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30 March 2007 posted in Etc. 1 views
Promising careers? Teacher, salesman, mechanic If you're about to graduate high school and have abso-friggin-lutely no idea how you'll make money after your parents cut you off, Manpower Inc. says the three career paths mostly likely to offer jobs ...
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22 March 2007 posted in Car Buying 1 views
Dodge Caliber SRT-4 coming Fall '07 The Dodge SRT team is more accessible than most engineers working for a major OEM, which is evident by its participation in monthly forum chats on CaliberForums.com to update fanboys on the progress o ...
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6 March 2007 posted in Euro 6 views
Geneva Motor Show: Fiat Bravo in the flesh click above image to view 45 high-res shots of the new Fiat BravoEverything the Italians do is sexy, not just Ferraris and Lamborghinis. We know the Alfa Romeo Brera is auto erotica, but who knew how ...
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9 January 2007 posted in Coupes 6 views
Detroit Auto Show: We finally bring live shots of the Ford Focus and Five Hundred After the debut of the Interceptor and MKR, the redesigned Focus and Five Hundred got lost in the buzz, so now, we finally bring you live shots of Ford's people movers. Enjoy. -Ed.Before trotting out ...
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3 January 2007 posted in Euro 11 views
Vauxhall Corsa VXR / Opel Corsa OPC to arrive in March Click image for high-resolution photo galleryThe new Opel/Vauxhall Corsa's a smart-looking little hatchback that our friends in Europe and the UK get to enjoy while we watch from the sidelines. GM has ...
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16 August 2006 posted in Etc. 4 views
Ford looks to past, future for Woodward Dream Cruise Ford Motor is playing at both ends of automotive history for this weekend's Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, showcasing both its iconic high-octane hot rod, the '32 Ford, and its hydrogen fuel-powere ...
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15 July 2006 posted in Marketing/Advertising 6 views
Dinner and a movie with Dodge If your weekend plans involve taking a significant other to dinner and a movie, be forewarned you may find a third wheel tagging along. Dodge is debuting a new 60-second ad in 20 theaters to promote t ...
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14 July 2006 posted in Etc. 11 views
Top 5 Worst Collaborations While pondering the repercussions of an alliance between General Motors and Nissan/Renault, we realized our future automotive landscape might include an Altima wearing a bowtie or a pushrod-powered 35 ...
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5 June 2006 posted in Car Buying 9 views
Ten best used cars for 2006 While there are plenty of lists of top vehicles for virtually any category (e.g., best economy car, most exotic under one million, ugliest mid-sized sedan in white, etc.) most show only the latest mod ...
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22 March 2006 posted in Car Buying 7 views
Big hybrids sitting on dealer lots... Seems that smaller and less-expensive hybrids like Toyota's Prius and Honda's Civic are hot sellers, but bigger hybrids like the Lexus RX400h and Honda's Accord hybrid are turning out to be slow mover ...
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4 January 2006 posted in Economy 12 views
2007 Toyota Yaris - the little Euro's official arrival Joel attend the North American debut of the Yaris, which was first launched in Europe in 1999. It was named the 2000 European “Car of the Year” and has gone on to become Toyota’s bes ...
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24 October 2005 posted in Car Buying 7 views
Least safe cars of 2006 If you're worried about how your brand new, reasonably priced economy car would fare in something a little more intense than a fender bender, check out Forbes' list of the Least Safe cars of 2006. Inc ...
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18 October 2005 posted in Economy 6 views
Toyota to build Scion cars in the US? One effect of the Toyota/Subaru tie-up may already be unfolding, as Toyota is discussing using Subaru's excess US production capacity to build its Scion vehicles in the states. Toyota's Canadian opera ...
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23 August 2005 posted in Economy 11 views
Economy sedans face off on Edmunds Recent posts about various economy cars including the current and upcoming versions of the Honda Civic, the Ford Focus, Chevy Cobalt and Mazda3 have incited heated reader comments about the virtues an ...
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22 August 2005 posted in Garage 13 views
2005 Mustang Convertible GT: In the Autoblog Garage Day 1 It felt like an eternity before the guy showed up with the 2005 Ford Mustang GT Convertible I had been waiting for. It's funny because he was actually early! Then I saw it. Holy retro Batman, that's o ...
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8 August 2005 posted in Trends 8 views
Toyota questions hybrid approach Toyota's chief engineer for product planning Shigeyuki Hori has doubts about the future success of hybrids. His point of view comes from watching the Japanese market react to the Lexus RX (Harrier in ...
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1 July 2005 posted in Gadgets 19 views
Dual Clutch vs. CVT: the debate heats up Transmission specialists are reporting that sales of CVT transmissions will increase in the U.S. and Japan while dual-clutch transmissions, also called direct shift gearbox (DSG) transmissions, are ta ...
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30 June 2005 posted in Tuner Tuesdays 16 views
Brabus to offer B-Class tuning kit You can't have one in the United States yet. If you could, Brabus has some goodies for you. Brabus' kit, the PowerXtra performance kit D3, offers the usual styling enhancements. The body kit really ti ...
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20 April 2005 posted in Economy 9 views
Mazda 3 tops Cobalt in Automobile Magazine The reason I still go back to Automobile Magazine is because they understand not everything in the car biz needs to be Ferrari vs. Lamborghini. This comparison between their reigning economy car, the ...
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31 March 2005 posted in Garage 12 views
2005 Jetta 2.5: In the Autoblog Garage Day 2 For all our new readers I just want to let you know now that there are usually five days of reviews of each test car we get. Today I'll be tackling the interior. I don't like to talk about performance ...
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