| Hybrid Cars That Give The Most Bang For The Buck |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
13 Most Cost-Effective Hybrid Cars As has been recently reported, the all-electric Tesla Model S is currently outselling all luxury segment competitors in some of America's wealthiest zip codes. To be sure, the $69,900-$89,900 Model S is the trendsetter among jet-setters these days, but is more likely to be purchased for high-tech bragging rights and a certain "green" braggadocio ...
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| Jaguar goes to dark side for rookie Super Bowl ad |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
Bad guys make for good marketing campaigns. That's the thinking behind Jaguar's plans for its rookie ad appearance in the Super Bowl. The carmaker said Thursday that it will use a "British villains" theme ...
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| Fitch Rates CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-4 |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
Basel III Shifting the Credit Landscape A new Fitch Ratings study assesses the effects of Basel III on the credit and capital allocation of the European global systemically-important ...
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| Auto parts manufacturer opening Cullman plant |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
An auto parts manufacturing company has announced plans to build a plant in northern Alabama and create 140 new jobs in its first five years of ...
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| Best ‘special edition’ cars |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
A friend had a Dodge Omni back in the early eighties. Made by Mitsubishi, it had a 4 speed dual range (power / economy) transmission. Thought that was the best transmission idea ever, don't know why it never caught ...
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| Americans cut back on credit card use for 4th month but boosted auto and student loans |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans cut back on using their credit cards in September for the fourth straight month but boosted borrowing in the category that covers auto loans and student debt. The Federal Reserve says consumers increased their borrowing by $13.7 billion in September to a seasonally adjusted $3.05 trillion. That is a record and follows a gain of $14.2 billion in August. The increase ...
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| Driverless cars set to roam Milton Keynes from 2017 says Vince Cable |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
Milton Keynes from 2015, in the biggest test yet of the futuristic vehicles in Britain.Vince Cable, the business secretary, announced that 20 of the vehicles will travel on special pathways separated from pedestrians around the Buckinghamshire town's shopping centre.By mid-2017 it is planned that 100 fully autonomous cars will be in operation, sharing pathways with pedestrians and equipped ...
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| 2014 Audi A8 L Car Seat Check |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
extra roomy backseat might have some parents giving it a look. The long-wheelbase version of the A8 adds 5.1 inches to the wheelbase, which translates into 42.9 inches of rear legroom. The regular A8 has 38.7 inches of rear legroom. Given the A8 L's starting price -- $81,795 including an $895 destination fee and a $2,100 gas-guzzler tax -- most parents will look elsewhere for a full-size ...
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| Rolls-Royce continues serving of U.S. trainer aircraft enginesRolls-Royce will continue to provide mission support for F405 Adour engines used to power U.S. Navy T-45 trainer aircraft the company announced. |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
Rolls-Royce will continue to provide mission support for F405 Adour engines used to power U.S. Navy T-45 trainer aircraft, the company announced.The continued services come under a contract extension from the U.S. Department of Defense worth $50.7 million."Rolls-Royce MissionCare [service package] delivers affordability and availability through innovative service to our customers," said ...
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| Top exporter of U.S. cars Its a German company that wants uniform crash tests |
Nov 7th, 2013 |
It may come as a surprise that the top exporter of U.S. cars is a company from Germany: BMW.Its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, which employs 7,000 people, now produces more than 300,000 BMWs per year, sending 70 percent of them to 140 different countries.But those countries often have different standards, making it more expensive for BMW to produce its cars. Crash-test requirements, for ...
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