| Next-Gen Nissan Titan Destined for Detroit, We Detail Its Clever New Diesel Engine |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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Almost 12 years ago, Nissan showed up at Detroit’s hometown auto show with a direct challenge to the Big Three: its first full-size truck, the Titan. Even if that truck barely registers as competition today—though it does have a pretty bitchin’ name—Nissan hasn’t been deterred from repeating the stunt with the second-generation truck. The 2016 […]
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| 2016 Chevrolet Volt Drivetrain Details: Quicker, New Engine, Increased Range and Battery Capacity |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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When the wrap comes off the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt in January, it will pack a more powerful 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine and a higher-capacity battery that will help deliver quicker acceleration and more range. General Motors confirmed today that this inline-four, part of a trio of new Ecotec three- and four-cylinder engines that will power […]
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| Honda Facing Parts Theft, Railcar Hijacking, and Quality Issues at New Mexican Plant |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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We like the Honda Fit, as it delivers a large amount of behind-the-wheel fun in a small, clever package, and we’d recommend it to just about anyone shopping for an affordable, practical runabout. Unfortunately, we would have to add the caveat that it might take a long time to get one: Automotive News is reporting that […]
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| Fiat-Chrysler Quality Chief Resigns One Day After Terrible Consumer Reports Rankings |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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The New York Times reports that Doug Betts, Fiat-Chrysler quality chief, abruptly abandoned his post this morning. The company, where Betts worked for the past seven years, occupied the very bottom of Consumer Reports magazine’s annual rankings released yesterday, with Fiat, Jeep, Ram, and Dodge taking the bottom four slots and Chrysler nabbing number 22 […]
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| Complí Receives 2014 GRC Value Award |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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The compliance management software provider was recognized by GRC 20/20 for the value it provided to Tricolor Auto Group. The auto group cut time spent on compliance management in half using solutions from Complí, officials said.
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| Benoit Honored With Auto Finance Excellence Award |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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The senior partner at Hudson Cook and columnist for F&I and Showroom was honored on Oct. 7 at an auto finance conference in Las Vegas.
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| Back That App Up: You Can Now Reverse a Trailer Using Only a Phone |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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Driving has been getting easier since Alfred Vacheron invented the steering wheel. But all the sensors and active systems fitted to a modern vehicle still can’t solve the real-time trigonometric puzzle of backing up while towing a trailer. Until now, that is. Power-steering-system producer ZF Lenksysteme in Germany, a joint venture between ZF and Bosch, […]
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| STI Lite: New Subaru Forester tS Is an STI in All But Engine |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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Subaru once sold a real Forester STI in Japan, circa 2004. Since the tall wagon shared its bones with the Impreza, it was pretty much a plug-and-play proposition. The next STI-badged Forester came in 2010, but that car, the Forester tS (tuned by STI), sported some performance mods and a bushel of STI appearance baubles […]
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| Ferrari 458–Based Pininfarina Sergio to Reach Production—And They’re All Spoken For |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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Ferrari has confirmed to Road & Track that a version of the Pininfarina Sergio concept is going into production. The thing is, only six will be built. And you’re too late. Like the Ferrari F60 America before it, all the Sergios were pre-sold to hand-picked customers before the car was even publicly announced. The Sergio was […]
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| California Says Motorcycle Lane-Splitting Is Hella Safe—Really |
Oct 28th, 2014 |
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A recent yearlong study by the California Office of Traffic Safety has found motorcycle lane-splitting to be a safe practice on public roads. The study looked at collisions involving 7836 motorcyclists reported by 80 police departments between August 2012 and August 2013. “What we learned is, if you lane-split in a safe or prudent manner, it is no more […]
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