Government/Legal
In the Wild West, the order would have been "Cut them off at the pass!" For carmakers today battling with wildly fluctuating forecasts for mpg, CO2, and CAFE standards, the mission is to cut them off ... Tags: cars, fleet, automakers, fuel economy, light trucks, environmentalists, proposal, automotive news, provision, co2, timing source, carl levin, senator carl levin, senate bill, michigan democrat, economy measure, wild west
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Do a search for "roof regulations" on Autoblog and the No. 1 result will be a post written back on August 19, 2005. That's how long it's been since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration p ... Tags: automakers, congress, autoblog, detroit news, roofs, nhtsa, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, electronic stability control, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety, proposal, safety advocates, center of gravity, rollovers, august 31st, hand safety, sensitive issue, august 19
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Depending on your viewpoint, California is trying to make the world better for people everywhere, or trying to kill all the joy of automobiles and perhaps the entire domestic auto industry. In 2004, C ... Tags: gm, selling cars, fleet, automakers, mpg, detroit news, billions, automobiles, fleets, constituents, co2 emissions, domestic auto industry, viewpoint, senators, federal permission, state of vermont, co2 levels, eleven states, industry partners, petitions
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History is filled with tales of politicians that wanted you to do as they say, but not as they do. California State Senator Carole Migden joined that dubious (and numerous) group yesterday when she re ... Tags: irony, money, cell phone, honda, free cars, bad news, taxpayers, politicians, highlander hybrid, dependence on foreign oil, california state senator carole migden, senator carole migden, california state senator, senator migden, state senators, phone history, recklessness
We resist writing posts on how expensive gas is nowadays because if we made it a habit, that's all we'd write. Every once in a while, however, there's a news story about gas prices that we can't ignor ... Tags: news story, gas prices, fuel prices, habit, pace, hurricane katrina, energy information administration, landfall, national average price of gas, t claim, hurrican, colder temperatures
The 2008 Subaru Tribeca may have gone from unattractive to almost too inoffensive, but the embattled CUV has at least moved to the head of the class with regards to safety. The Tribeca scored a perfec ... Tags: highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, national highway traffic safety, safety technologies, subaru tribeca, side impact crashes, crash ratings, vehicle dynamics control, star safety, subaru of america inc, subaru of america, crash worthiness, perfect score, side impacts, 2008 subaru tribeca, ncap crash tests, impact speeds
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Of all people and of all places. Normally, California is the state that launches all sorts of initiatives that drive carmakers into a frenzy. Now, The Golden State is the one asserting that the nation ... Tags: automakers, reuters, nhtsa, american car, car companies, feds, auto companies, fuel efficient cars, inefficiency, american auto industry, golden state, fuel efficiency standards, california attorney general, technological feasibility, california ag, practicability, jerry brown, deep trouble, do the right thing, national government
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Toyota swung for the fences when they unveiled the Toyota Tundra in Detroit, with an optional 381 HP V8, 10,500 pound tow rating, and huge proportions. The problem is, ever since the vehicle hit deale ... Tags: test data, hp v8, nhtsa, credence, crash test rating, four stars, toyota tundra, double cab, reprieve, trifecta, black eye, iihs, test scores, aichi japan, nhtsa crash test, four star, star bottom, star models, safety record, head injury
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A Senate panel has approved a plan to increase CAFE standards to 35 mpg by 2020, with a 4% increase every year until 2030. That's almost 40% higher than today's standard for cars, which is 27.5 mpg . ... Tags: trent lott, union of concerned scientists, loopholes, swiss cheese, uaw, john kerry, alternative energy, carl levin, magic 8 ball, senate panel, senator daniel inouye, senator carl levin, senator bill nelson, daniel inouye, david friedman, work trucks, ted stevens, bill nelson, semis, filibuster
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Common sense dictates that if you run from the police, it will end badly. In our oft-litigious society, suing as a means to evade responsibility is a popular option. In 2001, 19-year-old Victor Harris ... Tags: high speed, contention, common sense, citation, consequences, paralysis, police chases, county deputy sheriff, dangerous chase, innocent bystanders, victor harris, supreme court rules, mr harris, timothy scott, litigious society, means of escape, deadly force, unanimous decision, quadriplegic, embankment
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About a month ago, we told you about the all-new Toyota Tundra's stunning four star NHTSA crash test score, which was lower than the five stars received by the F-150 and Silverado. Toyota seemed as su ... Tags: toyota, silverado, nhtsa, five stars, san antonio, toyota tundra, double cab, frontal crash test, iihs, test scores, test score, nhtsa crash test, four star
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Getting around Capitol Hill in Washington, DC can be a tricky venture, but getting around the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, Romania, has gotten considerably easier. Not because the local politics ar ... Tags: fate, circles, average speed, glory days, jeopardy, fia gt championship, capitol hill, legends, architect, gp masters series, grandprix, kilometers, herman tilke, british formula 3, grandstand seats, logan cup, bucharest romania, open wheels, legislators, parliament
There are many different ways you can determine a vehicle's success, like sales volume, the amount of days on the lot it takes to sell the vehicle, or the number of rebates (or lack thereof) on the ho ... Tags: wheelbase, backseat, leinert, cadillac escalade, bmw 7 series, luxury category, 22 rims, luxury vehicle, ford taurus, cadillac escalade ext, escalade ext, sales volume, luxury vehicles, forbes list, vehicle theft rates, highway loss data institute, price ranges, many different ways, hldi, claim frequency
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In most countries, acts like murder, treason, or plotting to overthrow the government rank among the most heinous crimes a person can commit. In Italy, stealing secrets from Ferrari ranks right up nea ... Tags: toyota, lamborghini, ferrari, rivals, chief designer, schumacher, nine months, wind tunnel, talents, toyota f1, prosecution, sant agata, toyota engineers, former team, scuderia, bolognese, industrial espionage, heinous crimes, santini, treason
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Honda's Canadian subsidiary is facing an interesting choice: fuel economy at the expense of safety. New federal regulations recently passed in Canada award a $1000 rebate for cars that fall below a fu ... Tags: toyota, brakes, fuel economy, honda, differential, safety features, toyota yaris, windsor star, air bags, 3l, fuel consumption, globe, 5 liters, kilometers, canadian subsidiary, vancouver sun, safety source, canada award, metric system, threshold
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New York's mayor, Mike Bloomberg, is ready to steal a page from his London counterpart's handbook and announce plans to hit drivers who bring their cars into Manhattan below 86th street with an $8 con ... Tags: exceptions, specifics, counterpart, fireworks, taxis, particulars, gridlock, state legislature, evening newscasts, tunnel tolls, mike bloomberg, outer boroughs, congestion charge, existing bridge, bridge and tunnel, midtown business, mayor bloomberg, opposition groups, mayor mike, business district
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Back in December, we told you about the new method the government would be using to calculate fuel mileage. For the first time in twenty years, they decided to make changes to better reflect real-worl ... Tags: fuel economy, minivans, mileage, window stickers, consumers, nissan, carmakers, real world, fuel mileage, nissan 350z, gas guzzler tax, driving conditions, twenty years, backlash, estimates, sport utilities, apparent drop, epa website, scofflaw, tax bracket
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You may recall last year we posted on David Beckham's intimate experiences with grand theft auto. His armour-plated BMW X5 was boosted from a shopping mall parking garage in Madrid, Spain despite the ... Tags: bimmer, bmw x5, grand theft auto, laptop pc, david beckham, parking garage, dark alley, government official, gordana jankulovska, cinder blocks, intimate experiences, macedonian newspapers, madrid spain, macedonian police, theft security, macedonian government, interior minister, goverment, madam, autograph
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Lee Iacocca has been an automotive icon for so long, it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't in the picture. He was at the apex of the Ford Mustang project, saved Chrysler from ruin, and lead the ... Tags: chrysler, minivan, detroit free press, apex, ford mustang, lee iacocca, hurricane, auto executives, eaton, hybrid car, white house, ruin, credentials, gangsters, daimler chrysler merger, true merger, bob eaton, mustang project, bozos, opening lines
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Last week, the NHTSA announced its final rules that will require electronic stability control on all light duty vehicles by September, 2011. For once, a new regulation on cars from the National Highwa ... Tags: automaker, nhtsa, insurance institute for highway safety, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, electronic stability control, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, national highway traffic safety, stabilitrak, driving conditions, safety belts, rollover crashes, car makers, light duty vehicles, control technology, vehicle occupants, safety policy, transportation dot
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