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Having a prized car stolen is every enthusiast’s worst nightmare. All you can do is call the police, file a report and cross your fingers.
Malaysian automaker Proton has launched a new city car, but the company^s CEO says buyers should look at the car as "my first Lotus."
A Los Angeles-area family signed a lease on an experimental 2005 Honda FCX fuel-cell vehicle, becoming the first consumers in the country to use a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a daily basis.
The luxury auto company has signed a 26-week deal to sponsor podcasts at Santa Monica, Calif., public radio station KCRW. The pact was signed on behalf of the Southern California Lexus Dealers and goes into effect tin October.
Direct from the why-didn’t they-think-of-this-sooner department comes the news that Mercedes-Benz Australia will launch a new customer service concept for Australian luxury car buyers early next year when it opens purpose-built sales and service facilities within airport precincts in Melbourne and Sydney.
Addressing environmental and fuel-consumption concerns doesn’t have to mean sacrificing comfort,utility and performance. Case in point: the GMC Graphyte concept car we drove recently, a vision of hybrid-powered SUVs for the near future that gets much better fuel economy without surrendering anything in seating capacity, towing ability or creature comforts.
America Honda announced Tuesday it will include a listing of government crash test ratings on the window stickers of all of its 2006 Honda and Acura vehicles.
Saab last week announced that in a period of a little more than 55 years, it was able to produce four million cars at at its Trollhättan manufacturing plant.
Toyota confirmed Monday it will cease its IRL IndyCar Series engine program after next season.
Volvo Cars of North America said Monday it has signed on as a sponsor for Live 8, the July 2 global event to raise awareness for ending poverty in the world^s poorest nations.
"It looks like new! I would have never guessed that car was eight years old." That is what we owners want to hear, but keeping our cars looking like the late models is tough, even with today^s long-lasting finishes. Dents, dings and cracked glass are several items that age the appearance of a vehicle.
Most people believe that cars powered by both electric and gasoline systems are a relatively new technology. But in fact, hybrid technology is as old as cars themselves. It is just that manufacturers have only recently begun to seriously look into these systems again, as gasoline prices rise, oil supplies become harder to come by and cities are choking on pollution.
In a head-to-head match up of tire-shredding horsepower against high-flying afterburner thrust, the new 500 hp Dodge Viper SRT-10 challenged the United States Air Force^s leading multi-role fighter in acceleration trials held at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona.
Not everybody can afford to dish out 20,000 dollars to buy a halfway decent new car. These days, money is tight, but if you still do not want to give up performance, the only alternative is to buy a decent used car. In this case, depreciation is your friend, and the used car seller^s loss is your gain.
The real time traffic service in the 2005 Acura RL luxury performance sedan will expand to cover the Tampa and Orlando metro markets, the division announced today.
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