| We Tour Ford’s Motorsports Tech Center—and Check out the Awesome Machinery Within |
May 26th, 2014 |
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As one of his final acts as Ford’s president and CEO, Alan Mulally signed the check to upgrade the company’s humble Charlotte, North Carolina, NASCAR support center—affectionately known as the shack—to a lavish new facility conveniently located next door to NASCAR’s own R&D center in Concord, North Carolina. This one sparkling 33,000-square-foot building will serve […]
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| RoushYates Factory Tour: Where Diligence and Experience Yield Winning Engines |
May 26th, 2014 |
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Leading up to the year 2004, the Ford Motor Company strongly encouraged longtime rivals Jack Roush and Robert Yates to combine their race engine–building operations to help it beat Chevrolet, Dodge, and Toyota in NASCAR. Initially, there was reluctance, but the joint effort quickly paid off: Ford won the Nextel Cup championship with Kurt Busch […]
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| 10 Tips for a Successful Car-Buying Experience on Craigslist |
May 26th, 2014 |
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The vehicle listings on Craigslist are often light on graphics and always free of oversight, and cruising them can be an eye-opening experience. Usable at no cost for most sellers, half-truths are plentiful in the listings and vehicle histories rare, leaving it to you to connect the dots. (Very few people take our advice for […]
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| 2014 Toyota 4Runner 4WD Tested: Staying the (Off-Road) Course |
May 26th, 2014 |
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When Toyota introduced its first 4Runner in 1984, it was on the leading edge of what became known as the SUV craze. Thirty years later, with the heyday of the SUV shrinking in our rearview mirror, competitors such as the Ford Explorer and Nissan Pathfinder have abandoned the “put a wagon body on a pickup-truck […]
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| 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk V-6 Test: The Toughest Dart You’ll Ever Meet |
May 26th, 2014 |
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Jeep is nothing if not tough. The brand originated from the vehicle that helped the Allies win World War II, and its modern-day customers gather by the thousands every year to spend Easter weekend driving through the desert outside Moab, Utah. But it’s no longer enough to just be tough, and the new Cherokee represents […]
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| The Right Tires for Different Drives: A Primer on Proper Rubber |
May 26th, 2014 |
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Most people have no idea how specialized tires have become. While there have always been tires at different price points and of variable quality, modern tires have splintered into several varieties designed to fulfill a specific purpose. For example, high-performance summer tires and winter tires differ in almost every way, including proportions, tread pattern, tread […]
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| Fisker May Just Go Bankrupt Again in Pursuit of EV Dominance |
May 26th, 2014 |
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The recently sort-of-saved Fisker Automotive doesn’t care if expensive plug-in hybrids cause the company to go bankrupt a second time. Or at least, not according to the outfit’s new Chinese owners. Months after buying the California startup for pennies on the dollar, Fisker’s overlords have settled on strategy: Make people buy electric cars or die […]
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| 2014 Lexus CT 200h review notes: Efficient luxury that's not much fun |
May 26th, 2014 |
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WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: I got into this 2014 Lexus CT 200h after about a month of full-size pickups and SUVs, so it immediately felt right-sized.
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| Vote: Guess this car review, episode 1: Use your wits, win AW swag |
May 26th, 2014 |
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This is the beginning of what hopefully becomes a weekly feature here at Autoweek.com. Your job as the reader is to figure out what car we were reviewing when we wrote these lines way back in 2004.
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| Video: BMW X5 eDrive Overview |
May 25th, 2014 |
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The BMW X5 eDrive project director talks about the newest addition to the X5 family.
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