| VW’s Golf GTE Concept Is the World’s Raciest Plug-In GTI |
May 14th, 2015 |
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| FTC Calls on States to Lift Direct-to-Consumer Sales Bans |
May 14th, 2015 |
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A new Michigan bill that would allow ‘autocycle’ manufacturer Elio Motors to sell directly to consumers spurs the Federal Trade Commission to urge all states to lift bans on direct-to-consumer sales.
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| Edmunds Updates App with Messaging Platform |
May 14th, 2015 |
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Edmunds.com updated its mobile app with a new feature that allows shoppers to send text messages to dealers.
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| Student Loan Impact May Be Overblown, TransUnion Finds |
May 14th, 2015 |
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Despite an unprecedented rise in student-loan balances over the past decade, a new TransUnion study found that student loan obligations have not inhibited younger consumers’ ability to access and repay other consumer credit categories such as auto loans.
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| Heritage Indemnity Retains 'A' Rating, A.M. Best Reports |
May 14th, 2015 |
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Heritage Indemnity Company has retained its financial strength rating and issuer credit rating of “A” following the recent announcement of its agreement with AmTrust Financial Services, according to A.M Best.
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| ADM Names 2015 Dealers’ Choice Award Winners |
May 14th, 2015 |
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F&I and Showroom's sister publication has announced the winners of the 11th annual Dealers’ Choice Awards. Voted on by dealers, the program recognizes the industry’s best product and service providers.
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| Ezra Dyer: The Coolest Cars Are the Ones that Don’t Make Any Sense—Like a V-8–Powered Volvo 240 |
May 14th, 2015 |
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Back in college, I got the idea that I wanted a V-8–powered Volvo 240. The V-8 Volvo is synonymous with Ross Converse, a mad genius whose brochure included a photo of a diesel-badged 240 doing a righteous burnout. I loved the notion of a sleeper 240 packing a Mustang 302, so I arranged a visit […]
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| SEAT’s Hot Leon ST Cupra Is Quickest Station Wagon to Lap the ’Ring [w/ Video] |
May 14th, 2015 |
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After driving Volkswagen’s für die Amerikaner verboten 292-hp, all-wheel-drive Golf R SportWagen and the under-the-radar Golf GTD SportWagen, you could say we’re harboring a yearning desire for a hot compact station wagon here in the U.S. There’s no relief for our affliction in sight, but it has flared up again now that VW’s Spanish subsidiary SEAT has announced that its 280-hp […]
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| Braking Rad: Delving into What Makes Good Brake Feel, with the Help of Alfa’s Spectacular 4C |
May 14th, 2015 |
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From the June 2015 issue We all like firm, solid-feeling brake pedals. But even on good performance cars, modern brakes often feel vaguely synthetic, with more pedal travel than seems strictly necessary. Then there’s the Alfa Romeo 4C. Its creators wanted the 4C to have a hard edge. “Our goal in development was to deliver […]
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| 2015 Volkswagen GTI DSG Test: There’s No Shame in this Automatic |
May 13th, 2015 |
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What can we say about the Volkswagen GTI that we haven’t said before? After subjecting the perennial 10Best winner to innumerable reviews, it’s hard to come up with any praise or criticism that hasn’t already been heard. But just as the new seventh-generation Golf exists in many forms, there are many flavors of GTI, too, […]
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