Toyota Motor Corporation has topped the list of manufacturers for the most number of recalls in the US for the third time in four years, with more than five million vehicles called back to dealers in 2012. A review of 2012 recall data by ...
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Startup company Elio Motors is closer to achieving its goal of selling an American-made, three-wheel vehicle by securing a former General Motors plant in Louisiana. The lease and financial assistance from the state moves the low-cost Elio ...
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The first official image of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG has been released ahead of the updated German super sedan’s world premiere at next week’s Detroit auto show. The high-performance AMG variant is the final piece of the ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort and Interior 4.5 Quality & Design 4.5 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 3.5 Few nameplates say ‘executive express’ quite as succinctly as the BMW 550i. For ...
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Infoworld - If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never ...
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The United Kingdom has posted its highest full year new car sales result since 2007, with 2,044,699 registrations recorded in 2012. That promising figure shows a 5.3 per cent rise year on year, pushing the market past two million units ...
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Alfa Romeo plans to launch nine new or updated models and eclipse 300,000 sales annually by 2016 according to a leaked product roadmap from the Italian manufacturer. The plans indicate that Alfa Romeo, part of the Fiat Group since 1986, ...
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The Audi SQ5 performance SUV will soon be available with a 260kW/470Nm 3.0-litre supercharged V6 petrol engine, but only in left-hand-drive markets. Previously available singularly with a 230kW/650Nm 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 diesel engine ...
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The US new vehicle market rose to 14.5 million units in 2012 on the back of rising demand for mid-sized and small cars in a nation famous for its ‘bigger is better’ buying philosophy. The 2012 result – which saw ...
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There's no external AMG badge but the Mercedes-Benz C250 Coupe Sport sprinkles some of the performance division's magic dust over the mid-spec compact two-door. The Sport part of the badge arrives more than a year after the launch of the ...
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The Aston Martin Rapide is one of seven fast four-doors available for buyers with about $380,000 crammed in their back pocket, so it’s fair to say that it needs to make a convincing case for itself beyond being a sex synonym and ...
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The 2012 Australian new car sales figures in total are listed below with a segment breakdown following. 2012 Light Car Segment Winners: Toyota Yaris (18,808 – 13.9%) Mazda2 (17,574 – 13%) Hyundai i20 (13,339 – ...
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The Australian large car segment continued its decline in 2012 with sales of large cars under $70,000 down by 20.4 percent compared to 2011, which it self was down significantly on 2010. The Holden Commodore ended 2012 with 30,532 ...
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The first official images and details of the Qoros GQ3 have been released ahead of the Euro-inspired Chinese small sedan’s unveiling at the 2013 Geneva motor show in March. The first model from the independent Chinese manufacturer ...
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The facelifted BMW 7 Series is the latest shot in the relentless game of luxury-limousine one-upmanship. Four years after the launch of Munich’s fifth-generation flagship, the ‘Life-Cycle Impulse’ (BMW-speak for a ...
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