Do You Think That Ford Should Sell Mercury and Volvo?
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Ford recently unloaded Land Rover and Jaguar and now there are speculations that Ford may be looking at selling Volvo.
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Ford recently unloaded Land Rover and Jaguar and now there are speculations that Ford may be looking at selling Volvo.
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Nissan has announced that the Nissan GT-R had a lap time of seven minutes and 29 seconds on the infamous Nurburgring in Germany.
Continue reading "Nissan GT-R Does the Nurburgring in under 7:30" »
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Yesterday Jerry York made some statements about the fact that Ford should sell its Volvo and Mercury brands. Well today Ford has released an official statement that Volvo is not for sale and that the automaker continues to invest in Mercury.
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Mitsubishi is going to release a refreshed Eclipse for the 2009 model year. The automaker has announced that the base GS Eclipse will start at $20,099.
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Yesterday Nissan announced that the Nissan GT-R completed a lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:29. That announcement may be put to rest sooner than later if GM engineers manage to pull it off. They are hard at work on the 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1. Last week GM released official stats, 638 horsepower and 604 lb-ft of torque. GM also released a video of the car reaching 205 mph on the track.
Continue reading "Will the 2009 Corvette ZR1 Manage to Beat the Nissan GT-R's Nurburgring Time?" »
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A few days ago Ford announced the pricing for the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR that will be in showrooms later this month.
Continue reading "More Photos of the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR...Is it Worth $80K?" »
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GM has released details on its new 4.5L V8 Duramax turbo-diesel engine that will debut in the 2010 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra light duty trucks.
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Gas prices are out of control and are forcing many buyers to rethink their current vehicles. This has killed sales of large trucks and SUVs. Chrysler has just announced a promotion to hopefully win more buyers that still want an SUV or truck, but can't imagine paying over $4 bucks to fill it up.
Continue reading "Chrysler Guarantees Gas at $2.99 a Gallon for the Next Three Years! " »
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Yesterday Chrysler announced a new "Let's Refuel America" campaign that will lock in gas prices at $2.99 a gallon for three years for new buyers. Well today Suzuki also jumped on the bandwagon by offering its own "free gas" promotion.
Continue reading "Suzuki Jumps on the "Free Gas Bandwagon" But GM and Ford are Saying No" »
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Corvette ZR1 chief engineer Tadge Juechter recently sat down to answer many of the current questions about the upcoming Chevy Corvette ZR1.
Continue reading "GM is Going to Build 2,000 Corvette ZR1's a Year for Worldwide Consumption" »
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Republican Bill Maze has proposed a bill in California that would make it illegal for drivers to drive with their beloved pets on their laps.
Continue reading "California May Soon Make it Illegal for the Family Pet to Ride on Driver's Laps" »
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Audi issued a new sales report on Tuesday that said its "stock of Audi R8 cars is sold out for months to come." Pretty disappointing for anyone that is hoping to grab one of these awesome cars.
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It's been quite a while since a Taurus SHO (Super High Output) was available in a Ford dealership, but this may change. Last Monday a group of 11 Chicago area Taurus SHO fanatics were quizzed by Ford execs about the car.
Continue reading "Is Ford Thinking About Bringing Back the Taurus SHO?" »
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VW officially unveiled the all-new 2009 Volkswagen Routan minivan at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year. VW has now officially announced the pricing for the Routan.
Continue reading "Buy a 2009 VW Routan Minivan and Get $1500 for Your Kid" »
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Mazda finally took the wraps off of its midsize 2009 Mazda6 sedan a few weeks ago. Pricing for the all-new sedan has leaked onto the web and Mazda6club.com has all the preliminary pricing info.
Continue reading "All-New 2009 Mazda6 Pricing Leaked...It Starts at $19,850" »
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Toyota has announced plans to buy back over 800,000 Toyota Tacoma pickups that were built between 1996 and 2000 that have rusted frames.
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Audi is planning on releasing a hybrid of version of its large Q7 SUV sometime next year, but the automaker has yet to release any plans for a smaller Q5 hybrid.
Continue reading "Audi is Going to Release a Q7 Hybrid Next Year, but a Q5 Hybrid is a Ways Off" »
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Full-size truck sales have dropped off considerably due to the high gas prices and declining housing market in the US. Gas prices alone have pushed many buyers into smaller vehicles leaving large trucks and SUVs on lots for weeks or months at a time. This new trend of moving into smaller vehicles may (hopefully) revive the small-midsize truck market.
Continue reading "Is Ford Considering a Truck Smaller than the F-150 but Larger than the Ranger?" »
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Ford released an new Ford Focus for the 2008 model year, but when the car was first unveiled it received enough criticism to force the automaker to tweak the final product before it hit dealer showrooms. Well it looks like Ford has added more tweaks to the Focus for the 2009 model year.
Continue reading "2009 Ford Focus Coupe Unveiled...Ford Tweaks the Yet Focus Again" »
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has officially released the crash test results for the smart fortwo.
Continue reading "Official 2008 Smart Fortwo IIHS Crash Test Results Released" »
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Nissan recently held a private event where the new Nissan 370Z was unveiled. Apparently the automaker forgot to take away all the camera phones from the attendees.
Continue reading "First All-New 2010 Nissan 370Z Photo Leaked!" »
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Audi has unveiled its latest concept, the Audi A3 TDI clubsport quattro concept that will be officially unveiled at the 27th annual Lake Wörther Tour being held at the end of May in the Austrian province of Carinthia.
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Ford has already announced plans to bring the all-new Ford Fiesta to the US by 2010. The Fiesta is going to be the first of the European Fords that will finally make the trek over to the US.
Continue reading "Ford Finally Decides to Bring its Euro Models to the US" »
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Subaru has officially unveiled the Impreza WRC2008 ahead of its launch at the Acropolis Rally of Greece.
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Alfa Romeo CEO Luca de Meo recently told Auto Motor und Sport in an interview that the Italian automaker is working on an SUV that will be launched for the 2010 model year.
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Inside Line has learned that the new Lexus supercar, the Lexus LF-A is going to start at over $200,000 when it is finally released.
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Honda has announced the pricing for the all-new 2009 Honda Pilot that will be hitting dealerships later this week.
Continue reading "All-New 2009 Honda Pilot Starts at $27,595" »
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Camaro5 forums (the site that is all about the new Camaro) has just put up photos of the V6 Chevy Camaro. Rather than just a few pics of the exterior of the car, these photos give us our first glimpse of the actual V6 engine under the hood.
Continue reading "2010 Chevy Camaro V6 Engine Photos Surface" »
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Mitsubishi officially released the all-new 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X earlier this year, but only the GSR version of the car.
Continue reading "2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR Is Finally Coming to the US Next Month" »
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Volkswagen officially unveiled the Scirocco GT24 at the GTI Meet at Wörther Lake. The car is going to be driven for two days at the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring.
Continue reading "Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 Unveiled with 321 Horsepower" »
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In addition to unveiling the changes to the 2009 Vantage, the automaker has also unveiled the changes to the beautiful 2009 DB9.
Continue reading "Revised 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Unveiled with 470 Horsepower" »
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Jay Leno recently described what he feels is plaguing American automakers, poor quality economy cars.
Continue reading "Jay Leno Tells Detroit to Make Better Cars...Then Maybe They Would Sell" »
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Rolls-Royce has released the first official design sketches of the automakers next new model, known as the RR4.
Continue reading "Rolls-Royce Releases Official Sketches Its Baby Phantom, the RR4" »