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- Obama: Auto Industry Bailout To Be Repaid To Taxpayers
- Report: 2010 Mercedes S-Class, Audi, VW Are Tops In Desirability
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: First Drive
- Today at High Gear Media: Sonata Hybrid, Tesla and A Melted Italia
- As Automakers Move Focus To Smaller Cars, Entry Segment Lags
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata - 2.0T Turbo - Hybrid
- Driven: 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster
- Feds: 55 Models For 2011 To Be Tested For Revamped 5-Star Ratings
- For Repairs, Maintenance, GM Dealerships Take A Cue From Wal-Mart
- Cities Want High-Mileage Hybrid Taxis; Judge Says It's Illegal
- 2011 BMW 5-Series Earns Top Safety Pick
- GM Invites Customers To Comment On 2011 Buick Regal Via Online Forum
- 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Promises 20+ World Debuts
- Ford's Sale Of Volvo To Geely Is Expected To Close Next Week
- 2011 BMW 5-Series - Gran Turismo
| Obama: Auto Industry Bailout To Be Repaid To Taxpayers Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT  One year ago, America's automakers were facing one of the worst sales slumps to ever hit the industry, the effects of which even caused two of them to file for bankruptcy. In response, the government attempted to bailout struggling firms in the auto industry by providing them with cheap loans funded by taxpayers. Americans were mixed about the...
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| Report: 2010 Mercedes S-Class, Audi, VW Are Tops In Desirability Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:11 PM PDT  For the fifth time in the last six years, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class was named the most desirable model in the entire industry. That's according to the annual Total Quality Index (TQI) report compiled by the market-research firm Strategic Vision. The 2010 Volkswagen Golf, GTI, and Tiguan are all at the top of their segments in this year's results...
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| 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: First Drive Posted: 29 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT  We've told you many times about the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid--delving into its cosmetic and technical changes in our live coverage from the 2010 New York auto show, discussing how it fits in the Sonata lineup in a New York preview, reporting live from Korea on the Sonata Hybrid's potential 40-mpg highway fuel economy rating, and...
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| Today at High Gear Media: Sonata Hybrid, Tesla and A Melted Italia Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:54 PM PDT  Just when you think you've seen enough green, High Gear Media is rounding out the week with more coverage of hybrids and electric cars today. Batting lead: the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, which turns in Fusion-like fuel economy and has big tax credits in its arsenal--and sports a comely new front end that'll have you looking twice to make sure...
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| As Automakers Move Focus To Smaller Cars, Entry Segment Lags Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:31 PM PDT  With the landslide of all-new small cars being introduced this year and over the next several model years—including the 2011 Ford Fiesta, 2011 Mazda2, and 2012 Fiat 500—you might assume that small-car sales are going strong, and that the forecast for subcompacts in the U.S. is bullish. According to some sources the subcompact market is still...
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| 2011 Hyundai Sonata - 2.0T Turbo - Hybrid Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT  The Basics: It's true in cars as it's true in politics—to rise above the clutter, you need to make a dramatic statement. While Hyundai won't be telling anyone it can "see Russia from its house!" anytime soon, it's given its mainstream, mid-size Sonata a refreshing new look and a new mission. The goal: to dislodge some Nissan Altima and Ford Fusion...
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| Driven: 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT  Slide in, drop the top, clutch in and step on the brake, press the start button. The 370Z Roadster's 332-horsepower 3.7-liter V-6 growls to life, and you're ready to attack your favorite stretch of tree-lined two-lane blacktop. It's summer, and this Nissan's ready. Unlike the 350Z convertible, the 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster was designed from the...
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| Feds: 55 Models For 2011 To Be Tested For Revamped 5-Star Ratings Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:49 PM PDT  For safety-conscious car shoppers, it's been more than a little daunting over the past couple of model years to tell the difference between the safest models on the market and those that are merely good. Every automaker, it seems, has a five-star rating to boast about, and almost every vehicle, it seems, offers the claim of "class leading safety"...
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| For Repairs, Maintenance, GM Dealerships Take A Cue From Wal-Mart Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:48 AM PDT  If you get great service, and a consistently low price that competes with independent repair shops or franchised service centers, would you return to the dealership to get your older, higher-mileage vehicle maintained or repaired? GM is hoping so; to help drum up more business on the service side, GM Goodwrench dealers for Buick, GMC, and...
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| Cities Want High-Mileage Hybrid Taxis; Judge Says It's Illegal Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:10 AM PDT  If you've been to New York City lately, you may have noticed an increasing number of hybrid taxis on the roads: mostly Ford Escape Hybrid SUVs, but also Toyota Camry Hybrid and Nissan Altima Hybrid sedans, and a scattering of others too. It's part of a long-term plan to green the fleet of 14,000 yellow cabs operating in the city, since they rack...
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| 2011 BMW 5-Series Earns Top Safety Pick Posted: 29 Jul 2010 07:00 AM PDT  The 2011 BMW 5-Series sedan has earned a distinction the last-generation four-door never could--it's been named a Top Safety Pick. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has given the new 5er its best possible score, after performing its series of crash tests, tests that are more rigorous than those performed by the National Highway...
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| GM Invites Customers To Comment On 2011 Buick Regal Via Online Forum Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT  These days we're starting to see more and more of the major automakers starting to advertise using social media avenues such as Twitter and Facebook, and nowhere is this more evident than in the U.S. where automakers like GM, for instance, are launching new online forums for owners and potential customers to comment and interact with each other...
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| 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Promises 20+ World Debuts Posted: 29 Jul 2010 05:13 AM PDT  We're still months away from the 2010 Los Angeles auto show, but organizers are teasing us--and you--this morning with a tightly worded release promising more than 20 world debuts of new vehicles at the fall show. With the addition of another 20 North American debuts, many from global manufacturers, the L.A. show organizers say the show is...
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| Ford's Sale Of Volvo To Geely Is Expected To Close Next Week Posted: 29 Jul 2010 04:46 AM PDT  We haven't heard much lately about Ford's sale of Volvo to Chinese automaker Geely. We've been hoping things were on-track, but given all the trouble GM had offloading HUMMER to Sichuan Tengzhong -- namely financing, approval from the Chinese government, and Ford's concerns about intellectual property rights -- we weren't exactly holding our...
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| 2011 BMW 5-Series - Gran Turismo Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:23 AM PDT  The Basics: The BMW 5-Series mid-size sport sedan has been completely redesigned for 2011, and it's more of a driver's car than the outgoing 2010 5-Series—or most other mid-size luxury sedans—while still upping the technology ante and not forgetting about the comfort and luxury that matters. There's no wagon version of the 5-Series model this time...
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