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Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford, Volvo lead growing list of safest vehicles | The Detroit News | detnews.com WASHINGTON -- Dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, made the insurance industry's annual list of the safest vehicles, helped by the growing adoption of anti-rollover technology. For the 2009 model year, Ford and Volvo have 16 vehicles on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's list of the safest cars, followed by Honda Motor Co. with 13 vehicles, the institute said Tuesday. Seventy-two cars, trucks and SUVs received the top safety pick designation for the... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-25 08:00:15 Article Views Rating: 123 Main > Car Makers News > Acura > In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD 2008 has been a busy year for Acura's design and manufacturing engineering staff. It's not often that a brand refreshes its entire sedan lineup in the span of just over six months. Of course, in Acura's case that only amounts to three cars, but includes two completely redesigned cars with the TL and TSX and one heavy face-lift for the RL. Actually, "heavy face-lift" is something that applies to all three, as Acura has implemented a new front end design for its sedans that has seemingly gone over with... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-25 07:57:42 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford, Volvo lead growing list of safest vehicles | The Detroit News | detnews.com WASHINGTON -- Dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, made the insurance industry's annual list of the safest vehicles, helped by the growing adoption of anti-rollover technology. For the 2009 model year, Ford and Volvo have 16 vehicles on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's list of the safest cars, followed by Honda Motor Co. with 13 vehicles, the institute said Tuesday. Seventy-two cars, trucks and SUVs received the top safety pick designation for the... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-25 07:57:29 Article Views Rating: 121 Main > Car Makers News > Other > A Day At The Los Angeles Auto Show - Agent 00J Asks the Questions He Thinks You Want Answered In His Search For the Truth! The LA Auto Show has been a ritual that I have enjoyed for 12 years now. For the last 8 of those 12 years, this annual rite of passage has been enjoyed with the company of my brother in law, a car fanatic himself.In preparing to go to the show this morning, Agent 001 e-mailed me a list of "must see" cars and items at the show.The list did not go ignored, however a list of my own began to form as I watched the people at the show as much as I watched the cars themselves.Although in no... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-23 11:29:13 Article Views Rating: 85 Main > Car Makers News > Acura > Honda And Acura Top Redisdual Value Rankings Automotive Lease Guide ALG has announced its 10th annual Residual Value Awards, honoring the vehicles in each segment that are predicted to retain the highest percentage of their original price after a conventional three-year lease term. The awards are based on 2009 model year vehicles. For the seventh year, ALG has also included awards for the brands that have the highest overall predicted resale values among all industry and all luxury vehicles. The awards are derived after carefully... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-23 11:29:13 Article Views Rating: 213 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > LA 2008: Honda surprises with FC Sport fuel cell sports car concept var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/A_Honda_surprise_FC_Sport_is_beautiful_hydrogen_powered'; The first real surprise at the LA Auto Show today came from Honda in the form of its FC Sport fuel cell design study. The designers at Honda's advanced design studio in Pasadena decided to take advantage of the packaging flexibility afforded by a fuel cell powertrain and mounted it mid-ship driving the rear wheels. Using the vertical flow fuel stack mounted behind the driver and an electric motor between the... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-20 08:39:00 Article Views Rating: 150 Main > Car Makers News > Acura > Cutaway Shows The True Nuts And Bolts Of Acura's New NSX Set to reach showrooms late next year, the new supercar will be as technologically advanced as the Nissan GT-R. It will target big-name rivals such as the Ferrari F430, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and Porsche 911 GT3.Where its predecessor had a mere 280bhp from its 3.0-litre V6 engine, the new model features a 5.5-litre V10 delivering 560bhp. This increased power is transferred via a six-speed semi-auto box, with steering wheel-mounted paddleshifters.As a result, the car should cover 0-60mph in less than... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-19 07:12:11 Article Views Rating: 163 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Low and slinky Volkswagen CC has much to recommend it | The Detroit News | detnews.com When the subject is styling, Volkswagen is the alpha and the omega of vehicle manufacturers. In the early days, it offered the microbus, with all the design panache of a steamer trunk or a soldier's footlocker, though there was some hope because the original Beetle actually had some charming curvy lines. Now it presents us with the 2009 CC, which is so slick and sensuous that it eclipses anything the German company has ever offered, including the ill-fated Phaeton luxury car. The CC -- VW says the... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-17 13:26:17 Article Views Rating: 167 Main > Car Makers News > Acura > New Acura RL 2009 Research the new 2009 Acura RL at NewCar.com. The 2009 RL is available in a Sedan bodystyle, and comes with a standard V6 engine. The Acura model gets 22 miles per gallon.The Acura RL is the top tier sedan manufactured by Honda and sold under the luxury brand. Acura rebadged the fourth generation Honda Legend as the Acura RL, which it replaced starting in January of 1996. The RL is said to stand for "Road Luxury" though others have suggested that it stands for "Replaces... Full article... Article added: 2008-10-13 12:38:27 Article Views Rating: 449 Main > Car Makers News > Volvo > 2008 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan Shown What Edmunds.com says Although generally competent and comfortable, the aging 2008 Volvo S60 falls short of its German and Japanese rivals in regards to driving dynamics, refinement and overall desirability. Pros Superb front-seat comfort, long list of safety features, comfortable ride. Cons Soft suspension tuning limits handling potential, steering lacks feedback, turbo lag and torque steer in T5 model, tight rear legroom. What's New for 2008 For 2008, the high-performance "R" model has been... Full article... Article added: 2008-09-26 11:51:54 Article Views Rating: 424 |
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