| Portfolio Expands into New California Headquarters |
May 5th, 2015 |
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Portfolio has moved from its headquarters in Irvine to an office in nearby Lake Forest that will accommodate future growth.
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| Tom Hoover, the “Father of the Hemi,” Passes Away at 85 |
May 4th, 2015 |
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Tom Hoover, whose work at Chrysler included development of the legendary Max Wedge and 426 Hemi V-8 engines, the 1970 Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda, and the 1978 Dodge Li’l Red Express truck, has died. Hoover passed away on April 30 after a long illness. He was 85. Often credited as the “Father of the Hemi,” Hoover trained […]
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| 2015 Lexus ES350 Test: The Traditional Essence of Lexus |
May 4th, 2015 |
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For all the brand’s recent emphasis on performance, the traditional essence of Lexus is embodied in cars like this one. Smooth, refined, posh, and chock-a-block with features and furnishings conceived to isolate its occupants from the noise and frustrations of everyday traffic, it’s a car to coddle drivers who regard driving as one of life’s […]
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| 2015 Lexus ES350 – Instrumented Test |
May 4th, 2015 |
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| Lightning Seed? Next-Generation Ford F-150 Performance Pickup Rendered! |
May 4th, 2015 |
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During the sport-truck mania of the 1990s and early aughts, Ford’s SVT unit graced us with two versions of the Lightning. Out of production since 2004, that hole in Ford’s lineup ostensibly has been filled by the flatbill-ready, improbably lovable Raptor. And while FoMoCo wasted no time displaying a second-gen Raptor based on the new, aluminum-intensive F-150, […]
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| Lightning Seed? Next-Generation Ford F-150 Performance Pickup Rendered! |
May 4th, 2015 |
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| Why the Mazda CX-3 Doesn’t Have a Manual Transmission (For Now) |
May 4th, 2015 |
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Despite Mazda continuing to offer a manual transmission in many of its models, as well as the fact that many new entries in the subcompact-crossover segment can be had with a manual, the new 2016 CX-3 mini-ute will be purely a two-pedal affair for the foreseeable future. All U.S.-market CX-3s have a 146-hp, Skyactiv-G 2.0-liter inline-four backed by a conventional […]
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| Why the Mazda CX-3 Doesn’t Have a Manual Transmission (For Now) |
May 4th, 2015 |
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| Mercedes G-Class Gets More Horsepower and Colors, Same (Very) Old Shape |
May 4th, 2015 |
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The Mercedes-Benz G-class has soldiered on since 1979, regularly refreshed with mildly updated styling and additional luxury appointments but largely unaltered since its disco-era debut. This year hews to the same strategy, with more horsepower, some opulent interior updates, and the same ammo-box shape that refuses to acknowledge the concept of aerodynamics. For 2016, the […]
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| Mercedes G-Class Gets More Horsepower and Colors, Same (Very) Old Shape |
May 4th, 2015 |
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