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Chrysler and Russia’s number-two auto company is reportedly planning to use idle capacity to build the popular compact in Russia.
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The new Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering will debut on the Honda Legend in Japan.
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GM’s Holden launches a sporty wagon model through its Holden Special Vehicles subsidiary.
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The new clean diesel version of the X-Trail goes on sale later this month in Japan only.
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After proving their skills with a video game controller and behind the wheel, two regular guys will compete at the Dubai 24-hour endurance race in 2009.
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Honda’s name for its new Prius killer is perhaps the least innovative thing about it–it’s going to be called the Insight. The old Insight was the first mass-produced hybrid sold in the U.S. in 1990 but was phased out amid weak sales in 2006.
Honda has higher hopes for the much-anticipated new model, which it plans to sell 200,000 a year and will be the first of several new hybrids. While it won’t be sold until April, Honda is showing a concept version at the Paris Auto Show, which opens at the beginning of October. Honda just released a press release unveiling the name today and first official photos, although details of its price (expected to be about $19k) and “>performance remain scant. The release points out that the original Insight was the first vehicle to break the 70mpg barrier for fuel efficiency. Any guesses on how closer the new, larger Insight (but smaller than a Civic or a Prius) will get to that figure?
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British insurer inexplicably figures out what engine sounds cause peak pheromone response in women.
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Martin Eberhard posts an elaborate Excel spreadsheet on his blog to calculate the cost of driving the $100K-plus electric car. The bottom line: “Something between two cents a mile and six cents a mile.”
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Bucking arguments from many automakers that new proposed U.S. fuel economy standards are too harsh, the Korean automaker confirmed it plans to reach America’s new fuel economy standard of 35 mpg by 2015 - five years ahead of time.
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Situation is worsening at the new Nano factory.
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Japanese-based tuner turns attention to a Korean sports car.
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The French conglomerate is still working with Pininfarina on an all-electric car - and is reportedly looking to South America to find the lithium it needs to power the car.
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Steves Auto BlogThe British firm Zytek and U.S. race team Corsa Motorsports are working to enter a gasoline-electric hybrid in American Le Mans Series competition and in next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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The Pontiac Aztek was never sold in England, but British newspaper readers certainly remembered the car when they were left to choose the 100 ugliest cars of all time.
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More than 1,000 Subaru owners honored the rally star with a record-setting procession.
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