| Apple, Google to Integrate Smartphones with Vehicles |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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With the 2016 model year, Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto will make smartphone integration available with the touch of a steering wheel button.
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| AutoNation Will No Longer Sell Cars With Open Recalls |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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AutoNation has announced a new policy to not sell, lease or wholesale any new or used vehicle that has an open safety recall. The dealer group will now hold those vehicles in inventory until they are repaired.
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| 2016 Lexus RX Driven: Playing To Its Strengths |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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It is a truism of the movie industry that every model wants to act, actors inevitably want to direct, and directors really aspire to be producers. The restlessness that propels the players in Hollywood to abandon what they do well in favor of doing something different seems at times also to affect the auto industry. […]
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| 2016 Lexus RX – First Drive Review |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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| Audi Debuts New A8L Security, We Detail Its Vulnerabilities Real and Imagined |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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When Audi declares that its updated A8L Security armored car meets “class VR 9 ballistic protection standards,” which are “currently the most stringent requirements for civilian high-security sedans,” we imagine the car can take a hit. Exactly what type of hit? Well, since the old A8L Security met ERV 2010 classifications (that’s “Explosive Resistant Vehicle”), as […]
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| Five Highlights from August 2015 U.S. Auto Sales |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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Automakers sold 1.57 million cars in August bringing the total to 11.6 million so far this year. While August sales were flat versus last year, the industry is up four percent year to date and is on track to reach a hefty 17.7 million by the year’s end. This month, using data from WardsAuto, we’ve […]
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| 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn Debuts: The Wraith Loses Its Head |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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We can already tell that 2016 is going to be a good year for high-rolling sun-seekers, as they’ll have a number of new droptops from which to choose. And unless Maybach drops another Landaulet or Bentley finally chops the roof off the Mulsanne by next year, no car will allow the one percent to roll […]
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| 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn: The Wraith Loses Its Head – Official Photos and Info |
Sep 8th, 2015 |
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| How Swede It Is: 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Tested! |
Sep 7th, 2015 |
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Once upon a time, it seemed as if Sweden and Volvo were destined to rule the world. In 1975, Björn Borg was emerging as the world’s dominant tennis player, ABBA had already won the Eurovision Song Contest and was climbing the charts, IKEA’s relentless expansion was underway, and Volvo’s new 240-series was the industry’s most […]
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| Advertising the 2000s and 2010s: www.Y2K.org/LOL |
Sep 7th, 2015 |
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As odd as the following statement might seem, given this digital space, the onset of online advertising thoroughly failed to kill flashy and clever print spreads in the 2000s. At least not in Car and Driver. Instead, the biggest shift in the automotive advertising gracing our pages seemed to be an expansion of target demographics—or simply an extra […]
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