| Name That Shifter, No. 169 |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open […]
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| How Does Audi Get Cool, Moneyed Young People Into A3 Sedans? Simultaneous Blowout Parties! |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Audi must be especially keen on having its compact 2015 A3 sedan make a splash, because Automotive News has uncovered lengthy internal documents outlining the company’s ambitious launch plans for the car. So what is Audi’s grand scheme to pull eyeballs from the Mercedes-Benz CLA-class and BMW 2-series? Swanky parties—and lots of them. The German […]
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| Chevrolet Raises Prices on Corvette Because It Can |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Want a new Vette? It’s going to cost you more. Why? Because Chevy thinks you’ll be willing to pay for it. “Pricing for the 2014 Corvette has been increased due to demand,” said GM spokesman Michael Albano. The hike of $2000 on both coupe and convertible models, which now cost $53,995 and $57,995, took effect […]
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| Badass Bowties: Chevrolet Mulls RS and SS Versions of Tahoe |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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At the 2013 SEMA show, Chevrolet stoked our inner badass (we’re so not badass on the outside) with the murdered-out Tahoe Black concept, which is technically more of a stormy monochromatic gray than true black, yet looks about as “Day-um, bitches!” as a Tahoe can get, with a slammed suspension, dark-painted 22-inch GM accessory wheels, […]
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| 2016 Volkswagen Passat: A Little Passion, Please |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Volkswagen’s Geneva auto show array of new and freshened sheetmetal had limited relevance to the U.S. market, where the company’s sales have been declining recently in the midst of generally robust performance by most other participants. The U.S. Passat, in particular, has been disappointing. Designed specifically for U.S. buyers and built in a new U.S. […]
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| Audi Announces 4G LTE Connectivity Pricing for the 2015 A3 Sedan |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Audi and AT&T announced new data plans for the upcoming 2015 A3 sedan, which is due to arrive at dealerships this month. The new A3 features an enhanced version of Audi connect including a 4G LTE data connection. There will be a choice of two data plans, starting at $99 for a six-month plan. A […]
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| The 5 Most Normcore Automobiles |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Dressing as one’s dad once did isn’t exactly new. In his later years, John Quincy Adams affected the bald-pate/serious-sideburns look that his father so memorably wore. More recently, in the 1990s, twentysomething cool kids raided their pops’ troves of old bowling shirts and other polyester curios. Laughably dated as it may now seem, the look […]
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| Chrysler Recalls More Than 25,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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Another round of recalls—this time, thoughtfully reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration before a decade went by—comes today from Chrysler, regarding anti-lock brakes on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango. The affected vehicles involved in this callback are more than 25,000 sport-utilities produced in the 2012 and 2013 model years, of […]
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| Tesla’s Gigafactory Promise and Why We’re Scaling It Back to Reality |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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By now, you’ve read bullish reports gushing over the Tesla Gigafactory, a proposed battery plant that would become the world’s single biggest source of lithium-ion cells by the decade’s end. Indeed, unlike CEO Elon Musk’s white paper on “hyperloops,” the Gigafactory is a genuine plan to make Tesla the dominant player in the electric-vehicle segment. […]
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-class first drive: How much class could a C-class have if a C-class could have class? |
Mar 10th, 2014 |
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