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Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen CC premium midsize car class Premium midsize cars may be upscale luxury machines, but they are also among the leaders in all-around performance, reliability, and value for the money.Stepping up to a premium midsize car often means more standard features, such as leather upholstery, heated seats, uplevel audio, and techno-gadgets galore. Most of these cars provide plenty of power to go along with a supple ride, and in many cases, superb handling.Most cars in this class are 4-door sedans, but there are wagons available, as well as a... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:21:49 Article Views Rating: 540 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > 2009 Volkswagen CC Vehicle Highlights The 2009 Volkswagen CC is a new premium midsize sedan that shares its basic design with VW's Passat. CC has a sleeker roofline than its sibling and seating for four instead of five. CC is available in Sport, Luxury, VR6 Sport, and VR6 4Motion trim. Two engines are available. Standard on Sport and Luxury models is a 200-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder. It teams with a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission in Sport versions. Luxury CCs are automatic only. Powering... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-12 07:03:10 Article Views Rating: 626 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Survival of the fittest trumps everything at Geneva this year | detnews.com | The Detroit News GENEVA, Switzerland - You can forget the environment, electric cars, fuel cells, hybrids which plug in and those that don't; the theme at the annual Geneva Car Show this year will be survival of the fittest. The European industry faces the worst downturn in living memory, as consumers put off buying cars, worried sick about job security. As they prune their budgets and brace for stormy economic weather, the last thing people are about to do is buy a new car. The current wheels will surely last another... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:38 Article Views Rating: 196 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Only one U.S. vehicle makes Top 10 picks | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Japanese automakers dominated Consumer Reports influential annual survey of the most reliable vehicles, with Toyota Motor Corp. nabbing five of the 2009 Top 10 Picks released Thursday. Japanese automakers held the top four overall spots in the magazine's survey, which is based on more than 50 tests of 80 different vehicles. The winners ranked high in road tests, reliability and safety requirements. American vehicles were pummeled in the magazine's April survey, which goes on sale Tuesday... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:36 Article Views Rating: 218 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > A new social compact: Honda Civic best all-around choice in '09 lineup | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's no doubting the variety that comes with compact cars. Some, such as the Volvo C30 and Audi A3, are more luxurious, while others, like the Mini Cooper, have cult-like followings. All of them, however, share a few common attributes. In auto parlance, they are known as C-Segment vehicles, something that falls between the B and D segments. The EPA defines them as vehicles with interior volumes measuring between 100 and 109.9 cubic feet, but most people wouldn't know a cubic foot from a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 248 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto team drives imports | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- The vehicles owned by the Obama administration's auto team could reflect one reason why Detroit's Big Three automakers are in trouble: The list includes few new American cars. Among the eight members named Friday to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and the 10 senior policy aides who will assist them in their work, two own American models. Add the Treasury Department's special adviser to the task force and the total jumps to three. The Detroit News reviewed public records to... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 144 Main > Car Makers News > Other > At least Mercedes' nerdy little ute is a gem mechanically | detnews.com | The Detroit News If ever you needed a reason to shoot out the light in your garage, may I present the 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350, a vivacious and elegant little ute disguised as a vandalized Subaru Forester. What's the deal here? The exterior is a veritable food fight of odd angles and curious proportions, fender swells and dissonant accent lines, and all of it buttoned by a hilariously oversized, nay, desperate grille. The GLK suggests nothing less than a Dadaist collage of the company's styling portfolio pasted onto a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:03 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Hummer > Chinese SUV maker denies reports it may buy Hummer | detnews.com | The Detroit News SHANGHAI -- Sichuan Automobile Industry Group, a small SUV maker in central China, denied a report Tuesday that it is in talks to buy GM's Hummer line, in the latest wave of speculation over potential global brand acquisitions by Chinese automakers. "Who made up that joke? Sorry, I've never heard of such a purchase plan," said an assistant to the general manager of Sichuan Auto Industry, who like many media-shy Chinese would only give his surname, Chen. "We have no energy to consider making bids for... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-17 14:55:40 Article Views Rating: 190 Main > Car Makers News > Other > French Government Helps Automakers Automakers of the whole world go through hard times and the only way of salvation is government help. While American Big Three asks for more and more from Washington DC, Swedish government has already agreed to help Volvo and Saab with their development. A few days ago French politicians approved their bailout program too. As soon as French automakers Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroën agreed to keep the factories in the country and provide jobs for French citizens, the government granted a $11.8 billion... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-12 06:29:16 Article Views Rating: 165 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Cars capable of making a political statement | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's no doubt that a driver's personality shines through in whatever he or she drives. As proof, try this: Who do you picture climbing down from a jacked-up Dodge Ram pickup? Yep. I see the same guy in a baseball cap with an untucked shirt and about three days worth of beard. Even more than showing personality or social class, your choice of transportation can also reflect your political persuasion. Imagine the political leanings of the driver of a shiny Bentley Silver Spur or a beat-up Chevy/Geo... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-12 06:29:07 Article Views Rating: 158 |
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