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- Driven: 2011 Hyundai Sonata
- DIY Auto Maintenance: So Easy, A College Kid Can Do It
- Honda Recalls 2010 Accord Crosstour For Airbag Issue
- Chrysler Counts Down to the Future: 300, 200...and 100?
- Driven: 2011 Acura ZDX
- Chrysler Previews 2011 Jeep Patriot--But What About Compass?
- Ford Vs. Chrysler: Two Ways to Launch Cars Via Social Media
- Today in Car News: Audi TT RS, Honda CR-Z, and Saturn Redux
- Today at High Gear Media: New Chryslers, Paying Cash for Cars
- Contest: GMC Wants To Send You To Super Bowl XLV -- In A 2011 GMC Sierra Denali
- 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Minivan: First Look
- 2011 Jeep Patriot: First Look
- 2011 Chrysler 200 Sedan (nee Sebring): First Look
- 2011 Fiat 500 Sport: First Look
- Cash Or Credit: Five Things Vehicle Shoppers Should Consider
| Posted: 14 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT  Not too long ago, the Sonata was strictly a follower. Toyota and Honda would introduce a change, or a new feature, and Hyundai would follow. But with the latest 2011 Sonata, Hyundai follows no more—it's actually sprinted out to the front in many respects. In straight-line acceleration and fuel efficiency, among four-cylinder non-hybrid...
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| DIY Auto Maintenance: So Easy, A College Kid Can Do It Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:27 PM PDT  It's baffling how much some college kids' cars are neglected. Yes, it's a stressful world studying and writing and cramming constantly. No matter what, there should be enough time to at least check your dipstick at the end of each week to make sure you don't cause any catastrophic engine damage. Even so, I've met people with some huge issues...
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| Honda Recalls 2010 Accord Crosstour For Airbag Issue Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:27 PM PDT  Some 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour vehicles are being recalled for an issue with the front passenger airbag. According to Honda, on 3,336 Crosstours the airbag module doesn't meet a federal regulation that required it to be tested (for airbag deployment) with an unbelted six-year-old-sized crash-test dummy. Owners are encouraged to take their...
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| Chrysler Counts Down to the Future: 300, 200...and 100? Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT  With the blast of social media from Chrysler this morning, the details of its future product plans are getting a bit clearer. What's certain today is that the automaker's alliance with Fiat means the Chrysler brand is once again reaching for an upscale buyer. What's also clear is that the alphanumeric names layered on over at Cadillac and Lincoln...
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| Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:45 PM PDT  A week with a ZDX still wasn't enough to help me make up my mind about a few key questions: Is this a good-looking vehicle? And does the whole package work? Ask me at various points in the week, and depending on the angle I was viewing it from at the moment my responses could be very different. It's a car that at one moment will seem ungainly...
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| Chrysler Previews 2011 Jeep Patriot--But What About Compass? Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:00 PM PDT  This morning, Chrysler let loose on a new-product assault via Twitter and Facebook. And while it wasn't the long, drawn-out tease that the 2011 Ford Explorer became on Facebook, it lit up the social-media hotline with breaking news on the 2011 Fiat 500, 2011 Jeep Patriot, 2011 Chrysler Town & Country and the newly renamed 2011 Chrysler 200...
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| Ford Vs. Chrysler: Two Ways to Launch Cars Via Social Media Posted: 14 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT  Unless you've been living under a boulder--or just don't have Facebook, same difference--you know Ford used social media to launch the new 2011 Explorer. Yup, Facebook. Today, Chrysler took the same route with not one, but four either new or refreshed models. In a huge shift in the industry, Chrysler and other automakers are using Twitter and...
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| Today in Car News: Audi TT RS, Honda CR-Z, and Saturn Redux Posted: 14 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT  We've told you it's coming--now Audi confirms the TT RS is coming to America. [PRNewswire] Toyota thinks the 2011 Honda CR-Z is on to something, and might want a sporty hybrid coupe of its own. [AutoblogGreen] While it deals with recall aftermath, Toyota now says its "black boxes" may not indicate vehicle speed as accurately as it would like...
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| Today at High Gear Media: New Chryslers, Paying Cash for Cars Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT  The barrage of new Chryslers coming in 2011 hit Twitter this morning like a 140-character-count tidal wave. Luckily, a minivan held them all safe in its clutches. [TheCarConnection] The Jeep Patriot's back for more off-road action, with touchy-feely interior bits and slight styling mods. When can we get a new engine? [TheCarConnection] Chrysler's...
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| Contest: GMC Wants To Send You To Super Bowl XLV -- In A 2011 GMC Sierra Denali Posted: 14 Sep 2010 08:29 AM PDT  Football fans: GMC has your number. The roughest and ruggedest member of the General Motors family recently launched a new contest that will give 17 folks a trip to Super Bowl XLV and one lucky son-of-a-gun a brand new, 2011 Sierra Denali. The premise of the "Never Say Never Moment of the Week" contest is pretty straightforward: on Monday nights...
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| 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Minivan: First Look Posted: 14 Sep 2010 07:28 AM PDT  We've bemoaned the details that keep Chrysler's minivan from being in the top tier of family haulers--a plasticky interior being first among them. Today, Chrysler's hitting Facebook with the first photos of the 2011 Chrysler Town & Country minivan, which gets a new interior--from the looks of the photos shown here. The minivan also shows a...
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| Posted: 14 Sep 2010 07:17 AM PDT  Chrysler's hitting the Twitters this morning with a wave of photos of its new 2011 products--including this first photo of the 2011 Jeep Patriot. The Patriot isn't due for a total overhaul, unlike the brand-new Fiat 500 Sport found today via Twitpic--and unlike the mysterious 2011 Chrysler 200 just launched across the social-media airwaves. We do...
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| 2011 Chrysler 200 Sedan (nee Sebring): First Look Posted: 14 Sep 2010 07:15 AM PDT Well, the long wait is coming to a close: Chrysler just tweeted the first photos of the new 2011 Chrysler 200, which is apparently the new name for the redesigned Chrysler Sebring. The images show details of the restyled front and rear of the core Sebring platform, with swept-back lights and a grille shaped very much like the Chrysler 200 concept...
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| 2011 Fiat 500 Sport: First Look Posted: 14 Sep 2010 07:13 AM PDT  The Fiat 500 is just over two months from retail sale here in the U.S., and now Chrysler has revealed the first image of the new car in Sport trim. We've already known the 500 would get an upgraded platform for the U.S., and that up to four different models would be sold, but this is our first glimpse of the actual U.S.-spec car. The photos come...
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| Cash Or Credit: Five Things Vehicle Shoppers Should Consider Posted: 14 Sep 2010 06:16 AM PDT  If you're just getting in the market for a new car, one of the first things you should consider—along with what kind of car you want, and what you can afford—is whether you should finance or pay cash. While more than 90 percent of car buyers finance their new vehicle in some form (including leasing), paying cash isn't necessarily a bad...
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