| Design Guru Bangle on Samsung Sharing Objects and Cars That Negotiate |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
German Federal Minister of Education and Research sits in the back of an autonomous car during the presentation of the project 'AutoNOMOS' at the university 'Freie Universitaet' in Berlin, Germany on August 15, 2012. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Chris Bangle is one of the most controversial designers of the past twenty years, plying his trade mostly in ...
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA First drive |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
Mercedes in the U.S., the brand-new CLA is the German automaker's first and only front-wheel-drive offering stateside. The compact sedan, which will go on sale later this year, also will be the first new vehicle in America from Mercedes with a starting price less than $30,000.But the CLA is not merely a more affordable Mercedes. Well equipped with the latest safety features, this 4-door ...
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| Mudslide derails three Amtrak train cars |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
A mudslide near Everett, Wash., Sunday morning has been blamed for the derailment of the last three cars on a Amtrak passenger train, officials said. The derailment happened at about 8:50 a.m. as the train was heading to Seattle, the Seattle Times reported. Mud, rocks and other debris slid down a cliff and struck the last three cars of the train, said BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas. No one ...
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| Too big for IndyCar Bo Jackson still loves cars |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -; Bo Jackson built a nice career slugging home runs and running through linebackers, but the self-described car fanatic needed help squeezing into an Indy ...
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| Deported Yemenis thrown into trucks like sheep in Saudi foreign labour crackdown |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
SANAA // For Yemenis who relied on jobs in Saudi Arabia to support themselves and their families back home, the recent campaign by Saudi authorities to tighten its control over foreign labourers has been an unwelcome shock. Some of the thousands of Yemenis deported from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks said they were treated as criminals in a crackdown that began in January. Saudi Arabia on ...
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| Road Trip: Driving a 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 from Mexico to Canada |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
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The road called, and we answered, with 4,000 pounds of Header Orange muscle car, a 1,500-mile straight shot north, and enough time to stop and smell the roses…and pumice. One of the great joys of being a car enthusiast living in the United States is the Interstate system. Yes, we know, it gets a bad [...]
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| Vintage Ad: 1986 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Makes You Give In |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
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Through the years we’ve seen plenty of memorable automaker advertising campaigns; some automakers change their slogan every few years while other slogans stick around for decades. Nearly 30 years later, the text in a 1986 ad for the Volkswagen GLI still appears to hit it right on the money. In the ad, VW boasts that [...]
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| MT Poll: Should the Hyundai Equus Be Offered in Long-Wheelbase Form? |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
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During the last decade, Hyundai has moved its vehicles upmarket and entered rear-drive sports car and premium sedan segments. At the Seoul auto show last week, the Korean automaker showed an extended-length Equus sedan customized by Hermes of Paris, and after seeing the refreshed 2014 Equus, we’re wondering if Hyundai should consider offering a long-wheelbase [...]
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| Automaker Fisker loses many workers |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
The US automaker Fisker has laid off most of its workers. The Anaheim, California company has told workers they should not report back on Monday. Fisker Automotive said the workers would only be re-employed in the event an investor is found to direct new cash into the company. Fisker, the maker of the plug-in hybrid car Karma has said it will try to keep the company going, possibly with ...
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| 10 Cities With The Greenest Cars |
Apr 7th, 2013 |
The San Francisco metropolitan area (including Oakland and San Jose) boasts the highest concentration of hybrid and full-electric cars according to R.L. Polk & Co. data, with hybrids accounting for 9.4 percent and electrics representing 0.52 percent of all vehicle ...
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