| 2017 BMW 5-series Sedan Spied: Lighter and Hopefully More Soulful |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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What It Is: A next-generation BMW 5-series prototype wearing production bodywork. Or is it a 3-series? Or maybe it is a 7er . . . As is clear from the car pictured here, BMW isn’t exactly breaking new ground with the styling of the 2017 5-series. Viewed in profile, the sedan could be any BMW, […]
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| Swedish Meatball: We Drive Volvo’s Crazy Triple-Boosted 450-hp Four-Cylinder S60 |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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Modern automakers’ obsession with lowering official fuel-economy figures to meet arbitrary targets is leading to some very strange outcomes. And none stranger than this: Volvo has made a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that uses two turbochargers and one supercharger to deliver a deeply unlikely 450 horsepower. At the moment the new powerplant is just a prototype, […]
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| Koenigsegg to Return to U.S. in 2015 with Two Federally Compliant Models |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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Bugatti Veyron not fast—or expensive—enough for you? Ferrari LaFerrari or McLaren P1 a bit too commonplace? If so, there’s some good news from Sweden, with well-known maker of unobtanium-grade hypercars Koenigsegg confirming it will be making a full launch in the U.S. next year. The company has already confirmed one dealer: Manhattan Motorcars in New […]
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| MyFord Touch Is No More: Ford Sync 3 Unveiled with Wireless Updates, Smartphone-Style Gesturing, and More |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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At a press event in Detroit today, Ford took the wraps off its new in-car infotainment software. Goodbye (and good riddance) MyFord Touch. Say hello to Sync 3, a heavily revamped software setup that leaves its slow, balky, frustrating past behind and takes notes from the faster, more-intuitive design of your smartphone. Sync 3’s features are familiar […]
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| Ford Performance: New Brand Unifies SVT, RS, and Ford Racing Under Single Banner, Will Launch 12 New Vehicles by 2020 |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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Ford Performance. Simple and to the point, the name leaves nothing up to interpretation. And from this moment forward, all of Ford’s previously fragmented performance-focused efforts, including SVT, Team RS, and Ford Racing, will be unified under the newly created global entity. Headed by Mustang chief engineer Dave Pericak, Ford Performance will serve as an “innovation […]
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| Gearhead and Former AMG Chief Ola Källenius Named to Daimler Management Board |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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Daimler’s shooting star Ola Källenius will join the company’s board of management on January 1, 2015, which will at that point have grown to eight members. He will be responsible for global marketing and sales for Daimler’s cars. The appointment runs through the end of 2017. At age 45, Källenius will be by far the […]
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| Downsizing Downsized: We Drive Volvo’s New Three-Cylinder Engine |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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We’ve been talking about Volvo’s downsized future for a while now. But while the company won’t be building anything with more than four cylinders after 2017, it has just confirmed—as we previously reported—that it will also be making at least some cars with fewer, and we just sampled the new three-cylinder in the V40 Cross Country. […]
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| CFPB Ombudsman to Review Bureau’s Communication ‘Issues’ |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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The ombudsman’s office for the CFPB revealed in a report last month that it will conduct a review of the difference in wording between the bureau’s press releases and consent orders.
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| DriveTime Selects Manheim, Go Auto Exchange as Remarketing Partners |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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The partnership makes Manheim and Go Auto Exchange DriveTime’s primary source for remarketing wholesale inventory through its physical locations, mobile auctions and online.
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| Minn. Dealer Wins Affordable Care Act Challenge |
Dec 11th, 2014 |
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Based on a ruling in the Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, a Minnesota district court granted Hastings Automotive owner exemption from the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage mandate.
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