Tuesday, August 27, 2013

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2014 Ford Transit Connect Preview

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Ford has gone without any minivan offering for some time. But that's essentially what it will have with the all-new version of the Transit Connect that's on the way late this year, as a 2014 model. With it, the automaker is offering what's shaping up to be a strong alternative for those who want something larger than the Ford C-Max but don't want...

2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze Recalled For Brake Issue

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 11:37 AM PDT

General Motors is recalling certain 2011 and 2012 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedans to fix a potential problem with the brakes. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website puts the number of vehicles potentially affected by the safety recall at 292,879. Affected vehicles are equipped with turbocharged 1.4-liter...

Tuesday Challenge: Match 10 Advertising Taglines To The Right Car Companies

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:45 AM PDT

A few weeks ago, we took a spin down memory lane, recalling some of our favorite (and least-favorite) car commercials. But auto marketing is more than just celebrity spokespeople, clever plot lines, and computer-generated hamsters. As high-tech as the advertising industry has become, one thing remains just as challenging today as it was during the...

Land Rover Finishes A Cross-Country Drive -- Completely Off-Road

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:28 AM PDT

Plenty of folks have made cross-country road trips -- you might have even made one this summer. But chances are, yours was nothing like the trek that Land Rover just completed. That's because Land Rover's team did something that's rarely done nowadays, thanks to America's love of asphalt: it made the trip completely off-road. And in what's...

The 2015 Infiniti Q30 Concept Is The A-Class We'll Probably Never Get

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:41 AM PDT

Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti are growing a little closer, with a long-term deal to collaborate on future drivetrains and car development. Until now, though, the riddle of exactly which compact cars Mercedes will share with Infiniti has been left opaque. It's a little clearer now with the reveal of the Infiniti Q30 Concept, bound for a 2013 Frankfurt...

2014 Toyota Corolla Review, 2013’s Safest Cars, 2015 Audi Q7 Spied: What’s New

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:30 AM PDT

Today at The Car Connection, we tested the 2014 Toyota Corolla, saw a list of the safest cars of 2013 and saw the first spy shots of a prototype for the next-generation Audi Q7. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Here's our first drive report on the 2014 Toyota Corolla. Our sister site Motor Authority has spy...

2014 Toyota Corolla: First Drive

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:00 AM PDT

The 2014 Toyota Corolla is an all-new model, but for better or worse it has quite the birthright. For the kind of person who doesn't like surprises—the kind who lays out their car-buying possibilities in a nice, neat array; considers cost of ownership and depreciation; and keeps a new car for many, many years—the Toyota Corolla has...

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