Honda Civic entered the Best New Cars 2012 List

According to About.com Version 2012 Honda Civic has been named as one of the About.com Cars Best New Cars of 2012.Apa are the advantages of this hybrid car, economical, fun and meet a variety of consumer desireWhat kind of award given to this car, About.com s called Civic 2012 is the most comprehensive compact car, sedan or coupe combined, fuel efficiency, high performance, leather, hybrid.Award from About.com add to the list of awards that arise...

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VIDEO Consumer Reports Re Tests Blesses Lexus GX 460

Alright, "blessing" is too strong a term. "Lifting the curse" is probably a better way to put it. After all, a month of being labelled a "Dont Buy" by Consumer Reports is the nearest thing to a kiss of death the automobile industry knows.  But its all better now, rig...

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2011 Ford Fusion Review

These have to be sweet days for Ford. Not only did they spare themselves the bankruptcies GM and Chrysler went through (by mortgaging the famous Blue Oval logo), theyre making and selling cars. That probably sounds like a no-brainer...I mean, Fords a car company, right? But the fact is that Ford and the other domestics spent most of the last two decades selling trucks and SUVs. Sure, they made cars, but they werent the companys prime focus (way more...

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Bribery Charges Filed Against Daimler AG

 The United States Justice Department has filed charges against Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz automobiles, alleging a "long-standing practice of paying bribes to foreign officials."The feds say at least 22 countries were involved over a ten-year span and hundreds of payments to foreign officials worth tens of millions of dollars.Full story from Reuters at Automotive Ne...

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2011 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ Review

Its been 35 years since the famous "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" ad campaign. But the basic principle is evident in the new Chevrolet Cruze.If youve heard or read that the Cruze is a quantum leap beyond the car it replaces, the Cobalt, youve heard or read right. This is a thoroughly modern, no-apologies small sedan...ready for battle in an intensely competitive segment. Whats fascinating is how, in the same year, both Chevy and Ford...

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Nissan Recalls Armada Titan Quest Frontier Pathfinder Xterra

Brake pedal pins and faulty gas gauges. Details from Automotive News (free registration required) he...

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Hyundai will release a new car for 3500 dollars

Hyundai Motor Co is about to start production of new low-cost car in India, according to "Reuters". The machine cost approximately in 3500 dollars will be competing with supercheap Tata Nano, whose sales should begin later this year. The emergence of new models planned for the year 2011-2012. Representatives of the Indian branch of Hyundai said that they have no immediate plans to defeat the Nano. The company wants to create a car smaller than that produced now Hyundai Santro. The main buyers of the new model must be residents of India and China,...

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Airbags In Your Checked Airline Luggage No Its Not Okay

As anyone whos blown an airbag knows, replacing them is expensive. Apparently more so in Europe, because, according to the TSA Blog from the folks at the Transportation Security Administration, a  lot of Europeans are flying over here, buying the new bag, putting it in their checked luggage and flying home.Trouble is that airbag actuators are on the list of hazardous materials prohibited from transport aboard passenger aircraft.How come?...

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2011 Lincoln Town Car Review

The 2011 Lincoln Town Car. The end of the line, the end of an era.The end of the year clearance sales are on. 2011s are leaving the lot to make room for the 2012s. Except for the Lincoln Town Car. When the last one is gone, thats it. There will be no more. Its been years since Ford bothered to put one in the press fleet in TireKickers hometown, so we arranged with Fiesta Lincoln in Mesa, Arizona to drive one for a week.The last Lincoln Town...

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Painting a car with his hands

Mazda - car, loving care and comfortable service. This directly applies to the painting. And who, if not favorite car owner will be able to do it at the highest level? Of course, do not forget about the general rules and some schemes, preferably during the painting of the car at home to avoid further confusion and make beautiful mazda into a monster. First: Before you start any action on the painting, you need to wash the car, and once again to clarify - it really necessary to paint or you can leave everything as is. Washing, of course, is their...

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Toyota Feds To Investigate New York Runaway Prius Claim Today

Toyota, fresh from tests that contradict the story of a "runaway Prius" driver in San Diego County, California, is in Harrison, New York today to inspect a Prius that, according to a 56 year old woman, sped up and rammed into a stone wall. The company and federal investigators will be going over that car using the same methods as they did in San Diego...with a critical eye on how many times the driver hit the brakes and the accelerator. Full story...

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