| Fiber Won: Ford, Honda, VW, and Toyota Team Up On Carbon Fiber Research |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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Automakers don’t want to miss the boat on carbon fiber with all its light, high-strength goodness, but they sure don’t want to pay for the entire ship. President Obama seems to understand —and he should, given how he’s set the toughest emissions standards in history—and wants to spur private industry to make this magic material […]
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| This Is Why the All-New 2016 Nissan Titan Looks the Way It Does |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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The big talk surrounding the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan pickup has focused on the Cummins diesel powerplant in the Titan XD, a 5.0-liter V-8 kicking out 310 hp and 555 lb-ft of torque. But what about the design? We wondered how a brand approaches redesigning a truck that barely changed in a decade, so we spoke to Diane Allen, […]
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| How Alfa Hopes to Go From Zero to Sales Hero in the U.S. by 2018 |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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The last time Alfa Romeo sold a mainstream car in the U.S. was 1995. A lot has changed since then in the luxury market, a reality that Alfa will have to reckon with as it plans to more than quadruple global sales to 400,000 by 2018 and ramp up North American sales from (effectively) nothing […]
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| Mercedes-Benz Plans 10 Plug-In Hybrids by 2017, GLE to Debut in New York |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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If the ever-increasing number of Mercedes-Benz nameplates is confounding to you, pity the poor sales consultants who have to re-learn the names of half of their product line and acclimate to new brands in the cases of Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-Maybach. Now comes this: Mercedes-Benz is planning to add no fewer than 10 plug-in hybrids to the mix. And […]
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| 2016 Lexus GS F: Think of This 467-hp Executive Express as the Genteel Sports Sedan – Official Photos and Info |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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| 2016 Lexus GS F: Think of This 467-hp Executive Express as the Genteel Sports Sedan |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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If Lexus was late to the luxury party in 1989, then it could be considered damn near asleep at the wheel and stuck in its driveway on the way to the super-sporty-sedan soiree. It took the company until 2006 to introduce a high-performance model, the IS F, but that model fizzled, left to fend for […]
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| Just How Close to Production Is the Hyundai Santa Cruz Crossover Truck? |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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The automotive graveyard is littered with kinda-sorta pickup trucks that attempted to blend carlike sensibilities with open-bed practicality. In the land of cheap gas and open roads, a full-size pickup truck just isn’t enough of an inconvenience to discourage drivers from buying more truck than they need. All of that makes Hyundai’s rad-looking, one-of-a-kind Santa […]
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| Volvo Re-Upping S60 / V60 Polestars in 2015, More Polestar Radness Coming |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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Volvo is, by and large, a purveyor of responsible, sober, and ever-so-safe automobiles. But every now and then, Volvo kicks out a product that’s more Swedish House Mafia than polska. And the raucous and rare 2015 S60 and V60 Polestars are the most recent vehicular manifestations of such Swedish irreverence. The speed with which all 750 […]
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| Ralph Gilles Is Instagram Famous |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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Ralph Gilles, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles senior VP of product design, has embraced Instagram as both an artistic outlet and a teaser for hot-rod enthusiasts. He has recorded over 1000 posts and boasts more than 12,000 followers at writing. “It’s all over the place. Most of my followers are hot-rod guys,” he says. “I don’t […]
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| Honda to Introduce New Turbo VTEC Four-Cylinder Engines By End of 2015 |
Jan 13th, 2015 |
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Honda used the occasion of the 2015 Detroit auto show to announce plans to roll out its upcoming family of turbocharged four-cylinder engines by the end of 2015. Honda said it is investing $340 million at its Anna, Ohio, engine plant to accommodate a third assembly line for the engines, among other upgrades to the […]
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