| The Quotable Bob Lutz Weighs In on Marchionne’s Merger Dreams |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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Bob Lutz, the car world’s irascible granddad, appeared on an Automotive News roundtable with several other industry experts to discuss Sergio Marchionne’s continued pining for a merger with another major automaker. Turns out, Maximum Bob agrees with Marchionne—in today’s economic and regulatory climate, a merger between large-scale automakers makes sense. But he said it all […]
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| 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid – Instrumented Test |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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| GM Ignition-Switch Review Complete: 124 Fatalities, 274 Injuries |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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General Motors will settle with 124 families over deaths resulting from faulty ignition switches that were installed in the 2.6 million small cars recalled last year, including the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR, Pontiac G5 and Sky, and Saturn Ion and Solstice. This marks a somber end to a yearlong review of fatality and injury claims stemming from defects the automaker […]
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| Knife Cuts to the Chase, Stabs Our Long-Term Porsche Cayman S’s Floorboard |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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Operating the sort of test fleet we do, it is with fair regularity that we encounter the occasional cracked windshield, bent wheel rim, or chipped hood. If Michigan’s deteriorating infrastructure isn’t crumbling and subsequently being launched by other motorists at the fronts of our test cars, it’s blowing apart other folks’ tires, pieces of which are […]
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| Paint It Black: The Not-So-Humble Hearse Gets Its Day in the Sun |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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The trade calls it a “funeral coach” but everyone else just calls it a hearse, the last car you’ll ever ride in. Those who take that ride tend not to buy any more cars, though, so the nostalgic impulse that fuels much of the collector car scene rarely takes hold. Little wonder, then, that the […]
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| Paint It Black: The Not-So-Humble Hearse Gets Its Day in the Sun |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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| Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Tested: Yes, There’s a Plug-In-Hybrid Porsche SUV |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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When we climbed into this plug-in hybrid at our Ann Arbor offices and set out on a 50-mile drive home at rush hour, the instrument panel showed a full battery charge and an all-electric range of 14 miles. That would be in what Porsche calls E-Power mode, the default at start-up and also selectable via […]
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| 2016 Honda Odyssey Adds Cheaper Vac-and-Video SE Trim Level |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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| Dark Intentions: 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Midnight Edition Revealed |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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General Motors has discovered that there is plenty of business to drum up after midnight. Not literally, of course, but the automaker has announced that the “Midnight Edition” darkened trim packages for the Chevy Impala and the Cadillac CTS and ATS now will be joined by one for the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. This in addition to thematically similar versions of the Chevrolet Silverado (“Black Out“), GMC Sierra (“Elevation“), and GMC Canyon […]
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| Dodge Charger Recall: Side Airbags May Deploy If the Doors Are Slammed |
Aug 3rd, 2015 |
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Don’t slam doors—it’s rude. And definitely don’t slam doors if you’re entering or exiting a 2011–2014 Dodge Charger, as doing so can cause overly sensitive side-curtain or side-impact airbags to deploy or the seatbelt pre-tensioners to engage, according to an expanded recall announced by Fiat-Chrysler over the weekend. The Detroit News reports that the automaker is hauling back 322,000 Chargers […]
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