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- Ford Will Give Drivers The Choice To Block Some Sync Features For 2011
- Driven: 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Sport
- Chrysler Wants No Regrets: Return Your New 2010, If You Want
- Ford Pumps Up Rebates for 2010 Mustang, Taurus, Focus
- Audi R8 e-tron To Run 100-Mile Silvretta EV Rally
- Video: The 2011 Nissan Leaf Has Arrived
- 2011 Ford Flex
- 2011 Lincoln MKS
- 2011 Kia Sorento
- California Yanks Prius Perks: No More Hybrid HOV-Lane Access
- Green Driving Tips To Improve Your Gas Mileage This Summer
- Toyota Promises Longer Development Times For Future Models
| Ford Will Give Drivers The Choice To Block Some Sync Features For 2011 Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT  Manufacturers continue to add newer, more high-tech features to automobiles, and while many of these systems, such as Ford's Sync, have voice-activation to cut down on driver distraction, there's still a chance that all the features that these systems offer could cause drivers to be distracted. Car companies face a charge of hypocrisy here. On the...
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| Driven: 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Sport Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT  Hot hatches are a sore spot for American connoisseurs. The Europeans and Japanese always seem to get the best ones, while we're stuck with inferior models. Not so with the Mazdaspeed3. Sure, it's no Ford Focus RS, much less the RS500, but it's a 263-horsepower, 280 pound-foot, turbocharged, front-driving monster. Except it's not quite so monstrous...
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| Chrysler Wants No Regrets: Return Your New 2010, If You Want Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:16 AM PDT  Living without regret: it's something we try to do every day here at TheCarConnection, and Chrysler's been following our lead. Earlier this year, the automaker allowed buyers of its Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans to return their new vehicles within 60 days, if they weren't satisfied. Now, the company's extending the...
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| Ford Pumps Up Rebates for 2010 Mustang, Taurus, Focus Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:02 AM PDT  There's one easy way to tell when manufacturers are ready to sweep showrooms clean of the current model-year crop of vehicles, and usher in the new year: the "special event" sales pitch. This week it's Ford readying dealer lots for its revamped 2011 models, which include the kicky new Mustang and Fiesta. To get you car shoppers interested in...
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| Audi R8 e-tron To Run 100-Mile Silvretta EV Rally Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT  To date, electric cars have largely been the golden children of the green movement. As sleek or stylish as they may be, they're often equally boring behind the wheel (the Tesla Roadster being a notable exception). But the future may hold as much in the way of performance and luxury for EVs as it does frumpy little econoboxes, and the Audi R8...
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| Video: The 2011 Nissan Leaf Has Arrived Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT  Ladies and gentlemen, the 2011 Nissan Leaf is here. And by "here", we mean "the interwebs". No, you can't drive it just yet. But you can follow Lance Armstrong's Twitter feed, where the new Nissan spokesperson occasionally mentions the all-electric five-door and how excited he is to be the first person in America to own one. That probably makes...
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| Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:17 AM PDT  The Basics: The 2011 Ford Flex has angled its way into a rare phenomenon. Sales are increasing as it enters its third model year and as more SUV and wagon shoppers realize the square-jawed crossover is one of the best-riding, quickest vehicles available. If the Flex's collection of rectangles took you a while to warm to, you're forgiven. It...
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| Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:55 AM PDT  The Basics: Ford's Lincoln brand has won the survival sweepstakes. While sister division Mercury is being shuttered, Lincoln's on a new-product roll. In the past two years, it's added three new vehicles, including an updated version of the mid-size MKZ sedan—with a hybrid coming in 2011—and the big, bodacious MKT crossover. The MKS sedan was new...
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| Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:33 AM PDT  The Basics: If you've gazed at a CR-V, RAV4, or Edge with lust in your heart, you may want to back away from those flirtations and take a look at the 2011 Kia Sorento. You probably know the Sorento as a truck-based SUV with frame rails and some real off-road capability—but all that's changed. The new Sorento leaves the trails behind for a new...
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| California Yanks Prius Perks: No More Hybrid HOV-Lane Access Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:28 AM PDT  You may remember that in California, 85,000 lucky owners of three hybrid vehicles were granted special stickers giving them access to High-Occupancy Vehicle lanes, even with only a single occupant in the car. Well, their luck runs out on December 31, the last day those stickers are valid. While Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill...
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| Green Driving Tips To Improve Your Gas Mileage This Summer Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:58 AM PDT  While the July Fourth holiday weekend has ended, many Americans still have a hefty amount of summer travel ahead. With gas prices slowly inching toward $3 a gallon, many of us who don't have the luxury of owning a fuel-sipping hybrid vehicle are looking for simple ways to save some extra cash at the pumps. There are still many ways to stretch...
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| Toyota Promises Longer Development Times For Future Models Posted: 07 Jul 2010 11:50 PM PDT  Still reeling from the aftermath of the unintended acceleration issue, as well as a spate of vehicle recalls that are still ongoing, Toyota has promised to extend the time it takes to develop new vehicles, focusing the extra time on more quality checks. The information comes directly from Toyota's Executive Vice President, Takeshi Uchiyamada, who...
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