| A Rare Bird: Hyundai Promotes American to Vice President of Public Relations |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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In a stunning move, Hyundai has announced that it has promoted Frank Ahrens, 48, the automaker’s global public relations chief, to the role of vice president of global corporate communications. This is a surprising move by Hyundai because of the rarity of a non-Korean in the automaker’s domestic operations. Ahrens first joined Hyundai back in [...]
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| 2013 Buick Verano Turbo First Drive |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Fast company for the young and young at heart.
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| 2013 Honda Accord 2.4L Manual Tested: The Sweet Lightness of Being the Accord |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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For decades, the Honda Accord seemed to be the automotive embodiment of Nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence. Every few years a new version would appear, win awards (including multiple appearances on our own 10Best Cars list), rank near or at the top of the sales charts, and take its familiar place in the fabric of [...]
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| 2013 Volkswagen Up Tested: VW Won’t Bring This Car Here—Too Bad |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Ford once wanted us to spell the name of its doomed electric-car concern as Th!nk. That makes Volkswagen’s mandate of an exclamation point on its “up!” city car seem less grammatically absurd. Still, we’re putting typographic cheekiness aside and rendering it Up. READ MORE ›› Read full story »
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| Which Service-Department Upsells Are Worth It? |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Any time we take a car into the shop and someone starts a sentence with “You know, while we’ve got it in here . . .” our BS meter goes off. Is he looking to help us out or just to make a quick buck? We asked longtime C/D friend, master mechanic, and auto-service instructor [...]
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| 400 Miles at 6000 rpm: How Many Times Stuff Spins, Injects, Compresses, and More |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Ever wonder what 6000 rpm means to an engine? At that speed, a V-8 hosts 400 combustion events every second. Even at lower revs, the rate at which things happen is astounding. The total number of times that various parts of a car’s drivetrain perform their functions over their lifetimes can easily reach into the [...]
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| Kia Teases The Flash–Themed Forte Koup Before SEMA Debut |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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The latest Kia to be given the superhero treatment—after turning a Kia Optima into Bruce Wayne’s daily driver—will be the Forte Koup, which will take cues from The Flash. The West Coast Customs–modified Flash Forte is set to debut on October 30 at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The Forte and The Flash aren’t [...]
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| Renderings of 2014 Mazda 3 Kind Of, Sort Of, Maybe Leaked |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Recently, we published a rendering of the 2014 Mazda 3—along with everything we know about next-gen compact—and now digital representations of the car have surfaced online, supposedly from within Mazda. The images (we’ve included one of them above) were anonymously given to Auto Express, and the outlet was told by Mazda U.K. that the renderings [...]
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| Porsche Introduces Panamera Platinum Edition for 2013 |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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Do you hear that? That sucking, whooshing sound is the audible void between the entry-level Porsche Panamera and Panamera 4 and the next-level-up S and 4S models. Calm down, folks, the roaring din will soon subside, because Porsche is introducing two Platinum Edition models to fill that previously gaping hole in the Panamera lineup. The [...]
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| Taking a spin on the Gibbs Quadski: Personal amphibian is a blast by land or by sea |
Oct 18th, 2012 |
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At times it seems that there is a vast and well-coordinated conspiracy against fun. Come up with something bold, unique and thrilling, and bureaucrats and regulators will come out of the woodwork to tell you why it is illegal.
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