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Buying A Used Car? Be Sure To Check It Out Well

Buying A Used Car? Be Sure To Check It Out Well

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Dr. Charles Preston needed a minivan to deliver food to the homeless, but didn’t want to pay full retail price for a new one. While we’d never advocate buying a  Full Article »

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Radioactive Cars Hit Japan’s Used Market

Radioactive Cars Hit Japan’s Used Market

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Adding a whole new meaning to the phrase “hot car,” some profit-focused used car dealers in Japan are reselling cars contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdown. Cars  Full Article »

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Saab Cancels Agreements With Chinese Partners
Oct 25, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on Saab Cancels Agreements With Chinese Partners

Saab Cancels Agreements With Chinese Partners

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If you’ve been holding out hope for a Saab comeback, we’ve got some bad news for you. Saab’s parent, Swedish Automobile, has cancelled agreements with Chinese partners Pang Da and  Full Article »

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Report: North Street Capital To Buy Spyker Cars

Report: North Street Capital To Buy Spyker Cars

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When GM spun off Saab in the dark days of 2009-10, it was exotic car builder Spyker that stepped up to the plate to buy the Swedish automaker. Spyker, backed  Full Article »

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Cadillac Kills Plans For Drop-Top ATS

Cadillac Kills Plans For Drop-Top ATS

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Cadillac wants to pitch its upcoming ATS series against the BMW 3 Series and the Mercedes C-Class. Original plans for the ATS called for a sedan, a coupe, a wagon  Full Article »

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2013 Nissan GT-R To Get More Power
Sep 27, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on 2013 Nissan GT-R To Get More Power

2013 Nissan GT-R To Get More Power

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There’s a saying that you can’t have too much of a good thing, and when it comes to horsepower we’re inclined to believe it. No one in their right mind  Full Article »

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Like An Action Movie Hero, Saab Rises From The Dead
Sep 22, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on Like An Action Movie Hero, Saab Rises From The Dead

Like An Action Movie Hero, Saab Rises From The Dead

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Just last week we paid our last respects to Saab. A local court had refused the Swedish automaker bankruptcy protection, and the lawsuits over unpaid wages and past-due invoices had  Full Article »

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The Numbers Prove It: Consumers Aren’t Buying Hybrids

The Numbers Prove It: Consumers Aren’t Buying Hybrids

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Over the next few years, expect to see a flood of new hybrid vehicles hit the market, as automakers scramble to reach the federally mandated corporate average fuel economy numbers  Full Article »

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For Saab, It’s Likely All Over But The Crying
Sep 9, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on For Saab, It’s Likely All Over But The Crying

For Saab, It’s Likely All Over But The Crying

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The near-final chapter is Saab’s storied history appears to have been written yesterday, when a Swedish court denied the struggling automaker protection from its creditors. Saying that the automaker lacked  Full Article »

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Is Infiniti Changing To FWD For Future Models?

Is Infiniti Changing To FWD For Future Models?

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One of the things that’s led to Infiniti’s success in the luxury market is the handling of its automobiles. Although a few previous models (like the I30 and I35) were  Full Article »

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Tampa Mayor Rolling In Former Pimpmobile
Aug 29, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on Tampa Mayor Rolling In Former Pimpmobile

Tampa Mayor Rolling In Former Pimpmobile

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Call it “the spoils of war:” Tampa, FL mayor Bob Buckhorn is now driving a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali formerly owned by Charles Melvin Fox. Fox, it seems, gave up  Full Article »

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May New Car Sales: Honda & Toyota Excluded From Top 10
Jun 2, 2011 Ξ Comments Off on May New Car Sales: Honda & Toyota Excluded From Top 10

May New Car Sales: Honda & Toyota Excluded From Top 10

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For as long as I can remember, the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic and Honda Accord have been in the top ten list of vehicles sold each month. If May’s new  Full Article »

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GM To Add 750 Jobs In Flint

GM To Add 750 Jobs In Flint

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It wasn’t too long ago that all the news related to U.S. automakers was negative. Things have changed in recent months, and GM is now the second of the big  Full Article »

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Would You Buy A Chinese Manufactured Porsche?

Would You Buy A Chinese Manufactured Porsche?

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Part of the Porsche appeal has always been its made-in-Germany-by-anal-retentive-engineers mystique. One could argue that you could go equally fast for less money in a Chevy Corvette, but it wouldn’t  Full Article »

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Toyota FT-86 Concept Revealed Before 2009 Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota FT-86 Concept Revealed Before 2009 Tokyo Motor Show

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Oh how I remember the days of the Toyota Corolla AE86. The new Toyota FT-86 Concept, recently revealed to the world, actually makes me think of the AE86, not because  Full Article »

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