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  • Auto Parts Sales To Help Revive The Auto Industry

    Auto Parts Sales To Help Revive The Auto Industry

    Automotive consumers may be itching to purchase a new car, but for those that aren’t yet able to afford a new set of wheels, there are always auto parts and accessories. If you think about it, even motorists that drive 15 year old jalopies are...

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  • Record Number Of Auto Complaints Received By NHTSA In 2010

    Record Number Of Auto Complaints Received By NHTSA In 2010

    After a year of several heavily publicized car recalls, US motorists lodged a record number of complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2010. The agency does not think that there were necessarily more dissatisfied car consumers, but they do think that more...

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  • Law Enforcement Agencies Cracking Down On Careless Bike Carrier Placement

    Law Enforcement Agencies Cracking Down On Careless Bike Carrier Placement

    When you assembled your bike carrier and attached it to your car, you may not have thought about putting it in a place that would allow your license plate to be seen without obstruction. One Saint Louis, Missouri resident learned that having a bike rack...

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  • New BMW 1 Series M Coupe Unveiled

    New BMW 1 Series M Coupe Unveiled

    Luxury car owners have had mixed reactions when it comes to the newest BMW. While the automotive maker has overhauled the engine and improved the BMW’s overall performance, some consumers simply don’t like changes to the body of the car. Some have likened the BMW...

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  • National Fuel Efficiency Requirements Delayed

    National Fuel Efficiency Requirements Delayed

    Originally, federal agencies wanted automotive makers in the US to increase the fuel efficiency levels of all cars by 2025, but now they have reevaluated their stance. Aiming for a range of 47 to 62 miles per gallon, vehicles in the US were to become...

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  • Political Commentator Offers Unsolicited Opinion On The Volt

    Political Commentator Offers Unsolicited Opinion On The Volt

    Although Rush Limbaugh admits that he doesn’t have much working knowledge on cars, that didn’t stop him from slamming both Motor Trend Magazine and the Chevrolet Volt for reasons that are not entirely clear. At the 2020 Los Angeles Auto Show, Motor Trends Magazine named...

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  • Chevy Volt Set to Offer Gas and Electric Power

    Chevy Volt Set to Offer Gas and Electric Power

    he Chevrolet brand made a big splash in San Diego recently by bringing its new Chevy Volt out to show the public, part of its series of vehicles which will make use of electric powered motors that are now arriving in the United States. Previously...

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  • Famed Car Industry Writer Passes Away at 79

    Famed Car Industry Writer Passes Away at 79

    An auto industry writer who has covered the business for more than half a century, writing for such noted publications as the New York Times, Forbes magazine and The Wall Street Journal, passed away in Hudson, New York at the age of 79 on the...

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  • Mexican Auto Industry Beginning to Bounce Back

    Mexican Auto Industry Beginning to Bounce Back

    Mexico is another nation in the Americas that has been struck by the economic woes of the globe, but word has come now that the first 7 months of 2010 have been good for the country as both the making and exporting of cars in...

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  • Camaro and Equinox Helping GM Sales

    Camaro and Equinox Helping GM Sales

    Chevrolet has been a huge brand in the United States and many other nations as part of General Motors, Inc.’s star collection of brands. However, the past has not been kind to Chevy and it is now rebounding with some help from some of the...

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