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- Carscoop's A-to-Z Guide to the 2012 Detroit Motor Show [Updated]
- We Hear: 2013 Ford Fusion to get Two Turbocharged Gasoline Engines Plus Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Variants
- Big Deal Video of the Day: Hyundai Teases 2013 Genesis Coupe
- Detroit Show Video: Is this the 2013 Shelby GT500 Convertible or did Ford's Rep Make a Mistake?
- Volkswagen to Debut Beetle-Based Electric Hot Rod at the Detroit Motor Show
- DC Design Avanti is India’s First Sports Car, will Enter Production in 2013
- Oops…Honda Civic Driver Flies Onto a Cadillac CTS at a Parking Lot
- Auto Execs Don’t Believe in Hybrids or EVs but Continue Investments Just in Case they’re Wrong
- Dodge Expands Availability of 'Beats by Dr. Dre' Audio System to 2012 Charger
- One of the Original “Eleanor” Mustang GT500 Film Cars Going under the Hammer
- SPIED: Mercedes-Benz CLC Small Sports Sedan Trots Out for Winter Testing
- 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser Improvements and Equipment Upgrades Come at a Price
- Audi Boss Confirms Q3 Vail Concept for Detroit Show, Says More Models are Coming
- Renault May Replace Laguna with a Crossover Model
- VW Brand's Global Sales Break the 5 Million Barrier for the First Time Ever in 2011
- This is What Happens when You Lose a Wheel on the Highway
- Malaysia's Proton, Owner of Lotus, Officially Confirms Talks with General Motors
- Ford to Open New Silicon Valley R&D Center this Year
- The Top 10 Best-Selling Cars and Trucks in the USA for 2011
- Inden Design gives the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG a Power Boost
- Dodge Dart gets "Unadjusted" 40 MPG Combined, Fiat Automatically Increases its Chrysler Stake by 5%
| Carscoop's A-to-Z Guide to the 2012 Detroit Motor Show [Updated] Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:26 PM PST  Every year, the first major international auto show takes place on American soil: it's the North American International Auto Show, or NAIAS as it is more commonly known, and it's located right in the heart of the U.S. automotive industry, Detroit. It's only natural, therefore, for domestic manufacturers to display their newest models at the Motor City.
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| Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:06 PM PST  In roughly two days from now, Ford will lift the covers off the next generation Fusion at the Detroit Motor Show. While the Blue Oval has not released much information yet on the Fusion, which will be marketed as a 2013 model in North America, we were able to confirm the initial engine lineup.
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| Big Deal Video of the Day: Hyundai Teases 2013 Genesis Coupe Posted: 06 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST  Erroneously, Hyundai thinks American consumers have no idea what's going on in the rest of the (automotive) world. We beg to differ even though some may seem eager to play along with Hyundai's meaningless teasing game… "Take a sneak peak of the 2013 Genesis Coupe being introduced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, MI on January 9th 2012. We're very excited to share with you this sneak peak, check back next week for the full video and more footage," says Hyundai on its YouTube channel Read more »
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| Detroit Show Video: Is this the 2013 Shelby GT500 Convertible or did Ford's Rep Make a Mistake? Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:35 PM PST  Without getting into any names, the crew over at Jalopnik are making it a point to prove Autoblog (the dot com one) wrong on its assumption that Ford will reveal the 2013 Shelby GT500 Convertible at the rapidly approaching Detroit Motor Show.
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| Volkswagen to Debut Beetle-Based Electric Hot Rod at the Detroit Motor Show Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:42 PM PST  We just learned that Volkswagen's surprise debut at next week's 2012 North American International Motor Show in Detroit will be a pure-electric concept model based on the new generation of the Beetle – despite previous reports saying otherwise. The conceptual EV version of the recently launched 2012 Beetle will sport a heavily modified body with a lowered roof and wider fenders with its looks slightly resembling the Volkswagen Ragster Concept (pictured above) that was displayed at the 2005 Detroit Motor Show. Read more »
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| DC Design Avanti is India’s First Sports Car, will Enter Production in 2013 Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:22 PM PST  The Italian automotive industry is renowned not only for supercar-making companies like Ferrari and Lamborghini, but also for its carrozzerias like Pininfarina and Bertone, which design and engineer cars for other automakers as well as manufacture their own limited production models. The Indian automotive industry, on the other hand, is best known as the country that manufactures the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, which may or may not lose the title to the Bajaj RE60.
Founded by former GM designer Dilip Chhabria, DC Design is mostly known for its one-off prototypes. The Avanti, however, is a production ready sports car that will be manufactured at the company's brand new plant at Talagon near its existing Prune facilities. Read more »
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| Oops…Honda Civic Driver Flies Onto a Cadillac CTS at a Parking Lot Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST  Unless we knew better, we'd say that some drivers are purposely trying to get their automobiles airborne… Following a bizarre incident earlier this week when a thief managed to perfectly land a stolen car on the roof of an apartment building in California, another driver, this time in Massachusetts, somehow piloted his burgundy colored Honda Civic sedan onto a Cadillac CTS at an office parking lot in Wellesley.
Officer Chris Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department said that no one was hurt from the accident that took place on Thursday morning. Video follows after the jump [pun intended…]. Read more »
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| Auto Execs Don’t Believe in Hybrids or EVs but Continue Investments Just in Case they’re Wrong Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:41 PM PST  Electric vehicles and hybrids have often been touted as a logical solution to effectively reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on fossil fuels – at least until fuel cells become commercially viable.
Yet a recent survey conducted by U.S. financial consulting firm KPMG among 200 automotive executives found out that two-thirds of them do not believe that hybrid and all-electric vehicles will make much of an impact on the market. The auto execs estimate that their combined sales in the U.S. and Western Europe won't exceed 6 percent in 2025. Read more »
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| Dodge Expands Availability of 'Beats by Dr. Dre' Audio System to 2012 Charger Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:59 AM PST  Before we delve into the details on the Chrysler Group's latest announcement, let us tell you that murdered out 2012 Charger you see in these pictures is an SXT model equipped with the available Blacktop Package. With that out of the way, let's see what the Auburn Hills-automaker plans to debut at the upcoming 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as well as the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, both of which kick off next week. Read more »
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| One of the Original “Eleanor” Mustang GT500 Film Cars Going under the Hammer Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST  If you've seen the 2000 blockbuster film "Gone in 60 Seconds", you may recall Angelina Jolie walking into a garage full of Ferraris and saying in her husky voice "Hello, ladies. I always was a sucker for a redhead". You'll no doubt also remember the name of the protagonist's favorite car "Eleanor", a 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 that master thief "Memphis" Raines decided to keep for last in his attempt to steal 50 cars in a single night to save his brother's life. It was also the name of the 1974 original film's 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 – yes, in case you didn't know it, the Cage-Jolie-starring movie was a remake. Read more »
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| SPIED: Mercedes-Benz CLC Small Sports Sedan Trots Out for Winter Testing Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:07 AM PST  One 'four-door coupe' is no longer enough for Mercedes-Benz as the Stuttgart-based carmaker has plans to introduce a smaller sports saloon with a similar styling language to the CLS, with which it will expand into the lower-end price segment. Our spies caught up with yet another prototype of the upcoming CLC model during winter testing in Northern Europe. Read more »
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| 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser Improvements and Equipment Upgrades Come at a Price Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:31 AM PST  While Toyota has yet to publish photos of the North American version of its facelifted 2013MY Land Cruiser, the Japanese company went ahead and released pricing for its full-size SUV after yesterday's announcement. You can read the full details on all the changes in our previous post here, but to recap, aside from the subtle cosmetic tweaks inside and out, Toyota also added some new features like the Multi-terrain Select system and CRAWL Control with an Off-Road Turn Assist, while the previously optional Upgrade package, priced at $6,270 on the 2011MY, is now standard. Read more »
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| Audi Boss Confirms Q3 Vail Concept for Detroit Show, Says More Models are Coming Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST  The first and second place in the U.S. premium segment may belong to the Germans for 2011, but while BMW and Mercedes-Benz are at the top, Audi couldn't manage anything better than seventh place, with less than half deliveries of its rivals. Clearly, this is far from ideal for the Ingolstadt-based carmaker since the U.S. remains the number one market for premium brands. Furthermore, Audi, which is the segment leader both in Western Europe and China, wants to overtake BMW as the number one premium brand worldwide by 2015. Read more »
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| Renault May Replace Laguna with a Crossover Model Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:13 AM PST  French carmaker Renault may lift a page from its Nissan partner when the time comes to replace its Laguna series, which has not been able to establish itself in the European mid-size segment against the likes of the Volkswagen Passat and Opel Insignia. Because of its poor sales figures, Renault recently took the difficult decision to drop the Laguna sedan and coupe (among other models) from the UK market this February. Nissan was facing a similar problem with its most of its conventional offerings like the B-Segment Micra and the C-Segment Almera across the pond and elsewhere. The Japanese automaker then decided to introduce two very different models to compete in the popular categories, the Juke and the Qashqai crossovers, both of which proved to be a success. Read more »
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| VW Brand's Global Sales Break the 5 Million Barrier for the First Time Ever in 2011 Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:14 AM PST  A couple of days ago, Volkswagen announced that in 2011, it sold 324,402 vehicles in the U.S., which amounts to a 26.3 percent increase compared to 2010 recording the brand's best result since 2002. On Friday, the German brand issued another press release revealing that it delivered 5.1 million vehicles worldwide, exceeding 5 million annual sales for the first time in its history and recording an impressive 13.1 percent increase over 2010 when it sold 4.5 million units. Read more »
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| This is What Happens when You Lose a Wheel on the Highway Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:15 AM PST  There is a multitude of reasons to as to why a wheel can come off your vehicle but whatever the explanation; the outcome can be extremely dangerous for not only the driver and passengers, but also other vehicles on the road, especially if it happens on a freeway/highway. This driver of what appears to be a Hyundai Galloper, which is a rebadged version of the Mitsubishi Pajero 5d built by the Korean maker from 1991 until the early 2000s, lost his rear, right wheel while trying to overtake a car and a truck. The large SUV almost tipped over, but fortunately, the incident ended without a crash. You can watch it as it happens in the video below. Read more »
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| Malaysia's Proton, Owner of Lotus, Officially Confirms Talks with General Motors Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST  It's been rumored for a while now that Malaysia's national automaker, Proton Holdings Bhd, is looking for a partner while recently it also became known that the company is considering selling the Lotus brand. After certain reports on GM's interest in one of the firm's Malaysian plants appeared on the local media, Proton came out with an official statement confirming that it is in preliminary talks with General Motors to sell it a stake in its Tanjuing Malim factory. "The Board of Directors of PROTON Holdings Berhad wishes to inform that talks with GM are only at a preliminary stage and as such warrants no announcement at this point in time," the Malaysian firm said in a statement. Read more »
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| Ford to Open New Silicon Valley R&D Center this Year Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:24 AM PST  Even if you've never visited Northern California's Santa Clara Valley, you've surely heard of it by its nickname: the Silicon Valley. The base of most high-tech corporations, which gave the location its worldwide-famous name, is the place chosen by Ford for its first west coast Research & Development center. The new laboratory will be located in the San Francisco Bay area and, according to Ford, will initially operate as a "hub" for independent technology projects and identification of possible new west coast-located partners. Read more »
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| The Top 10 Best-Selling Cars and Trucks in the USA for 2011 Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:58 AM PST  We have already seen the sales numbers for automakers in the U.S. for the year that just ended so it's time to take a look at the list with the top 10 best-selling cars and trucks of 2011, which was compiled by Car's Kicking Tires. What's interesting here is not so much the vehicles that appear in the list but the ones that are absent this year as it was more or less expected that the Ford F-Series and the Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks would once again take first and second place respectively and that the Camry would be the best selling passenger car. Read more »
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| Inden Design gives the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG a Power Boost Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST  When it comes to high-end sports cars like the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, sometimes, less is more. We're talking about the tuning industry that has a nasty habit of going over the top with its proposed upgrades. However, this time, Inden Design kept its tune civilized in the sense that the German company's mods are limited to the engine bay and the wheels. Read more »
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| Dodge Dart gets "Unadjusted" 40 MPG Combined, Fiat Automatically Increases its Chrysler Stake by 5% Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:38 AM PST  Chrysler announced that Fiat S.p.A.'s ownership interest in the company has increased from 53.3 to 58.5 percent, in accordance to the June 10, 2009 Operating Agreement. As stipulated by the agreement, Chrysler issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury stating that the company "has irrevocably committed" to begin assembly of a mass-production vehicle with a combined fuel economy of at least 40 mpg in a plant located in the United States. Read more »
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