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• Ask the Best and Brightest: Where Have All the Good Brands Gone?

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  As reported here on TTAC, Daimler has decided to start selling smaller, more fuel-efficient cars in the United States. For our international friends, the announcement is meaningless. Outside of The Land of the Free, Mercedes is about as exclusive as the YMCA. (In Germany, a Mercedes taxi is are a ubiquitous reminder ...
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• Fastest Timing-Belt Change Ever

  
  Zerotohundred.com — Authority: 137
  We’ve all had our fair share of mechanics that are pretty darn good at one thing or another. You know those type that solve a problem with the typical half-smoked unashed cigarette and the “ cheh, itu pun tak tahu ka, tiu ” punchline. They’re great and can be relied upon for a fair share of everything. But the ...
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• Videogame Violence Finally Acceptable Form Of Entertainment?

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 495
  That’s what Dan Houser of Rockstar fame reckons, as Modern Warfare 2 recently hit the headlines (aside from a whole number of other reasons) with the “No Russian” level, the outcry wasn’t as loud as you’d imagine. Given that a few publications even tried spark outrage over the level, aside from a few raised ...
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• Car Dealers Still Using Cheap Tricks

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  You might have thunk that car dealers would stop being skunks, what with the economy going thunk and the end of cash for clunk. But noooooooo. If anything, tough times have seen an increase amount of the same old story, same old song and dance down at the car lot. “You pay what we pay Here is the original post: ...
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• Time Waster: 10-minutes Of Hardcore Crashes

  
  Zerotohundred.com — Authority: 137
  If you have 10-minutes to spare, we have 10-minutes of some of the most brutal crashes grassroot rallying has seen. The video above is about the rally drivers of Finland and what makes them so damn good – they crash a lot. Indeed, practise does makes perfect. Source: AutoBlog You may find these useful No ...
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• REPORT: Sagging SUV sales, weak dollar could bring Mercedes C-class production to U.S.

  
  Theblogsnews.com — Authority: 146
  Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , Mercedes Benz Mercedes-Benz C-Class - Click above for high-res image gallery Over the past two years, sales of SUVs from virtually all automakers have sagged deeply as fuel prices have risen and the economy has gone into the dumper. Mercedes-Benz is no exception, ...
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• Vote for Auto Tune the News Webby Award!

  
  Best Celebrity Scoop — Authority: 148
  The gang at Auto Tune the News a.k.a. the Gregory Brothers are asking for your vote in the 2009 Webby Awards. In their bid, they’ve offered up a short Auto Tune’d segment featuring Kanye West at his best (worst) and the viral cute kids vids. Enjoy! Then go Vote! Pop Culture Madness.com features Celebrity ...
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• PROTON R3 RALLY TEAM FINISHES LEG 1 OF RALLY CHINA IN 4TH OVERALL

  
  Zerotohundred.com — Authority: 137
  Saturday 14th November 2009, Longyou, China. Alister McRae put in an inspired drive for the Proton R3 Rally Team to finish 4th overall in Leg 1 of the rally today against stiff competition both from the Asia Pacific Rally and China National Rally Championship teams. Cody Crocker, 4 time Asia Pacific Rally Champion is ...
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• Dutch Treat: Pay Per Km Tax Approved In The Netherlands

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Worried about increasingly efficient cars and dwindling tax revenue at the pump, Dutch lawmakers approved the first “pay-as-you-drive” tax system in Europe. Of course, the dwindling revenue is not the official reason given. The official intent is “to protect the climate and to reduce traffic jams,” reports the ...
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• Toyota: What Floor Mat Issue?

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  CBS’ Marketwatch reports from Tokyo (or more accurately, blogs the Japanese Business Daily Nikkei’s reporting) that Toyota is going to change out accelerator pedals in US market vehicles in hopes of putting the issue behind them. “Toyota Motor Corp. will make changes to gas pedals in certain U.S. models under an ...
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• Curbside Classic Outtake: 1978 Mercury Marquis Brougham

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  This Marquis Brougham certainly seems the polar opposite of yesterday’s Nissan Pao. It weighs three times as much, is a domestic, certainly not an illegal alien, not exactly artistic or tasteful, definitely not retro, and didn’t require a lottery to buy it (more likely rebates). It’s available 7.5 Liter engine ...
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• Two-Wheeled Rambles, Even When Frost Is on the Pumpkin

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 174
  Motorcyclists cruising the row of antiques stores in New Hope, Pa.
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• News Analysis: Russia Wants Renault to Fix Lada

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 174
  A Lada model on display at a car show in Moscow last August. Avtovaz, the maker of the Lada, is teetering toward bankruptcy.
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• Chrysler Is Recalling Jeeps for Transmission Issue

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 174
  Chrysler is recalling about 161,000 Jeeps because their automatic transmissions were assembled without a system to warn if the fluid is overheating.
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• Nissan Takes Leaf Electric Car on Tour

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 174
  The car, which Nissan plans to start selling globally next year, will be introduced Friday in Los Angeles, the start of a 22-city tour.
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• Video: New GPS navigation buying guide

  
  Consumer Reports Cars Blog — Authority: 646
  As we have often said, the portable navigation device (PND) market is fast moving, with innovations and new products appearing every few months. In particular, we have seen a dramatic increase in the quantity and quality of cell-phone based navigation solutions just since summer. (See our iPhone navigation app ...
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• Renault to Produce Electric Fluence In Bursa, Turkey

  
  GotBroken.Com — Authority: 140
  Following the announcement last week of the production site for the future electric, zero-emission Kangoo Van, Renault has now announced that the electric version of Fluence will be manufactured at the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey. Production will start in the first half of 2011.Unveiled as Fluence Z.E. Concept, ...
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• Porsche 911 Evolution Competition Challenges Enthusiasts

  
  GotBroken.Com — Authority: 140
  Porsche is inviting enthusiasts to test their knowledge of the marque and identify specific Porsche 911 sports cars purely by their distinctive engine sounds.To celebrate the launch of the new Evolution 911 course at the Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, enthusiasts can log on to www.porsche.co.uk/competition ...
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• The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG can be ordered from 16 November

  
  GotBroken.Com — Authority: 140
  The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the absolute highlight at this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, is now available to order. From Monday, 16 November 2009, company-owned sales and service outlets and sales partners of the Mercedes-Benz brand in Germany will be taking orders for this super car with ...
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• The electric Renault Fluence will be produced in Bursa Turkey

  
  Automobiles Review — Authority: 439
  The electric version of Renault Fluence will be produced in the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey. Yesterday, Renault came out with this announcement. The production of the vehicle will start in the first half of 2011.The model was introduced as Fluence Z.E. Concept, the EV will be manufactured on the same production ...
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