| Our Long-Term Mini Cooper S Loves to Shake, Rattle, and, um, Rattle |
Jan 1st, 2015 |
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“This thing is a rattletrap.” – Alexander Stoklosa, Online Editor Our long-term Mini Cooper S Hardtop is barely 15,000 miles into its stay with us, and already it is beginning to make unpleasant noises. We have yet to get the Mini’s orchestra of loose trim pieces, rattling heat shielding, and bizarre suspension clunks checked out, but […]
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| Our Long-Term Mini Cooper S Loves to Shake, Rattle, and, um, Rattle |
Jan 1st, 2015 |
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| This Toyota Corolla Advertisement Wants You to Go F Yourself |
Jan 1st, 2015 |
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What We See: In this digital pre-roll—that’s the jargon used to describe the ads that you have to endure before you get to see what you really want to watch—we see a target-shopper age-appropriate actor dressed in a target-shopper age-appropriate outfit in front of a Corolla S sedan that’s shot from that low, three-quarter front angle that makes any […]
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| How Buick & GMC Ramped Up in 2014 |
Jan 1st, 2015 |
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GM brands focused on what really matters.
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| Massive Mountain of Salt Buries Gaggle of Acuras and Hondas at Chicago Dealership |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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Now isn’t that nice? McGrath Acura in Chicago, Illinois, received a free—that’s f-r-e-e—salt treatment for the north end of its parking lot yesterday from its neighbor, the Morton Salt Company, when the south wall of the adjacent salt-storage facility collapsed. And it hadn’t even snowed! Unfortunately, a few of the dealership’s vehicles were also treated to […]
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| The Long, Sordid Tale of Our Road Trip Through Frozen Hell with the Best and Worst Station Wagons in the World |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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Those of you who follow our 24 Hours of LeMons coverage should be familiar with the harrowing, yearlong tale of the worst car in LeMons racing history (and, perhaps, in human history). Short version, this 1986 Plymouth Reliant-K station wagon crisscrossed the continent in 2013, racking up more than 26,000 road miles, 4678 race miles, […]
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| LaFerrari, Tesla, Mustang, and More: Our 45 Hottest Photos of the Year! |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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You want car porn? These photos are the very definition of the term.
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| 2015 Ram ProMaster City First Drive: From Fiat with Love |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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After decades of rectangular boxes, the shape of urban commercial hauling is evolving, and here is its latest manifestation, fresh from Italy via Chrysler’s Ram Truck division. In Europe, this vehicle is known as the Doblò, a successful Fiat offering that has recently freshly embarked on its third generation. In Ram dealerships it’s the ProMaster […]
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| The Final Tally: It Cost America $9.3 Billion to Save GM and Chrysler |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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General Motors and Chrysler are profitable, healthy businesses cranking out some of their best products in decades. And they should be—the government intervention to rescue them from bankruptcy cost American taxpayers $9.3 billion. That’s the final number from the U.S. Treasury’s Automotive Industry Financing Program, and amounts to all the money spent to float GM, Chrysler, GM’s […]
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| Spendy, Special-Edition Snake: Shelby to Offer 50th Anniversary 427 Cobra |
Dec 31st, 2014 |
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Over five decades ago, when Carroll Shelby wedged a Ford 260 V-8 into an AC Ace, who would’ve thunk the damn-hard-to-kill Shelby would be in the ground, yet new Cobras bearing his name would still be available for sale? Yet they are. A year after Shelby American announced the 50th Anniversary 289 FIA Cobra, 2015 […]
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