| Mini’s Virtual Reality Concept Goggles Give You a Head-Up Display and a See-Through Car |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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Ever wished you didn’t have to crane your neck, adjust your mirrors, and lean on (literal) blind faith that your passenger-side door isn’t hiding some unseen obstacle when you park? Have you been pining for a heads-up display that works like Google Glass but looks more like the cheesy sunglasses you get at the Dollar […]
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| Unplugged: Audi Readying Wireless Induction Charging for Q7 e-tron |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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What’s a plug-in hybrid without the plug? The Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 TDI Quattro, which will offer the option of induction charging, in which the driver simply parks over a charge plate to refill the car’s battery. That’s the word from Audi’s technical boss, Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, who believes plug-in hybrids and electric cars will […]
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| 2016 Honda Pilot Trim Levels Revealed |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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Honda just announced some more details about the upcoming 2016 Pilot SUV. No, we still don’t know the actual price, but we do know how you’ll be able to option the three-row, minivan-based crossover. Let’s take a tour of the scintillating SUV’s five trim levels. At the bottom of the pile is the Pilot LX, […]
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| 2016 Honda Pilot Trim Levels Revealed |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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| 2015 Shell Eco-Marathon: These Are the Tiny, Efficient Rides That’ll Compete on the Streets of Detroit |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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What did you accomplish in high school and college? These teams are building the future.
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| 2016 Mazda 6 i Grand Touring Test: An Improved Interior Proves Timeless |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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It takes more than a pretty face to land a car on our 10Best list or to top the family-sedan segment in our Editor’s Choice awards, but a pretty face doesn’t hurt. Since the current-generation Mazda 6 arrived as a 2014 model, its handsome “Kodo” design theme has earned mention right alongside the sporty handling […]
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| “Game of Thrones” Star Pitches Chryslers to America’s Royalty |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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Winter is coming to Chrysler’s ad campaign—specifically, to this new TV spot. Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage lends some of Tyrion Lannister’s convincingness to Chrysler’s pitch, which seems to contend that, unlike Westeros and Essos, America’s royalty doesn’t hinge on bloodlines, but on Chrysler 300s. As The Detroit Free Press points out, the ad […]
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| The 10 Best Cars that Nobody Buys |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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Build a great car, and it deserves to succeed. But that’s not to say it will. The U.S. auto market, past and present, is littered with examples of excellent products that buyers shunned.
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| Sky(activ) High: 2016 Mazda 2 EPA Fuel Economy Is Out, the Car Isn’t |
Apr 10th, 2015 |
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The award for most-improved fuel economy in a single model year goes to the 2016 Mazda 2. Or rather, two model years. There is no 2015 version of the wee zoom-zoom hatch, and we still don’t have confirmation from Mazda on the timing of the 2016 model’s U.S. arrival. But the Environmental Protection Agency has […]
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| Daimler R&D Chief: G-class Could Go “Sustainable”, V-12 Lives On, and No Three-Cylinders |
Apr 9th, 2015 |
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We recently sat down with Daimler’s R&D chief, Thomas Weber, who told us that the automaker will continue to produce V-12 engines but won’t do a three-cylinder, that it’s considering a more comprehensive update to the G-class, and that it isn’t interested in a small seven-seat people-mover. C/D: BMW has shown a compact, seven-seat people-mover with its […]
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