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- GM Rolling Out Brake Override System In All Its Cars
- March Auto Sales Out Like A Lion: We Pick Winners And Losers
- Despite Clunkers, U.S. Still Scraps More Cars Than It Buys
- How the 2011 Chevy Cruze Eco Stays Slim, Trim & High-Mileage
- Deathwatch: V-Vehicle Loses CEO, Cancels Lease On Future Plant Site
- 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid Bottom Line
- Adam Carolla Picked To Top Celebs At Long Beach GP
- Pickup Sales Soar, Implying Brighter Days Ahead
| GM Rolling Out Brake Override System In All Its Cars Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:14 PM PDT  In the wake of all the hoopla surrounding Toyota's unintended acceleration fiasco, General Motors has come out announcing that it will start installing its "enhanced smart pedal" technology across its worldwide vehicle fleet. Designed for cars with automatic transmissions and electronic throttle control, the enhanced smart pedal technology, also...
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| March Auto Sales Out Like A Lion: We Pick Winners And Losers Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:49 PM PDT  March sales might have gone in like a lamb for Toyota (NYSE:TM), but thanks to some strong incentives it went out like a lion, finishing the month with very good sales numbers—topping 186,000 nationwide—though the automaker's incentives went from less than $1,600 per vehicle in March of last year up to more than $2,300 this past month. That's...
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| Despite Clunkers, U.S. Still Scraps More Cars Than It Buys Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:16 PM PDT  While last summer's Cash for Clunkers program appears to have accomplished many of its goals, car and light-truck sales are still far from returning to where they were just a few years ago. In fact, just months ago, the U.S. was scrapping more vehicles than were sold. R.L. Polk & Co. studied the 15-month period from July 1, 2008--just before...
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| How the 2011 Chevy Cruze Eco Stays Slim, Trim & High-Mileage Posted: 05 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT  We've written already about the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco high-mileage model launched at the New York Auto Show. Now we've had a chance to sit down with Gary Altman, GM's vehicle chief engineer for compact cars-North America, and find out exactly how they did it. In addition to predictable tweaks--tires with lower rolling-resistance, and a higher...
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| Deathwatch: V-Vehicle Loses CEO, Cancels Lease On Future Plant Site Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:39 AM PDT  V-Vehicle Company -- the startup automaker backed in part by oil baron-turned-wind baron-turned-CNG baron T. Boone Pickens -- has dipped a few more toes in the deadpool. According to reports, V-Vehicle has not only lost its founder and CEO, Frank Varasano, but the company has also canceled its lease on a site outside Monroe, Louisiana where it...
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| 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid Bottom Line Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:11 AM PDT  The 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid is, basically, the standard midsize Camry sedan with a different and far more frugal hybrid powertrain. For the 2010 model year, Toyota has given the Camry Hybrid revised instruments and a very mild restyle that includes a unique and distinctive grille. Hybrids sell on fuel economy, and the 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid is...
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| Adam Carolla Picked To Top Celebs At Long Beach GP Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:53 AM PDT  CarCast is one of our favorite podcasts, hosted by the man tipped to head up America's flavor of Top Gear, Adam Carolla. And apparently, the Las Vegas bookmakers are paying attention to Carolla's car-nut status as they have chosen him as the favorite to win the celebrity portion of the upcoming 34th Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Grand Prix of Long...
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| Pickup Sales Soar, Implying Brighter Days Ahead Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT  According to the Wall Street Journal, pickups are on a roll. On the sales floor, popular models like Ford's F-Series have seen double-digit improvement over 2009, which is good news for automakers and potentially for the U.S. economy as a whole. In March of this year, sales of F-Series trucks like the popular F-150 soared 30% over March 2009. GM...
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