| GM CEO Mary Barra to Testify Over Recall |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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GM CEO Mary Barra will testify over the ignition recall that has been linked to at least a dozen deaths.
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| Next Porsche Boxster and Cayman to Receive One Whopper of a Four-Cylinder Engine |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Racing development should push the engine to 400 horsepower.
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| Volvo Sales Will Rise This Year, CEO Says |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Is Volvo set for a turnaround in the U.S. market?
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| Elio Motors 3-Wheeler: 84 MPG for the Price of a Decade-Old Corolla |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Sure, it’s great that manufacturers are offering fuel-economy specials of existing compact and subcompact, non-hybridized models. Not only does such a concept improve mileage without compromising driving dynamics by adding heavy batteries and electric motors, but they’re cheap when compared to their gas-electric brethren, too. That’s why we’re intrigued by Elio Motors, a startup promising […]
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| Fun-esse At Any Speed: 2014 Audi R8 4.2 Coupe Quattro Manual Tested |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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It hits you like a smack upside the head as you upshift through the six gears of the Audi R8’s manual gearbox. Despite the serious look of its brushed aluminum shift gate, the stirring 4.2-liter V-8 residing directly behind you, and the still-futuristic exterior styling, the R8’s cockpit remains a remarkably friendly place to go […]
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| 10 Things You Need to Know About Audi’s R18 e-tron Quattro Le Mans Racer |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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We got to join Audi Sport’s prototype team, which runs a trio of R18 e-tron Quattro race cars in the FIA’s World Endurance Championship series, at a testing session at the Circuit of the Americas track in Austin, Texas. Now that we’re done humble-bragging about kickin’ it with Audi’s racing team and enjoying 80-degree weather […]
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| Rolls-Royce Analyzing Business Case for SUV |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Traditional British luxury as we once knew it is in a state of flux. As the 2016 arrival date for the long-gestating Bentley SUV looms, word comes that Rolls-Royce, too, may be pondering a genuine SUV of its own. Peter Schwarzenbauer, the BMW board member in charge of Rolls-Royce recently told Top Gear “There are […]
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| Tokyo Citizens Get Opportunity to i-Test Toyota’s Wild i-ROAD—We Want In! |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Toyota has announced that 20 lucky Japanese participants will have the opportunity to test the novel i-ROAD EV concept starting next week. The consumer trial involves a fleet of 10 i-ROADs, which will float among the roughly 20 testers for about two months as Toyota gathers feedback on how the three-wheeled motorcycle/space pod fares in […]
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| Future Porsche Boxsters and Caymans Will Get More Punch From Fewer Cylinders |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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Porsche’s engine downsizing strategy will bring a four-cylinder boxer engine to the next generation of its junior sports-car lineup, the Boxster and the Cayman. So said the man at the top of Porsche, Matthias Müller, to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine in an article published yesterday. Following in Porsche’s tradition of horizontally opposed engines, the new […]
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| GM CEO Barra Called to Testify in Front of U.S. House Over Ignition Recall |
Mar 21st, 2014 |
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General Motors CEO Mary Barra will testify before Congress on April Fool’s Day, although neither side will be cracking jokes over the automaker’s admission that it acted too late to fix defects that led to at least 12 deaths. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the investigation following a New York Times report […]
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