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- Video: Mark Webber Previews Spanish GP In Red Bull Simulator
- Gearheads, Get It To Go: TheCarConnection App Now Available For iPhone & iPad
- Study: Nighttime Teen Deaths Up, Cellphone Distraction To Blame
- Reader's Choice: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Or 2010 Cadillac CTS-V?
- Times Square Bomber Unaware: Your Car Has VINs in Many Places
- Car Talk: Texas, IBM To Test Cars That Keep Tabs On One Another
- More Ethanol in Gasoline Bad For Existing Cars, Say Automakers
| Video: Mark Webber Previews Spanish GP In Red Bull Simulator Posted: 06 May 2010 03:00 PM PDT  We want this simulator. Badly. But until we have Red Bull Racing's budget, we'll have to make do with watching the video of Mark Webber giving us a preview of the Spanish Grand Prix circuit at Barcelona. It does explain how the drivers get by with so little real-world testing and practice, though. Sitting in a mocked-up RB25 chassis with a huge...
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| Gearheads, Get It To Go: TheCarConnection App Now Available For iPhone & iPad Posted: 06 May 2010 01:09 PM PDT  Car junkies, news hounds, and eager-beaver shoppers: we've just made your lives a little easier. As of today, you can download the snazzy new app for High Gear Media's premiere news and research website, TheCarConnection.com. It's formatted for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and -- yes -- the iPad. Even better? It's 100% free. Our crack team of highly...
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| Study: Nighttime Teen Deaths Up, Cellphone Distraction To Blame Posted: 06 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT  Thinking about setting some ground rules on when a new teen driver can or can't take out the car? Ruling out most of the nighttime hours might be a good start. If you're a parent, it's probably not for the reasons you might think of—like beer, testonerone-fueled horseplay, and more beer. A new analysis from the Texas Transportation Institute...
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| Reader's Choice: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Or 2010 Cadillac CTS-V? Posted: 06 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT  For some, nothing can replace German engineering, and for some, it's American or nothing. Whether you're talking about quality, reliability, performance or features, there's a list of pros and cons on either side of the aisle. Today we ask: if you could put either one in you garage, would you choose the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG or the 2010...
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| Times Square Bomber Unaware: Your Car Has VINs in Many Places Posted: 06 May 2010 09:10 AM PDT  It appears that Faisal Shahzad, who allegedly attempted to set off an incendiary or explosive device inside a Nissan Pathfinder in New York City's Times Square last week, didn't know a lot about cars. He (or perhaps someone else) had filed off the rusty 1993 Pathfinder's 17-digit vehicle identification number (VIN) tag, visible through a corner of...
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| Car Talk: Texas, IBM To Test Cars That Keep Tabs On One Another Posted: 06 May 2010 08:41 AM PDT  A big part of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood's job is making America's roadways safer. Over the past year or so, he's devoted much time and energy to fighting the hazard of distracted driving, but his newest program actually encourages talking on the go -- only now, it's the cars that are chatting, not the drivers. LaHood knows that...
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| More Ethanol in Gasoline Bad For Existing Cars, Say Automakers Posted: 06 May 2010 06:40 AM PDT  Adding more ethanol to gasoline may help the U.S. meet a Congressional mandate to use more of the renewable fuel, but it could damage many of the cars now on the road, say automakers. Last year, U.S. vehicle manufacturers went public with their alarm that the EPA might increase the permissible ethanol in standard "gasoline" to 12 or even 15...
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