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Posted May 5 2008 08:24 AM by Mark Williams
Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some...
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Posted May 2 2008 02:00 AM by TT Editors
To prove how rugged its Diesel-powered LR3 TDV6 is, Land Rover took a group of journalists to the highest drivable pass in all of the Americas.
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Posted May 1 2008 04:00 AM by TT Editors
At a briefing for the 2009 Ram, a Chrysler spokesman confirmed that a diesel will be offered in the half-ton next year, probably as a 2010 model, but declined to say which diesel it will be.
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Posted April 30 2008 04:00 AM by TT Editors
Jay Leno (writing under the headline " I hope we don't ruin 'Top Gear '" in The Sunday Times), about NBC's plan to make an American version of the BBC hit with host Adam Carolla ("The Man Show"):
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It figures; News by the Numbers
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Posted April 29 2008 04:00 AM by TT Editors
Off-Road Top 20 According to SEMA , off-road enthusiasts are still spending on truck modifications. More than half of survey respondents fitted larger tires, with air filters and exhaust systems close behind. Rounding out...
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Posted April 28 2008 04:00 AM by TT Editors
Research indicates that Chrysler loses sales to its own brands more than the industry average and is therefore expected to cut truck division offerings considerably from today's lineup: Aspen, Commander, Compass, Dakota,...
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Posted April 24 2008 10:08 AM by Edward_Loh
I didn't get to drive the all-new 2009 Ford Flex Limited, but during the walk around presentation, I sat in every seat, peeked into every cubby, and tried to push, pull, open, prod, and turn every button, dial, switch,...
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Posted April 22 2008 05:29 PM by Todd Lassa
DETROIT - Happy Earth Day! The National Highway Traffic Administration's gift to automakers Tuesday is a new standard that sets Corporate Average Fuel Economy at 31.6 mpg by 2015. It's an interim step to the 35-mpg...
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Posted April 22 2008 11:05 AM by TT Editors
Jeep offers its Wrangler Unlimited with a choice of two tops: the standard Sunrider soft-top and the removable Freedom Top three-piece modular hardtop. Our long-term 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon is fitted with the...
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2008 Beijing Show: Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
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Posted April 21 2008 04:02 PM by andrew_strieber
When Porsche created its second-generation Cayenne in 2007, they neglected to include a Turbo S variant, opting instead to make the 500 horsepower Turbo the fastest model money could buy. Not anymore. Porsche has...
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Posted April 21 2008 11:37 AM by Angus MacKenzie
If you see a good idea, copy it. That seems to be the motto of China's barn-storming domestic auto industry. Despite the Chinese government's protestations to the contrary, foreign automakers' intellectual property rights...
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Posted April 21 2008 11:35 AM by Angus MacKenzie
Acutally, it's what the world wants, says Audi worldwide product planning manager Frank Herrman, here in dusty, smoggy Beijing for the global reveal of the all-new Q5 soft-roader. "Consumers still want SUVs," he says....
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Posted April 18 2008 06:15 PM by TT Editors
The 2009 Honda Pilot may improve on the functional attributes of the first-generation model, but the Pilot's styling has proven controversial. In a blog called "The trouble with Honda design," Motor Trend editor in chief...
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Posted April 18 2008 02:56 PM by Arthur St. Antoine
Lost in the big news last week -- the race for the Democratic nomination, the reeling U.S. economy, the ongoing life/death saga that is "Dancing with the Stars" -- came word that a new deep-water exploration area off the...
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Posted April 18 2008 12:09 PM by Melissa
My sunny Friday mid-morning drive yielded a lot of eye candy and beater-classics on the open road. Take a look at what caught my eye this wonderful morning.
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