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- 2011 Ford Fiesta Subcompact: You Gotta Wait Two More Weeks!
- Drivers At Fault In So-Called Sudden Acceleration Toyotas, NHTSA Says
- Smart Car Shopping: Great Car Deals This Week
- Auction Alert: Original 1965 Shelby GT350 Prototype
- Get Ahead Of The New Car Market: Six Summer Bargains
- 2011 Ford Explorer To Be Unveiled July 26 in New York City
- Share Your Summer Adventures With Jeep's Free TripCast App For iPhone
- Driven: 2010 Porsche Panamera S
- 2011 Chevrolet Volt Proves Safe In Deep-Water Test
- Secret Shoppers Give Mercedes-Benz Top Marks For Customer Experience
- Reward For Old Fiat Owners, Finally: New 2011 Fiat 500 Special Edition
- 2011 BMW 5-Series - Gran Turismo
- Roadside Assistance: Needed Coverage Or Wasted Money?
- Chevrolet Showroom App Now Available For iPhone, iPad And iPod touch
| 2011 Ford Fiesta Subcompact: You Gotta Wait Two More Weeks! Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:25 PM PDT  The 2011 Ford Fiesta subcompact is one of the more eagerly awaited cars arriving in the U.S. market. Winning points for styling, equipment, and performance, it's Ford's first high-volume European car to be sold here. But eager buyers and test drivers will have to take a breath and wait for just a little longer. Ford said today that deliveries of...
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| Drivers At Fault In So-Called Sudden Acceleration Toyotas, NHTSA Says Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:53 PM PDT  Despite ominous news reports of cars careening out of control, there's no substitute for data. And now it looks like many reported cases of so-called "sudden acceleration" in Toyotas are actually due to driver error. That's the preliminary conclusion coming from investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) who...
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| Smart Car Shopping: Great Car Deals This Week Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT  If you're going out car shopping this weekend, you should know that automakers aren't discounting cars the way they did just a few months ago. As Toyota fought to recover its reputation amidst allegations of unintended acceleration in the spring, it launched a round of heavy discounts. That kicked off a price war. Historically, heavy discounts...
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| Auction Alert: Original 1965 Shelby GT350 Prototype Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT  A classic Shelby GT350 is a fine machine. Race-born and race-bred, one of the original Shelby legacies. But at Mecum's Monterey auction during the Pebble Beach Concours, there's one Shelby GT350 that isn't just any other classic piece of automotive history. It's special. How special? So special the previous owner has held on to it for 30 years...
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| Get Ahead Of The New Car Market: Six Summer Bargains Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT  With the mercury climbing over 100 degrees up and down the east coast, you sure envy your neighbor's convertible right now, don't you? Putting the top down and letting the wind cool you is one of the great joys of car ownership, but right now, you shouldn't be considering a new Miata. No, this is the time to shop with last winter's record...
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| 2011 Ford Explorer To Be Unveiled July 26 in New York City Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:36 AM PDT  After a summer of teaser shots and Facebook pages, Ford is finally unveiling the 2011 Explorer to the public in one of the most demanding places on Earth--midtown Manhattan. The next-generation Explorer will be introduced by Ford president and CEO Alan Mulally and Ford TV pitchman Mike Rowe--he of the "Dirty Jobs" TV show--in front of Macy's on...
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| Share Your Summer Adventures With Jeep's Free TripCast App For iPhone Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:32 AM PDT  A couple of weeks ago,we covered a great new app for the 2011 Grand Cherokee. Now Jeep has released a very different application called TripCast, which allows you to share photos, videos, audio, and notes from vacations, road trips, or afternoons at the park. TripCast has the potential to be another win for Jeep, but it'll need several upgrades to...
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| Driven: 2010 Porsche Panamera S Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT  When Porsche decided to come out with a hatchback sedan, the Panamera, a few years ago, you heard of tremendous distress from supposed Porschefiles - you'd have thought Porsche was building an SUV. Oh, right, sorry…. I say "supposed" Porschefiles because if you know anything about the tradition of this brand it's always been directed at both form...
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| 2011 Chevrolet Volt Proves Safe In Deep-Water Test Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT  Electric cars are the future. But electric cars are also require high-voltage, high-current batteries, and everyone knows water and electricity don't mix, right? Chevrolet wants to put your fears to rest, though, driving the new 2011 Chevrolet Volt repeatedly through a water trough to prove it's as safe as any other car. If you were hoping to see...
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| Secret Shoppers Give Mercedes-Benz Top Marks For Customer Experience Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:39 AM PDT  UPDATED: Pied Piper's Fran O'Hagan sent in some additional comments about this study. See below. If you've ever had the pleasure of working in retail or the service industry, you already know how much fun secret shoppers can be. (For the rest of you: not very.) Over the past four years, the folks at America's auto dealerships gotten in on the...
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| Reward For Old Fiat Owners, Finally: New 2011 Fiat 500 Special Edition Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:22 AM PDT  It hasn't been easy being a Fiat fan in the U.S. these last, oh, 20 or 30 years. Sneers of "Fix It Again, Tony!" due to rusty and unreliable cars were followed by Fiat fleeing the U.S. market in 1983 with its tail tucked between its legs. But now, with the imminent debut of the 2011 Fiat 500 late this year, the company wants to reward all those...
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| 2011 BMW 5-Series - Gran Turismo Posted: 13 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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| Roadside Assistance: Needed Coverage Or Wasted Money? Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:25 PM PDT  Everyone likes the security of a roadside assistance program. Someone is there to help you regardless of the time of day or the weather conditions. It's great to have someone to call when you are dressed to go out and the car won't start or you come out to find a flat tire in the driveway. But what should you look for in an emergency road service...
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| Chevrolet Showroom App Now Available For iPhone, iPad And iPod touch Posted: 12 Jul 2010 07:48 PM PDT  Automakers and accessory companies have been all over promoting their brands via the Apple iPhone and its new iPod touch and iPad siblings, and some--particularly GM--have even found ways to entice potential customers and enhance the new car shopping experience. In fact, the Chevrolet brand is among the first to create a shopping app for the...
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