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2012-01-27T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Car makers support Calif.'s new 'clean car' regs
Boston.com
By Jason Dearen AP / January 27, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO—Automakers expressed qualified support for California's proposed rules to require carmakers to build more electric and other less-polluting hybrid cars and trucks by 2025.
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Women's Car-Shopping Tactics Steer Them Toward Better Deals
NPR (blog)
by Dana Farrington A new survey from LeaseTrader finds that women ask more thorough questions than men when buying cars. A new survey from LeaseTrader finds that women ask more thorough questions than men when buying cars. When it comes to buying cars, ...
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Suicide car bomb kills 31 in Baghdad
Financial Times
By Dan Morse and Aziz Alwan in Baghdad A suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives amid a funeral procession on Friday morning, killing at least 31 people and injuring at least 60, a security official said. Mourners had gathered outside a ...
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Cars.com Fuels Confidence in Kids with Launch of 'Cars Cares' During Super ...
Sacramento Bee
By Cars.com CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used vehicles, announced today that it will be giving the massive audience of Super Bowl XLVI the power to make a big difference ...
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Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 27, 2012
Chicago Tribune
JD Power and Associates' Avoider Study, now in its ninth year, found 43% of new-car shoppers avoid certain brands or models because of perceived quality or reliability issues rather than actual data. Thirty-eight percent of shoppers based avoidance on ...
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CUP: Teams To Test 2013 Car Wednesday At…
SPEEDtv.com
Teams from Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Penske and Hendrick will each bring one car for next week's test... The 2012 season hasn't begun, but the first on-track test for the 2013 car will take place Wednesday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Car-sharing networks spring up for urban drivers
The Idaho Statesman
But his car does not sit idle-it's out on the streets earning money. Fowler rents out his Saab for $8 per hour via Getaround, one of several car-sharing networks that have sprouted in his area. Since joining Getaround in the fall, Fowler has earned ...
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Company aims to build viable electric car in Md.
Baltimore Sun
COLLEGE PARK — — Genovation Cars Inc., a Rockville-based company, wants to do what many in the auto industry have failed to do — build a fully electric, battery-powered vehicle that the public embraces. On Thursday, company executives were at the ...
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How the Chevy Volt Became a Political Punching Bag
DailyFinance
The political hullaballoo around the car cast "an undeserving, damaging light on a promising new technology," said Akerson, who drove to the hearing in a Volt. "We did not engineer the car to become a political punching bag." Tough words.
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Volunteers appreciate repainted cars
News Chief
Members of the Lake Wales Police Department and the VOICE volunteers stand with Body Shop crew that renovated the Lake Wales Police Department VOICE, Volunteer Observers Impacting Community Effort, cars at Bartow Ford in Bartow, Florida January 26, ...
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2012-01-27T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Used Cars for Sale in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban: Burchmore's
3D Car Shows
The company has secured a huge consignment of used cars – all makes, models, sizes and prices. Oh yes, and they come in all colours too… According to Darryl Jacobson, managing director of Burchmore's, the company has taken delivery of a consignment of ...
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3D Car Shows

Auto show has cars for nearly every niche
STLtoday.com
People looking for a more efficient car will have plenty of choices among midsize sedans and compacts. Ford will roll out a redone version of its top-selling Fusion midsize sedan. The new model, which goes on sale this fall, features a warning system ...
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GM Seen Accelerating Opel Restructuring as Sales Plunge: Cars
BusinessWeek
Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson has lost more than $2.34 billion on GM's European operations since pushing to call off the sale of the Opel brand in late 2009. Plans to reach break-even on an operating basis were scrapped in November as the ...
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'Driven by Barack': Chrysler saloon for sale on eBay (one careful owner, now ...
Daily Mail
By David Richards When he hits the road these days it is in an armoured car nicknamed 'The Beast' surrounded by secret service agents. The 18ft-long vehicle has 5in-thick bullet-proof glass and is able to withstand chemical attack.
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Daily Mail

Internet car sales conman wanted by police
The Bolton News
He advertised cars for sale on a specialist website used by professional car traders and which requires a paid subscription. Gieburowski claimed to be selling Audi Q5s, Audi A4s and VW Golfs. Dealers from across the country, including Scotland and ...
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Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show | By Terence ...
Hospitality Net
I was chuffed that on one of the occasions I ordered a car to transport me from my place of lodging to an event, a stretched Hummer turned up. And when I got out at my destination - the venue for an HTNG Board Meeting, people standing outside of the ...
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California Considers Plan to Speed Battery, Hydrogen Auto Sales
BusinessWeek
The new phase, running from 2018 through 2025, would require those companies and six more automakers to sell as many as 1.4 million such vehicles, or 15 percent of total sales, in the state in 2025. California has pushed automakers since the 1970s to ...
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Auto industry's rebound continues
MiamiHerald.com
AutoNation's car sales up 13 percent as buyers scoop up cheap loans and give up on clunkers. Next up: fixing dents. Repair dollars still in the doldrums. By DOUGLAS HANKS AutoNation reported a 13 percent revenue boost for the final three months of 2011 ...
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Tax Gain, US Sales Drive Ford Profit
Wall Street Journal
By JEFF BENNETT DETROIT—Ford Motor Co. reported a record fourth-quarter profit on a one-time tax allowance, although slower sales in Europe, higher commodity costs and production disruptions caused by last year's flooding in Thailand chipped away at ...
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Famed Arizona auction also a spectator sport
Vancouver Courier
By Brendan McAleer, Vancouver Courier January 27, 2012 7:56 The 1947-built Bentley Mark IV was one of the many rare, classic and collectible vehicles for sale at the 41st annual Barrett-Jackson auction. On the block, ladies and gentleman, ...
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2012-01-26T11:04:00.001-08:00

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California 'clean car' law would cut emissions by 2025
Politico
The new rules, if approved, would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters fewer smog-producing pollutants and mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the state be a zero-emission or plug-in hybrid ...
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California setting new clean car standards (2:35)
Washington Post
California is adopting rigorous new emissions standards for cars that will force automakers to make even cleaner engines, more hybrids and a diverse collection of alternative fuel vehicles. (January 26) (/The Associated Press) Correction: ...
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New cars try to deny Pruett a Rolex 24 record
Sacramento Bee
01 BMW/Riley DP entry with Rojas, IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal and sports car veteran Joey Hand. The No. 02 team from Ganassi is made up of NASCAR drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray and IndyCar stars Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon.
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At DC area car shows, American beauties on display
Washington Post
Elvis croons, and an old man with a propensity for pinstriping cars taps his foot. Nearby, men with callused hands and pompadours admire tattooed women with victory curls. Taking it all in, among a crowd of hundreds, is John Dunham, 58, who resembles ...
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Lindsay Lohan sued by pedestrian allegedly hit by her car
Entertainment Weekly
by AP Lindsay Lohan's bad luck with cars continues after a woman who claims she was struck by the actress' sports car sued over her injuries Wednesday. Nubia Del Carmen Preza claims she was struck by Lohan's Maserati while walking through a West ...
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New Mileage Rules Encourage Small Cars To Become Big Trucks For Lower MPG
Washington Post
Cars have to meet higher goals, trucks have less stringent requirements. And the larger the vehicle, the lower the average fuel economy it has to deliver. The proposed fuel economy standards for 2017 through 2025 vehicles perpetuate those distinctions.
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Cars.com Reviews the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid
Chicago Tribune
Compared to the rest of the redesigned Honda Civic litter, the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid is certainly the most disappointing, according to Cars.com Managing Editor David Thomas. The hybrid system doesn't feel as refined as those offered by competitors, ...
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Destination Daytona: Four Cars Bound to Heat Up Grand-Am Action
Automobile Magazine
Grand-Am's premier event sees some significant changes for 2012, including new rules and new cars. Here's a quick rundown of what you have to look forward to this weekend at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which kicks off this year's motorsports season ...
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Cars, Fashion, And Charity For Grand Rapids!
WOOD-TV (blog)
The cars may be the big drawl, but the kids are the starts of this glitzy event. Supported by the Grand Rapids New Car Dealers Association, proceeds benefit the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Foundation. From the beautiful 2013 Ford Mustang, ...
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Cars, Trucks, SUVs & Crossovers
West Virginia MetroNews
"We consider this a one stop shop for all makes and models," said Jeremy Nelson with Smith Company Motor Cars. "The public has the opportunity to just come in and look." If you go, you'll be able to see vehicles from Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, ...
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2012-01-26T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Chrysler 300C owned by Barrack Obama is for sale on eBay
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With a 20.000 USD deposit requested by the seller of the "famous" vehicle, I don't think that many bidders would even think of paying that much on a simple car just because the previous owner is the president of the United States.
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Toyota 2012 Sales Goal Gets Lift From Expanding Prius Demand
BusinessWeek
The automaker now expects to sell 8.58 million vehicles this year, a 21 percent annual increase, according to a statement today. The target is 100000 higher than the Toyota City, Japan-based company's projection last month and excludes subsidiaries ...
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Obama's Chrysler 300 on sale for $1 million
CNN
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A Chrysler 300C once leased by President Barack Obama is for sale on eBay with the eye-popping "opening bid" of $1 million. The opening bid, which is dictated by the seller, means that bidding for the car must start at that price ...
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Powerful, polished and even frugal top list of best cars
Canada.com
By Graeme Fletcher, Postmedia News January 26, 2012 The Canadian Automotive Jury is a group of prominent automotive journalists that recognizes the 12 best cars for sale in Canada every year. Two of the 10 jurors are Postmedia's David Booth and Yours ...
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Ford Expects Fusion to Grab Profits Without Camry's Crown: Cars
BusinessWeek
1. We're much more enamored with getting the right price point and the right kind of people to buy the car." Ford's approach with Fusion stands in contrast to the industry's quest for sales crowns. General Motors Co. regained the No.
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Durable Goods Orders in U.S. Climb 3%, Stronger Than Economists Estimated
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Orders for US Durable Goods Probably Climbed Orders for US Durable Goods Probably Climbed Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Refrigerators are displayed for sale at a Sears Holdings Corp. store in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, Jan.
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California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules
San Jose Mercury News
By next year, BMW, Fiat, Mercedes and Volkswagen say, they will have battery-run and plug-in electric vehicles for sale. Another reason for the auto industry's more docile approach is politics. As General Motors and Chrysler faced bankruptcy in 2009, ...
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3M posts small profit increase in 4Q
nwitimes.com
3M said sales were strongest at its industrial and transportation unit, rising 14 percent. Sales in its biggest segment were driven by abrasives and a number of other products for planes and cars. Sales rose 6 percent at the consumer and office unit, ...
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2012-01-25T11:04:00.001-08:00

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New Ford Fusion NASCAR car looks great
ESPN (blog)
Remember the last time a new Sprint Cup car was introduced, in 2007? Everyone from crew chiefs to drivers Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick called the boxy-looking Car of Tomorrow ugly. And they were right. AP Photo/Chuck Burton Greg Biffle ...
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US purposely delayed news of Volt fires, lawmakers say
msnbc.com
"We are making good products and cars the market loves, whether it's the volt or other cars," he said. Akerson also said politics played a role in the Volt probe. Akerson said in testimony prepared for the same hearing that political pressure over ...
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Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 25, 2012
Chicago Tribune
True to CEO Carlos Ghosn's comments at this month's Detroit auto show, Nissan announced plans to build subcompact cars at a new $2 billion manufacturing complex in Mexico. The automaker currently builds the Versa, Sentra and a handful of international ...
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Super Bowl 'Super Cars': NFL-liveried Indy cars to dot city
AutoWeek
Scattered around the city will be a full grid's worth of NFL-liveried Indy cars, billed by the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee as "Super Cars." Thirty-two of the racing machines will each be decked out in a scheme to represent an individual NFL ...
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Better Place Plans Electric-Car IPO Within 2 Years, Agassi Says
Bloomberg
Play Video Better Place LLC, a US startup developing charging stations for electric vehicles that started putting cars on the road this week, expects to go public in the next two years, Chief Executive Officer Shai Agassi said.
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Want a Better Used Car? Shop like a Woman
DailyFinance
Are women actually better at buying used cars than men? A company called LeaseTrader, which runs a used-car marketplace for people who want to get in or out of a lease rather than buy, crunched some data and came to just that conclusion.
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Toyota raises 2012 global sales forecast on growing demand for green cars in Japan
Washington Post
TOKYO — Toyota raised its global sales target for this year to 8.58 million vehicles, up 21 percent from the previous year, as incentives for ecological cars lift demand in Japan. Toyota Motor Corp., which struggled from production interruptions last ...
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New Safety Tech Takes Decades to Hit Entire Car Market
Chicago Tribune
If a new safety feature were standard from day one, by extrapolating new-car sales (about 10 million new passenger cars a year) it would take at least 24 years to introduce the feature to the whole fleet of some 240 million registered vehicles.
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How A New York Taxi Company Killed The Electric Car In 1900
Jalopnik
In the early 20th century, electric cars were actually mainstream. In 1900, there were more electric automobiles on New York City streets than cars powered by gasoline. True, there were only 4192 cars sold in the United States that year, ...
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Kan. lawmakers consider new fee for electric cars
El Dorado Times
By Anonymous AP Using less gas is an advantage for the few Kansans who've bought electric cars, but a state legislator worried Tuesday about how the state will pay for road and bridge projects if consumers flock to the vehicles and stop paying gasoline ...
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2012-01-25T09:46:00.001-08:00

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12 mid-size cars for 2012
CNNMoney
But it effectively sounded the starting gun for a sales race in the industry's single largest passenger car segment, accounting for the sale of 1.8 million vehicles. In addition to the established Japanese leaders, Fusion will be fighting against an ...
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Santa Rosa Used Car Dealers, Skyline Auto Sales is Offering an Ideal Approach ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Skyline Auto Sales is a family owned and operated business in Santa Rosa offering cars for sale to the community since 1988. This Redwood Empire Quality Dealer awarded dealership offers smogged and safety checked used vehicles for sale by a friendly, ...
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Strong New Car Sales in January Shows Good Start for 2012 According to TrueCar.com
Sacramento Bee
25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its January 2012 sales and incentives forecast. The forecast shows the following: Used car sales* are estimated to be 2166466, ...
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100 MPG Car for $25000
Care2.com
How many sales have you made so far, if you can reveal this? We have had team members build cars that they use before, and our very first cash sale occurred in December 2011. How safe is your vehicle, compared with a more typical car on the roads such ...
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Saab Museum up for sale as part of liquidation
Monsters and Critics.com
The museum, situated in the Swedish town of Trollhaetten, has some 120 cars dating back to the first Saab 92001 of 1947 to the Aero-X concept car showcased at motor shows in 2006. The first Saab prototype 92001 sported a black livery with an ...
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For Sale: Turquoise Al-Thani Lamborghini LP670-4 SuperVeloce
GTspirit
The Al-Thani family is selling numerous cars from their collection. The famous Turquoise Al-Thani Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition is still for sale via Mobile.de and the Qatar Royal family just sold their Pagani Zonda Uno to an owner in Azerbaijan.
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Auto sales bounce back to '07 levels
WQAD
New cars are getting better, offering much higher fuel economy. And the number of used cars for sale is dwindling, because many Americans have been putting off buying a new car because of economic uncertainty. "We we're seeing is they're hanging on to ...
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Toyota Raises Output Target for New Compact Prius, Nikkei Says
BusinessWeek
Toyota will introduce a plug-in version of the Prius, the world's best- selling hybrid car, on Jan. 31. Orders in the first month of sales for its smallest Prius, which went on sale in Japan Dec. 26, reached 110000 units, the Nikkei said.
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Ford Expects Fusion to Grab Profits Without Camry's Crown: Cars
Bloomberg
Car-Pricing Strategy Ford's strategy is to get higher prices for each of its models by outfitting them with technology for which consumers will pay a premium, Farley said. When the new Fusion goes on sale in the second half of this year, ...
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Barrett-Jackson Totals More Than $92 Million in Sales at Record Scottsdale Auction
Auto Remarketing
—More than $5.8 million raised for local and national charities through the sale of 22 vehicles, including generous proceeds from sales and donations for the Barrett-Jackson sponsored ChildHelp Charity to benefit victims of child abuse and neglect.
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2012-01-24T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Yee-haw! Bubba Watson buys 'The Dukes of Hazzard' car
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
s in sports, but the idea of a man named Bubba buying the iconic car from the most Southern TV series in history isn't exactly a shocker, you know? Bubba Watson (left) and General Lee. / Via @bubbawatson Watson was at the famed Barrett-Jackson ...
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Living Cars: Victory Motorcycles to compete with Harley Davidson
NewsX
Legendary American bike maker Harley Davidson finally has competition now. Another iconic brand Victory is getting ready to enter India and they have shown their bikes for the first time. Get a closer look at the Victory Vision and Victory jackpot in ...
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Living Cars: World car of the Year 2011- Nissan Leaf
NewsX
NewsX brings you an exclusive first drive of the world car of the year 2011 Nissan Leaf on Indian roads. It's a complete green car and yet it beats its rival petrol and diesel cars hollow. Priced slightly on the higher side, if you care for the ...
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Battery Swapping Stations for Electric Cars Could Mean the End of Oil
ABC News
However, Shai Agassi, the founder and CEO of Better Place, says he has a way for us to get clean: battery-powered electric cars. No, he's not the first person to say this. But he may be the one with the best approach, one that's simple and scalable ...
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Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 24, 2012
Chicago Tribune
Welcome to Cars.com's News Briefs, a snapshot of what we have our eye on each morning. We'll post some top stories circling the auto industry, with links to the original content. Keep an eye out later in the day, as we may cover a particular story in ...
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Edmunds.com Advises Military Personnel to Watch out for Deceptive Car Sales ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, reports that members of the US military are particularly vulnerable to deceptive practices by unscrupulous car salespeople.
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Train cars derail in Yorkville
Chicago Sun-Times
YORKVILLE — For the second time in the past year-and-a-half, train cars have derailed on the Illinois Railnet tracks on the western edge of Yorkville. Rail crews were out on the scene of the derailment Tuesday morning at Poplar Drive in the Riveredge ...
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Tackling Self-Driving Cars' Biggest Questions [VIDEO]
Mashable
Google's self-driving cars have been on the roads and test roads for a couple years now, and autonomous vehicles may not be much farther down the road. For drivers, police officers, insurance agents and government regulators, self-driving cars raises ...
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Will Gen Y Lead the Shift from Gas-Powered Cars to Hybrids and Electric Vehicles?
TIME
By Brad Tuttle | @bradrtuttle | January 24, 2012 | + A new survey indicates that Gen Y consumers—aka, Millenials, those born roughly between 1982 and 1993—are more interested in hybrids and electric cars than they are in traditional, gas-powered ...
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2012-01-24T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Dumped vehicles for sale
Fraser Coast Chronicle
Any person claiming ownership of these vehicles is requested to contact the Fraser Coast Regional Council with proof of ownership to arrange for its release. Owners will be charged a release fee to be reunited with their cars. For more information on ...
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Car collectors snap up more than 2100 vehicles at Valley's six auctions
AZ Central.com
Silver Auctions at the Fort McDowell Resort and Casino sold 175 cars for a total of $2.95 million,Hagerty said. Overall sales at the six auctions were up 16 percent from a year earlier and the average sale price was nearly $85000, not counting ...
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Gartner Forecasts 100000 Electric Car Sales for 2012
Cleantech Blog (blog)
Gartner, the largest technology market research firm, is forecasting 100000 electric car sales in 2012 in the United States. Yesterday, I took in the presentation at the SV Forum and then talked with Thilo Koslowski, Vice President of Gartner's ...
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Ford Expects Fusion to Grab Profits Without Camry's Crown: Cars
BusinessWeek
"There is movement around the various car lines." Ford's strategy is to get higher prices for each of its models by outfitting them with technology for which consumers will pay a premium, Farley said. When the new Fusion goes on sale in the second half ...
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Saab's heritage for sale
Sydney Morning Herald
As part of an effort to liquidate the assets of the Swedish car maker, whose parent company declared bankruptcy in December, a Swedish law firm was soliciting bids for specific cars or for the whole collection last week. The auction comes during a ...
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'World's cheapest car' tag backfires for India's Nano
AFP
NEW DELHI — When India's Tata Motors' Nano went on sale in 2009, the concept of the "world's cheapest car" in one of the world's fastest growing auto markets seemed pre-destined for commercial success. Logically, the strategy appeared faultless ...
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Schaumburg lawmaker pushes sale of state cars
Chicago Daily Herald
By Ryan Voyles A Schaumburg lawmaker is pushing the state to unload vehicles that didn't log enough miles to justify keeping them in Illinois' fleet. Rep. Michelle Mussman, a Schaumburg Democrat, is proposing the sale of any state-owned vehicle driven ...
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Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2012 Auction Sales Up 32%
TheMustangNews.com
And even in these bad times people keep building their own hackneyed visions of this fake car and sell them one after another no matter now badly done they are. Beyond Fords and Mustangs, the top sale of the event was a 1948 Tucker Torpedo (Lot #5008) ...
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2012-01-23T11:04:00.001-08:00

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10 car bombs found in attacked north Nigeria city
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By JON GAMBRELL AP KANO, Nigeria — A police spokesman says authorities have found 10 unexploded car bombs in a northern Nigeria city where an attack by a radical Islamist sect killed more than 150 people. Soldiers ride on a back of a truck prior to ...
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Valley car auctions lure big bucks
Arizona Republic
22, 2012 09:15 PM Collector-car buyers, seemingly removed from economic hardships, bought more than $176 million in cars over the past week at six Valley auctions. Two mid-1950s Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwings, a trio of Ferraris and a 1948 Tucker ...
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Supreme Court: Police need warrant to use GPS tracking on cars
Los Angeles Times
The justices all agreed that the government needs a search warrant from a judge before it seeks to track a suspect by secretly installing a device on his car. They were divided, however, as to what level of tracking would require a search warrant.
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Agency Ends Chevy Volt Fire Probe
PC Magazine
NHTSA does not believe electric vehicles are any less safe than gasoline-powered cars—"generally all vehicles have some risk of fire in the event of a serious crash," the agency said—and said that electric vehicles "show great promise.
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Audi's Car of the Future Drives Itself
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Christopher Lawton The car of the future seems best suited for people who don't like driving. From the annual Digital Life Design conference in Munich, Audi AG Chairman Rupert Stadler described the future car as one that drives itself and parks ...
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Car-sharing networks flourish in the Bay Area
San Jose Mercury News
By Dana Hull PATS Car Share president Patrick Mahan, left, shares a laugh with a customer, Jeff Tatro, an insurance agent who is visiting from Portland, ORE. while heading to a parking lot where Mahan gives him one of his rental cars, on Jan 16 in San ...
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Downward Spiral: Debt Crisis Affecting New Car Sales in Europe
MotorTrend Magazine
That means no vacations, no more fancy country clubs, and definitely no new cars. The absence of that last item is especially evident in European households, where debt in many countries has left consumers with less buying power.
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Better Place Begins Delivering First Electric Cars to Israel
BusinessWeek
23 (Bloomberg) -- Better Place LLC, a US start up developing charging stations, started its first commercial roll- out with 100 electric cars to Israeli customers. Better Place, founded by former SAP AG executive Shai Agassi, is in partnership with ...
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2012-01-23T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Barrett-Jackson Announces More Than $92 Million in Sales and Over 270000 in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
21, which comprised The Salon Offering Collection and a number of other highly-sought classics, totaling 31 collector cars. -- More than $5.8 million raised for local and national charities through the sale of 22 vehicles, including generous proceeds ...
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VAT Exemption on Cars for Legal Entities to be Abolished from January 24 in ...
Telegraf.by
The BAA also believes that it will lead to a further decline in car sales in the domestic market. In turn, the president's administration is convinced that the abolition of VAT exemptions won't cause deteriorating investment conditions for production ...
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Council fine for man selling cars illegally
Bedford Today
55-year-old Stuart Houghton of Seaton Drive, Bedford was prosecuted by Bedford Borough Council under Section 3 of The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 for 'advertising vehicles for sale on a road'. Between October 2010 and May 2011, ...
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Collector Cars: Is Market Cooling or Just Getting Younger? (Slideshow)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Over the weekend in and around Scottsdale, Ariz., a number of auto-auction companies converged to sell a broad range of vehicles from European racers to American muscle cars and old trucks. But the results of the RM Auctions sale made me wonder if the ...
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Peel Microcars Revived in U.K.
Inside Line
The microcar had a cousin, the bubble-top two-passenger Trident, which will also be offered for sale in resurrected form. The original little cars were two of the products of Peel Engineering, on the west coast of the Isle of Man in the town of Peel.
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Monthly swap meet in Harvest Village drawing a crowd
Ocala
Salyne Pryor of Micanopy, who brought lots of items from matchbooks to Matchbox cars for sale, sets up her table as she holds her dog Abby, Sunday January 15, 2012 during the Village Swap Meet that is held each third Sunday at Harvest Village just ...
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On The Road Review: Toyota Camry
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At times, I thought the car looked like an older Buick. This may be fine, and apparently is not a drawback given the car's previous sales levels, yet the market continues to evolve. What worked five years ago may not be the formula for future success.
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Government closes investigation into Chevy Volt, says car is safe
Washington Post
DETROIT — The government ended its safety investigation into the Chevrolet Volt on Friday after concluding that the Volt and other electric cars don't pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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Volvo seeks small car partner
Financial Times
By John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent Volvo Cars is looking for a partner to share development of its future compact models, according to its chief executive. Stefan Jacoby told the Financial Times that the Swedish brand, whose current C30 small ...
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JSO cars charge on solar power
WJXT Jacksonville
Solar charging panels on some police cars allow officers to take advantage of sun power. The average police car drains two 12-volt batteries a year due to all of the electronics and lights it has to operate. The solar panels help save gas too, ...
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PodKast: Offensive struggles, roster holes and cars driven by jerks
ESPN (blog)
(12:56): BK insists the hole in the Laker offense is so big, any number of cars could be driven through it. I insist if said car happens to be a Hummer, whoever is driving it is an Ed Hardy-wearin' jerk. Yeah, I said it... Jerk. ...
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From muscle cars to electric rides, Michigan International Auto Show in Grand ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS — How can shopping for a new car possibly be fun? The sponsors of the Michigan International Auto Show say they have the answer as they prepare for about 50000 visitors who will stop by DeVos Place this week to kick tires, sit inside of ...
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Car Vandalism Spree in Bronxville
The Daily Bronxville
by Louise Snedeker (email) 1 hour ago BRONXVILLE, NY – While most Bronxville residents were waking up to the first snowfall of the season, owners of five vehicles on the west side of the village were waking up to smashed car windows and stolen property ...
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Hamas bans import of cars from Egypt
Ynetnews
The Hamas government in Gaza has banned the import of vehicles from Egypt a part of the effort to crack down on car thefts in the Sinai Peninsula, Ma'an reported Sunday. According to the Palestinian news agency, Hamas and Egyptian authorities are ...
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Clean cars gaining speed in CNY
YNN
That means switching from gasoline powered cars. But is that trend picking up speed in Central New York? YNN's Erin Clarke takes a look. Then come back here and refresh the page. CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Remember the days when gas was under three dollars a ...
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150 Cars Towed for Parking Ban
WGME
Police say around 150 cars were towed last night during Portland's parking ban. That's about the same amount as during last week's parking ban. Some people whose cars were towed weren't too happy about it. People who had their cars towed paid at least ...
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Tulsa police car computers, video system having technical difficulties
Tulsa World
More than a year later, installation of the cameras in all of the Tulsa Police Department's 575 patrol cars is behind schedule as officers work on problems attributed to a computer purchased before the cameras, which is also behind installation ...
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2012-01-22T09:46:00.001-08:00

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zAutos Presents Comprehensive Guide for Finding a Pre-Owned 2007 Toyota
PR Web (press release)
Consumer car research website zAutos.com presents its web directory to help users find a 2007 Toyota for sale. zAutos.com has a wide selection of over 63000 used Toyota vehicles for sale and over 5000 Toyotas from the 2007 model year. ...
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Used-car show, sale at Police Officers' Club
Jamaica Gleaner
"The new-car dealers had the Automobile Dealers Association (ADA) shows. No one had a show for the used-car dealers, and used cars are more than 73 per cent of the car sales in Jamaica," Lyn said. There is no entry fee and Lyn described the show as "a ...
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2012-01-21T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Electric Cars No More Prone to Fires Than Gas Autos, US Says
BusinessWeek
21 (Bloomberg) -- US regulators, who ended their investigation yesterday into the Chevrolet Volt, said electric- powered vehicles do not pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline cars. "Based on the available data, NHTSA does not believe that Chevy ...
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Average Car in the US Now Over 10 Years Old, a Record
ABC News
Tired of your old car yet? Detroit and the rest of the auto industry sure hope so, because the age of the average car on American roads is now at an all-time record, close to 11 years old, according to the latest statistics from the RL Polk Co. ...
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Prepping your home for an electric car
Fox News
After years of promises, 2012 might finally prove to be the year of the electric car. With offerings from Nissan, Chevrolet already available, and more models hitting the market later this year, the promise of a zero-emission vehicle is becoming a ...
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Cars That Make You Feel Young & Max Von Sydow in a WSJ Sneak Peak
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
Here's a preview of what's new on The Wall Street Journal's YouTube channel. Check out five cars that can make you look young. Plus, We spoke to legendary actor Max Von Sydow about his role in the new film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."
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No cars for F1 GP celebrity event
Herald Sun
Melbourne Grand Prix chief Andrew Westacott confirmed the race had been axed last night, blaming an inability to find a car sponsor which could provide more than 25 cars. "We've just finalised the line-up and the celebrity challenge is not part of that ...
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Car sharing company expands to Mo. universities
CanadianBusiness.com
(AP) — A fast-growing car-share service that lets drivers reserve cars online, pick them up at a designated spot, use them and drop them back off without ever dealing with a rental car employee has expanded to the University of Missouri-Kansas City ...
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'Quiet cars' a welcome PATCO innovation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012-01-21
Philadelphia Inquirer
Designating a "quiet car" on PATCO trains may strike some riders as a quaint, if not preposterous, notion. Starting March 1, cellphone use and loud conversations will be prohibited in the last car of specially marked weekday trains between Lindenwold ...
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2 hit by cars in NY gov security detail in 2 days
Wall Street Journal
State police said 50-year-old Jeronimo Ardon Perez, of Mount Kisco, was hit in town on Route 117 at about 7 pm Thursday by a car driven by Investigator Gregory Panzarella. Perez was listed in serious condition Friday at a hospital. ...
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Heights police arrest pair believed involved in car-theft ring, urge residents ...
Dearborn Press and Guide
By Scott Held DEARBORN HEIGHTS/ALLEN PARK — If you're in the habit of starting your car on a cold winter morning, then going back inside your house before leaving for work, area police departments have a rather simple admonition. ...
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JFK's Hearse On Sale in Arizona
First Coast News
The iconic white hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963 is being put up for auction during a high-profile collectible car sale in Arizona this weekend. In the hours after John F. Kennedy was ...
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Toyota to raise Japan sales outlook - Nikkei
Reuters
Last month, the automaking giant had forecast to see record sales of 8.48 million vehicles, with 1.53 million sale at home. Toyota is bent on selling more green cars this year since the Japanese government has revived the subsidies on purchase of ...
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For sale: Three bedroom, two-bath home with central air
ConsumerReports.org
A few vestiges of excess remained from better days—17 percent of the homes had garages that held three cars or more and five percent had two or more fireplaces (49 percent had one). Almost every home built in the South had central air conditioning ...
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Government closes Volt probe, says car is safe
San Jose Mercury News
More than 8000 Volts have been sold since the car went on sale in December 2010. GM had projected sales of 10000 in 2011 but said production and distribution constraints put that goal out of reach. Still, December 2011 was its best sales month so far, ...
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Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction List Highlights
Examiner.com
As the most rare and pristine vehicles are displayed on the auction block some collector cars are also auctioned for charitable organizations. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was the benefactor of the sale of "Poison" lead singer, ...
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Selling A Home Made Of Subway Cars
Forbes.com
(Original Publish Date: 12/21/2010) Made of recycled materials, architect Adam Kushner shows off his for-sale apartment.
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Chevrolet Registers Best Ever Global Sales In 2011
Nitrobahn
The automaker registered a 9.5 percent increase in sales in the Chinese market and sold a total of 595068 cars in that nation. Some of the other markets where the automaker registered a significant increase in sale include Vietnam (79 percent), ...
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Recommended: Megaupload founder's homes raided, $5M in luxury cars seized
msnbc.com
Police spokesman Grant Ogilvie said the seized cars include a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe worth more than $400000 as well as several Mercedes. Two short-barreled shotguns and a number of valuable artworks were also confiscated, he added. ...
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Electric car parking: Perk or privilege?
Fox News
They drive whisper-quiet cars, zing past you in the parking lot, and use dedicated charging stations just a few steps from the front entrance. Electric car owners enjoy many perks, and there's a growing frustration among owners of conventional cars ...
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Miami Beach to launch car share program
MiamiHerald.com
Miami Beach will launch what it says is Florida's first municipal car-share program Tuesday. By David Smiley Getting a car to drive on South Beach may soon be about as easy as ordering a pizza. The city of Miami Beach is launching a program that will ...
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Car Batteries Are Not Just For the Car
New York Times (blog)
Coda Holdings will make minor modifications to battery packs for its cars, which use Chinese-manufactured lithium iron phosphate cells, and sell them individually or grouped together — both for storing solar power when homeowners' rooftop panels ...
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2 hit by cars in NY gov security detail in 2 days
Fox News
ALBANY, NY – For the second time in two days, a pedestrian has been struck and injured by an unmarked car driven by a state trooper from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's security detail. State police say a 50-year-old Mount Kisco man was hit by a car ...
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Average Car in the US Now Over 10 Years Old, a Record
Forbes
Detroit and the rest of the auto industry sure hope so, because the age of the average car on American roads is now at an all-time record, close to 11 years old, according to the latest statistics from the RL Polk Co. In a way, the auto industry is a ...
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Super Cars Highlight Indy's Racing Roots
WRTV Indianapolis
Each NFL team will be represented, along with cars dedicated to the Super Bowl and the AFC and NFC champions. "It's a huge deal to incorporate our biggest legacy of racing with one of the nation's favorite pastimes," said Kinsey Collins with Dallara. ...
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Global Car Rental Services Market to Reach US$58.9 Billion by 2015, According ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Car Rental Industry. Innumerable people traveling from and to various destinations across the world are the principal contributors to the global car rental market. ...
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Kennedy hearse up for auction this weekend in Arizona
USA TODAY
The immaculately maintained car's 10 minutes of fame has earned it a spot on the auction block Saturday at Barrett-Jackson, when a few seven-figure cars are also expected to change hands.Built by the Miller-Meteor Co. of Piqua, Ohio, the hearse with ...
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'Black boxes' may soon be mandatory for all new cars sold in the United States
New York Daily News
Every new car sold in the US may soon be required to include 'black box' data recording devices similar to those used on airplanes, after a string of recent incidents prompted authorities to consider changing the way agencies investigate accidents. ...
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2012's best of the best
Montreal Gazette
The Canadian Automotive Jury is a group of prominent automotive journalists that recognizes the 12 best cars for sale in Canada every year. Two of the 10 jurors are Postmedia's David Booth and Yours Truly. Each year begins with the task of picking the ...
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Ford installs its 4 millionth SYNC in-car system
PRunderground
Ford's SYNC system is an integrated entertainment and technology system that is factory installed in many new Ford cars for sale. SYNC is a collaborative effort between both Ford's own developers and many third party developers, using Microsoft driven ...
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Car Expected to Sell for $3.5M at Gooding Auction
MyFox Phoenix
Some of the cars up for sale this year include a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle that starred in the Disney movie "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo." Or maybe a 1959 Ferrari California Spider is more your speed. It'll probably go for around a cool $3.5 million. ...
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Fiat hitches U.S. sales to its 500 wagon
Victoria Times Colonist
Marchionne, who acknowledged last April that he neglected European operations in favour of a US turnaround, is now considering combining with another car-maker in the region to cut costs, share platforms and reduce the overcapacity issue as sales may ...
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The Most Luxurious Ranches And Gentleman's Farms For Sale
Forbes
Some billionaires like to collect fancy cars and boats; for others, land is the thing. The latter are likely to be salivating over a choice hunk of Big Sky country that came on the market in December: the massive Broken O Ranch. ...
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New Youngman offer for Saab coming - Spyker for sale, again
WorldCarFans.com
Owner of the collapsing Saab brand, Swedish Automobile (Swan), is assessing a potential sale for their sports car unit, Spyker Cars. This comes as a bit of a shocker as it was believed the Spyker car business was already sold to American private equity ...
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Electric cars to deliver costs shock
The Australian
ELECTRIC vehicles will make up 20 per cent of new car sales in Australia by the end of the decade and 45 per cent by 2030, potentially requiring up to $10.2 billion in upgrades to the electricity system The findings are cited in a report by Julia ...
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Top 10 tips for buying a used car
Toronto Star
Dealer or private sale? New-car dealers are the best source for late-model used cars, since they have first dibs on lease returns and trade-ins. Notoriously fickle (and expensive), they'll send anything dubious or with high mileage to a wholesaler or ...
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Study: Most Gen Y drivers want to own hybrid cars
USA TODAY
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY Six out of 10 Millennials say they would prefer to buy a hybrid or electric car over any of kind of car or truck. That finding in a new study from consultants Deloitte bodes well for automakers who are trying to get the ...
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Exports seen driving UK car production
Reuters UK
By Olesya Dmitracova | LONDON (Reuters) - British car production is likely to enjoy an export-driven boost in 2012, as competitiveness due to a weak currency helps outweigh tough market conditions in its key overseas markets and stagnant demand at home ...
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SCU Law School holds conference on self-driving cars
San Jose Mercury News
By Brandon Bailey Cars that drive themselves may still be more common in science fiction than on local highways, but legal experts, transit planners -- and yes, insurance companies -- are beginning to grapple with the implications of vehicles that are ...
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Come for the Cars, Stay for the Action at this Year's Barrett-Jackson
College Times
The Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction has long held a reputation as a world class car show, but with its most extensive and extravagant line-up of non-automotive events yet, this year's model also aims to be a world class party. ...
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Are small cars like the Chevrolet Sonic and Ford Fiesta safe?
Chicago Tribune
Neither car has been on the road long enough to accumulate real-world data based on actual collisions instead of controlled tests using instrumented dummies. Small cars such as the Sonic and Fiesta typically have higher death and injury rates than ...
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Average Age Of Car At Record High
RedOrbit
According to the Polk research firm, the average age of US cars and trucks on the road is up to 10.8 years. The new record number is as of July 1, 2011 and is up from 10.6 years in 2010. The firm said the average age of the vehicle was 8.4 years in ...
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Whole Foods Helps Power Customer Cars With Renewable Energy
WDSU New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS -- While gasoline running cars will probably outnumber electric cars for years to come, but it is the electric vehicles that represent the vision of the future. Charging electric cars just got easier at Whole Foods Market Arabella Station ...
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GM Vies to Compete With Toyota in Fast-Growing Indonesia: Cars
BusinessWeek
While the country boasts Southeast Asia's largest economy and population, Indonesia's ratio of car ownership has been among the lowest in the region. Now, analysts at IHS Automotive and JPMorgan Chase & Co. say the industry is ready to blossom because ...
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Same suspects steal 2 cars in east Tulsa
kjrh.com
TULSA - Police are searching for two suspects who were likely involved in two separate car jackings overnight in east Tulsa. Officers were first flagged down around 9:45 pm Wednesday near 21st Street and South 129th East Avenue for an armed robbery and ...
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Vehicles In Dealership Vandalism Restored For Sale
KGTV San Diego
Miller told 10News the dealership paid between $1000 and $3500 to restore each of the vandalized vehicles after the rampage. This week, the dealership sent out an email promoting a dealership "vandalization sale." "We didn't take any shortcuts or say ...
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NOCC: Sale of vessel
Reuters (press release)
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA (NOCC) reports that the 51% owned company Bergshav Car Carriers KS has sold the 1988 built car carrier "Hyundai No. 203". The sale is a part of NOCC's strategy to focus on large and modern car carriers. The sale includes an ...
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Very rare SAAB EV-1 is for sale
INAUTONEWS
After the Swedish based automaker SAAB has filed for bankruptcy, a local law firm involved in its liquidation has recently posted a sale for over 100 cars which were resting in the SAAB Heritage Museum in Trollhattan, Sweden. ...
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BMW sales rose by 19% in 2011 despite car industry slump—ACC
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines—Despite a slump in the local automotive industry in 2011, sales of premium luxury vehicles by BMW rose by an impressive 19 percent to 792 units, cementing its position as the country's leading premium automotive brand. ...
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Two-headed Pig For Sale: This Bacon Ain't Fakin' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
That's unique, according to Mike Zohn, co-owner of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind, bizarre and often shocking artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of ...
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Astra Sedaya to Sell Rp 2t of Bonds for Car Finance
Jakarta Globe
Tjondro said that bond sales would be part of the company's plan to sell Rp 8 trillion in multiple-year bonds valued. Astra Sedaya was targeting to extend Ro 22 trillion of auto financing this year, roughly equal to 135000 cars, up from about Rp 18 ...
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Gen Y auto buyers want hybrids packed with technology
Los Angeles Times
... Ford's US sales analyst. According to the Deloitte survey, 59% of Gen Y respondents said they preferred an "electrified vehicle" over any other type of car or truck. They generally defined "electrified" as a hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle. ...
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Romney's: A family of car enthusiast/politicians
Brantford Expositor
He brought in young blood, revamped the dealer network and phased out the old Nash and Hudson brands, staking the company's future on small cars such as Rambler and Metropolitan. It worked. Sales climbed and AMC stock rose from $7 to $90 per share. ...
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2012-01-18T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Jalopy Nation? The Average Car on the Road Has Never Been Older
TIME
By Brad Tuttle | @bradrtuttle | January 18, 2012 | + Even after a year when sales of new cars increased by nearly 11% compared to 2010, thereby lowering the average age of cars on the road, the typical automobile today is ancient compared to its ...
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Rental cars: the power to choose
Fox News
When it comes to renting a car, there are some people who'd be perfectly happy with little more than a cardboard box and four wheels if it got them where they were going. But others have specific preferences about make, model, color and the condition ...
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NASCAR, make one more tweak
ESPN
But it does have something to do with multiple cars. Because of a little-known clause in the four-car cap per team rule the governing body established in 2006, two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip may not be able to participate in the Feb. ...
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Montgomery County to get more electric car charging stations
Washington Post
Owners of electric cars will soon find new places to charge up. Federal Realty, a national real estate and development firm, is working with Car Charging Group to install eight electric car charging stations at its properties along the East Coast, ...
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If CES was any indication, car tech is going high tech this year (pictures)
VentureBeat
More than any other time in show history, car manufacturers showed up in full force to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week — a major sign that car tech is going high tech this year. While CES used to be filled with tech companies ...
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Cars Sleep Free This Winter With Hotel Deals in Bethesda, MD
MarketWatch (press release)
The Rockville, Maryland hotel's Cars Sleep Free package includes deluxe suite accommodations and self parking with rates from $114. The Cars Sleep Free package is available Thursday through Sunday when guests stay over a Friday or Saturday night now ...
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Old-car habit may have hit its peak
Minneapolis Star Tribune
That old car is older than ever. But experts think more owners will turn in clunkers for new rides this year. Xena Huff, at Seward Co-op in Minneapolis on Tuesday, said she is satisfied driving her 1992 Mitsubishi Galant, which has 162500 miles. ...
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Gas-Sipping Cars Drive Away With Top Safety Ratings
Huffington Post (blog)
I'm all for the Obama administration's proposed 54.5 miles-per-gallon carbon pollution and fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. And who doesn't feel a real sense of American pride to learn of the renewed optimism and drive to innovate ...
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Famous death cars
Mother Nature Network (blog)
Hank Williams' Caddy, JFK's Lincoln, James Dean's Porsche, Princess Diana's Mercedes — all are classic death cars. And where are they now? Find Dean's Porsche and win a million. HAIL TO THE CHIEF: The fatal day in Dallas, and the last time a president ...
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For Sale: 15 Brand New Ford GT's?
GTspirit
Nothing out of the ordinary there you say? The car could have sat in a collection for that period of time and only just been put up for sale. The advert picture shows the car in question, a Gulf liveried example, along with 10 other cars. ...
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Electric Car Sales: France Leads Way, Even Without Individual Buyers
PluginCars.com
There is a €5000 cash incentive (US $6371) for any electric car sale in France, no matter if the buyer is an individual or a company. Yet that is not enough to level the price of an EV with the price of a gasoline car. ...
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For sale: 211mph Lamborghini Reventon
Auto Trader UK
Made in a limited production run of just twenty cars, the Reventon is the most expensive Lamborghini ever made, reaching prices of over £1 million when new. The car advertised is number 18. With just 1000 miles on the clock, it commands a price of ...
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Historic Saab collection for sale
Evo
By Matthew Hayward Swedish administration firm, Delphi, is selling the Saab historic collection, with cars like the 1946 URSAAB prototype, and 2006 Saab Aero X concept being auctioned off. Delphi is trying to recuperate as much money as possible from ...
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Toyota sets high Korean target for Camry sales
MarketWatch
It went on sale Wednesday and is the second Toyota model imported from the US to do so since the Sienna minivan in November. Toyota has been selling US-made cars in Korea because a strong yen makes Japanese-assembled versions uncompetitive and also ...
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January Auto Sales Off To Slow Start - Why Sirius XM Investors Need Not Worry
Seeking Alpha
Because these used cars only have potential of becoming subscribers after a three month trial, the impact would be felt in Q4. The driver in Q4 was not new car sales, nor new car production. It was the combination of retention efforts and used car ...
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Five collector-car auctions seek their niche in Greater Phoenix
AZ Central.com
Many of the 100-plus vehicles for sale this year carry estimates ranging from six figures to more than $1 million. This year's stars include six Packard Twelves from the estate of collector Thomas A. Moretti, including a 1932 Packard Twin Six Coupe ...
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2012-01-17T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Our cars are getting older, too: Average age now 10.8 years
USA TODAY
DETROIT (AP) – Americans are holding onto their cars and trucks longer, pushing the average age of a vehicle to a record 10.8 years. A 2000 Honda Accord. A lot of these are still on the road. A 2000 Honda Accord. A lot of these are still on the road. ...
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European Car Market Slipped in 2011
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By WSJ Staff FRANKFURT—The European car market fell by 1.4% to 13.6 million vehicles in 2011, marking the fourth-consecutive annual decline and the outlook for this year looks bleak as tough austerity measures are expected to eat into demand. ...
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Used-Car Shoppers: Buy Before Spring Market Peak; Expect to Pay Premium on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com , the leading provider of new car and used car information, today reports that buyers in the market for a used car should purchase sooner rather than later, as Kelley Blue Book ...
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NASCAR Strives to Eliminate the Two Car Draft
Insider Racing News
The primary focus of the session was to find ways to eliminate the two-car draft that has become prevalent at both Daytona and Talladega since NASCAR changed to its new car design. The tandem drafting has become quite unpopular with the fans and as ...
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Reliable, fuel-efficient cars are passé
Macleans.ca
The sporty small car, built using Fiat's Alpha Romeo Giulietta platform, represents yet another attempt by Chrysler to reach into its rich past for an all-new vehicle—in this case, for the name of a popular sedan from the 1960s and 1970s—while ...
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Cars have become mobile devices
Windsor Star
By Beatrice Fantoni, The Windsor Star January 17, 2012 In-car connectivity and convenience are becoming a top priority for almost all automakers, as demonstrated by the new technologies on display at the North American International Auto Show. ...
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Honda Pilot Receives "Family Car of the Year" Award From Cars.com
Sacramento Bee
17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced that the 2012 Honda Pilot has received the Cars.com "Family Car of the Year," award. The Pilot SUV received a wide range of upgrades for 2012, including a sleeker front-end design, ...
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Study: More headphone-wearing walkers hit by cars
USA TODAY
In many cases, the cars or trains are sounding horns that the pedestrians cannot hear, leading to fatalities in nearly three-quarters of cases, the university reports. "Everybody is aware of the risk of cellphones and texting in automobiles, ...
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CD Players Make Slow Exit From New Cars
Chicago Tribune
Cars without CD players will become the norm in the next five years, according to Automotive News. Around 331000 cars will be sold without CD players by the end of this year, said to John Canali, an analyst for the research company Stratacom. ...
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Police May Stop Impounding Cars of Unlicensed Drivers
KTLA
(KTLA) -- The LAPD is looking at changing its policy for towing and impounding cars belonging to unlicensed drivers, and that is sparking outrage among many people. Right now, if police stop an unlicensed driver, they have the car towed and impounded ...
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Google Alert - cars for sale

2012-01-17T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Saab museum up for sale as part of automaker's liquidation
Fox News
Located in Saab's hometown of Trollhättan, Sweden, the facility and many of the 120 cars in its collection are up for grabs to the highest bidder or bidders, either as a complete package or individually. The collection represents nearly the entire ...
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Fiat Sees US Sales With 500-Like Wagon Modeled on Mini: Cars
BusinessWeek
Fiat expects to sell about 25000 500s in the US and as much as 40000 cars in North America this year. The brand has 137 dealers open in the US and will eventually have more than 150, Timothy Kuniskis, head of the Fiat brand in North America, ...
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Fewer vehicles, slower economy pose challenges for used-car dealers
West Central Tribune
Local used car dealers say they must work harder to get a selection for their lots. One reason is that large auto auctions where dealers buy their inventory have fewer vehicles for sale. "It has slowed us down because cars aren't as plentiful,'' says ...
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2013 Shelby GT500 Prototype Up For Grabs At Barrett-Jackson
Motor Authority
Read More The 2013 Shelby GT500 durability car, for sale at Barrett-Jackson. When it comes to collector cars, exclusivity is king, which is why low (or numerically significant) serial numbers are so desirable. Still, a production car is a production ...
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Proton Satria Neo rally car going on sale in Japan
INAUTONEWS
The Malaysian based car manufacturer Proton has officially announced that the Satria Neo rally car will go on sale in Japan for motorsport use. After Proton is close to either finding its end or becoming stronger in the industry, with the Malaysian ...
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Tesla Jumps After CEO Says New Model S Production Unaffected by Departures
Bloomberg
"I'm highly confident we'll deliver at least 20000 cars" in 2013, Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive officer and biggest shareholder, said in a conference call today, before the start of regular US trading. "I'm highly confident we'll do better than ...
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Red Phone: Street cluttered with used cars
Gilroy Dispatch
"People are leaving their cars parked for sale on the south side of First Street from Carmel to Church Street. It looks like a used car lot. Last time this happened on the north side of First Street the city decided instead of tagging the cars to put ...
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Buy cheap but dirty cars, fax machines from Chicago's online surplus auction
A.V. Club Chicago
The items currently up for sale range from microfilm machines to limestone slabs to used vehicles. In the past, the city has also sold street banners from the areas surrounding Wrigley and Soldier Fields, toner for copier machines, and all-terrain ...
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2012-01-16T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Volkswagen, BMW Recall More Than 500000 Cars Worldwide
Wall Street Journal
By Friedrich Geiger and Christoph Rauwald Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--German car makers Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) and BMW AG (BMW.XE) said Monday they are recalling more than 500000 vehicles due to possible technical problems. ...
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Green car movement not catching on in US
New York Daily News
Hybrids and electric vehicles are flooding the US auto market these days, but some in the industry have serious doubts about the viability of green cars. Automakers wheeled out a variety of eco-friendly models at the annual Detroit auto show, ...
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VW to Expand Car Financing to Win Loyalty
Bloomberg
Enlarge image VW to Expand Car Financing in Europe to Win Customer Loyalty VW to Expand Car Financing in Europe to Win Customer Loyalty Jochen Eckel/Bloomberg A Volkswagen Golf Cabrio is loaded into the company's cylindrical tower facility in Wolfsburg ...
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Karma hybrid car sets bar in eco-friendly luxury
New York Daily News
"It is a big, four-door luxury sedan that competes with cars like the Mercedes and Audi," Fisker Automotive's Russell Datz said from the passenger seat while an AFP reporter hit the accelerator to zip around a limousine. "We are giving people in that ...
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New York Daily News

Daytona test shows pack racing is back, but is that a good thing?
SI.com
There, at Daytona International Speedway last weekend, cars ran clumped in a pack in testing. Twenty of them! Nose to tail! Gone were the two-car drafts that annoyed fans and led NASCAR chairman Brian France to say in November that officials "would ...
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Jeep turbo-diesel set to come back to North America
Newsday
Cars Newsday > Classifieds > Cars Car Nation Join Newsday's car culture discussion. « Previous postCrossover SUV replacements for 1992 Jeep Cherokee View all posts Next post »Saab not honoring warranties due to bankruptcy Jeep turbo-diesel set to come ...
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Carmakers target young drivers at Detroit Auto Show
New York Daily News
"The big thing about the youth market is, do they care about cars at all," Jeremy Anwyl, president of automotive site Edmunds.com, told AFP. "Nobody really has an answer because a lot of the data was collected in a recession -- if you can't afford ...
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Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction
MyFox Phoenix
FOX 10's Diane Ryan checks out the cool cars and vendors at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction in Scottsdale. Keep your comments civil - MyFOXPhoenix.com reserves the right to remove comments that are obscene, profane, abusive, hateful, racist, spam, ...
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More than 30 cars burglarized in Fairhope
Fox10TV
Fairhope police arrested two teenagers Saturday morning for burglarizing more than 30 cars and stealing two.
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New institute partners Collier Collection, Stanford University to bring car ...
Naples Daily News
By HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS Chris Gerdes, left, director for the center for automotive research at Stanford University professor, and John Kegelman, graduate student, add some sensors to a racing car that will go back to California where Stanford will ...
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2012-01-16T09:46:00.001-08:00

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Ultra-Rare Jaguar XJ220S Up For Sale In US: Video
Motor Authority
Read More If you love cars with a little bit of history, then you're going to love this 1993 Jaguar XJ220S that's going up for sale at an RM Auctions event taking place in Arizona this week. We're sure you've heard of the XJ220 before, Jaguar's V-6 ...
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New car sales up slightly in 2011
Irish Times
New car sales increased by 2.4 per cent last year despite a 24 per cent decline in sales after the scrappage scheme ended during the second half of 2011. Almost 87000 new private cars were registered last year compared with some 85000 in 2010, ...
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Malaysia to Sell Stake in Proton
Wall Street Journal
Malaysian state investment firm said it will sell its 43% stake in national car maker Proton Holdings Bhd., the latest in a series of government sales meant to spur growth in this important Southeast Asian economy. The sale, to Malaysian conglomerate ...
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Car sales, without permits at Jan 19 fair
Myanmar Times
By Aung Kyi INTERNATIONAL and domestic companies will offer cars for sale at the National Commodity Fair to be held at Myanmar Convention Centre on Mindamma Road in Yangon from January 19 to 22, MRTV-4 reported on January 11. Crucially, the cars, buses ...
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Audi-approved business unit opened
Times of Oman
Andrew Storie, sales manager for pre-owned vehicle, Audi Middle East, said, "Oman has a huge potential for used cars like Audi. In Oman we currently have 22 Audi approved used cars for sale which all are mentioned on our website and still more vehicles ...
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Light truck sales remain in strong demand at region's dealerships
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Ford Motor Company says in 2011 it sold two trucks for every car. The F-150 line is the top-selling truck in the US, followed by the Chevrolet Silverado. New car sales were sluggish in 2009 in the depths of the recession, but Gallagher says that due to ...
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Arizona auctions: Valley of the dollars
AutoWeek
Barrett-Jackson will introduce its new salon collection, with a 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow, a 1947 Bentley Mark VI Coachworks by Franay and seven other one-of-a-kind vehicles. Barrett-Jackson also will have muscle cars for sale, ...
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New cars excite Ford executive
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Both will go on sale this year. The company is accelerating its plan to make global products instead of producing different cars for each market, Farley said last week at the Automotive News World Congress, an industry conference held during the auto ...
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Google Alert - cars

2012-01-15T11:04:00.001-08:00

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Speedy Toy Cars Blur The Boundaries Of Sculpture
NPR
by Alex Schmidt About 1200 tiny custom-made cars zoom around Metropolis II. If there's an accident, the sculpture comes with nearly 11000 more toy cars, ready to hit the road. Chris Burden's early career was all about the intersection of art and danger ...
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Car lovers impressed with auto show exhibits, upbeat about where industry is going
Detroit Free Press
Photos by SUSAN TUSA/Detroit Free Press By Megha Satyanarayana Bella Thomas, 2, of Rochester assembles a model car in the Ford exhibit. Hands-on activities aimed at all ages are sprinkled throughout the show. YOU can be part of the action live from the ...
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Cars: Peterhansel coasts to Dakar glory
Eurosport.com ASIA
AP France's Stephane Peterhansel eased to a 10th Dakar Rally victory as he coasted home on the final stage to win the cars classification. Mini driver Peterhansel, who won six motorcycle Dakars for Yamaha in the Nineties, added a fourth cars title as ...
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NASCAR Teams Complete Preseason Thunder Test At Daytona
Motor Authority
Read More Now that NASCAR has completed three days of testing, changing valve pressures, restrictor plates, grille openings, and generally fiddling with every piece of the Sprint Cup cars on the Daytona International Speedway oval, what can we expect ...
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Hyundai Elantra named 2012 North American Car of the Year
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — The 2012 Hyundai Elantra took top honours in the most exclusive award in North America when it was named 2012 North American Car of the Year recently. A jury of 50 independent North American automotive journalists evaluated each of the new ...
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EPD investigates car break-ins, thefts, punctured tires and robbery at store
The Star Democrat
EASTON The Easton Police Department is investigating several incidents in Easton this past week involving several car thefts at a church parking lot, an armed robbery at a shopping plaza and tires being slashed in Carroll's Addition. ...
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Concept cars window to future
Toledo Blade
BY TYREL LINKHORN Lincoln hopes its MKZ concept car is a big step in the reinvention of their brand. Designer Solomon Song said the firm is 'trying to bring the luxury back where it's exclusive, mysterious, and elegant.' THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON Enlarge ...
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The coolest cars at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show
Fox News
From the small and stylish Buick Encore crossover to the 53 mpg Toyota Prius C hybrid and Bentley Continental V8, pretty much every car and concept unveiled had at least had a modicum of merit to it. But that doesn't mean a few didn't rise above the ...
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Flat battery: Government reveals there are more charging points than electric ...
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Sales of electric cars have slumped so badly that there are now more charging points than vehicles on the road. Just 2149 electric cars have been sold since 2006, despite a government scheme last year offering customers up to ...
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Highway joint dislodges, damages cars in Worcester
Boston Herald
By AP WORCESTER - Massachusetts State Police say an expansion joint that became dislodged on a highway has damaged several cars and caused a crash between a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck. State police said Sunday that the problem on westbound ...
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