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10 Cars that Refuse to Die
Cars in general have become more reliable over the years — and yet, there are always some models that outlast their peers. Pinpointing exactly how many miles, on average, a given model racked up collectively or individually is virtually impossible, but we’ve identified 10 cars we see as having exceptional — sometimes surprising — endurance [...]
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Top 10: Car Repairs You Shouldn’t Pay For
Like many guys, we work hard so we can play harder, and we often resort to paying others our hard-earned money to take care of simple, trivial things that we convince ourselves we just don’t have the time to do. Rather than brew a cup of joe at home, we spend hundreds of dollars a [...]
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Continental Shaft: The Best Cars You Can’t Buy in the States
If the car industry’s recent tumult has any upside, it’s that after years of crowding dealerships with some… less than inspired domestic designs, automakers are finally reaching across borders to stay afloat in a keen, competitive market: Ford is importing models from its excellent European division, and Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler means we’ll be seeing [...]
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Models—Human and Auto— Take Bailout Flak at Car Show
Crowds hostile about the state of America’s auto industry have made presenting at auto shows a much trickier job than it used to be, the New York Times reports. The eye-candy models at scaled-back exhibits from General Motors and Chrysler are fielding questions during the ongoing New York event about the bailout, bankruptcy, corporate governance, [...]
Obama Snaps Up 17,600 Fuel-Efficient US Cars
President Obama yesterday announced plans to buy 17,600 American-made, fuel-efficient cars and hybrids for the government fleet, the White House’s latest gambit to steer aid to the nation’s beleaguered automakers. WashingtonPost
Mileage Be Damned, SUV Remains American Darling
They’d better stay away from the New York auto show this week because there they will see car manufacturers showing off their latest off-road contenders, and the majority of the new models unveiled at the show’s press preview earlier this week were SUVs or crossovers. Why? Because while these vehicles may have been declared dead [...]
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