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GEICO Accused Of Promoting Interspecies Love In Ad For Roadside Assistance App

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST

Many people confuse fiction with reality. Soap opera stars, for example, complain about being harassed at grocery stores for things their characters have done, as if viewers can't distinguish between an evil stepmother on daytime television and a woman squeezing grapefruit in the produce aisle. Periodically, this kind of problem enters the public...

2016 BMW 7-Series, Geneva Motor Show, Nevada Speed Limit: Today's Car News

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:38 AM PST

Today at The Car Connection, we spied the 2016 BMW 7-Series and learned that the German automaker is also working on its autonomous car strategy. It looks like Oregon wants to tax electric cars, and Porsche has issued a recall. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Volvo's reinventing high beams in an effort to...

What Does The Sequester Mean For The Auto Industry? Meh, Not Much

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:30 AM PST

Tomorrow's the big day: it's Ron Howard's birthday (he'll be 59), the anniversary of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and the day that the 2013 Sequestration goes into effect. What does that mean for America's auto industry? Probably not much -- for now. As you might've heard, the Sequestration is a series of across-the-board budget cuts to federal...

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GEICO Accused Of Promoting Interspecies Love In Ad For Roadside Assistance App

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST

Many people confuse fiction with reality. Soap opera stars, for example, complain about being harassed at grocery stores for things their characters have done, as if viewers can't distinguish between an evil stepmother on daytime television and a woman squeezing grapefruit in the produce aisle. Periodically, this kind of problem enters the public...

2016 BMW 7-Series, Geneva Motor Show, Nevada Speed Limit: Today's Car News

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:38 AM PST

Today at The Car Connection, we spied the 2016 BMW 7-Series and learned that the German automaker is also working on its autonomous car strategy. It looks like Oregon wants to tax electric cars, and Porsche has issued a recall. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Volvo's reinventing high beams in an effort to...

What Does The Sequester Mean For The Auto Industry? Meh, Not Much

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:30 AM PST

Tomorrow's the big day: it's Ron Howard's birthday (he'll be 59), the anniversary of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and the day that the 2013 Sequestration goes into effect. What does that mean for America's auto industry? Probably not much -- for now. As you might've heard, the Sequestration is a series of across-the-board budget cuts to federal...

New VW GTI hot hatch to debut at Geneva motor show: Autoweek TV

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Thursday, February 28, 2013                 

Based on the seventh-generation VW Golf, the new GTI should be heading to America sometime next year.
New VW GTI hot hatch to debut at Geneva motor show: Autoweek TV
02/28/13, 4:50 pm et
Also in this episode: Hyundai settles its fuel-economy suit, and teen-driving deaths ticked upward in 2012.

TRANSCRIPT

-- Let's preview the next-gen GTI.

-- Hyundai settles its fuel-economy lawsuits.

-- And, teen-driving fatalities increased sharply in 2012.

I'm Greg. This is Autoweek TV for Thursday.

Volkswagen is revealing the next generation of the GTI next week at the Geneva motor show. This is one of our favorite hot hatches, running the familiar and powerful four-cylinder engine with a DSG or six-speed manual transmission.

Now, it's important to note the car you see here is based on the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf. That's on sale already in Europe. We get that early next year, and the GTI comes along with it. Rest...


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