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• 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe Starts At $38,990, V From $62,990, On Sale This August
• Car Thefts Rates Are Down, But West Coast Hot Spots Remain
• Video: 2011 Audi A1 Mini-Movie With Justin Timberlake Episode 3
• IIHS Report: Low-Speed Vehicles & Public Roads Are A Dangerous Combination
• First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid
• 2011 Porsche Cayenne: Off-Road Able, Yet Ready For The Track

2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe Starts At $38,990, V From $62,990, On Sale This August Posted: 20 May 2010 01:00 PM PDT Some might call the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe a polarizing design, but in our informal surveys, it has far more fans than haters. What's not to love, after all--the chunky B-pillar, the big rear, the meaty fenders, the narrow slit of a greenhouse--it's an amalgamation of features that would have been reserved for concept cars in the past. But it's...

Car Thefts Rates Are Down, But West Coast Hot Spots Remain Posted: 20 May 2010 12:07 PM PDT Although U.S. vehicle thefts are continuing their downward trend, a number of cities in the Southwest remain hot spots. For the sixth consecutive year, U.S. vehicle theft rates declined in 2009, confirmed the National Insurance Crime Bureau. According to the annual NICB Hot Spots report, released last week, when theft figures are adjusted for...

Video: 2011 Audi A1 Mini-Movie With Justin Timberlake Episode 3 Posted: 20 May 2010 10:00 AM PDT Audi's 2011 A1 minicar still isn't a solid bet for the U.S., but that's not stopping the German carmaker from tapping American talent to promote the car. You may recall that Justin Timberlake was picked as the brand ambassador for Audi, and now he's stepping up his role in the A1's promotion. The first two episodes advanced the plot from cryptic...

IIHS Report: Low-Speed Vehicles & Public Roads Are A Dangerous Combination Posted: 20 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT At first, you'd see them scooting around college campuses or large factories. Then retirees and the gated-community set hopped onboard. Now, low-speed vehicles and their more commercial cousin, the minitruck, are everywhere, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is not happy about it. The IIHS doesn't have a problem with the vehicles...

First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid Posted: 20 May 2010 07:01 AM PDT Performance hybrid systems don't have a record for being strong sellers. There's the Lexus GS 450h, and of course the Honda Accord Hybrid, which rather than focusing on high mileage was aimed at a more tech-savvy premium performance buyer that never materialized. But Porsche—now along with several luxury automakers, actually—believes that it has a...

2011 Porsche Cayenne: Off-Road Able, Yet Ready For The Track Posted: 20 May 2010 06:31 AM PDT Porsche's Cayenne has, ever since its original introduction in 2003, offered a very respectable level of off-road ability. It's certainly debatable as to whether the Cayenne's ability to traverse rocky slopes actually mattered to most shoppers—or whether a lot of owners even knew about the built-in ability. In the new 2011 Cayenne, Porsche...

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