| Toyota to pay $16M settlement over acceleration braking recall |
Apr 6th, 2013 |
Toyota officials say the company has settled what was to be the first in a group of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits. involving sudden, unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, ...
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| Toyota pays $16 mln to settle suit in southern California |
Apr 6th, 2013 |
View Photo Toyota has agreed to a $16 million deal with a southern Californian county over charges the Japanese auto giant hid safety issues linked to unintended acceleration of cars, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas (pictured) announced on ...
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| Honda Unveils Two New Bike Models |
Apr 6th, 2013 |
Beribi - Honda motorcycle fans have a reason to celebrate yesterday as BTop Motors Sdn Bhd unveiled two new models - Honda MSX 125 and Zoomer X 1101 - both of which are available in different colours. The Honda MSX 125 has a four-stroke, fuel injected 125 CC engine, manual transmission, and equipped with combi-brake technology where braking will act on the front and rear wheel together every ...
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| U.S. considers car ratings for elderly drivers families |
Apr 6th, 2013 |
Washington - Federal safety regulators are considering new vehicle safety ratings that would help older people and families choose the safest vehicles.In a notice posted Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is planning to update its New Car Assessment Program and is mulling a "silver" rating that would assess the safety of the vehicle for older occupants, ...
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| 2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe Joins Fleet as MotoGP’s Next Pace Car |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Volkswagen may own one of MotoGP’s most successful motorcycle makers, Ducati, but BMW has the last laugh when it comes to brand recognition within the sportbike series. With decals and paint, all motorcycles look alike. BMW’s M6 Gran Coupe doesn’t, though. It’s now part of the fleet of BMWs that serve as official cars of [...]
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| Return of the Chevrolet Chevelle? GM Files Trademark for Historic Name |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Were the 1960s and 1970s really that great? Many an American automaker seems to think so, especially General Motors, which has gone ahead and re-trademarked yet another name from the past, the Chevelle. We just can’t imagine that anyone would pull a GM name from any other era back from the dead. Can you imagine [...]
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| Lexus Set to Launch New Hybrid SUV |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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For next year’s Geneva Motor Show, Lexus plans to show a production-ready compact SUV to rival the Audi Q3 and BMW X1. The new hybrid model will be based off the Toyota RAV4, slotted under the Lexus RX 450h. The smaller SUV will be the automaker’s first vehicle to compete in the segment. During this [...]
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| Fisker Automotive Cuts 75 Percent of Its Employees |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Regretfully, Fisker Automotive has cut three quarters of its staff today in a signal that the end is nigh. We can’t joke about that; those are real people with families to support who are now unemployed, and our hearts go out to them. Fisker has run into financing problems of late, with founder Henrik Fisker [...]
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| 2013 GMC Acadia Denali Road Test |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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The Monet painting of luxury crossovers.
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| Baja to British Columbia: 1,500 Miles on Interstate 5 |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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We get hit by rocks, visit volcanoes, and perform a burnout or two from behind the wheel of a 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8
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