| Toyota Planning to Use Aluminum for Next-Gen Camry, Lexus RX |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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Toyota will add aluminum body panels on two of its bestselling models as the automaker plans to exploit a joint venture with a metal manufacturer, according to Automotive News. The redesigned 2016 Lexus RX will receive an aluminum hood and tailgate when it debuts next year; an all-new Camry (not the 2015 update) will have […]
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| Lotus Responds: U.S.-Market Evora Still Dead for 2015—But Not 2016 |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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We have more from Lotus, with the British sports-car company giving us a response to our report that the company won’t be producing a 2015 Evora for the States. The bad news is that we were right: With the company’s smart airbag exemption for the car expiring, there won’t be a 2015 Evora in America. […]
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| GM Recalls Impala, XTS for Braking Problems |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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GM is recalling more than 220,000 full-size sedans because the electric parking brake may stay partially engaged while driving. The 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala and 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS have faulty electric parking-brake software that can result in the pads touching the rotors even after the brake is released. Of course, driving with the pads dragging the […]
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| Toyota C-HR Concept: Typical Boring Toyota Name, Atypically Stimulating Toyota Styling |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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Someone needs to tell Toyota that its sportiness is showing. Having overhauled the humdrum Camry with the pretense of adding visual excitement and some semblance of driving pleasure, not to mention recently debuting the wildly hot FT-1 sports-car concept, Toyota seems keen on changing its image as the Maytag of automakers. The aggressive and distinctly European […]
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| Ellen Eats “Special Brownies” in Spoof of Matthew McConaughey Lincoln MKC Ad [Video] |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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Lincoln’s hiring of Matthew McConaughey for appearances in a fresh round of commercials for the 2015 MKC crossover resulted our being thoroughly weirded out and amused even before a few spoofs of the spots came out. Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, in her whimsical, matter-of-fact style, may have just topped Conan O’Brien’s wonderfully dark […]
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| California’s First Autonomous Driving Permits Go to Audi, Mercedes, and—of Course—Google |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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Manufacturers looking to analyze robot cars on public roads in California must now register with the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Audi was the first in line to snatch the state’s newly available autonomous-car permits. The outfits holding second- and third-place tickets? Mercedes-Benz and Google. Don’t you wish your DMV line was so short? After […]
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| 2015 Honda Fit EX Long-Term Intro: The Fit Fits Fine in Our Fleet So Far |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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The first- and second-generation Honda Fit subcompacts won our hearts with a combination of dynamics and practicality that couldn’t be beat at their price points—or perhaps any price point. The pair racked up seven consecutive 10Best trophies, went undefeated in three comparison tests, and a 2007 model survived a 40,000-mile long-term test without, ahem, giving […]
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| 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 Officially Breaks Cover, We Pity the Fools |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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Poor Karl Benz. First he was purged from the name of Mercedes’ corporate parent when Dieter Zetsche decided against reverting to Daimler-Benz once the former DaimlerChrysler was taken out back and shot. Now the call has been made to strip Benz completely from the names of AMG products, a move first seen on the new […]
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| 24 Hours of LeMons South Carolina: The Winners |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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On Friday, we took over the downtown of a once-picturesque South Carolina town for our car inspections, on Saturday we witnessed a lot of surprising stuff during the first race session, and on Sunday we had winners! The fight for the win on laps came down to the very last lap of the race, with […]
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| Consumers Rank 5 Chrysler Models at the Top in Total Quality Awards, Notes Ferman Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram |
Sep 24th, 2014 |
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The Dodge Dart, Durango, and Charger, the Jeep Wrangler and the Ram 2500/3500 are No. 1 in total quality for their segments.
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