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- As GM Dips Back Into Subprime Lending, Will The Deals Get Better?
- With A Glass Of Water, Save Ten Percent On Your Fuel Budget
- Audi Unveils Facebook Site For 2011 A7 Launch
- Audi Confirms RS5 Coupe For U.S., Coming In 2012
- Seattle Looking For New Way To Tax Solo Car Commuters
- Video: OnStar's Smartphone Tech In Action
- Over 600 Chevy Dealers In Launch Regions To Offer 2011 Volt
- How Congress is Designing Your Next Car
- 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Aces New Roof Test, Named Top Safety Pick
- GM Greens Its Auto ACs With Greenhouse-Gas-Friendly Coolant
- 2011 Subaru WRX STI Sedan Priced From $33,995, WRX From $25,495
- 2011 Ford Explorer Camouflage Video Gives Glimpse At Interior
- Smart Car Shopping: Great Car Deals This Week
- Sounds For Silent EVs: Solving a Problem That May Not Exist
- J.D. Power: It's A Mixed Bag For Auto Sales
| As GM Dips Back Into Subprime Lending, Will The Deals Get Better? Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:35 PM PDT  General Motors today acquired subprime lender AmeriCredit, as part of a $3.5 billion deal that will help extend loans and leases to those with blemished credit. Before you say "here we go again" and work yourself into a frenzy thinking that government-owned GM shouldn't go into the business of selling and leasing cars to those who can't make good...
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| With A Glass Of Water, Save Ten Percent On Your Fuel Budget Posted: 23 Jul 2010 04:25 PM PDT  Getting leadfoots to improve gas mileage can be a challenge, and we've heard plenty of novel techniques over the years. "Drive like there's an egg between your foot and the accelerator," is probably the most common. But here's a new one: Drive like there's a glass of water on the dash. And to improve mpg but avoid the costly electrical damage or...
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| Audi Unveils Facebook Site For 2011 A7 Launch Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT  With the RS5 just announced to arrive in America in 2012 and the price of the R8 Spyder V10 set, it's hard to get too excited over the announcement of a Facebook site. Take a breath, and remember that it's the 2011 Audi A7 we're talking about, though, and things will come into focus. The unveiling for the all-new A7 four-door coupe--according to...
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| Audi Confirms RS5 Coupe For U.S., Coming In 2012 Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:12 PM PDT  Get ready for some raucous Audi awesomeness, America. The Audi RS5 Coupe has just been confirmed for your driving pleasure. The only bad news: it won't get here until 2012. In the meantime, you can put your spare cash to use with the just-priced $161,000 R8 Spyder 5.2 quattro. Powered by an up-rated version of the 4.2-liter V-8 found in the...
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| Seattle Looking For New Way To Tax Solo Car Commuters Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:06 PM PDT  As long as we're still driving fossil-fuel vehicles, the way we pay for our roads is pretty straightforward: We fill up at the pump, and for the most part, a big chunk of the gasoline tax we pay goes toward building and maintaining roads. What isn't nearly as transparent is how we fund rail, pedestrian rights of way, and other transportation...
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| Video: OnStar's Smartphone Tech In Action Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT  Yesterday General Motors revealed its new OnStar smartphone technology that allows the owner of an OnStar-equipped car to access core vehicle features from an app on their phone. But it wasn't immediately clear why anything but the remote start option would be any more useful than a standard key fob. Today GM has provided us a video that hopes to...
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| Over 600 Chevy Dealers In Launch Regions To Offer 2011 Volt Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:30 PM PDT  Three weeks ago, Chevrolet unveiled two new launch markets for its 2011 Volt electric car and described some of the things dealers would need to do in order to be granted the privilege of selling GM's most advanced and most eagerly awaited car in decades. Now it appears that pretty much every Chevy dealer plans to do whatever it takes. General...
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| How Congress is Designing Your Next Car Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:12 PM PDT  The auto industry won a major victory in Congress this week, when the landmark financial bill passed by both houses on Congress excluded auto dealers from regulation -- so Congress can't stop them from taking a kickback for funneling you toward a particular lender, or marking up a loan to a higher rate than the lender is offering and pocketing the...
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| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Aces New Roof Test, Named Top Safety Pick Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:02 AM PDT  The 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart is quick, nimble, and fun to drive, as we reported last week in a comparison with the new 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX. That said, it might come as a bit of a surprise that the Lancer family has been called one of the best models on the market for passive safety. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has...
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| GM Greens Its Auto ACs With Greenhouse-Gas-Friendly Coolant Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:22 AM PDT  Among the many substances emitted by autos back in the "good old days" were the refrigerant gases that would leak from older auto air conditioners. Freon, also known as R-12, was replaced starting in the early 1990s with R-134a, which did less damage to the ozone layer. Now concern has expanded to greenhouse gases in general. Today, General Motors...
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| 2011 Subaru WRX STI Sedan Priced From $33,995, WRX From $25,495 Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT  The wing is back, and it's $1,000 cheaper than the hatch. Starting from $33,995, the STI four-door will be the least expensive entry into the hairy end of Subaru's range, though those with a taste for more luxury will have the option of upgrading to the Limited package for a starting price of $37,345. Prices are up $500-$1,000 across the board for...
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| 2011 Ford Explorer Camouflage Video Gives Glimpse At Interior Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:00 AM PDT  Like pretty much every other car-obsessed person on the 'net, you've probably seen as many camouflage-clad cars, including the 2011 Ford Explorer, as you have standard paint jobs in the last two weeks. But what you may not have seen before is how the camouflage gets there in the first place. That's where this video from Ford steps in, describing...
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| Smart Car Shopping: Great Car Deals This Week Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:45 AM PDT  Before you go out car shopping this weekend, there are two things you need to know. One is that you might want to wait a few days. Our partners at TrueCar.com, the car pricing experts, tell us that the cheapest day to buy this month will be Wednesday, July 28. You'll often get the best deals on a Saturday, but with the end of a slow sales month...
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| Sounds For Silent EVs: Solving a Problem That May Not Exist Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT  It's a wonderful TV news flash: Blind people in peril from killer electric cars! News at 11. The fear is that electric vehicles are so silent that blind people can't hear them coming, so new draft safety regulations may now require electric vehicles to emit sounds. There's just one problem: Accident data from the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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| J.D. Power: It's A Mixed Bag For Auto Sales Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:28 AM PDT  J.D. Power has good news and bad news for the auto industry. On the plus side, production is up dramatically from a year ago, and July sales will be significantly higher than those of June. On the down side, the company has scaled back its retail sales forecast for 2010, and a return to pre-recession levels isn't likely until 2012 at the earliest...
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