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2007 SUV?s That Get 20+MPG
2007-05-12 03:21:00
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) CLICK HERE to see a list of 2007 SUV?s sold in North America that get over 20 Miles Per Gallon Combined City/Hwy Mileage. No class of vehicles has changed more in the past 15 years than SUVs. Up to 1990, they were utility vehicles, made from a thinly-disguised pickup chassis with a full-length ...
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Honda Presents Revamped Hydrogen Vehicle
2007-05-12 03:12:00
Washington DC May 11, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that Honda Motor Co. unveiled its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Washington on Thursday, saying it would begin producing a small number of vehicles next year for use in Japan and the U.S. The new Honda FCX is sportier and sleeker than the current version, with a ...
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Toyota Says Growth is Slowing
2007-05-11 23:33:00
Despite a record profit of $13.8 billion profit in fiscal 2007,Toyota executives said they expected the pace of growth to slow, perhaps dramatically, this year. President Katsuaki Watanabe told journalists in Tokyo that the market in the U.S. was very difficult right now. The comments indicated that Toyota, which is now predicting a sales increase of ...
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Next Land Rover Lighter Like Jags?
2007-05-11 01:44:00
Britain’s Autocar says it has the scoop on the new Land Rove r Range Rover, a machine due in 2012. The big news on the new off-roader, the magazine reports, is a switch to bonded aluminum bodywork like that used on the Jaguar XJ and XK. The British magazine says the new Range Rover, designed by former ...
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Volvo Twin-Turbos the S80
2007-05-11 01:42:00
The new king of the hill in the Volvo lineup will be a twin-turbocharged version of the new S80 sedan. The new S80 T6 model will add “an extra dimension” to the Volvo range, Volvo VP Hans Wikman says. To wit, the T6’s turbocharged 3.0-liter in-line six engine will boost out 285 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of ...
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911 Turbo Flips Its Lid
2007-05-11 01:40:00
Porsche’s new 911 Turbo Cabriolet will go on sale this September for $136,500, the German sportscar company said today. The new 2008 model will sport a 480-horsepower, 3.6-liter flat six with turbocharging and 460 pound-feet of torque. Smooth turbo power arrives through unique variable turbo-vane technology, the company promises. And a special Sport Chrono package will ...
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2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Review - What a Woman Wants!
2007-05-08 02:04:00
What a Woman Want s Behind the Wheel 2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Women know how to balance life, and it can begin with the vehicle they own. The Audi Q7 provides balance ? balance at home, balance in your professional life, and balance with being true to yourself. When Audi designed the Q7 4.2, this was the ...
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Toyota Consultant Says Ole Miss Center Important Part of Carmaker?s Plans
2007-05-08 02:01:00
OXFORD, Miss . May 4, 2007; The AP reported that The University of Mississippi’s Center for Manufacturing Excellence will provide Toyota and its suppliers with engineers, accountants, business managers and other professionals, a consultant for the automaker says. Dennis Cuneo, a former Toyota senior vice president now working for Arent Fox LLP of Washington, met Thursday with ...
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Suzuki XL7 proves higher-priced knockoffs aren?t always rip-offs
2007-05-07 05:19:00
By Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I’m no fan of badge engineering. This practice — taking an existing body and platform from one car line and slapping a few new odds and ends on it, calling it a new car and then charging more money for it — is one of the biggest rip-offs of all time. But ...
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BMW 3-Series Convertible
2007-05-05 19:20:00
Great to drive, top up or down, the 3-Serie s is roomy, well built and has a brilliant roof. This is one of the most desirable convertibles out there Rating:5 stars On the road price: £30,660 - £40,355 Driving The 3-Series is a convertible that feels taut. There’s a complete lack of body twist and no shaking around the A-pillars. ...
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Cayenne S Transsyberia: factory-built rally machine
2007-05-04 03:35:00
The 4.8L V8 makes 385 horsepower and is connected to a six-speed Tiptronic S with a 4.11 final drive ratio. Rally car-specific modifications include: * Reinforced A and B pillars * Bolted-in safety cage * Stronger underbody protection * Installation of a handbrake ...
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The new V8 engine for the BMW M3
2007-05-01 16:15:00
An exceptional power unit for an exceptional sports car: The V8 power unit featured in the new BMW M3 raises the driving pleasure offered by BMW M GmbH?s high-performance two-door sports car to a level never seen before. And so the combination of this power unit with such a unique car concept offers a supreme ...
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VW compact hatchback review: The Rabbit
2007-05-01 15:58:00
The new Rabbit is Volkswagen’s comeback album. It’s a greatest hits collection that reminds us why we loved VW in the first place and provides reason to hope for more chart toppers in the future. VW has seemed as lost as a tipsy starlet for most of the past decade. The German automaker built its global ...
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VW Concept A
2007-04-24 03:30:00
Through this showcar, vw suggest thestyle of the new Golf Suv with integral traction anticipated for the year 2008.The serial car will look less spectacularly than this pseudocoupe, offering eccentring solutions, like doors which are opening in the opposite directions, hayon of two segmenta or wheels with wheelrine of 20 cloth. At Los Angeles Auto ...
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Porsche Boxster 2.7 - Review
2007-04-02 02:59:00
Subtle updates have helped keep the entry-level Boxster at the top of its game for a decade, and it remains a brilliant sports car. On the road price: £33,170 For: Peerless driver appeal, image, silky-smooth engines Against: Poor equipment levels, higher costs, interior design lacks flair Driving No matter what road you’re on, you never forget you’re driving a ...
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Audi prices R8 for U.S. market
2007-04-02 02:49:00
Audi today announced pricing for the new R8 sports car, which will arrive in the U.S. as a 2008 model. The R8 with a six- speed manual transmission will have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $109,000 when it launches this fall in the United States. Models equipped with the six-speed R tronic automatic gearbox ...
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2008 Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra GT500KR revealed
2007-04-02 02:22:00
Ford and Shelby Automobiles today announced the launch the 2008 Shelby GT500KR ? the most powerful Must ang to date. Inspired by the 1968 Shelby Cobra GT500KR, this “King of the Road” will offer an estimated 540 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque, thanks to revised ignition and throttle calibration and a cold air intake system ...
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Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG - Review
2007-03-30 02:03:00
While most everything in the MB AMG stable (including the CL63 AMG) is getting or has already gotten AMG’s monster 6.2L 500+ horsepower all-motor V8 crammed underhood, the big CL-class coupe is the beneficiary of a second AMG upgrade. The CL65 AMG, arriving fall ‘07, receives the 6.0L biturbo V12 thrust carnival found in it’s ...
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Honda launches the Civic Type R sedan in Japan
2007-03-30 01:56:00
Come Friday, March 30, the new Civic Type R will go on sale in Japan . Based on the current Civic 4-door, the Type R is powered by a screaming, normally aspirated 2.0-liter four cylinder (K20A) that eclipses 100 hp/liter, producing around 225 ponies at 8,000 rpm and 159 lb-ft of torque at 6,100 rpm.. A ...
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2007 MERCEDES-BENZ SLR MCLAREN 722 EDITION
2007-03-29 12:02:00
ON SALE: Now BASE PRICE: $482,750 DRIVETRAIN: 5.5-liter, 641-hp, 605-lb-ft V8; rwd, five-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 3800 lbs 0 TO 62 MPH: 3.6 seconds (mfr.) FUEL MILEAGE EPA COMBINED: 14.8 mpg A two-lane, arrow-straight asphalt strip gleams black and descends from the desert hills. Even in the dead of winter, heat ghosts shimmy far off the land and intermingle with those ...
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2007 Mercedes-Benz S600 - Review
2007-03-29 11:56:00
Even with almost 5000 pounds at the curb, the Mercedes -Benz S600 uses every one of its 510 stout horses and all 612 lb-ft of V12 propulsion to rocket down the drag strip in near-sports-car time. And its brakes are up to the task of reining in all that beastliness in world-class fashion. There?s no confusing the ...
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Porsche Cayman 2.7 - Review
2007-03-24 10:29:00
Rating: 5 Stars On the road price: £36,220 For: Scintillating handling and steering, smooth ride, fuel economy, two boots, great brakes, build quality, lightweight construction Against: Poor standard equipment list, high asking price, expensive options, questionable styling, dull cabin design. Summary: The Cayman combines engineering quality, superb road manners, fine driver controls and ride comfort to make a ...
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Ultimate Aston Martin
2007-03-24 10:22:00
Since the firm was taken over last week by a group of businessmen led by Prodrive chairman David Richards, boss Ulrich Bez has wasted no time in outlining his vision for the years ahead. As well as fast-tracking the development of models such as the DBS and four-door Rapide, Bez has hinted at a new ...
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Mazda CX-5
2007-03-24 10:19:00
As our exclusive picture shows, the crossover model will be inspired by the Hakaze ? the design study which made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month ? and take aim at Land Rover?s Freelander. It com- bines the fun of the brand?s MX-5 roadster with the practicality of the CX-7 SUV, ...
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