The California Air Resources Board has sent Saleen a $700,000 bill for making non-compliant changes to three of its aftermarket products. Saleen’s Focus N20, Focus S121, and Mustang S281 were altered in ways that weren’t legal under ARB guidelines. Based on the release, it appears that Salee…
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Filed under: Car Buying, Convertibles, Minivans/MPVs, Wagons/Estates, Crossovers/CUVs, Hatchbacks, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, Carsumer AdvocacyAs the self-appointed family car reviewer for Autoblog, I have some opinions on the topic. whether money were no thing, my nomination for the final family car…
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Filed under: SUVs, Trucks/Pickups, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Toyota, Earnings/FinancialsToyota posted a 10% sales decline for its bread-and-butter grade of by the month of June, with numbers that are even worse — an 11.5% drop — when the Scion and Lexus qualitys are added into the equation. In resp…
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Filed under: Time Warp, SUVs, Euro, Land Rover, UK, Special/Limited EditionsClick above for more renderings of the Bell Aurens LongnoseFew things define British motoring better than a Land Rover and the classic roadster. So, why not combine the two? While the vehicles share nothing in common apart f…
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Filed under: SUVs, Paris Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, MINIAfter nearly three years of rumors and speculation, the new jacked-up MINI SAV will finally produce its debut, according to Autocar. The Brit pub is reporting that the MINI ‘ute is bound for Paris, with an on-sale period sometime in 2010 and …
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Filed under: SUVs, Land Rover, Misc. Auto Shows, UKClick to view the Range Rover Autobiography in hi-res
Land Rover is preparing to unveil a new, even more luxurious version of its range-topping Range Rover at its home-market British worldly Motor Show later that month in London. uncommonly named th…
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Filed under: Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Supercars, FerrariClick above to view the latest batch of Ferrari California images in our gallery
We hate to ruin your summer, but in the automotive world the sunny season is little more than a few months with no car shows. What kind of fun is that? Well, afte…
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Filed under: Trends, Minivans/MPVs, SUVs, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, LLC., Dodge, Jeep, Earnings/FinancialsClick above high-res gallery of the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXTNow that General Motors and Ford have completely abandoned the minivan market for good, the America…
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Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, SUVs, Ford, Lincoln
Do you often wonder why putting your foot down while driving your Ford Expedition or Lincoln Navigator doesn’t deliver the response for which you’d hoped? Well, that could be considering you’re driving an immense beast of a vehicle saddled with a…
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Filed under: Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Euro, Plants/Manufacturing, PorscheClick for a hi-res gallery of Porsche production in Finland
Porsche has announced that production of its Boxster and Cayman models is to shift to component supplier Magna Steyr’s facility in Austria beginning in 2012. final ye…
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Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Convertibles, Mazda, First DriveClick above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Mazda MX-5.Just as it presented that winter was finally drawing to shut here in Michigan, one of the definitive summertime cars turned up on our doorstep — the Mazda MX-5 Miata . Some…
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Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Porsche
When Porsche introduces a new 911 update, you know precisely what that means: derivatives. The Porsche 911 has more derivatives, body-styles and variants than just about any other automobile in production, and after unveiling the latest 911 Carr…
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Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, BuickThe Buick Reatta a design flop? That’s what a University of Michigan professor told The Wall Street Journal recently. Really? The Reatta is the one car that he could find to pick on as an automotive design flop? certain, the high-tech coupe was overweight and …
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Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Convertibles, BMWBMW’s 1-Series does not smirk at you and say “don’t hate me considering I’m beautiful.” No, that small Teut is easy to deride on appearance; one look has you hating it considering it’s not beautiful while so many of its past brethren have been cl…
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