We pitted, for the Hell of it and because we could, three of this week's press cars with 6-cylinder engine. Namely, a 2010 Lexus IS 350C, a 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster and a 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S.
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Auto journalists must remain as neutral as possible. People often say that we criticize certain models just for the sake of criticizing, but that is simply not the case. Our expertise allows us to shed light on a number of elements and potential problems that may or may not seem obvious to the average customer who goes for a 15-minute test drive. Our job is to help potential buyers make an educated choice.
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Detroit - Chevrolet is among the first automakers to create a shopping app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad which allows users to research and locate the vehicle they desire.
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While gas prices continue to be on the rise, many car owners are looking to the benefit of hydrogen generators to reduce the fuel costs in their vehicles. Despite unrealistic claims that some people are running their cars using simply water, the actual plug-and-play HHOZAP Cell Kit is proving that with the addition of a Hydrogen Generator in a gas powered vehicle, the savings at the pump are very realistic.
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Dearborn, Mich. - Ford Motor Company today announced it has selected Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), a subsidiary of LG Chem, to build lithium-ion battery packs for the Ford Focus Electric, which will go on sale in the U.S. in 2011.
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Bernie Ecclestone has joined Sir Jackie Stewart in tipping Michael Schumacher to return to retirement at the end of 2010.
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Say good-bye to the pothole which caused a two-and-a-half hour red flag at the 2010 Daytona 500 in February. Track officials began the first repaving of the Daytona International Speedway since 1979.
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Williams wants to remain an independent formula one team, new chairman Adam Parr has insisted.
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Another bad race in the bag and now 47 points behind, Fernando Alonso still thinks he can win his first world championship with Ferrari in 2010.
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Your writer, his father and his brother recently partook in a long-overdue boys weekend away that had been in the works for months. The event was the Formula 1 races, the venue was Montreal, and the plan consisted of taking in some fast cars and fantastic food while immersing our Ontario-based selves in some of Quebec's world-famous French-Canadian culture, nightlife and poutine.
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EcoMotors International has received $23.5 million from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and investor Vinod Khosla for engineering and testing of its trademarked Opoc engine technology.
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UAW President Bob King said today that informational pickets have begun at Toyota dealerships in California and New York. King said those demonstrations, which he termed 'bannering,' would continue.
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EcoMotors International has received $23.5 million from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and investor Vinod Khosla for engineering and testing of its trademarked Opoc engine technology.
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True, there have been company car shows before, but there has never been a company quite like Pixar. Not that we would ever leave the worker's paradise that is AW, but if we did (which we are not--ever), we would work there.
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Pied Piper sent 3,658 mystery shoppers into dealerships to develop its Prospect Satisfaction Index, and 25 of the 34 brands surveyed had better scores than a year earlier.
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Pied Piper sent 3,658 mystery shoppers into dealerships to develop its Prospect Satisfaction Index, and 25 of the 34 brands surveyed had better scores than a year earlier.
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With new fuel economy regulations coming during the new Sonata's model cycle, Hyundai decided to go with a turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder engine for the mid-sized car instead of throwing a V-6 into the engine bay.
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In News Brake: Chevrolet offers you the chance to hand-build your very own Vette V8 engine, Toyota and Tesla electrify SUVs, and we test-drive the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E550 cabriolet . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Automotive funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) is crucial to the future of low carbon technology development and should not be stalled because of problems with credit access, said the Luxembourg-based body.
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Ford of Britain chairman Joe Greenwell has praised the automotive initiatives of the new UK government, noting it has made "a sound start."
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