| BMW Brings FWD 1 Series to the U.S. |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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BMW will bring the front-wheel-drive variant of the 1 Series sedan to the U.S.
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| 2015 Chevrolet Volt Receives Minor Updates |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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Chevrolet adds minor updates to the 2015 Volt.
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| 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar Priced |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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Volvo announces pricing on its high-performance models.
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| Go Out and Play: Porsche’s Cayman GTS Is Good—Go-Kart Track Good [Video] |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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There’s no better way to show off a car’s agility than setting it loose on a go-kart track, and Porsche is eager to play up the playfulness of its newest Cayman variant, the GTS. You may have seen this story line before, but like a favorite rerun, it’s worth looking at again. After all, this […]
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| The Speed Special 2014: Tests, Drives, and Comparisons of the World’s Fastest Cars! |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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On Earth, if you live in the midlatitudes, Earth’s rotation is carrying you and the atmosphere you breathe sideways—due east—at about 800 mph. If you’re an equator dweller, that speed is 1000 mph. Santa, on the North Pole, has no sideways motion at all. His cottage simply pirouettes once per day. Problem is, our planet […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 190 |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open […]
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| 2014 VW Beetle Convertible TDI Tested: Smiles Per Gallon for the Gender Secure |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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The latest Beetle convertible is longer, lower, wider, and it raises a question: Is it finally okay for guys? Has the cuteness been sufficiently tempered to banish the chick-car label? We’re definitely thinking maybe. READ MORE ››
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| Hot News: 2016 Ford F-series Super Duty Prototype Catches Fire, Explodes! |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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Sometimes our spy photographers get more than they bargained for while shooting photos of secretive future models. Such is the case with this heavily camouflaged 2016 Ford F-series Super Duty pickup truck, which caught fire right before our man’s lens. We’re assured that the engineers inside escaped harm, pulling over and hopping out of the […]
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| For Shame: GM Joins Ford in Gaming Pickup-Truck Payload Ratings |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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Just as pickup-truck makers agreed to use SAE-certified trailer tests to advertise maximum tow ratings, we find out that at least two of them have been fudging payload capacities—even going so far as removing or swapping out critical parts before they reach the scales. According to Automotive News, both Ford and General Motors advertise higher […]
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| Mercedes-Benz S-Class Convertible, V-Class On the Way |
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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Mercedes-Benz will offer a minivan?
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