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Posted October 19 2009 05:54 AM by David Zenlea
Photos by Andrew Trahan Last week I took a very brief ride in the new BMW X6 M, which had just arrived in our office. It’s big, it’s red, and it has all the leather and carbon fiber one would expect of a $90,000 vehicle....
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Posted August 14 2009 08:31 AM by Rusty Blackwell
The Volkswagen Jetta TDI is currently the least expensive diesel-powered car in the United States. Diesel take rates---according to Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, the senior VP of diesel engineering at Robert Bosch GmbH---are...
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Filed under: Green, Rusty Blackwell, Other Manufacturers, Diesels
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Posted August 1 2009 06:28 PM by Eric Tingwall
Nissan now has a car to go with its electric powertrain. At the opening ceremony for its new headquarters in Yokohoma, Japan, the company unveiled the Nissan Leaf, a battery-electric vehicle that will hit U.S. roads in 2010.
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Filed under: Green, Nissan, Hatchbacks, Electric
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Posted June 25 2009 12:42 PM by Joe Lorio
Most people know that today’s passenger-car diesel engines are much cleaner than those of even a few years ago, but the surprising results from recent testing shows that the heavy-duty diesel engines in big trucks have...
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Posted March 20 2009 11:13 AM by Phil Floraday
It's interesting to watch the automotive industry right now and listen to pundits harp on Detroit-based automakers for building products nobody wants to buy. Historically, the Ford F-series and Chevrolet Silverado have...
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Filed under: Green, Phil Floraday, GMC, Pickups, Hybrids
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2010 Toyota Prius: Going Green in Napa
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Posted January 13 2009 12:14 PM by Phil Floraday
Chrysler's growing stable of ENVI vehicles has been attracting attention from the media since the concepts first debuted last year, and the Chrysler 200C is probably the most popular example.
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Posted January 12 2009 09:28 AM by Joe Lorio
It would be hard to live up to the hyperbole with which Toyota introduced the new Prius. Toyota's Irv Miller set the stage by telling the assembled crowd that "the auto business is not just about buying and selling cars...
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Posted December 10 2008 12:59 PM by Jason Cammisa
The last two cities I've lived in--Ann Arbor and San Francisco--are chock full of Toyota Priuses whose drivers who are convinced they're saving the planet. Instead, they're driving me and everyone else positively bonkers...
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Filed under: Green, Jason Cammisa, Dodge, SUVs, Hybrids
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Posted November 12 2008 10:20 AM by Automobile Staff
Feeling guilty about the fuel consumption of your Mercedes-Benz S-class, but unwilling to give up the luxury touches and craftsmanship that you've become accustomed to? The 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid could be just...
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Filed under: Green, Phil Floraday, Mercedes-Benz, Sedans, Hybrids
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