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New cars — new American-made cars, that is — could get a lot less expensive under a proposal being considered in North Dakota this week.
Culture Car News
Ed McMahon, MC Hammer, Mr. Potato Head, Coke-stealing bugs and talking flowers were all there, but something was distinctly missing from the Super Bowl adds this year. Three things, actually.
Culture Car News
You could outrun Barack Obama’s new ride in a Smart Fortwo, but that’s alright. Cadillac One isn’t designed to get away from incidents at high speed, but to survive anything…anything…and to shoot back.
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If $4 gas didn’t convince you to trade in that big H2 for a Mini Cooper, perhaps your local constabulary will. It seems that Hummer drivers earn more traffic tickets (or at least receive more) than drivers of any other make of car.
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American automakers, alive only with federal assistance and in need of massive restructuring to survive 2009, may soon face competition on their home turf. Chinese automaker BYD, displaying its wares now at the Detroit Auto Show, says it plans to move into the U.S. market by 2011.
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Do you have sway over your friends’ decisions? Do you have “followers?” A “strong presence on the web,” perhaps? If you have the ability to influence decisions, Ford would like to co-opt your influence for marketing purposes…er, we mean…give you a free car.
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The Honda Civic has finally relinquished its title as America’s Most Stolen Car. The new king? Not a cheap econocar like the Civic, but the huge, hulking Cadillac Escalade.
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Let’s all admit it: No one would mourn the Aveo. If General Motors were liquidated, there is no LaCrosse Club of America to fight for the memory of a bland, squishy midsize Buick, no one who would shed a private tear over the end of the Pontiac Torrent’s run, no classic Saturn Astra restorers who would feel a pang of loss.
