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- Future Tech: Smartphone App Custom-Tailors Your Seat Settings
- 2011 Ford Transit Connect: Dressed-Up For Family Duty
- 2010 LA Auto Show: Photo Gallery, 2011 Fiat 500 Launch
- 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid Details
- Study: Women Date Porsche Boxsters, Men Take What They Can Get
- 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Ford Named 'Green Marketer Of The Year'
- Big Success For GM's IPO, But Symbolism Sows Seeds of Worry
- 2011 BMW X3
| Future Tech: Smartphone App Custom-Tailors Your Seat Settings Posted: 19 Nov 2010 02:16 PM PST  If you're blaming your vehicle's seats for your achy back or painful neck, consider this: You might not not be properly adjusting your seats, and you could be in a seating position that's simply wrong for your body type. High end seats, which bring fine-tuned support for backs and thighs, can bring unparalleled comfort; but they can also provide...
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| 2011 Ford Transit Connect: Dressed-Up For Family Duty Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:51 PM PST  So far, Ford has focused on commercial customers—electricians, plumbers, flower shops, and the like—for its Transit Connect. But there's a lot of potential in the Transit Connect's package for family use as well. For that, at the Los Angeles Auto Show this past week, Ford revealed a new 2011 Transit Connect XLT Premium that's designed...
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| 2010 LA Auto Show: Photo Gallery, 2011 Fiat 500 Launch Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:10 PM PST  The 2011 Fiat 500 minicar is the first all-new car to be sold as part of Fiat's takeover of Chrysler. It's also a very cool and stylish little vehicle that won numerous awards in its first year on the market ... and it's the kind of car conventional wisdom says will never, ever sell in the U.S. Nonetheless, a newly confident Fiat USA launched the...
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| 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid Details Posted: 19 Nov 2010 11:40 AM PST  Kia has been on a roll lately. The younger, lower-priced sibling of Korean car colossus Hyundai has received rave reviews for the styling, features, and general competence of its its new 2011 Optima midsize sedan. Now Kia has iced the cake by adding a hybrid-electric model of the Optima to the lineup, along with a turbocharged and direct-injected...
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| Study: Women Date Porsche Boxsters, Men Take What They Can Get Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:49 AM PST  We don't spend a lot of time reading scholarly journals here at TCC, but today, we've made an exception, because a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has proven what many men always believed -- namely, that guys who drive sporty cars get more, um, attention from the ladies. However, it doesn't work the same for gals with...
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| 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Ford Named 'Green Marketer Of The Year' Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:07 AM PST  Earlier this week, we told you about Nielsen's first-ever "Green Marketer of the Year" award and about the five automakers the research firm had named as finalists: Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. The envelope has now been passed and opened, and -- drumroll, please -- the winner is Ford. Nielsen's "Green Marketer of the Year"...
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| Big Success For GM's IPO, But Symbolism Sows Seeds of Worry Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:52 AM PST  By all accounts, the initial public offering of General Motors stock yesterday was a huge success. Demand for the shares was five times the initial allocation, prompting the company both to raise the amount it sold and raise the price. At the end of the day, GM stock [NYSE:GM] closed higher than the initial price. Everyone's happy, including...
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| Posted: 18 Nov 2010 10:05 PM PST  The Basics: Now that it's assembled in South Carolina, the 2011 BMW X3 is a newly minted citizen, and clearly, it went overboard studying for its naturalization exams. The formula for success: Make it bigger, make it faster, make it richer—but don't make it too off-roady. The new X3 ticks all those boxes, from its low-profile tires to its...
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