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• Which 2013 Ford Fusion To Buy: 1.6-Liter EcoBoost Or Hybrid?
• The Most Important New Cars For 2013
• Toyota Says 21 New & Revamped Hybrids Coming By 2015
• 2013 Ford Fusion, Paris Auto Show, Nissan Leaf Battery Loss: Car News Headlines
• U.S. Car Crash Death Rate Declines Below Suicide Rate

Which 2013 Ford Fusion To Buy: 1.6-Liter EcoBoost Or Hybrid? Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT Picking powertrains used to be simple: straight-six or V-8? But consider the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan that reaches dealers this fall: It comes with a base 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, or you can pick from a choice of two different smaller, turbocharged EcoBoost fours, in 1.6- and 2.0-liter sizes. Then there's the 2013 Fusion...

The Most Important New Cars For 2013 Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT 2012 is a leap year, and it's fitting that, for many of the new 2013 models emerging this summer and fall, there's a lot more than facelifts and refreshed feature lists. Most notably, a lot of the trends that we’ve seen over the past several years in luxury models—engine downsizing, fuel-efficient technologies, and in-car...

Toyota Says 21 New & Revamped Hybrids Coming By 2015 Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT Today in Tokyo, Toyota's vice chairman and head of research and development, Takeshi Uchiyamada, made some interesting and provocative statements. At a press conference, Uchiyamada told reporters that Toyota was planning to release "21 new or full-model-change hybrids" -- not just over the next decade or two, but by the end of calendar year 2015...

2013 Ford Fusion, Paris Auto Show, Nissan Leaf Battery Loss: Car News Headlines Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:24 AM PDT Today at The Car Connection, we reviewed the 2013 Ford Fusion and Nissan spoke about the Leaf's battery-capacity loss issue. Tesla geared up for its Supercharger announcement and BMW stopped selling the M5 and M6 due to a oil pump issue. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. A new study found teens are mirroring...

U.S. Car Crash Death Rate Declines Below Suicide Rate Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:38 AM PDT As we've reported before, the number of traffic fatalities on U.S. roads is falling, and in 2010, the fatality rate hit a record low. In fact, Americans are now more likely to die by suicide than in a car crash. For while both causes of death have been on the decline, one is far outpacing the other. Numerous factors have contributed to America's...

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