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- Subaru Aims To Raise $5 Million For 5 Fantastic Charities
- Seat Belt Usage At Record High, Best Car To Buy Short List, Ford's Optimistic Fuel Economy Projections: Car News Headlines
- 2013 Chevrolet Volt Video Road Test
- Parkmobile & Allstate Join Forces To Simplify Car Ownership
- Best Car To Buy 2013: Missed It By That Much
- 2012-2013 Volkswagen Beetle Recalled For Airbag Issue
- 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550: Recall Alert
- Toyota Corolla
- 2013 Toyota Corolla
| Subaru Aims To Raise $5 Million For 5 Fantastic Charities Posted: 21 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST  Subaru's "Share the Love" sales event has become a holiday tradition. This year, the automaker hopes to raise $5 million through the promotion -- $5 million that will be given to five outstanding charities. The way it works is simple: for every new Subaru sold or leased between now and January 2, 2013, Subaru will donate $250 to one of five...
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| Posted: 21 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST  Today at High Gear Media we tell you that seat belt usage is at an all-time high, thanks to big gains from drivers in Southern states. According to the latest NHTSA data, 86-percent of drivers now buckle up before hitting the road. Our list of Best Car To Buy candidates has gotten shorter, so we tell you which cars made the final six and which...
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| 2013 Chevrolet Volt Video Road Test Posted: 21 Nov 2012 07:00 AM PST  Is the Chevy Volt the electric car of the future, or just another stop-gap hybrid along the way to pure EVs? We take a look in our video road test. How does the Volt work? Chevrolet calls the Volt an extended-range electric car. That's because it actually gets its power at the wheels from a 16.5 kilowatt-hour battery pack, which sends energy to a...
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| Parkmobile & Allstate Join Forces To Simplify Car Ownership Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:58 AM PST  If you spend time navigating city traffic, you may have already experienced the Parkmobile app, which lets you pay for parking via your smartphone. This week, the company announced a new partnership with Allstate, offering roadside assistance -- and soon, the ability to pay for it -- right from your phone. Welcome to the future. For those who...
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| Best Car To Buy 2013: Missed It By That Much Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST  In the run-up to our annual Best Car To Buy awards, our editors drive hundreds of cars on the three coasts--East, West, and Gulf. Along the way we choose some favorites, and figure out why some other new vehicles don't quite live up to their billing. But to actually name our winner, we run the list of new or significantly changed vehicles through...
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| 2012-2013 Volkswagen Beetle Recalled For Airbag Issue Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:38 AM PST  Volkswagen is conducting a recall of certain 2012 and 2013 Beetle small cars over concerns that the front passenger airbag may deploy even if a child is secured in a passenger restraint. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website lists the number of vehicles potentially affected at 2,471. Affected vehicles are...
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550: Recall Alert Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:37 AM PST  Mercedes-Benz is conducting a voluntary safety recall of a small number of 2012 model year CLS550 and CLS550 4MATIC luxury sedans to fix a defective hood latch. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website lists the number of vehicles potentially affected at just 23. Affected vehicles were built over a 13-day...
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2012 06:06 PM PST  Just about any way you might track Toyota's U.S. success, it's likely the path would lead back to the automaker's long-running Corolla. Long before there was a Camry, there was the Corolla, and it forever changed the U.S. small-car market and U.S. shoppers' expectations. For the first two years of its latest generation, the Corolla was sold in...
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2012 05:05 PM PST The 2013 Toyota Corolla doesn't stray much from a familiar formula: Create a relatively roomy small sedan; add features sparingly; keep the price down; and engineer it with low running costs in mind every step of the way. That's what Toyota has kept a laser-like focus on with its Corolla over the years. Meanwhile, the market has...
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