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- Recall Alert: Honda Recalls 383,000 Vehicles Due To Shifter Problem
- Today at High Gear Media: MINI Countryman Takes the States
- Today in Car News: Jerry Flint, Infiniti M, and New Chryslers
- VIDEO: Stalk Your MINI Buddies--Or Just Meet--Via the iPhone
- Only One Hybrid Car Pays Back Its Owners; Know Which One?
- It's All In How You Look At It: Headlines Proclaim Millions In Losses, Gains For Chrysler
- Battle Of The Brands: Which American Automakers Bare All On YouTube?
- Five Cars That Lose Value Fast
- Bill Ford Jr. Finally Gets Paid After Five Years
- Tesla's Elon Musk Sneers at 'Primitive' 2011 Nissan Leaf Battery
- Want To Drive a Ferrari 458 Italia? Rent It at Gotham Dream Cars
| Recall Alert: Honda Recalls 383,000 Vehicles Due To Shifter Problem Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:41 PM PDT  Honda is recalling approximately 383,000 older Accord, Civic, and Element models due to a problem with the ignition interlock. If the mechanism becomes worn out or damaged, it may be possible for drivers to remove the ignition key when the transmission isn't in park. The issue could cause the vehicles to roll away unattended. The company says it...
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| Today at High Gear Media: MINI Countryman Takes the States Posted: 09 Aug 2010 01:00 PM PDT  It was a a rollercoaster weekend at High Gear Media--a rollercoaster ride in the 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman around the infamous Tail of the Dragon. Today at High Gear Media, we're brewing up our first drive of the Countryman for later today, while we also show you the dozens of official Countryman pics and live shots from the Atlanta kick-off of...
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| Today in Car News: Jerry Flint, Infiniti M, and New Chryslers Posted: 09 Aug 2010 12:00 PM PDT  It's Monday, and High Gear Media is rounding up a batch of car reviews and news this week before we head out Friday to the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours. While we're putting together our first drives of the 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman and 2011 Toyota Avalon and a special drive in the 2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante, here's what we're catching up on...
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| VIDEO: Stalk Your MINI Buddies--Or Just Meet--Via the iPhone Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT  We've often wondered when the next layer of social media would hit the car world. We're as concerned about creepers tracking our every movement in our cars as the next guy, but the advent of technology like the iPhone and built-in GPS just begs a whole new world of insurance paid by the mile, of coupons for gas and extras from local stations...
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| Only One Hybrid Car Pays Back Its Owners; Know Which One? Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT  One of the criticisms of hybrid cars has historically been that there's no payback, especially given the cheap gasoline prices in the U.S. The extra money you spend on a hybrid isn't returned in gas savings, say critics. Well, that may be true, especially when regular gasoline is averaging $2.77 a gallon this week. But as we often point out, most...
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| It's All In How You Look At It: Headlines Proclaim Millions In Losses, Gains For Chrysler Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:48 AM PDT  Second-quarter financial results are due from a number of automakers this week. And as much as we love poring over the numbers (we're nerds that way), we also love seeing how those figures get heralded in headlines. The variations can be very, very telling. Case in point: Chrysler, which announced Q2 results this morning. According to the the...
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| Battle Of The Brands: Which American Automakers Bare All On YouTube? Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:44 AM PDT  This week at SocialCarNews, we're hosting a little competition. You see, we spend a lot of time debating which automakers do well on the social media front and which, well, don't. But most of those discussions center on specific marketing campaigns, like Suzuki's AllPoints contest, or the brou-ha-ha surrounding Volkswagen's recent "Shoot the Gap"...
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| Five Cars That Lose Value Fast Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:30 AM PDT  Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have made giant strides in recent years. Some of their 2010 and 2011 cars are among the best they've ever made, and are rated near the top of TheCarConnection's lists for best family sedans and small crossovers. It's showing in their sales numbers--the companies kept growing, in fact, while nearly every other...
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| Bill Ford Jr. Finally Gets Paid After Five Years Posted: 09 Aug 2010 06:00 AM PDT  When Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said he would work for free until the company was profitable, he really meant it. In fact, since 2005 he has foregone his salary and bonus payments, which are estimated to be worth somewhere in excess of $25-$33 million. However, following Ford's announcement of a $2.6 billion second-quarter profit last...
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| Tesla's Elon Musk Sneers at 'Primitive' 2011 Nissan Leaf Battery Posted: 09 Aug 2010 05:50 AM PDT  Automakers often do comparison ads showing how their features or specs are better than their competitors', but they don't generally trash other makers' designs in public. Like so many conventions, this one doesn't seem to apply to Elon Musk, CEO of venture-funded startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. He savaged the "primitive" design of the battery...
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| Want To Drive a Ferrari 458 Italia? Rent It at Gotham Dream Cars Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:56 AM PDT  So you really, really want to drive that new Ferrari 458 Italia--but there's that pesky problem of the two-year waiting list to buy one since it launched in summer 2009. Now Gotham Dream Cars, the exotic-vehicle rental firm with New York and Miami outlets, has acquired one. And you can rent it for a day, a weekend, or a week (assuming you have the...
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