| 2013 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Test Drive The Hybrid Sweet Spot |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
2013 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: The Hybrid Sweet Spot In reality, most of the time I don't need all of the space that I get from a full size SUV. I don't even need all of the space in a mid-size SUV. But a compact SUV cramps my style. With its wide range of SUVs and crossovers ...
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| Rolls-Royce announces maintenance deal with US worth US$496 million |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
LONDON--Rolls-Royce, the British maker of aircraft engines, announced on Monday that it had won two maintenance contracts from the U.S. government worth together up to US$496 ...
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| Canadian auto production predicted to plunge 25 |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
An auto analyst is warning that Canadian auto production could decrease by as much as 25 per cent by 2020. Auto production in Canada is projected to fall from 2.454 million vehicles to 1.823 million, according to Joe MacCabe, president of auto consulting company Automotive Compass. That's a loss of 600,000 units. "A lot of the manufacturing in Canada has shared manufacturing in other ...
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| Study Boomers Fear Talk With Parents Over Diminished Driving Skills |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
According to a recent survey, baby boomers are more concerned about their elderly parents' diminishing driving skills than they are about a family member driving drunk. But talking to their parents about their driving as they get older is difficult. The survey, commissioned by Liberty Mutual Insurance, polled 1,000 boomers and found that more than half worry about their parents' ...
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| Rolls-Royce gets support deals for T56 engines |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Navy have separately contracted Rolls-Royce for support of T56 engines used on U.S. government aircraft. The combined value of the two contracts, if all options are exercised, would be $496 million. "These contracts demonstrate our continued success in supporting our customers and the thousands of Rolls-Royce T56 engines powering their ...
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| Fed says trucks will start rolling Tuesday with new $100 bills headed for a bank near you |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
WASHINGTON - The new $100 bill, with an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not. The Federal Reserve, which has not been affected by the shutdown, will have armored trucks rolling from its regional banks around the country headed to banks, savings and loans and other financial institutions with ...
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| Electric Car Sales For 2013 Are Up Over 440 Percent From This Time In 2012 |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
CREDIT: Nissan / Engadget The amount of electric cars sold in America is up over 447.95 percent over where it was at this time last year. Those are the latest ...
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| A smog-filled Beijing targets polluting cars to clean up air |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
On Monday, cold air pushed the smog southward to central and southern parts of North China, as the National Meteorological Center continued issuing a smog warning for the region. "It's completely different from the golden autumn that I had expected in Beijing," said Wang Zhidong, a 37-year-old tourist from Tianjin who visited the capital during the holiday. The pollution also ...
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| Cars.com Reviews the 2014 Mazda3 |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
"it's a spitting image of the Hyundai Elantra sedan." Lets make things clear. 2010-13 Mazda3 was first to market, before current Elantra. And Elantra came out as spitting image of ...
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| Michigan Woman Charged In Fake Auto Insurance Policy Scheme |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested in the sale of more than 300 bogus auto insurance policies to Detroit, Mich.-area drivers. The Wayne County sheriff’s office says Timmica Morton was arraigned on charges that she used a computer to commit a crime, possession and sale of stolen or counterfeit insurance certificates, and fraud involving insurance. Authorities say she used Wayne State ...
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