| Senators Call On Obama to Recall All Takata Airbags with Ammonium Nitrate |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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President Obama isn’t the Recaller-in-Chief, but that’s not stopping two senators from calling on him to expand the Takata airbag recalls into maximum overdrive. Sensators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn., above at right) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), in a letter dated Tuesday to the White House, want Takata to recall every airbag inflator in the U.S. that […]
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| Raptor, Racer: Ford to Race F-150 Raptor in Factory Stock Off-Road Class |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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Ford has touted its F-150 Raptor as the factory-built off-road rig to beat right from the start, and the bravado hasn’t let up with the introduction of the 2017 model. Confident its truck’s four-wheeling skills are no cheap trick, the automaker is entering the new F-150 Raptor in the 2016 Best in the Desert off-road […]
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| Raptor, Racer: Ford to Race F-150 Raptor in Factory Stock Off-Road Class |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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| Toyota Motor Credit Agrees to Lower Markup Caps to Settle CFPB Allegations |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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The three-year standoff between Toyota Motor Credit, the Justice Department and the CFPB is over, with the captive agreeing to pay up to $21.9 million in restitution to minority borrowers the regulators allege were overcharged on their auto loans. The captive also agreed to lower its dealer markup caps.
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| Toyota Recalls 320,000 Trucks and SUVs for Accidental Airbag Deployment |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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Toyota is recalling 320,000 trucks and SUVs in the U.S. for airbags that can accidentally deploy, the company said Wednesday. Side curtain airbags on older Toyota and Lexus models—all of them the burly, body-on-frame trucks—may deploy “shortly after startup” and without warning. The seat belt pre-tensioners may also activate by accident, without an actual accident. […]
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| 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan First Drive: Sampling a Euro-Spec Tiguan to Unlock the Secrets of Our Version |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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Driving new vehicles before they officially go on sale often requires asterisks. Option packages and pricing typically aren’t finalized, EPA fuel-economy numbers may not have been released. The disclaimers for our first experience with the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, on the other hand, read like those for reality court TV, where everything’s true, except the names, […]
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| 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan AWD – Prototype Drive |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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| To the Moon, Audi! Audi Shoots for the Stars with Super Bowl Commercial [Video] |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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What’s the cure for depression in old people? A shiny new Audi R8, that’s what! That’s the message in Audi’s Super Bowl commercial this year, which is entitled “Commander.” The 60-second spot plays up the redemptive power of Audi, much like 2013’s “Prom,” but this treatment is even more straightforward here. An aging astronaut sits […]
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| Fleeting Youth: Toyota Is Shuttering Its Scion Division |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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The sun is setting on Scion, Toyota’s youth-oriented division, at the ripe age of 13. Toyota has announced that, starting in August, the iA, iM, FR-S, and the upcoming C-HR crossover will all be sold as Toyotas instead. The tC will be discontinued. Launched with much fanfare in 2003, Scion was at once a bold […]
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| Fleeting Youth: Toyota Is Shuttering Its Scion Division |
Feb 3rd, 2016 |
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