| Thread of the Day: Is the 2014 Lexus IS F Sport Styling Too Extreme? |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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When 2014 Lexus IS F Sport images were revealed yesterday, the focus wasn’t on what the new IS brings to an uber-competitive segment. Instead it was on the 2014 IS F Sport’s love-it-or-hate-it design. Why the mixed reaction? Because Lexus is walking on the wild side with the new IS F Sport. Rather than going [...]
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| Turn Up the Volume: Norah Jones, Coldplay Make You Drive Safer, Study Suggests |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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If you have too many speeding tickets and also like metal music, a new study suggests there may be a correlation between the two. The study, conducted by Confused.com, notes that soft rock may lead to safer driving while metal and rap music can cause drivers to speed. Four male and four female drivers were [...]
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| Rolls-Royce Sets 2012 Sales Record, U.S. Regains Top Position Over China |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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Rolls-Royce sold 3575 vehicles in 2012, making it the best sales year in the company’s 108-year history and the third consecutive year of record sales. The British automaker says it remains at the top of the ultra-luxury market for motor cars selling above about $265,000 (about 200,000 euros), though Bentley may present more competition in [...]
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| $23 Million Investment: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid to be Built in Marysville, Ohio |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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Honda is investing $23 million to expand its Marysville Auto Plant, in Ohio, for production of the new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid that goes on sale toward the end of the year. The 95,000-square-foot expansion will house assembly processes and logistics specifically for the hybrid model. Honda expects to create about 50 jobs with the [...]
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| Toyota May Build a Nissan Juke Competitor – Should it? With Poll |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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Toyota is mulling over a Nissan Juke competitor using the Toyota RSC (Rugged Sports Coupe) – a 12-year old concept car – as the inspiration, Autocar reports. The Toyota RSC was a RAV4-based two-seat crossover that first debuted back in 2001 at the Chicago Auto Show. Though well-received, the concept didn’t directly lead to any [...]
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| Top Tech We Found at the 2013 CES |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
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Each year we visit the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Why? Well, among the over 1.9 million square-feet of dedicated space displaying the globe’s latest technologies, there are automakers. What started just a few years ago as a group of one or two OEMs has grown into a collective of eight brands. To say [...]
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| 2013 Nissan Leaf now being built in Tennessee |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The 2013 Nissan Leaf is now being produced in Tennessee. Nissan announced in a news release on Wednesday that production of the all-electric car had begun in Smyrna, next ...
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| Trucks with hazardous materials pose extra danger during crashes |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
Trucks are dangerous vehicles in an accident. When a smaller vehicle collides with larger and heavier trucks, serious injuries and death are more likely to result. In addition, some trucks pose a ...
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| Hondas Ohio Plant to Build Accord Hybrid |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
at its auto plant in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the automaker's third hybrid model to be built in the U.S. Honda stated in a news release that it will invest $23 million and hire about 50 new ...
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| Video Rolls Royce CEO on record sales |
Jan 10th, 2013 |
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes welcomed the brand's record car sales in 2012. Demand for its luxury vehicles held up among wealthy Americans and Chinese, even though the ...
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