Last week, a huge (3.4 million vehicle) recall was announced – problems with the air bags people are forced to buy. According to news reports, a manufacturing defect involving the chemical propellant that inflates the bags could result in an affected vehicle’s air bag not deploying properly during a crash – or not deploying...
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The two-door layout might just do it. Buyers who in past years would probably have never considered a Kia or Hyundai – much less a Ford or Chevy – over a car as blue chip as the Honda Accord now frequently do consider it. Toyota’s got the same problem as far as the Camry....
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Here’s the most important thing to know about the just-updated 2013 BMW X3: Despite pressure from our Dear Leaders in DC to make more fuel-efficient engines, BMW isn’t building less powerful engines – as many others are doing. In fact, the X3′s new standard engine – a 2.0 liter turbocharged four – is stronger...
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Retro Review: Plymouth GTX, 1967-1974 Retro Review: AMC Marlin Fastback Coupe, 1965–1967 Chevy’s Better Beetle Conspiracy . . . or Merely Convenient? Another Measure of How We’ve Been Gypped (and Fooled) Moving Along …. Adjusting a Quadrajet’s Secondaries Anyone Remember. . . ? Appreciating Then – And Now Muscle Cars…. And K-Cars A Labor...
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Playing catch-up sucks – because you almost never do. The Jeep Compass, for instance. Launched in 2007, it was originally intended to be nothing more than a Jeep alternative to metrosexual FWD/AWD compact crossovers like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. This, it was hoped, would draw in buyers who liked the aura of...
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