Topic: Suvs And Crossovers
Columnist looks at the cars that most impressed him for the 2011 calendar year.TechnoFile's Most Intriguing Vehicles of 2011 By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com The years seem to get shorter the older I get, which means it's already time to take a year ...
Porsche SUV is a hybrid that's fun to driveCayenne Adds Flavor to the Hybrid Market By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Has Porsche blinked? The maker of high quality sporting machines is introducing Hybrid versions of two of its vehicles, and is apparently taking ...
US car sales held up in September despite the weak economy, while the US Big Three producers continued to add market share at the expense of their Japanese rivals, new sales data showed Monday.A burst of sales of heavier, relatively fuel-inefficient sports ...
(Reuters) - Auto safety regulators have opened preliminary investigations into 2002 and 2003 model year Jeep Liberty vehicles over possible problems with airbag deployment.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on its website that it has received seven consumer complaints claiming the ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd is recalling almost 347,000 Pilot sport utility vehicles worldwide for a potential problem with the front seat belts.The Japanese automaker said the recall, which affects vehicles built in Lincoln, Alabama for model years 2009 through ...
Mercedes-Benz cars have posted a triple sales record of "best June, best quarter, and best first half of a year, the German manufacturer's parent company Daimler announced.The group sold almost 131,000 Mercedes-Benz and Smart cars last month, an annualised gain of nearly ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The fuel efficiency of European cars advanced last year, with exhaust carbon emissions falling 3.7 percent, provisional European Union data showed on Wednesday.The EU, home to 500 million people, has set a target for cutting average emissions from new ...
Volvo, owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, will invest $708 million to build a second plant in China, the world's biggest auto market, the environment ministry in Beijing said.The auto maker, which was bought by Geely last year, will pour 4.58 ...
Torquey TDI a fine drive - as is Ford's big SUVVW Touareg Diesel Rocks (and we take a second look at the new Ford Explorer) By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com High gas prices may make you want to think about a hybrid as ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd recalled nearly 196,000 older-model Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs due to the chance that road salt and water could collect to cause a loss of steering, U.S. safety regulators said.Affected are 162,658 Pathfinders from model ...
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