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CARZ FOR GIRLZ: JOINING THE JEEP FAMILY - WHICH JEEP TO CHOOSE?

CARZ FOR GIRLZ: JOINING THE JEEP FAMILY - WHICH JEEP TO CHOOSE?

'Jeeping' is an actual verb used to describe the action and effect of a Jeep (use that in your next English paper), and you're referred to as a 'Jeeper' if you own one. (Wow –you'll get a new name if you join this clan!!!) But not everyone who loves Jeeps knows how to use 4-wheel drive or take the car on a trail ... Continue reading

Missing Link Review: 2003 Toyota Alphard Electric-and-gasoline Hybrid Mini Van

Missing Link Review: 2003 Toyota Alphard Electric-and-gasoline Hybrid Mini Van

Although they are not particularly inefficient engines, thanks to their BEAMS technology, they are, in fact, far more environmentally friendly than standard units. When coupled to a two-ton vehicle with all the aerodynamic grace of a barn, they became gas guzzlers, returning around 9 kilometers/liter, according to Toyo ... Continue reading

Keystone Pipeline Rationale - China Needs To Buy More Gasoline

Keystone Pipeline Rationale - China Needs To Buy More Gasoline

China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Washington DC May 13, 2014; Unprecedented motorization in China has led to significant increases in oil demand and oil imports. In response to growing oil imports, the Chinese govern ... Continue reading

The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for A Rubber Monopoly

The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for A Rubber Monopoly

Prologue The Great Exhibition of 1851 triggered a wave of tourism, talk, worry, wonder, jealousy and exultation. Its London opening on May 1 drew twenty-five thousand guests to the great greenhouse-like exhibition hall. Women in bell-shaped dresses of silk and satin, shoulders covered by shawls, lined the edges of the ... Continue reading

EV Motoring: 2022 GMC Hummer EV 1000 Horsepower, 350 Mile Range, 35" Tires Debuts

EV Motoring: 2022 GMC Hummer EV 1000 Horsepower, 350 Mile Range, 35" Tires Debuts

Edition 1 trim. “The GMC HUMMER EV is revolutionary, defying what the industry thinks of as a pickup truck,” said Duncan Aldred, vice president of Global Buick and GMC. ... Continue reading

Google AI Says This Review Is Too Sexy For Their Advertising - Dirty RAM Huh!? 2006 Dodge Power Wagon 2500 Review

Google AI Says This Review Is Too Sexy For Their Advertising - Dirty RAM Huh!? 2006 Dodge Power Wagon 2500 Review

Your first glimpse of a Dodge Power Wagon tells you it is designed specifically for industrial strength off road prowess. Riding on massive LT285/70R17 <html> <head> tires on 17x8&#8221; forged aluminum wheels, the chassis is jacked up 50 mm front and 37.5 mm rear. Atop the cab, running lights intimate Power Wagon&#821 ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe – California Dreamin': 2020 Mazda CX-30, 2020 Lexus IS 300, Drooled Over Lexus LC 500 Convertible, and 2020 Chevrolet Bolt +VIDEO

Letter From Europe – California Dreamin': 2020 Mazda CX-30, 2020 Lexus IS 300, Drooled Over Lexus LC 500 Convertible, and 2020 Chevrolet Bolt +VIDEO

By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel Mark Twain was right. The coldest Winter is July in San Francisco. ... Continue reading

Details of Ford's New Shelby Cobra

Details of Ford's New Shelby Cobra

By: Brad Nevin | Ford Communications Network DETROIT &#8211; Huge engine, tiny car. Those are the two founding principles of the Ford Shelby Cobra concept on display in Detroit at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. It's the foundation motor racing legend Carroll Shelby used when he built the legendary Cob ... Continue reading

TAC Used Car Of The Day Review - 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack - Used Car Super Search Results Included

TAC Used Car Of The Day Review - 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack - Used Car Super Search Results Included

2017 Golf Alltrack Taking you outdoors - For the last 30 years, or maybe even 40, it’s been said that Americans don’t like hatchback cars. This in spite of the hatchback’s versatility, ease of cargo carrying and shorter length for easier maneuvering compared to an equivalent size sedan. Well in actual practice Am ... Continue reading

2007 Western Automotive Journalists Test Days: So Many Cars, So Little Time.

2007 Western Automotive Journalists Test Days: So Many Cars, So Little Time.

Western Automotive Journalists, recently had its annual test days. drove Dodge Sprinter Plug-In Hybrid; Mitsubishi Lancer GTS; Volkswagen GTI and EOS; Mazdaspeed3; Honda Civic Si 4-door; Mini Cooper S; Nissan SE-R Spec V; Audi S6; BMW M6; BMW 3-Series; Audi TT; Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Spec B; Infiniti G35; Acura TL Type S ... Continue reading

2015 Ford Mustang Convertible Review by Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2015 Ford Mustang Convertible Review by Larry Nutson +VIDEO

A convertible is a life stage vehicle. It’s a car for you and also your spouse or significant other to enjoy on the weekend or perhaps on a casual mid-week day. But at the same time a convertible should provide the appropriate daily transportation you need. Some recent industry data on convertibles says that mor ... Continue reading

HARLEY EARL'S ONE-OFF 1920 CADILLAC LIMO

HARLEY EARL'S ONE-OFF 1920 CADILLAC LIMO

Words and Photos By Steve Purdy We sometimes wonder whether the corporate cultures of the big three in Detroit pay enough attention to their own history. Over the past few years General Motors has abandoned its historic 1930s Albert Kahn-designed headquarters building in the New Center area of Detroit in favor of the d ... Continue reading

"Totally" Helpful; Used Car Research Sites By Brand (2017-1997)

"Totally" Helpful; Used Car Research Sites By Brand (2017-1997)

Used Car Research, mobile friendly, new car research,: Totally Acura; Totally Audi; Totally Bentley; Totally BMW; Totally Buick; Totally Cadillac; Totally Chevrolet; Totally Chrysler; Totally Dodge; Totally Fiat; Totally Ford; Totally GMC; Totally Honda; Totally Hyundai; Totally Infiniti; Totally Jaguar; Totally Jeep; ... Continue reading

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