundreds, is John Dunham, 58, who resembles ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lindsay Lohan sued by pedestrian allegedly hit by her car Entertainment Weekly by AP Lindsay Lohan's bad luck with cars continues after a woman who claims she was struck by the actress' sports car sued over her injuries Wednesday. Nubia Del Carmen Preza claims she was struck by Lohan's Maserati while walking through a West ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Mileage Rules Encourage Small Cars To Become Big Trucks For Lower MPG Washington Post Cars have to meet higher goals, trucks have less stringent requirements. And the larger the vehicle, the lower the average fuel economy it has to deliver. The proposed fuel economy standards for 2017 through 2025 vehicles perpetuate those distinctions. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cars.com Reviews the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid Chicago Tribune Compared to the rest of the redesigned Honda Civic litter, the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid is certainly the most disappointing, according to Cars.com Managing Editor David Thomas. The hybrid system doesn't feel as refined as those offered by competitors, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cars, Trucks, SUVs & Crossovers West Virginia MetroNews "We consider this a one stop shop for all makes and models," said Jeremy Nelson with Smith Company Motor Cars. "The public has the opportunity to just come in and look." If you go, you'll be able to see vehicles from Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Toyota 2012 Sales Goal Gets Lift From Expanding Prius Demand BusinessWeek The automaker now expects to sell 8.58 million vehicles this year, a 21 percent annual increase, according to a statement today. The target is 100000 higher than the Toyota City, Japan-based company's projection last month and excludes subsidiaries ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama's Chrysler 300 on sale for $1 million CNN NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A Chrysler 300C once leased by President Barack Obama is for sale on eBay with the eye-popping "opening bid" of $1 million. The opening bid, which is dictated by the seller, means that bidding for the car must start at that price ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Powerful, polished and even frugal top list of best cars Canada.com By Graeme Fletcher, Postmedia News January 26, 2012 The Canadian Automotive Jury is a group of prominent automotive journalists that recognizes the 12 best cars for sale in Canada every year. Two of the 10 jurors are Postmedia's David Booth and Yours ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ford Expects Fusion to Grab Profits Without Camry's Crown: Cars BusinessWeek 1. We're much more enamored with getting the right price point and the right kind of people to buy the car." Ford's approach with Fusion stands in contrast to the industry's quest for sales crowns. General Motors Co. regained the No. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules San Jose Mercury News By next year, BMW, Fiat, Mercedes and Volkswagen say, they will have battery-run and plug-in electric vehicles for sale. Another reason for the auto industry's more docile approach is politics. As General Motors and Chrysler faced bankruptcy in 2009, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 3M posts small profit increase in 4Q nwitimes.com 3M said sales were strongest at its industrial and transportation unit, rising 14 percent. Sales in its biggest segment were driven by abrasives and a number of other products for planes and cars. Sales rose 6 percent at the consumer and office unit, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| New Ford Fusion NASCAR car looks great ESPN (blog) Remember the last time a new Sprint Cup car was introduced, in 2007? Everyone from crew chiefs to drivers Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick called the boxy-looking Car of Tomorrow ugly. And they were right. AP Photo/Chuck Burton Greg Biffle ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US purposely delayed news of Volt fires, lawmakers say msnbc.com "We are making good products and cars the market loves, whether it's the volt or other cars," he said. Akerson also said politics played a role in the Volt probe. Akerson said in testimony prepared for the same hearing that political pressure over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 25, 2012 Chicago Tribune True to CEO Carlos Ghosn's comments at this month's Detroit auto show, Nissan announced plans to build subcompact cars at a new $2 billion manufacturing complex in Mexico. The automaker currently builds the Versa, Sentra and a handful of international ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Super Bowl 'Super Cars': NFL-liveried Indy cars to dot city AutoWeek Scattered around the city will be a full grid's worth of NFL-liveried Indy cars, billed by the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee as "Super Cars." Thirty-two of the racing machines will each be decked out in a scheme to represent an individual NFL ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Want a Better Used Car? Shop like a Woman DailyFinance Are women actually better at buying used cars than men? A company called LeaseTrader, which runs a used-car marketplace for people who want to get in or out of a lease rather than buy, crunched some data and came to just that conclusion. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Toyota raises 2012 global sales forecast on growing demand for green cars in Japan Washington Post TOKYO — Toyota raised its global sales target for this year to 8.58 million vehicles, up 21 percent from the previous year, as incentives for ecological cars lift demand in Japan. Toyota Motor Corp., which struggled from production interruptions last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Safety Tech Takes Decades to Hit Entire Car Market Chicago Tribune If a new safety feature were standard from day one, by extrapolating new-car sales (about 10 million new passenger cars a year) it would take at least 24 years to introduce the feature to the whole fleet of some 240 million registered vehicles. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How A New York Taxi Company Killed The Electric Car In 1900 Jalopnik In the early 20th century, electric cars were actually mainstream. In 1900, there were more electric automobiles on New York City streets than cars powered by gasoline. True, there were only 4192 cars sold in the United States that year, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kan. lawmakers consider new fee for electric cars El Dorado Times By Anonymous AP Using less gas is an advantage for the few Kansans who've bought electric cars, but a state legislator worried Tuesday about how the state will pay for road and bridge projects if consumers flock to the vehicles and stop paying gasoline ... See all stories on this topic » |
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