| Unintended Depreciation: Former and Current Owners Suing Toyota for Lost Resale Value |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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A former Prius owner who never had a major problem with her car during five years of ownership is suing Toyota. Judy Veitz doesn’t claim her car had any incidents of unintended acceleration, nor was she ever involved in a collision. Her lawsuit, filed in a California federal court, is what’s called a “pure economic [...]
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| Mercedes-Benz Considering A-class–Based Baby G-Wagen |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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2013 Mercedes-Benz G-class Mercedes-Benz’s strategy to switch to a more conventional platform already has paid off. The A-class and the B-class have been spectacularly successful outside the U.S. and Mercedes has found it necessary to use contract manufacturer Valmet to meet the demand. But those two models are just the beginning. A four-door sedan called CLA [...]
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| 2014 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Photos and Info: Predictable, but with 550 hp, Who Cares? |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Futures markets are, in essence, Wall Street’s mechanisms for betting on events and prices that haven’t happened yet. Fortunes are made and lost because traders simply can’t know what gold, or wheat, or frozen concentrated orange juice will cost in six months. Porsche’s product portfolio, thus, would never be eligible for trading on a futures [...]
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| 2013 Audi RS5 Tested: A Four-Ringed Monster Takes on California’s State Route 33 |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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California State Route 33 wends down from the San Francisco Bay area to just north of Los Angeles. Over 290 miles, the road offers up a tasting menu of fine terrain. State Route 33 crosses arid oil fields the color of ochre, lush valleys filled with farmland, and crag-faced mountains before descending to the calm [...]
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| Ferrari Releases Image of Enzo Successor’s Engine Bay, Complete with Engine and Hybrid Gear |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Ferrari is eschewing a typical one-shot reveal for its Enzo supercar replacement, instead going with a piecemeal rollout of the car’s various bits. The latest section of the Enzo successor to see the light of day is the engine bay, of which Ferrari has released this single image (click to enlarge). Previously, Ferrari showed off [...]
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| The Continental: Two Days in Wolfsburg and Notes on Opel, Daimler, and Kia |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. This week, I spent two days at the International Suppliers Fair in Wolfsburg. Unsurprisingly, the event [...]
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| 2014 Cadillac Escalade Spied: New Engine, New Platform, Same Swagger |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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What It Is: The Nextalade: The fourth generation of Cadillac’s full-size Escalade. These prototypes look just about ready for production. We can’t see the interior here, but Mark Reuss, GM’s North America president, said last year that the next Escalade’s cabin would mark a significant improvement over the current model’s interior. READ MORE ›› Read [...]
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| Spied! 2014 Cadillac Escalade Comes Out of Hiding |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Though luxury SUV debuts such as the Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz GL have been making headlines, soon the renewed 2014 Cadillac Escalade will hit the segment. The big luxury box is beginning to look outdated, but thanks to an Escalade prototype caught at GM’s proving grounds, we have our first preview of the American luxury [...]
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| Revealed: Dodge, Fiat, Chrysler, Ram, and SRT SEMA Concepts |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Chrysler Group’s in-house parts company Mopar will show off 24 of its new vehicles at the upcoming Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. Even though the show doesn’t start until October 30, the company chose to highlight eight of those tricked-out models today. Almost all of the components shown on these cars are [...]
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| Styling Size-Up: 2013 BMW X1 |
Oct 12th, 2012 |
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Until now, BMW kept its pint-sized X1 from our shores. This year, though, the German automaker approved the small crossover’s passport and will finally sell it in the U.S. market. While it wears many familiar BMW styling cues, the X1 looks less SUV-like compared to its larger siblings, with some saying its profile is closer [...]
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