| CFPB, DOJ Reach $24M Settlement With Honda Finance |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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Just two weeks after American Banker reported that the CFPB was planning to cite three captive auto finance companies for policies that allegedly caused minority car buyers to pay higher rates for auto loans, the bureau and the Department of Justice have announced a settlement with Honda Finance Corp.
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| Ram Patents Retractable Pickup Truck Bed Ramps |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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Ram Trucks recently received a patent for a truly brilliant, if so far nonexistent, pickup truck feature: Fold-out ramps integrated into the bed of a pickup truck. Damn, why didn’t we think of this?The patent, titled “Adjustable Loading Ramp System for a Vehicle” and awarded June 30th, was noticed by a tipster who forwarded the […]
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| Toyota Recalls 109,000 Prius V Hybrids for Stalling |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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Toyota is recalling 109,000 Prius V hybrids in the U.S. that can potentially stall while driving, the company said Wednesday. The 2012–2014 Prius V (the wagon thing, not the egg-shaped hatch) has two ECUs managing the hybrid and electric motor that can burn out their transistors and send the car into a limp-home mode or […]
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| Confirmed: New Audi R8 Will Get a Turbo As Its Second Engine |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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The new, second-generation Audi R8 is launching with a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V-10 as its sole engine offering, the previous entry-level 4.2-liter V-8 having been jettisoned from the lineup. Now Motoring is quoting two senior Audi executives as saying that the car will get a second engine offering, one that features turbocharged power. The ten-cylinder […]
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| 2016 GMC Sierra: Now You See It, and, Well, That’s Pretty Much It |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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Barely trailing its General Motors platform-mate, the Chevrolet Silverado, the GMC Sierra also receives a midcycle refresh for 2016. Compared with the 2016 Silverado, which was more or less given an all-new face, the GMC’s changes are more subtle, although because GMC is so far releasing only photos, we don’t know the full extent of the […]
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| Ricky Beggs Receives NIADA’s Ring of Honor Award |
Jul 15th, 2015 |
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Ricky Beggs, who previously served as Black Book's senior vice president, has been honored as the newest member of the prestigious Ring of Honor for the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.
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| 2016 Hyundai Tucson By the Numbers: Pricing and EPA Fuel Economy Ratings Revealed |
Jul 14th, 2015 |
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The 2016 Hyundai Tucson is expected to hit dealerships in the next couple of weeks, and we now know the price of entry for the brand’s redesigned SUV. Hyundai has announced that the base, front-wheel-drive Tucson SE will start at $23,595. Stepping up to the Tucson Eco, with its more powerful and fuel-efficient 1.6-liter turbo […]
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| 2016 Hyundai Tucson By the Numbers: Pricing and EPA Fuel Economy Ratings Revealed |
Jul 14th, 2015 |
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| 2016 Kia Soul EV Price Sliced by $2K |
Jul 14th, 2015 |
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Kia has trimmed the price of its Soul EV by $2000, with the addition of a new base version, the EV-e. The EV-e (“Eve?”) is available only in California, however. The other states in which you can buy the electric Soul—Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii—will continue to offer only two models, the Soul EV […]
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| 2015 Volkswagen Passat Reviewed: Family-Sedan Goodness Clothed in Anonymity |
Jul 14th, 2015 |
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Overview: The 2015 VW Passat is Volkswagen’s premier North American passenger car, designed for the U.S. market and assembled in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It differs from the European version of the same name in size (Volkswagen calls it “the largest Passat ever”), styling, suspension tuning, and, most important, in price, making it more competitive in the […]
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