| Behind the Wheel: 2013 Kia Sportage SX |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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It’s not often when you see automakers taking risks with mainstream products like the 2013 Kia Sportage SX. It looks like nothing else on the road. Weighing a relatively svelte 3,300 pounds and sending 260 turbocharged horsepower to the wheels, it goes a good bit faster than most of its competition. The Kia Sportage was [...]
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| Toyota Offering Free Driving Program for Teens |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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Toyota will be holding behind-the-wheel safety events in Torrance, California, Denver, Colorado, and San Antonio, Texas for new drivers as part of its free driving program, Toyota Driving Expectations. Teen drivers with permits or licenses can use the classes, and online resources, to learn about defensive driving skills, accident avoidance, and distracted driving danger, all [...]
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| Four-Cylinder 2014 Chevrolet Impala Begins Production in Detroit |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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Heresy, you say! The 2014 Chevrolet Impala sedan’s base engine will be a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with 195 horsepower. That’s nearly as much power as the 3.8-liter V-6 from the circa-2000 Impala–that car had 200 horsepower–but the idea of a small four-cylinder in a large American sedan doesn’t seem right. Get used to it. It [...]
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| Small Business Grows Wary |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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 After three months of sustained growth, the March NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism ended its slow climb, declining 1.3 points and landing at 89.5.
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| Two Consultants Join Firm |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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 Consultancy NCM recently announced a pair of hirings.
Mark Shackelford is now leveraging his more than 20 years of retail expertise and group facilitation skills as NCM's newest executive conference moderator. Shackelford was most recently an NADA Twenty Group consultant and trainer for the NADA University and is also a former dealer and dealership general manager.
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| Edmunds Finds Debt-Free Car Not for All |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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 Car buyers can avoid expensive financing charges by purchasing a low-priced used car outright, but they should be aware that there will likely be maintenance and repair speed bumps along the way.
That’s the key takeaway from Edmunds.com, following its yearlong “Debt-Free Car Project,” which tested the theory that shoppers can find a reliable used car for under $5,000 without the burden of monthly payments.
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| Feds Accuse Man of Selling Counterfeit Airbags |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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 A 25-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man was arrested April 2 on a four-count indictment charging him with trafficking in counterfeit goods.
Prosecutors allege that between June 2011 and June 2012, Vitaliy Yaremkiv sold more than 900 counterfeit vehicle airbags he had purchased from a source in China.
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| 2013 GMC Acadia Denali review notes: Updates help the aging crossover some |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: If GMC told the guy who designs Tonka trucks that he needed to create a minivan, something resembling the 2013
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| Spied! Chevrolet Suburban, Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon With Ford-Like Badges |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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Next-Gen GM SUVs Caught
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| 263,852 Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram Vehicles Recalled |
Apr 10th, 2013 |
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Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Recalls.
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