During the recent Los Angeles Auto Show,the all new 2013 Ford Fusion was named Green Car Journal's 2013 Green Car of the Year®due to what the magazine's publisher,Ron Cogan,describes as its"game on attitude."The Steel Market Development ...
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Our newly tested Cadillac XTS is a wonderfully luxurious sedan, with a very spacious and well-appointed cabin. However, the XTS is hampered by a new high-tech infotainment system called CUE, for Cadillac User Experience. With CUE, ...
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Ford announced today that the redesigned Fusion hybrid sedan has been EPA certified at an even 47 mpg highway, city, and overall, thus laying claim to the title of most fuel-efficient midsized sedan available in the United States. The ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a consumer warning involving the sale of counterfeit air bags that were used as replacement parts for vehicles involved in a crash. The fake air bags look like certified, ...
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Mazda has no plans to introduce a fixed-or capped-price servicing scheme for its vehicles in the near future. Mazda Australia,which has experienced its best year on record in 2012 and remains a strong third in the sales tally behind ...
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Ford will issue yet another update to MyFord and MyLincoln Touch, as well as adding two more years of warranty coverage, according to Automotive News. Our experience with these cars, backed up by Consumer Reports reliability survey data, ...
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Toyota is no longer alone in offering a small hybrid wagon-microvan. Ford has rolled out the long-awaited C-Max as a Prius V competitor, boasting more power and fuel efficiency. We just bought one in Blue Candy Metallic Tint. Based on a ...
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Each year, car reliability trends begin surfacing as we look at data by brand and car type, with periodic spikes common around redesigns and new technology. As is often the case, the muscle and otherwise sporty cars are seeing much ...
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The redesigned Escape marks a dramatic improvement over the dated, unrefined model it replaces, elevating the model to the upper echelon of small SUVs. For our tests, we bought two examples: Escape SE ($28,040) and Escape Titanium ...
For those on the East Coast recovering from Hurricane Sandy, you can still cash in on a variety of dealer incentives available toward the purchase of a new car. In the days immediately following the storm, many automakers announced ...
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This week's recall of 7.43 million Toyotas for a faulty power window switch that could catch fire has been billed as one of the largest in history. But how big is it really? It didn't even make the top 10, ranking only 16th on a list ...
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South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) NHS Foundation Trust has a huge fleet of ambulances here in the UK. In an attempt to reduce its large fuel bill by as much as £400,000 it is installing 5mm thick solar panels on the vehicle roofs ...
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Consumer Reports' headquarters is 115 miles from our test track, or about 35 miles longer than the measured range on our Ford Focus Electric. When I was assigned to drive our test car from our New York headquarters back to the Connecticut ...
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The Ford Fusion has been a solid, well-rounded contender in the competitive family sedan category since its introduction in 2006, but that Mazda-based design was getting long in the tooth. Ford brought an assortment of newly redesigned ...
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Japanese brands dominate the latest Consumer Reports' Car Reliability Survey, claiming the top seven spots in new-car reliability. At the other end of the spectrum, Ford now ranks second from the bottom, followed closely by Lincoln. The ...
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