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- 2010 Aston Martin Rapide: Aston Tells Porsche to Bring It On
- 2011 BMW Alpina B7 Priced From $122,875
- The 2010 Formula 1 Grid Takes Shape
- Toyota Recall: Dealers To Start Fixing Gas Pedals This Weekend
- Video: Volkswagen Touareg To Be Featured In New Repo Men Film
- Video: New Ad For The Volvo C70 Pushes Safety Aside, Encourages Mixing It Up
- Hyundai, Chrysler Create More Incentives To Lure Toyota Customers
- Video: Boyota Work Some Magic On The Toyota Sienna
- If Tesla Roadster Production Ends in 2012, Show Us The Money
- Toyota And NHTSA Shockingly Slow On Unintended Acceleration Issue
| 2010 Aston Martin Rapide: Aston Tells Porsche to Bring It On Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:31 PM PST  This week, MotorAuthority is live in Valencia, Spain, for the first drive of the 2010 Aston Martin Rapide--"the only four-door sports car in the world," according to the CEO of the company that's now flying solo since it was sold by Ford to a Kuwaiti-funded investment group three years ago. CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez--the man whose cell phone rings to the...
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| 2011 BMW Alpina B7 Priced From $122,875 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:49 PM PST  Though there is no M7 in the works, there's really no need for one, as the 2011 Alpina B7 is on the way. Revealed in early January, the 2011 Alpina B7 starts from $122,875 for the short-wheelbase model, and $126,775 for the extended limo. Slightly less powerful than the mighty 760i's 536-horsepower twin-turbo V-12, the Alpina B7's twin-turbo V-8...
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| The 2010 Formula 1 Grid Takes Shape Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:09 PM PST  Last year's Formula 1 season was an unusual one, with the existing hierarchy upended by the new--and, early on, dominant--Brawn team. This year Brawn changes its name to Mercedes, Michael Schumacher makes his comeback and a new crop of teams, including one from the U.S., will see the starting line. The 2010 F1 calendar will see 19 stops this year...
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| Toyota Recall: Dealers To Start Fixing Gas Pedals This Weekend Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:57 AM PST  While Toyota has been accused of being extremely slow to respond in issuing a recall for its floor-mat-related, unintended-acceleration issue, the automaker has responded remarkably quickly with a solution to its other, unrelated recall—regarding sticking accelerator mechanisms. Toyota (NYSE: TM) actually called its response time—devising a...
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| Video: Volkswagen Touareg To Be Featured In New Repo Men Film Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:12 AM PST  In the world of advertising, product placement is big business. It's also a big gamble, since the payoff depends on factors beyond the advertiser's control. When the stars align, companies get great press like Chevrolet did when it was placed in last summer's Transformers sequel. When the gods are angry...well, you end up with Coke's placement in...
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| Video: New Ad For The Volvo C70 Pushes Safety Aside, Encourages Mixing It Up Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:44 AM PST  For decades, safety has been Volvo's hallmark. That's served the automaker well, since safety has consistently ranked at the top of consumers' list of concerns when purchasing new and used vehicles. However, a new spot for the 2010 Volvo C70 (and another for the 2010 Volvo C30) shoves safety to the sidelines in an effort to convince buyers that...
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| Hyundai, Chrysler Create More Incentives To Lure Toyota Customers Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:27 AM PST  Last week, we mentioned that Ford and GM were offering special incentives to customers who trade in Toyota vehicles at the time of purchase. Now Chrysler and Hyundai have joined the fray, with their own discounts to woo Toyota owners worried about safety. In a press release issued Friday, Chrysler said: "Beginning today, the company is offering...
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| Video: Boyota Work Some Magic On The Toyota Sienna Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:08 AM PST  Auto show presentations have a reputation for being cheesy -- and they've earned it. The Chevrolet "Volt Dance" at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show is just the latest in a long, long line of displays and debuts to employ terrible music and clunky choreography in an effort to seem new and edgy. Unfortunately, most of these "hip" presentations end up...
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| If Tesla Roadster Production Ends in 2012, Show Us The Money Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:28 AM PST  Whenever we're asked whether electric-car startup Tesla Motors will make it, we respond with our own question: What's the last carmaker started from scratch in the U.S. by entrepreneurs that's still with us, and when did it launch? The answer is Chrysler, and the year was 1924. In other words, starting a car company is a tough, tough challenge...
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| Toyota And NHTSA Shockingly Slow On Unintended Acceleration Issue Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:55 AM PST  It's hard to imagine that Toyota only started to take serious action on reports of its vehicles accelerating uncontrollably after four people in a Lexus ES 350 were killed after the sedan accelerated into an intersection and hit a SUV. When the crash took place on August 28 last year, Toyota had already received more than 2,000 complaints of...
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