| From the C/D Archives: BMW 850i Tested! |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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The editorial belly is having trouble digesting the BMW 850i sports coupe. Maybe it’s the price. Any car costing $90,000 ought to do everything but make coffee—maybe even that too. When it comes from Germany and wears the blue-and-white BMW badge on its hood, you expect it to send your blood pressure off the scale […]
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| Top of the World: Trekking $100K Range Rovers Across Colorado’s Treacherous Continental Divide |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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In 1987, Land Rover introduced Americans to the industry’s first luxury SUV, the Range Rover. Two years later, its cult status etched into upscale burbs across the U.S., the automaker invited its most loyal customers (and a handful of intrepid journalists) to drive a convoy of 1990 Range Rovers across the Continental Divide. As it […]
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| The Renault R.S. 01 Is a Damn Stylish, $400K Race Car—with a GT-R Motor |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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It has a Nissan GT-R engine and a Dallara-built carbon-fiber tub, and—if you have $400,000 sitting around—you can buy one and enter what’s likely to be a spectacular bangs-and-bumps pro-am championship racing series. Meet the Renault R.S. 01. Yes, that’s right, Renault. Despite the brand’s complete irrelevance in North America, France’s second-biggest carmaker still gets […]
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| Reunited and It Feels So Good: Owner Gets Stolen Jaguar E-type Back 46 Years Later |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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Forty-six years after it was stolen in front of his Manhattan apartment building, Ivan Schneider has been reunited with his 1967 Jaguar XK-E. A retired trial lawyer now living in Florida, the former New York resident told the Los Angeles Times that he thought the car was gone forever and went on to collect other […]
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| New Cars for 2015: Reviews, Comparisons, Tests, and Model-Change Info |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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And we’re back! Collected here are the details of each brand’s 2015 model lineup, including reviews and tests of key models, plus a package of technical innovations that will each make their mark on the coming automotive year. In most cases, each brand has been given its own page, all of which are linked below. […]
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| Nissan Leaf + Nissan Frontier = The World’s Only Zero-Emissions Leafamino |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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Here’s some evidence that the engineers at Nissan’s technical center in Stanfield, Arizona, know how to have fun. As shown by the Nissan-supplied video below, that group needed a hauler to help them shuttle stuff around the grounds, and while they could have just used an old Titan or Frontier, they instead chose to build something far, […]
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| CFPB Holds Auto Finance Hearing Following New Rule Proposal |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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Following an announcement that it would seek supervisory authority over 38 nonbank auto finance companies, the CFPB held a field hearing on the topic in Indiana this morning.
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| Lease Approvals in August Set New 2014 High, Swapalease.com Reports |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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Strong consumer borrowing fuels rise in lease applicants in August, with approvals reaching 85.7% — besting July’s previous 2014 high of 81%.
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| TFS Contracts ChannelNet to Increase Customer Loyalty and Retention |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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The captive finance company selected the digital marketing, sales and service solutions provider to provide web-based customer lifecycle communications.
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| 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Fuel Economy Released, Report Says Chrysler Dyno’d Car at 825 hp |
Sep 18th, 2014 |
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A full 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, a 3.6-second 0-to-60 time, sub-12 second quarters, and a hefty 4488-pound curb weight—any way you look at it, the Dodge Challenger Hellcat is all about staggering numbers. But here’s one number we didn’t see coming: The ‘Cat has earned an EPA highway fuel-economy rating of 22 […]
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