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Expert • Independent • Non-profit® Recommendations & Ratings on Greener Products & Services June 2010 Newsletter In this issue: • Greener gifts for dads and grads • Pet safety: advice on flea and tick products • Green product watch: portable cell-phone chargers Is organic food just marketing hype? Watch a video debate here. For dads and grads: greener gifts. Give your favorite dad or a recent graduate one of our greener gift choices and you can help the planet too. See our June gift list. Pet safety: advice on flea and tick products. Complaints about topical tick and flea treatments are on the rise. Find out how to protect your pets and which toxic ingredients to avoid. Learn more. Green product watch: portable cell-phone chargers that save energy. Find out which new portable chargers can actually save energy. Get the details. GreenerChoices.org Newsletter is a FREE monthly e-newsletter with updates from Consumer Reports GreenerChoices.org. Just click on the above links to find green product ratings, buying guides, expert safety advice, and more. You can read back issues of the newsletter in the Newsroom. This e-mail was sent to you by ConsumerReports.org. To ensure our e-mails are delivered directly to your inbox, please add newsletters@email.consumerreports.org to your address book! If you would like to share this e-mail with a friend, please click here. Please note: This e-mail was sent from an automated address that cannot reply to incoming e-mail, including customer service inquiries. For faster service, simply choose the appropriate help topic. To manage your newsletter subscriptions, please click here. Copyright © 2003-2010 by Consumers Union of United States, Inc., 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703, a nonprofit organization. No downloading, transmission, photocopying, or commercial use permitted. Visit www.GreenerChoices.org.

Carpages Weekly - June 1, 2010

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Featured Pre-Owned Vehicles 2010 Ford Flex limited $37,899 2006 Nissan Sentra SE $8,450 2006 Mazda MAZDA 6 $11,200 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser... $23,965 2004 Jeep TJ Sport $8,499 News & Reviews 2010 Honda Civic Si Coupe Road Test My best friend was recently visiting from out of town, which only meant one thing… Trouble! Not the 'bad' kind of trouble, but the kind where I would be in pain for days from laughing so hard. Or the kind that would force me to up my exercise regime because we'd consume an entire batch of homemade cookies in one sitting. I can liken this kind of relationship to the 2010 Honda Civic Si Coupe. Put me behind the wheel of this sport-tuned vehicle and there's a good chance of some trouble. The good kind, of course. Either way, a good time is pretty much guaranteed. Of all the characteristics of the Si that I enjoy, the ability to 'put its game face on and then take it off' is by far my favourite... Read more 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hybrid Road Test Review Imagine owning a vehicle that can tow 2,767 kilos (6,100 pounds), yet return fuel economy in the mid-eleven L/100 km range. A vehicle with space for four grown men, and a handy bed to haul all kinds of things. You can own that very vehicle today in the form of the 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hybrid, and after a week of testing, if you make the decision to buy one you are sure to be pleased. Why? Because Chevrolet is back, with build quality across all model lines that rivals Japanese and German brands. Sure, there are still a few models with too much plastic, but the difference these days is the plastic is of a much higher level of quality and the Japanese brand most likely to interest a full-size truck buyer is no better... Read more 2011 Kia Sorento EX V6 AWD Road Test Review For the 2011 model year, everything but the name is new for the Kia Sorento midsize Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV), the first Kia to be built in the U.S. at the company's new Kia Motor Manufacturing Georgia facility in West Point, Georgia. The new Sorento is now based on the same platform as the Santa Fe from sister company Hyundai, a big change from the 4x4 capable body-on-frame design of the outgoing Sorento. Two engines are offered in the Sorento for 2011, both more powerful than the Ford Escape's base powerplant and what's in the Honda CR-V. The base engine is a 2.4-litre in-line four-cylinder that develops 175 horsepower along with 169 pound-feet of torque... Read more

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HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, June 01, 2010                  Toyota president Akio Toyoda confers with his driving mentor, Hiromu Naruse, at the Nürburgring in Germany.... Akio Toyoda: Toyota's top car guy has a lifelong driving passion As Akio Toyoda climbed the ranks at the automaker his grandfather had founded, many Toyota Motor Corp. managers treated the scion with kid gloves. Not Hiromu Naruse. Naruse, a certified Master Test Driver who commands cultlike reverence within the company, sneered at the young executive's claim to be a true car guy. "He told me, 'I don't want to hear what you have to say about cars...   Nissan says the Leaf electric car will snag Toyota Prius owners Owners of Toyota Motor Corp.'s fuel-efficient Prius hybrid will succumb to the charms of the Nissan Leaf electric sedan, predicts Nissan Division Vice President Al Castignetti. More than half of the 130,000 hand-raisers who have expressed an interest in the Leaf so far have been Prius owners,...   The 2010 Cadillac CTS Performance, an AW Drivers Log EDITOR WES RAYNAL: The first thing I'd do is opt out of these seats. Yeah, I know they're Recaros and I guess to some that's supposed to mean performance or something, but frankly they're not that good. Support is in the wrong places, and I can't adjust them to a comfortable position. Maybe...   Mustang ad blitz aims to beat Camaro Chevrolet Camaro sales have blazed ahead of the Ford Mustang through April. To catch up, Ford Motor Co. plans an aggressive advertising campaign. The challenge is convincing buyers that Ford has changed the 2011 Mustang despite a lightly changed exterior. "It's pretty simple: Powertrains...   Dealer's belief in Porsche led to $5 million store Car dealer Jack Daniels IV is used to seeing the grins on people's faces when they hear his name. And he's OK with it. "People have said, 'It's my favorite drink, so I thought I'd buy a car from you,' " says Daniels, who in April opened the largest Porsche dealership in America. No, he's... You May Have Missed...   Kurt Busch gives Roger Penske a Memorial Day victory in Charlotte The Captain was right there, front and center in Kurt Busch's mind in the final laps of Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Earlier on Sunday, in Indianapolis, team owner Roger Penske hadn't had a very good time. After starting the Indianapolis 500 with so much optimism, his...   Mike Conway to miss three months after Indy 500 crash Izod IndyCar Series driver Mike Conway had surgery at Indianapolis Methodist Hospital on Sunday night following his terrifying crash on the last lap of the Indianapolis 500.Indy Racing League director of medical services Dr. Michael Olinger said that Conway required surgery to repair fractures to...   Indy 500 drivers and teams receive big checks at victory banquet Dario Franchitti and Simona De Silvestro were the big winners in Monday night's Indianapolis 500 victory banquet at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Franchitti collected a check of $2,752,055 for Ganassi Racing, which also won $377,305 for Scott Dixon's fifth-place finish.De Silvestro was voted the...   Dario Franchitti wins the Indianapolis 500 Another Indianapolis 500 win on Sunday for Dario Franchitti and Chip Ganassi, and this one is historic.Franchitti scored his second victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and gave Ganassi an unprecedented double: Ganassi's team also won NASCAR's Daytona 500 this season with driver Jamie McMurray....   Angelelli and Taylor win combined Grand-Am race at Lime Rock Sports-car stalwart Max Angelelli helped Ricky Taylor score his first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype win on Monday in the Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock Park. In GT, rookies Adam Christodoulou and John Edwards teamed to score their first victory in the No. 68 SpeedSource...   IndyCar: Davey Hamilton won't race in Texas Indy Racing League veteran Davey Hamilton will not compete in the Izod IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, as originally planned.The 47-year-old, who failed to complete the opening lap in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday after clashing with Tomas Scheckter, was to drive one more... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the AutoWeek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other AutoWeek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add AutoWeek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.