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Vehicular compromise. In the world of cars, that usually means things like GT badgework on mini-vans. Some purists may argue that the Porsche vehicular compromise is the Cayenne, simply because of the fact it's a Porsche, and also an SUV.
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Wash and wear cars. We've certainly tried to make them, such as Jeep CJs, rubber-floored half-tons, even the Honda Element was practically hose-worthy within. Alvin needs these attributes for other reasons. Short of mounting those crazy hand...
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While wading through this week's press releases, of particular note, was the communique from GM, extolling the virtues of the coming 2013 Chevrolet Spark mini-car.
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Here are the five things you need to know about the Volkswagen Jetta GLI.
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I was hoping there wasn't going to be any math. As with all manufacturers, Natural Resources Canada provides consumers with fuel efficiency projections, based on laboratory trials. It's a good baseline to start with, and with a polite...
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ALBERT, TEXAS — Remember how Chrysler product interiors used to look? The nicest thing we could say about them is that they took The Grateful Dead’s Touch of Gray to heart.
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It`s time to get small - really, really small: smaller than a respectable aluminium fishing boat, possibly too tight for a Superman-approved dressing room and a footprint that reduces parking stress to that of a waking coma.
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About three blocks from Casa Clark is the local fire hall, which doubles as the holding pen for the area ambulance. We hear it a lot on our street, casting its LED bursts through the windows as it passes. Nine times out of ten, it’s headed to...
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A common inquiry to this Inbox is usually an urgent request from new vehicle owners who are sitting in the finance office at their local dealership (thank you, smartphones.) Still high on major purchase adrenalin, many of these new vehicle owners...
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  Harvey Firestone would be pleased. It’s hard not to notice the bronze stare of the man who put tires on the Model T, among other wheeled things, at the dedication ceremony for the Bridgestone Americas Technical Center. Nestled in...
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