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DETROIT — Long ignored by most American auto buyers, and slighted by others due to quality problems, Hyundai is now tops when it comes to corporate loyalty, according to a new study. But Ford Motor Co. is also making gains in the marketplace, according to the report by Experian Automotive, a data service that tracks vehicle [...]
Think you’re paying too much at the pump? Perhaps you are – but not as much as those gassing up in Maine. No, the Pine Tree State doesn’t have the highest gas prices in the land (that would still be Hawaii), but it does have a problem with out-of-spec gas pumps. According to state inspection [...]
Leonardo Gilbert collecting on Thursday one of the 276 Volkswagen Beetles promised to audience members at Oprah Winfrey’s “Ultimate Favorite Things” show taping last November. On Thursday morning, 21 people assembled in Orland Park, Ill., a southwest suburb of Chicago, to receive the keys to their 2012 Volkswagen Beetles. The cars were among 276 promised [...]
2012 BMW 328i Sport Line. The sixth iteration of the BMW 3 Series sedan, arriving at United States dealers in February, has grown bigger in terms of wheelbase and overall length, smaller in terms of the engine bay and more efficient all around. It remains, however, thoroughly recognizable as the brand’s volume-leading saloon. Wedgier and wider, [...]
SCIONS and Toyotas needing new pistons and rings and Ford Focuses with steering issues are among the vehicles covered in the latest technical service bulletins. Enlarge This Image REPLACEMENT The 2012 Ford Focus may need a new steering gear. Enlarge This Image NEW DIFFERENTIAL The Mazda CX-9 crossover may leak oil from the rear differential [...]
Plans are reportedly progressing to bring back Datsun. Wait, what? Wasn’t Datsun just the name of Nissan before it became Nissan? Why yes, yes it was. But the Japanese automaker is – as we initially reported back in July – planning on dipping back into its own history to launch a budget brand for developing [...]
Back in the 1990s, Acura sold a car here called the Vigor. It was later succeeded by the TL, which has led to the model we know and love today. But this isn’t a mid-size Japanese luxury sedan. This is a sportscar. From Italy. What you see here is the first glimpse we’ve received from [...]
Spending time with any iteration of the Audi R8 is a glorious occasion. Your life becomes brighter, and everyone you pass on the street feels a bit better about their day for just having seen one. Audi wants you to experience this for yourself, and you’re going to need to flex your Twitter muscles to [...]
Plans are reportedly moving ahead at Bugatti headquarters in Mulsheim, France, to succeed the Veyron with a version of the Galibier concept super-sedan unveiled back in 2009. But before the company’s CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer makes the final pitch by the end of the year to the board of the Volkswagen Group for final approval, some [...]
Reversing its earlier decision, OnStar has issued a press release confirming it will indeed alter its Terms and Conditions policy and “will not keep a data connection to customers’ vehicles after the OnStar service is canceled.” Says OnStar President Linda Marshall: We realize that our proposed amendments did not satisfy our subscribers. This is why [...]