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The Clean-burning, Efficient Car Guide
You stop at the gas station, slide the credit card, tap in your zip code and bam — you’re staring back at a hard, cold reality in brilliant LCD: $80 to fill up your SUV. Such is the state of life in America. And consider this: let’s say you purchased a large SUV two years […]
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Electronica
Talking to a million people is the loneliest thing. They sit you in a chair on an island, connected to the world by a rubber earpiece and a microphone. You sit there, for a long time, for forever, staring into a black hole and pretending that you’re good, you’re fine, that you’re ready to tell […]
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The Grille Says USA, but that Car is an Import. Or is it?
Published at www.autobytel.com on June 28, 2008 Introduction Workers allow only Ford vehicles into the parking lot. A group of Big Three retirees get together and spend their pensions on a website dedicated to proving what it means to be American made. A foreign company publishes billboards that tout its decades-long commitment to America, and […]
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Life on the Road: SEMA Las Vegas
 It is here where sheetmetal gets its personality. Where engines and tires, previously built to behave, learn about rude manners and burnouts. Here – in Las Vegas. Where the sun is the only thing brighter than the night. For the automotive faithful, it’s called the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association trade show, or SEMA, and […]
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Chevrolet Camaro
MSRP: Not announced, but you can bet the price will be competitive with the Ford Mustang. That means a base model at around $21,000, with the top ‘o the line SSÂ getting close to $30,000. Sounds good, true, until you factor in dealer markup. So save your pennies and come back later when things settle down. […]
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Camaro Convertible Concept
The first Camaro I fell in love with was the vehicular equivalent of a pound dog. My buddy’s car, it was a hideous collage of primer, weird green paint and scratches, a mean-sounding and rough ’68 model on its last legs. Sadly for him, that was one year shy of what many think of as […]
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Jeep Wrangler First Drive
2007 Jeep Wrangler First Drive The King of Where the Pavement Ain’t goes mainstream Published on www.car.com Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Wrangler Unlimited – First Drive: It has been to more places than a Magellan, seen more moments of history than a Roosevelt and had more people obsess over it than Paris Hilton. From Eisenhower […]
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Jaguar XK First Drive
By Brian Chee | February 17, 2006 Published on www.autobytel.com Introduction CAPETOWN, South Africa – He stood so still that he could have been a wooden statue, carved and hardened from toil in the fields of South Africa, a memorial for the working poor among the wealthy grapes of Stellenbosch. Hands on hips, he cut […]
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Honda FCX Drive
Published at www.autobytel.com Introduction Honda FCX – Fuel Cell Vehicle: The idea was simple: Test the “car of the future†against one of today’s scariest commutes: the dreaded 91 freeway. Heading into and out of Orange County, Calif., traffic on the 91 is rated as one of the top ten worst drives by MSNBC, at […]
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How Cars Crash Could Save Your Life
Published on MyRide.com There is no sound at that moment when a car collides. The point of impact is a pause, followed by the scream of shattering glass and corkscrewed metal. It is a space, a held breath, a second when there is nothing but the deep inhale of air between two onrushing objects. Strange […]