| Kia Adding Google Maps Integration to Next-Gen UVO Infotainment System |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Kia has announced that the second generation of its UVO infotainment system will get Google Maps and search functionality, and the new UVO setup will debut on the 2014 Sorento. The new UVO setup will enable Kia customers to get directions and location info using Google Maps on their phone and send destination info to their [...]
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| China to Overtake Europe in Auto Production |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Automobile production started in Europe in the late 1880s, thanks to Carl Benz. This was the time when John L. Sullivan was boxing, George Eastman patented the first box camera, and Jack the Ripper was getting busy. Automobile production started in China in the 1950s with a car called the Red Flag, which was built for [...]
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| Avis Budget Rental-Car Group to Buy Zipcar Car-Share Business |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Here’s another stock you’ll probably wish you’d bought in 2012. Zipcar, the car-sharing network, has been bought by Avis Budget Group, the car-rental firm. This is where we missed out: Avis Budget paid $12.25 cash per share for Zipcar, up some 49 percent from its closing price last year. The deal works out to Avis Budget [...]
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| 2013 Ford Explorer Sport Tested: Twin Turbos, 5.9 to 60, Seven Seats |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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With the introduction of the Explorer Sport, Ford’s stable of sleeper family trucksters has doubled to two. The sportiest iteration of the blue oval’s biggest three-row crossover shares its 365-hp powertrain with the company’s other hot-rod three-row crossover, the lower-slung Flex EcoBoost, as well as the Taurus SHO sedan. We really like the Flex EcoBoost, [...]
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| More Than 400 Chevrolet Dealers Opt Out of Selling Volt Due to Higher Cost of Service Tools |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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It might seem like an odd concept, but dealerships are not obligated to sell every model an automaker produces—if a model isn’t popular or profitable, dealers can decide to drop it altogether. This phenomenon, first reported by Automotive News and confirmed to us by a Chevrolet spokesperson, currently is being acted out in more than [...]
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| Thread of the Day: Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE or Ford Mustang GT Track Pack? W/Poll |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Few automakers have had a rivalry as polarizing as the one between the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, and in a new Motor Trend comparison test we cover the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE and the 2013 Ford Mustang GT Track Pack. In our latest comparison, both muscle cars are based on entry-level V-8 models [...]
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| Rolls-Royce Goodwood Plant Turns 10: Revisiting a Decade of BMW Influence |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Rolls-Royce is celebrating 10 years of manufacturing at its Goodwood assembly plant, which officially opened on January 1, 2003 at 12:01 a.m. when the first Phantom was delivered. BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce nameplate about five years prior to the opening of the Goodwood plant and first Phantom delivery. Rolls-Royce employed about 400 [...]
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| Audi Investing $17 Billion Through 2016 on Facility Upgrades, R&D |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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Audi wants to become the world’s top-selling luxury brand by 2020, but it won’t come cheap. The company has just announced that the Audi Group will invest at least 13 billion euros ($17.2 billion) through 2016, most of which will be spent on building new plants and modernizing existing ones. For starters, Audi will spend [...]
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| Motor Trend YouTube Channel Season 1: 2012′s Highlights, and Looking Ahead |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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It’s the start of a new year and a new season for the Motor Trend YouTube channel. Before Motor Trend brings viewers tons of new content in 2013, video hosts look back at their first year on-air and share some of the highlights (and lowlights) in the final video of 2012. Some of Angus MacKenzie’s [...]
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| We Hear: Next Jaguar XK Moves Upmarket, Grows Larger |
Jan 2nd, 2013 |
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A report from Autocar claims the next-generation Jaguar XK coupe and convertible will move upmarket and grow in size. That will put more distance between the current XK two-plus-two and Jaguar’s upcoming two-seat sports car, the 2014 F-Type. Even though Jaguar design director Ian Callum previously told our colleagues at Automobile Magazine there wouldn’t be [...]
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