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Toyota stands behind its electronics, and Jack Roush picks up an award, in News Brake for Tuesday, March 9:
In today's News Brake: Toyota stands behind its electronics, Jack Roush picks up another award, and Stirling Moss recovers from a tumble . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Mazda design chief Ikuo Maeda brings new meaning to zoom-zoom:
Ikuo Maeda, the new design chief at Mazda Motor Corp., earned the nickname "Speedy" for his lead-footed driving on the race course and off.
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2010 Ford Taurus SHO, an AW Drivers Log:
EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I think Ford might be just a little high on the sticker price, but this is a good driver. It looks good, too. It's sophisticated, subtle, a big car, but subtle still.
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Toyota: Fixes are working on recalled vehicles:
Toyota maintains that the fixes being made to correct unintended acceleration in millions of recalled vehicles are sufficient.
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Stirling Moss recovering after breaking ankles in fall down elevator shaft at home:
Racing legend Stirling Moss is recovering after falling three floors down an elevator shaft in his Mayfair, England, home.
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New York auto show: Acura TSX family to grow with new Sport Wagon:
Acura's TSX stable is about to grow again. Following the addition of a V6-powered sedan for the 2010 model year, Acura will debut a wagon version at the New York auto show in late March.
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Lexus offers IS 350C F-Sport Special Edition:
Lexus is livening up its IS 350C with the introduction of the F-Sport Special Edition model.
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2010 Kia Forte Koup SX, an AW Drivers Log:
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: If you were to ask for my suggestion on which affordable, semi-sporty two-door coupe you should buy, I would always spit out the Honda Civic as a response.
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After a rocky start, Honda's CR-Z joins U.S. hybrid derby:
Honda Motor Co.'s new CR-Z sporty hybrid is the car that nearly wasn't.
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Looking to the future of the Corvette, and a test drive of the 2011 Ford Super Duty, in News Brake for Monday, March 8:
In News Brake: We look ahead to the future of the Chevrolet Corvette, Audi ponders an A2, and a test drive of the 2011 Ford Super Duty . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Green Cars: Report on hybrid and other alternative fuel cars
In terms of green car technology, North America is just catching up to the rest of the world. As green technology costs come in line with the value to the consumer, we'll probably see more eco-friendly cars hit the street. Whether it's gasoline-electric hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, electric, new-generation diesel or the next big thing, AutoWeek cover it on these pages.
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Saab North America Announces Pricing on 2010 Model Year 9-3 Vehicles
Saab Cars North America today announced that manufacturer's suggested retail pricing will be reduced for all 2010 model year 9-3 vehicles. These are the first 2010 model year Saab vehicles produced for the US market and closely follow the recent acquisition of Saab Automobile AB by Spyker Cars NV.
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Ford Product Development Chief Honored with National Academy of Engineering Award
Ford's Group Vice President, Global Product Development, Derrick Kuzak, was officially selected as a recipient of the 2010 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) award, the highest honor and most prestigious award in the engineering community.
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Europcar Orders its First 500 Electric Renault Z.E.
Following on from the Memorandum of Understanding on electric vehicles signed at the Frankfurt International Motor Show last September, Europcar and Renault have taken the next step, with Europcar pre-ordering 500 Renault electric vehicles for delivery in Europe’s largest cities from the third quarter of 2011.
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Review
We had to wait our turn for serious seat time in the new Camaro SS. The wait was worth it though. My turn came recently during a week of dismal winter weather here in Michigan, limiting my fun with this mighty muscle car.
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2010 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review
If you can get past the (not bad) generic styling, the Mazda 6 is an excellent mid-size car with power, nice features, and a comfortable ride. It should definitely be on your pre-purchase check list.
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All-New Lexus CT 200h Premium Compact Hybrid Makes North American Debut at 2010 New York International Auto Show
The all-new Lexus CT 200h premium compact hybrid will be on display for the first time in North America at the 2010 New York International Auto Show March 31 through April 11. The sporty and versatile five-door, which had its global premiere at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show today, will be Lexus' second dedicated hybrid and fifth hybrid vehicle in the line-up in the U.S.
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Ford Focus Range Grows With Elegant Wagon Debut at Geneva
The next-generation Focus wagon is the fifth vehicle to be revealed from Ford Motor Company's new global C-segment platform that will underpin at least ten vehicles around the world and account for two million units of annual production by 2012.
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2010 Geneva Motor Show: World Premiere for All New Kia Sportage
The all-new Kia Sportage will show a dramatic shift in design direction when it makes its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show today Embodying Kia’s new visual dynamism, all-new Sportage is a fresh...
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Toyota Announces Pricing for Redesigned 2011 Avalon Sedan and 2011 Sienna Auto Access Seat Models
Toyota today announced manufacturers suggested retail prices (MSRP) for the redesigned 2011 Avalon sedan. Also announced were the MSRP for 2011 Sienna models equipped with the new Auto Access Seat.
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Hyundai At Geneva: New Looks and Lower Emissions for I Range
The Hyundai stand at the Geneva motor show is set to be even busier than normal. In addition the newly-launched ix35 crossover, the company is revealing a host of new models and a stunning concept car.
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Honeywell Sets New Standard in Small Engine Turbocharging
Honeywell announced today that its turbocharger will be featured on the world's most fuel efficient five-seater passenger car - the newly launched VW Polo BlueMotion 1.2L diesel. Turbochargers are redefining performance in small engines and demonstrating the benefits of engine downsizing.
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GM Vehicle Plant Tour and New Model Drives For Employees
General Motors announced today a program called the GM Vehicle Plant Tour that encourages employees across North America to help drive awareness and sales in their communities for GM’s latest vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz Wins Top Award For Customer Satisfaction
Mercedes-Benz has been recognised as being the best automotive manufacturer in the country for providing excellent customer service in the latest UKCSI survey published by the Institute of Customer Service.
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GM Embraces Manufacturing Transformation with HP and Apriso at Chevrolet Volt Battery Assembly Operations
HP Enterprise Services and Apriso® today announced General Motors has selected HP to implement an Apriso solution to expand visibility into and control over battery manufacturing and supply chain operations.
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Review
The confident folks at Hyundai just introduced the fresh, sixth-generation of the Sonata bread-and-butter, front-wheel drive, mid-size sedan. I wouldn’t call this one white bread, though. It’s more like a trendy ciabatta or whole grain craft bread. It has a practical, nourishing side dressed up with a good measure of style and panache.
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2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Limited Review
The Bottom Line: The Legacy is Subaru’s best sedan, at a price. It combines styling, a powerful engine
and all-wheel drive in a nice package. It’s pricey, but compares well with other mid-size sedans.
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GM unloads retiree health costs, UAW gets promises on jobs in tentative deal
General Motors Corp. won its struggle to unload US$51 billion in retiree health costs and improve competitiveness in the latest round of contract talks with the United Auto Workers, but not without a short-lived strike that wrung promises out of GM to keep jobs at U.S. plants. The two sides tentatively agreed Wednesday to a ...
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Chelsea star faces drink-drive charge
Chelsea football star John Obi Mikel was arrested for suspected drink-driving hours before his club's weekend FA Cup clash, it has emerged.The 21-year-old was stopped by police at 5.30am on Saturday after being seen driving his Range Rover "erratically" near the club's ground in London's Fulham Road.Hours later his team beat Ipswich 3-1 at home in the FA Cup fourth round, although Mikel was not part of the match day squad.
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New SSC Ultimate Aero ?able to reach 270mph?
The record top speed for a production car looks set to be smashed after SSC announced its Ultimate Aero TT now has 15 per cent more power.The SSC Ultimate Aero TT currently holds the world record for a car after it hit 257mph in 2007, thanks to its twin-turbocharged 6.2-litre V8 engine which develops 1,187bhp.But this isn?t enough for Shelby SuperCars which has fitted the Ultimate Aero TT with an aluminium engine block and upped oomph to 1,287bhp.
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First Ford Focus RS rolls off production line
The first production ready Ford Focus RS has rolled of the company?s factory line in Germany.With a turbocharged 2.5-litre engine developing 300bhp, the RS is the hottest ever Ford Focus and boasts blistering performance ? accelerating from 0-62mph in less than six seconds before hitting a top speed of 160mph.All this power is channelled through the front wheels with the Focus RS getting a clever limited slip differential to channel power to the wheel with most grip through the corners ? reducing understeer.
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Footballers' drives - top ten cars named
The Range Rover Sport is the most popular car of choice for the Premiership?s millionaire footballers.The luxury off-roader held its place at the top for the second year running ? fending off competition from German 4x4s the BMX X5 and Porsche Cayenne which came second and third respectively.Making up the top five in the list compiled by Nuts magazine are two British supercars with the Aston Martin DB9 the fourth most popular motor and Bentley Continental GT fifth.
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191mph Cadillac CTS-V price shock
The 191mph Cadillac CTS-V super-saloon will cost from just £56,495 when it goes on sale in February ? undercutting the BMW M5 by nearly £10,000.With a supercharged 6.2-litre V8 engine developing 552bhp and 550lb/ft of pulling power, the Cadillac CTS-V is 45bhp more powerful than the M5.This results in a 0-62mph time of 3.9 seconds making it quicker than the Ferrari F430 and the same as the Porsche 911 Turbo ? despite being a four-door saloon with a big boot.
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Lamborghini, Ferrari and McLaren ? in one
An ambitious modifier inspired by the designs of the Lamborghini Reventon, Ferrari Enzo and McLaren F1 has created this ? the unique Predator Xtreme.Photographed in California, the Predator Xtreme features a front similar to the Enzo ? Ferrari?s most extreme and expensive production car ever ? with an F1-inspired nose.The air vents sit beneath the headlights and resemble those first seen on the Lamborghini Reventon hypercar, but which have now been used on the Gallardo LP560-4.
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£920,000 Mercedes SLR ?Perfectus? revealed
German design house ASMA has revealed an evil-looking version of the Mercedes McLaren SLR hypercar ? the Perfectus.The black Perfectus was originally developed for the Abu Dhabi royal family and has been extensively modified and features a hugely protruding front, new side sills and alloy wheels.The SLR?s 5.5-litre supercharged V8 engine has also been tuned with power increased to 700bhp from the car?s standard 626bhp.
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Mansory gives Bugatti Veyron more power
German tuning company has revealed details of its super-limited edition Bugatti Veyron ahead of its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show.Officially named the Linea Vincero, Mansory has re-jigged the Veyron?s air intake and modified the exhaust system to increase power from 1,001bhp to 1,109bhp.There are no performance figures, but this should shave a couple of split seconds off the Veyron?s standard 0-62mph time of 2.5 seconds and better its 253mph top speed.
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Britain?s most beautiful new sports car for sale
The eye-wateringly pretty Farbio GTS sports car is now for sale on Auto Trader.First details of the Farbio GTS were announced in the middle of 2007 with the Bath-built sports car making its official debut the MPH show at the end of the year.Built entirely of carbon fibre, the light-weight GTS boasted sports car looks along with everyday car features such as electric windows, sat-nav, air-conditioning, central locking and connections for an iPod.
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Official photos of Barack Obama's Cadillac
The first images of Barack Obama?s Cadillac Presidential Limousine have been released ? and it?s an imposing machine.As the President of the USA and the world?s most powerful man, Obama will always be a high risk figure so the new Caddy needs to be of the highest security.As a result, Cadillac won?t detail the car?s full specification but expect the car to be completely armoured with bullet-proof windows and bodywork able to repel machine guns and even rocket launchers.
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Stunning new Volkswagen sportscar unveiled
by Vijay Pattni Volkswagen has unveiled a stunning new sportscar at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show - the Volkswagen Concept BlueSport. The frugal new VW Concept BlueSport is an Audi TT-baiting roadster with performance to match - 0-62mph takes just 6.6 seconds and flat out, the baby 'Dub will hit 140mph thanks to its 180bhp engine.
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Cristiano Ronaldo crashes Ferrari
Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo today escaped uninjured after his Ferrari 599 hit a roadside barrier, sources said.The Portuguese star's 205mph supercar was involved in the collision in a tunnel near Manchester Airport at about 10.20am.
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Hot hatch-beating Hummer H3
Sales of 4x4s are plummeting but this hasn?t stopped a German tuner unveiling a modified Hummer H3 ? with Golf GTI-beating performance.Geiger ? which modifies most American cars ? has taken the Hummer H3?s 5.3-litre V8 engine and fitted a supercharger, increasing outputs from 300bhp and 320lb/ft of pulling power to 423bhp and 502lb/ft. The result is 0-62mph in 7 seconds and a top speed of 148mph ? beating the Golf?s 7.2 seconds and 146mph.
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Continental shift: new Bentley GTC cracks 200mph
The Bentley Continental GTC has been face-lifted and fitted with a 600bhp engine ? ensuring a top speed of 200mph.Bentley has given its convertible Continental a more upright grille with a more pronounced edge and lower air intakes.But the most important change to the GTC line-up is the introduction of the ?Speed? model, which features Bentley?s uprated 6-litre V12 engine.
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Steven Gerrard spotted in modified Range Rover
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been photographed in a modified Range Rover.England midfielder Steven Gerrard was snapped as he was driven by wife Alex Curran after a mixed week which was him put in two star performances for Liverpool and be charged by police over an alleged assault in a Southport nightclub.
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Subaru pulls out of World Rally Championship
Subaru has announced it is to pull out of the World Rally Championship.The Japanese car maker has campaigned the iconic Impreza in the WRC since 1993.
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Biff! Batmobile slapped with parking ticket
Holy smokes Batman - the Batmobile's got a parking ticket! A traffic warden has ticketed one of the most famous cars in the world: the custom-built 2.5-tonne Batmobile.
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Three Bugatti Veyrons for sale on Auto Trader
Auto Trader has three Bugatti Veyrons for sale on the site right now. So if you've got the best part of £1 million to spare - you can jump a queue with currently includes Cristiano Ronaldo.
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News round-up: Bond star gets unlimited Astons
We've scoured the Internet for the best of the rest - car news, features, reviews and games. Check back throughout the day - to see the latest additions click 'Refresh' on your browser or press F5. Links will direct you away from Auto Trader.
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Hummer with wagon wheels snapped in London
Footballers and hip-hop stars are famous for blinging up their Hummers, but we doubt Beckham and Fiddy would have fitted a set of wagon wheels to their American 4x4. This is exactly what artist Matthew Harrison has done with a Hummer H3.
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Twin-turbocharged 800bhp Ferrari F50 for sale
One of the world's fastest modified motors is for sale on Auto Trader - an 800bhp Ferrari F50 supercar. The super-rare Ferrari F50 was produced in the mid 1990s and came fitted with a 520bhp 4.7-litre powerhouse.
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Rod Stewart's Ferrari F430 for sale
Top-selling musician Rod Stewart was the first owner of this stunning Ferrari F430 Spider - now for sale on Auto Trader. After leaving school Rod Stewart could only have dreamt of owning a Ferrari - one of his first jobs was working as a grave digger.
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Stunning new Scirocco models announced
The Volkswagen Scirocco is now available with two full-on tuning packages, while VW has announced two new entry-level Scirocco engines.
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Aston Martin One-77 hypercar at Paris Motor Show
Paris Motor Show goers have been treated to a sneak peek at the world's next hypercar - the Aston Martin One-77. While almost completely concealed, there were parts of the Aston Martin clearly visible such as a massive front grille and sexy alloy wheels.
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