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General Motors emerged from bankruptcy just last year, but that doesn’t seem to have taught it anything about empathy. The financially troubled Big Three automaker recently announced that it’s offering a variety of attractive cash-back rebates and financing incentives for Toyota owners who switch over. Now Ford has hopped on the bandwagon, too.
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At this week’s Washington Auto Show, Green Car Journal announced its Vision Award winner, the Nissan Leaf. The award recognizes the most eco-friendly vehicle that isn’t yet on sale but is in demonstration programs, in small volume production or in its early stages of commercialization.
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Ferrari has announced that it will debut its first hybrid model at the Geneva Motor Show in March. “Ferrari first unveiled the Ferrari 599 GTB at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, and since then rumors have often circulated that Ferrari would one day produce a hybrid version of its exotic sports car,” reports Left Lane News.
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In response to consumer complaints regarding Toyota’s sudden acceleration recalls, the United States House of Representatives has called Toyota to testify at an Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing scheduled for February 25.
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New developments continue in the Toyota recall firestorm, with the world’s largest automaker adding another 1.1 million vehicles to last year’s recall involving unintended acceleration and floor mats. Note that this is a separate recall from the more recent one involving faulty accelerator pedals, which affects 2.3 million vehicles.
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As expected, Toyota is enduring a lot of fallout for its recent recall of 2.3 million vehicles due to unintended acceleration problems – which led to the subsequent freezing of sales and production for eight of its most popular models.
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Toyota better watch its back. The Japanese powerhouse is on a two-year run as the world’s largest automaker. But now that a massive acceleration pedal recall has brought it down, it looks like GM is trying to keep it there. The financially strapped Big Three automaker is offering Toyota owners and leaseholders several incentives if they abandon the recall-plagued brand and switch to the General.
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Several sources have confirmed new Porsche models are in the pipeline. These include a new entry-level model. Left Lane News reports, “Speaking with Autocar, Volkswagen Group chairman Martin Winterkorn confirmed that a smaller Porsche model was undergoing serious consideration.
Auto news; Pagani C9 First amazing spy pictures of all-new 6.0-litre bi-turbo V12-engined supercar!
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