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Jean Jennings at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Day 3

Jean Jennings at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Day 3
Geneva credential crowd Posted March 6 2008 09:20 AM by JeanJennings

It is never good to arrive at any international auto show without your official credentials in hand. Ah, well.

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Go Green, Pay Less Tolls

Go Green, Pay Less Tolls
EZPass Posted March 4 2008 01:25 PM by AutomobileStaff

Buying a hybrid car can help save money at the pump and on tax returns, but now hybrids are also beneficial for those who use toll roads.

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Geneva 2008: AMG and Ford Parties

Geneva 2008: AMG and Ford Parties
AMG dinner Posted March 3 2008 07:03 PM by JeanJennings

Jean Jennings has a night on the town and visits AMG and Ford.

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Jean Jennings at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Day 1

Jean Jennings at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Day 1
2008 Geneva Motor Show Posted March 3 2008 08:06 AM by JeanJennings

Geneva is a fantastically beautiful city, with old lady drivers that will gun their engines and aim for you if you step into the street against the light. It is not a casual place for a disorderly person. The children are...

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Instantly recognizable as Planet Earth

Instantly recognizable as Planet Earth
Good Bye Car Posted November 2 2007 01:02 PM by JasonCammisa

Despite countless warnings that Japan is like a foreign planet, I found Tokyo to be instantly recognizable as planet Earth.

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Could leather be losing its luster?

Mitsubishi Outlander's Cloth Interior
2008 Mitsubishi Outlander Posted October 4 2007 08:55 AM by joe lorio

For anyone old enough to remember the days of vinyl seats-icy in the winter, sweaty in the summer-the emergence of high-quality cloth seats was a true luxury.

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Mud wrestling at Michigan

This GMC Yukon Denali could use some 3M Car Care products.
Mud-Covered GMC Yukon Denali Posted August 20 2007 12:19 PM by rblackwell

Whoever drove this GMC got an unpleasant surprise upon returning to their be-rimmed Denali after yesterday's rain-postponed NASCAR event at Michigan International Speedway. Another vehicle had clearly gotten stuck in the...

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What the....?

Goofy tricycle thing gives new meaning to the word "hybrid"
Kawasaki Tricycle Rear Corner Posted August 7 2007 07:29 AM by rblackwell

Motorcycles can be a blast to drive, but where can you put your groceries? And who wants to worry about balancing all the time? Or plunking down a kickstand whenever you park?

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The Country Just Got a Whole Lot Smaller

Google Introduces Street View on Maps
This will be a thing of the past... Posted May 30 2007 12:20 PM by daxberg

I haven't been this geeked since Google Earth came out! Well, now the peeps in Mountain View have done it again, this time with a further enhancement to the already impressive Google Maps program. If you thought the Hybrid...

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A Sobering Sticker

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Warning Sticker
2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Posted May 8 2007 08:06 AM by daxberg

Next time you happen to be in a new Jeep Wrangler, take a look at the headliner. You may see an interesting warning.

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Which Minicar is in the Lead?

2007 Chevrolet Beat, Groove, and Trax Concepts
Chevrolet Beat, Groove, and Trax - Front Posted April 24 2007 07:44 PM by sfowle

A quick check of Chevrolet's polling site reveals some not-so-surprising news. Which of the three small Chevys from the New York show do you think is leading in votes?

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Postcard From Shanghai

Volkswagen is ubiquitous and a tarnished U.S. brand shines
Volkswagen Santana Taxis 1 Posted April 19 2007 09:54 AM by joe lorio

Whenever you go to a foreign city for the first time, you can't help but check out the cars, right? So it is for me on my first visit to Shanghai, for the Shanghai's biennial auto show.

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Italian V-8 Sounds Made My Ears Bleed. I Love it.

2008 Maserati GranTurismo Coupe Website
2008 Maserati GranTurismo Front Corner Posted April 18 2007 02:32 PM by sfowle

A little down today? If you're looking at skies similar to those in southeast Michigan right now, I understand. Fortunately, Maserati has released a new teaser site for the all-new GranTurismo coupe. I spent hours just...

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Can we prevent head-on highway collisions?

3 head-on interstate collisions in 3 weeks in Indiana.
head-on in California Posted April 11 2007 10:09 AM by rblackwell

Six people have died in the past three weeks in head-on crashes on central Indiana’s divided highways. Can anything else be done to further prevent this usually catastrophic type of car accident? Perhaps we should follow...

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Innovative Features, Not Cars

Chrysler Group debuts Sirius Backseat TV in Minivans
SpongeBob loves Sirius Backseat TV Posted March 29 2007 11:50 AM by sfowle

With the announcement that the Chrysler group will sell the industry's first satellite TV system, we have to wonder--is Chrysler still engineering cars, or just "innovative offerings" to be built into the ones they...

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