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- Beware, Car Thieves Will Be Working On New Year's Day
- CA Electric Car Rebate Will Run Out Mid 2011, Advocate Warns
- TheCarConnection's Latest: Questions and Answers
- Veloster? How About A Hyundai Zuma, Kona, or Pi Instead?
- Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers (Yes, SUVs!) In City Core
- Video: AT&T Debuts 'The Last Text' Documentary To Fight Distracted Driving
- Nissan Makes Range-Anxiety Fun With 'Carwings' For The 2011 Leaf
- TCC Tip: Steer Clear of Drunk Drivers on New Year's Eve
- Today at High Gear Media: Recalls, Stop-Start and Porsche 911
- Drivers Complain More Than 40,000 Times About Defects in 2010
- SCM's Five Best Lamborghinis of All Time
| Beware, Car Thieves Will Be Working On New Year's Day Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:13 PM PST  All is quiet on New Year's Day, as the U2 song begins. And perhaps that's one of the reasons why more thieves steal vehicles—and steal from them—on New Year's Day than on other major holidays. In both 2008 and 2009, New Year's Day had far more than the daily average of reported auto thefts; apparently as some are sleeping in and...
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| CA Electric Car Rebate Will Run Out Mid 2011, Advocate Warns Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:14 PM PST  California has always been kind to drivers of alternative fuelled vehicles with special privileges in High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, reduced parking and even additional purchase tax credits. However, the $5,000 Californian state rebate for those purchasing electric vehicles may soon run out, an electric vehicle advocate has warned. Jay...
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| TheCarConnection's Latest: Questions and Answers Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST  While you're working on your New Year's resolutions, you might have a few questions about your current car, or your next one. Who will you ask? How about other readers at TheCarConnection, or even our editors? Now you can. This week, we've released our newest feature for the High Gear Media network: Questions and Answers. You've seen similar tools...
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| Veloster? How About A Hyundai Zuma, Kona, or Pi Instead? Posted: 28 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST  The 2012 Hyundai Veloster is coming to next month's 2011 Detroit auto show, and the Accent-based sports coupe has plenty of unusual features brewing for its world debut, with 2+1 doors, a dual-clutch gearbox and 40-mpg-plus fuel economy at the top of the list. It's also likely at this point that "Veloster" is the final name for the car. Hyundai...
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| Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers (Yes, SUVs!) In City Core Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST  Why are many European carmakers now planning to build electric vehicles? Because many European cities are widely expected to ban high-emissions vehicles from their city cores over the next decade--perhaps even vehicles with any emissions at all. Now, Paris may be the first city to experiment with such a policy. Next year, it will begin to test...
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| Video: AT&T Debuts 'The Last Text' Documentary To Fight Distracted Driving Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:55 AM PST  By now, everyone should know that texting and driving is a serious problem. Last year alone, nearly 5,500 people died in car accidents caused by distracted drivers, and the majority of those killed were under 20. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has made it his personal mission to end texting and driving. Oprah has joined his cause, and...
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| Nissan Makes Range-Anxiety Fun With 'Carwings' For The 2011 Leaf Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST  If Farmville has taught us anything -- and sadly, it's taught us plenty -- it's that people will carry out even the most repetitive, mundane chores as long as there's a shiny gold trophy waiting down the line. Now, Nissan has taken that same principle and applied it to a spiffy in-dash system for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. The system is called...
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| TCC Tip: Steer Clear of Drunk Drivers on New Year's Eve Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST  Before you make plans for a rockin' New Year's Eve, know that one in ten drivers out there have knowingly started their cars under the influence. That's the message today from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which surveyed drivers over 16 years old earlier this year. In its phone poll of 2,000 people, the AAA Foundation discovered one in...
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| Today at High Gear Media: Recalls, Stop-Start and Porsche 911 Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:29 AM PST  Car insurance premiums are on the rise--just as we're reporting fewer claims. Huh? [TheCarConnection] Big Toyota recalls in 2010 drove the number of new-car safety complaints to a recent record high. [TheCarConnection] Ford expects fuel-economy gains as it adds stop-start technology to its fleet, starting next year. [MotorAuthority] You've learned...
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| Drivers Complain More Than 40,000 Times About Defects in 2010 Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:00 AM PST  Big recalls from Toyota weren't solely responsible, but they were a factor in the huge increase in vehicle defects reported to the federal government this year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received more than 40,000 complaints for vehicle defects so far this year, according to Edmunds. That's four times more than it...
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| SCM's Five Best Lamborghinis of All Time Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST  Once upon a time there was a very wealthy Italian industrialist who loved sports cars. Like most wealthy Italian industrialists do, he bought himself a Ferrari. In fact, he owned several Ferraris, but given Enzo Ferrari’s predilection toward racing, his cars were a tad more hardcore than our wealthy Italian cared for. What he really wanted...
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