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- Tire Pressure At Fault In 5 Percent Of Accidents: Study
- Mercedes G Class Rolls On, Jeep Recall, Stop-Start Tech: Today’s Car News
- Don't Be A Statistic: 6 Tips To Prevent Car Theft
- BMW, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz Are The Most Valuable Auto Brands
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class To Live Through 2015--And Beyond?
- 2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport Recalled For Steering Problem
- 2010 Jeep Wranger Recalled For Potential Fire Hazard
- Stop-Start Technology: 97 Percent Of Americans Ready To Accept It, Survey Says
- GM Dumps Super Bowl Ads, 2013 GT500, 2013 Chevy Silverado: Car News Headlines
- Six-Month Road Test Hyundai Veloster: The Break-In Period
- 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid Priced From $25,995
- GM Punts Super Bowl Advertising
- Kids Who Grow Up Around Traffic: Less Functional Members Of Society?
- Fiat Sold A Car Via An Auction On Twitter
- The Death List: What Cars Aren't Coming Back For 2013?
| Tire Pressure At Fault In 5 Percent Of Accidents: Study Posted: 22 May 2012 10:49 AM PDT  If you own a 2008 model year or newer passenger car, light truck or van under 10,000 pounds gross weight, it’s equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) as mandated by federal law. The purpose of TPMS is to detect and warn the driver when tire pressure dips below 25 percent the recommended level in any tire. But many drivers of...
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| Mercedes G Class Rolls On, Jeep Recall, Stop-Start Tech: Today’s Car News Posted: 22 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT  Mercedes-Benz is offering an updated G Class SUV for the 2013 model year, which will once again offer both a regular model and high-performance AMG variant. Updated with new drivetrains and safety features for the 2013 model year, the G Class now will be in production through at least 2015, Mercedes-Benz confirms, and we could even see it still...
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| Don't Be A Statistic: 6 Tips To Prevent Car Theft Posted: 22 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT  Worried about car theft? Well, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that auto theft continues to be a major problem. According to the most recent FBI data, 737,142 vehicles were stolen in 2010, with losses totaling $4.5 billion. Also bad: criminals are smart, and they're getting smarter. Just last week, law enforcement officials in New...
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| BMW, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz Are The Most Valuable Auto Brands Posted: 22 May 2012 07:30 AM PDT  How do you value a brand -- not a company, not a world-renowned CEO, but a brand? Marketing research firm Millward Brown knows, and its recent rankings of international brands puts BMW, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz at the top of the automotive sector. Millward Brown starts with quantitative data, looking at how much money brands have made and how...
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| Mercedes-Benz G-Class To Live Through 2015--And Beyond? Posted: 22 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT  "I'm not dead yet!" It's the favored sound bite of legions of Monty Python fans, and it also could be the battle cry for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, now returning to the U.S. lineup again for the 2013 model year after a second close call with death. The G-Class is "the founding father of the Mercedes-Benz SUV family," says model line director Axel...
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| 2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport Recalled For Steering Problem Posted: 21 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT  Lexus is issuing a voluntary recall of its 2013 GS 350 F Sport sedan. The recall only affects 350s with rear-wheel drive; the all-wheel version of the 350 F Sport is not included. According to Lexus, the recall stems from a flaw in the vehicle's variable gear ratio steering, or VGRS. In some instances the electronic control unit (ECU) associated...
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| 2010 Jeep Wranger Recalled For Potential Fire Hazard Posted: 21 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT  Chrysler has issued a recall for 2010 models of its popular Jeep Wrangler. At issue is a flaw in the design of the skid plate that protects the transmission, which could ultimately result in a fire. The Jeep recall affects 67,872 Wranglers equipped with automatic transmissions. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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| Stop-Start Technology: 97 Percent Of Americans Ready To Accept It, Survey Says Posted: 21 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT  Although many consumers might still be unfamiliar with stop-start technology, once they learn how it works and the potential benefits, a new survey finds that 97 percent of Americans say they’d accept it. Briefly, stop-start technology automatically shuts off the engine during idle and restarts it when the brake pedal is released or the...
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| GM Dumps Super Bowl Ads, 2013 GT500, 2013 Chevy Silverado: Car News Headlines Posted: 21 May 2012 05:58 AM PDT  Today at High Gear Media, Ford priced the 2013 C-Max Hybrid and Mercedes-Benz killed the R Class. Fiat held an auction on Twitter and Lexus issued a recall. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Here's what's changed with our six-month road test Hyundai Veloster during the break-in period. Ford priced the 2013...
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| Six-Month Road Test Hyundai Veloster: The Break-In Period Posted: 18 May 2012 02:45 PM PDT  We've had our six-month road test 2012 Hyundai Veloster for almost two months at this point, and we are just past the 1,500-mile mark. It's time to take a look and see how our experience with the trend-setting hatchback has changed since we received it. The first thing we'll note is the attention we get, we still get lots of it. When we took it to...
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| 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid Priced From $25,995 Posted: 18 May 2012 01:55 PM PDT  Calling it America’s most affordable, fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle, and taking a square aim at Toyota’s Prius V wagon, Ford is beginning to promote the 2013 C-Max Hybrid compact minivan hatchback. The $25,995 starting price for the base level C-Max Hybrid certainly fits the bill and, according our colleagues at Green Car Reports, this...
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| GM Punts Super Bowl Advertising Posted: 18 May 2012 12:45 PM PDT  Just days after creating an uproar on the Internet after announcing it would be pulling $10 million from Facebook ads, General Motors has announced it will no longer be advertising during the Super Bowl. The reason? It's too expensive. The Wall Street Journal reports the move as part of GM's major overhaul of its global marketing operations. GM's...
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| Kids Who Grow Up Around Traffic: Less Functional Members Of Society? Posted: 18 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT  Progress in technological advancements, easy and instant access to information and entertainment, and a host of other new and better items to make everyone’s life more convenient on-demand: It's all good, right? Who really longs for the good old days anymore—the days when kids played stickball and kick-the-can and jump rope in the...
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| Fiat Sold A Car Via An Auction On Twitter Posted: 18 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT  Automakers using social media is nothing new, as many automakers have used different social platforms to unveil new vehicles, run contests, and even live-stream events. But running a public auction of a special-edition car on Twitter? That's a new one, and Fiat has just claimed the title as the first automaker to sell a new car online using...
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| The Death List: What Cars Aren't Coming Back For 2013? Posted: 18 May 2012 08:51 AM PDT  The only thing truly constant, it’s said, is change. With the possible exceptions of the Porsche 911 and every model built by the Morgan Motor Company, nowhere is this adage more true than in the automotive industry. We said goodbye to a fair number of cars in 2012, including some that were one-time favorites and others that, frankly...
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