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| Some cars to be as clean as electric train travel by 2020 |
| 2012-04-29 06:46:36 |
Ex-Ford engineer Richard Parry-Jones is now chairman-designate of the UK’s Network Rail. Having looked into the futures of both car and train development, he believes that by the end of this decade the most Earth-friendly internal-combustion engine cars will be about as polluting, on a per-passenger basis, as high-speed electric trains. Parry-Jones says carmakers are targeting [...]...
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| ABT introduces 240-HP tuned VW Beetle |
| 2012-04-29 06:33:17 |
Maybe you want a Volkswagen Beetle that does more than merely get noticed. Maybe you want a Beetle that… provokes. If so, you need to give German tuner ABT Sportsline a call. Tweaks are made to the 2.0-liter turbo that add 40 horsepower. A front spoiler, wheels anywhere from 18 to 20 inches, and oval tailipes boost the [...]...
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| Ford recalls 140,000 new Focus models over wiper concern |
| 2012-04-10 07:37:29 |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association has announced on its website that Ford is recalling 140,000Focus models built between August 1, 2010 and October 18, 2011. The defect in question is a seal in the wiring harness connector to the passenger side wiper motor that may be missing. If the seal is AWOL, water can build up in [...]...
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| Nissan renews talk of sub-370Z sports car to take on Subaru BRZ |
| 2012-04-10 07:37:20 |
Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S got you excited? Well, it appears the new Toyobaru twins might be moving the needle at other automakers, too. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the pair may have challenged Nissan to once again reinvestigate its on-again, off-again plans for an affordable, lightweight sports coupe of its own. Nissan’s Chief Creative Officer, Shiro Nakamura, [...]...
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| Tesla Model S “almost ready” |
| 2012-04-10 07:28:35 |
Tesla Motors is close to rolling out the first Model S electric five-doors from the company’s Fremont, California plant, and customers who reserved the Model S Signature Series are already sending in their specification requests, indicating that the company will likely hit its July deadline for first deliveries. Tesla has also added three colors – Piano Black, Lacewood [...]...
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| Honda announces Fit production moving to Mexico |
| 2012-04-01 03:41:07 |
The strength of the Yen is forcing many Japanese automakers to consider building cars for export markets outside their home country. Honda is no different, and has confirmed that it will build the Fit hatchback at itsnew plant in Mexico starting in the spring of 2014. The plant in Mexico is not the only location where Honda will build the [...]...
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| Fiat 500X crossover will debut next year |
| 2012-04-01 03:41:02 |
What started as only a cute little hatchback, the Fiat 500 will now be growing into a full range of models. The new cabriolet and Abarth versions have already launched here in the United States, and we just got our first glimpse at the larger 500L (pictured above) during the Geneva Motor Show. But now, Automotive Newsreports that an even larger 500 crossover, dubbed 500X, [...]...
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| Mercedes-Benz CLA is official name of small four-door coupe debuting in Beijing |
| 2012-04-01 03:40:53 |
We will now know the “baby CLS” – the small four-door “coupe” built on the MFA platform supporting theMercedes-Benz A-Class (pictured above) and B-Class – as the CLA. It will debut at April’s Beijing Motor Show, and it’s just one of the five variants that Mercedes has planned for its MFA underpinnings. When it hits the streets in 2013, advance reports [...]...
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| Chevy Volt sister car Opel Ampera gets 7,000 pre-orders, may hit 2012 sales target |
| 2012-03-27 01:30:43 |
Demand for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in hybrid vehicle in the U.S. has been up and down over the car’s first 16-odd months, but executives at General Motors’ Opel division in Europe are saying that theAmpera, the Volt’s European twin, is getting some good attention. The Ampera has received more than 7,000 orders, leading Opel executives to believe that [...]...
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| 2012 Chevrolet Sonic Turbo now available with six-speed automatic |
| 2012-03-27 01:30:41 |
In an effort to appeal to a much wider range of shoppers, Chevrolet has announced that its turbochargedSonic models will now be available with a six-speed automatic transmission. Up until now, manual-averse customers were stuck with the 1.8-liter naturally aspirated inline-four – by our opinion, the worse of the two engines offered in the Sonic. Under the hood [...]...
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