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The Truth About Cars: BMW Readies The Zweier
As the 1-Series prepares to move to a front-drive platform, BMW is also working on something to keep rear-drive fans happy.
The 2-Series will replace what we all know as the 1-Series, and the model you see here is the M235i, which will use the familia...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (99 words)
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The Truth About Cars: TTAC Busts Embargo Of Two Unobtainable Cars On The Same Day
Nissan Dayz or Mitsubishi eK Wagon?
TTAC finally found the holy grail of the auto-blogosphere: We busted a stringent embargo that won’t lift for more than two weeks. We did that on cars that are unobtainable for most. We blew the tarps not off one, but ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (546 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Doug’s Comparison: Lincoln MKT vs. Lincoln Town Car
I recently wrote an article entitled “Lincoln Can and Will Come Back,†in which I insisted that Lincoln would, someday soon, rise from the ashes and return to its rightful place as a top luxury brand for people who can’t afford an Infiniti. Many of...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (981 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: Wuling Hongguang Third Best-Seller Worldwide In February!
Last time I opened my mouth, we travelled to Norway, the new land of the Nissan Leaf, and before that we religiously went through our monthly worldwide Roundup, spending time praising the ever-impressive performance of the Nissan Qashqai. Now it’s...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (507 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Generation Why: Brampton’s Endangered Species
Youth is apparently wasted on the young, but there are some days where I do feel old. Flat feet and many attempts at athletic endeavors have left me with the knees of someone twice my age, while genetics has caused my hairline to retreat like the French...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (868 words)
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The Truth About Cars: What’s Right With This Picture? Indy Roadster Se7en by Zolland Design
Zolland Design AB, a Swedish graphic arts and design firm that also goes by the name Vizualtech, has rendered an Indy Roadster style body they call the IndySeven with the correct dimensions to fit on a Caterham or Lotus Seven chassis. From a design stan...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:31am -07:00T (319 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Piston Slap: W123 Love in 2013?
Damon writes:
Sajeev,
Over the years I have come to appreciate vehicles that are built to last for a long time versus the disposable appliances. I drive a 93 Land Cruiser that fits the former while my wife’s 07 Hyundai Tucson seems to fit the later...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 4:15am -07:00T (865 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Notice
After an article was posted on May 16, a wide-ranging discussion took place. The discussion was given unimpeded, unedited space over more than 200 comments. In the course of this discussion, threats were made. The threats can be found in the discussion, a...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 8:46pm -07:00T (141 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Review: 2014 Kia Sorento EX (Video)
To say the Sorento’s transformation from rugged body-on-frame SUV to car-based softroader has been a sales success is putting it mildly. In the first 27 months of production Kia shifted more Sorentos than they did the 8 years prior. Sales numbers l...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 9:31am -07:00T (2001 words)
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The Truth About Cars: BODACIOUS BEATERS (and road-going derelicts): REALLY VALIANT!
Typically, when you’re talking in antique vehicle terms, one might consider spotting something like this early ‘60’s Plymouth Valiant; a rare sighting in ANY circumstance. To find one largely intact, still operational, and out on the street—well,...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 8:16am -07:00T (238 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Has the Dept of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program Been a Failure? Not Really
Click here to view the embedded video.
Critics of the current administration have pointed to the impending bankruptcy of Fisker Automotive and the recent suspension of operations at taxi maker Vehicle Production Group as examples of why the government sho...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 4:16pm -07:00T (938 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Autobiography Of BS© : How I Harmed Sundry Animals
While a minor shit storm erupted the other day over the use of a word denoting short-haired women who love women, and, allegedly, certain cars, I did a little of the required soul-searching and self-reflection, and I thought about all the scandals I ma...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 3:01pm -07:00T (1754 words)
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The Truth About Cars: Help Solve the Mystery of the Stretched Volvo on Long Island
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So much is going on in the automotive world. Unfunded mandates by government for fuel efficiency, electronic safety systems, pedestrian safety and so on. The whole rising gas prices thing etc. etc.
I’ve found something that trumps all of those ...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 11:16am -07:00T (228 words)
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The Truth About Cars: The Truth About Brazilian Cars Being “Unsafe”
This week, the idea of Brazil’s cars being “unsafe” due to inferior construction has been gaining a lot of currency on the blogosphere after the Associated Press published a report on this topic. Very few outlets have anyone posted in B...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 11:16am -07:00T (956 words)
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The Truth About Cars: The Fisker Saga, Courtesy of GigaOM
Most of our readers probably already know the broad strokes of the Fisker story. If you’re interested in the finer details of the history of the extended range EV company that appears to be circling the drain, GigaOM, a site that covers the inves...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 11:16am -07:00T (305 words)
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