This week, Auto123.com features the following road tests: The Honda Fit, the little Japanese car that features a convertible trunk more spacious than the Mazda5's. The Toyota Camry Hybrid, a fuel-efficient ride popular with the quiet crowd. The Volkswagen Tiguan, the new German alternative to the BMW X3... that costs less! And feel free to check out our video on the 2009 Hyundai Sonata road test, a mid-size sedan that proves that the quality of a product is not always reflected in its price.
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Honda's V-Flow fuel cell technology has found its way into a unique sports car called the Honda FC Sport. A design study model, (or concept, for short), the hydrogen-powered three-seat sports car was just unveiled at the LA Auto Show. Emphasizing the flexibility of the technology which is already employed by the FCX Clarity sedan, designers have configured the hydrogen system into a lightweight sports car with a very low centre of gravity and powerful electric motor.
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Nick Heidfeld says he is looking forward to the deployment of KERS technology in formula one races next year.
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Another potential site for a future French grand prix near Paris has reiterated its bid for the formula one race.
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Lamborghini has just used the Los Angeles Auto Show to debut their latest creation: the Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder. According to Lamborghini, Southern California was the ideal place to launch the car, as the area accounted for 30 percent of the brand's US sales last year.
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The woes of the American auto industry have put secretive private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management and co-founder Stephen Feinberg in the one place they don't want to be -- the spotlight.
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The 2009 Green Car of the Year award goes to ... a diesel? Normally, this award from Green Car Journal magazine is a snoozer. Part of the problem is that there can be no repeat winner.
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Octagon badge is ready to return – and we can reveal full details of the sporty new model that aims to take fight to class’s best...
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The price of regular gasoline has fallen for the ninth consecutive week, tumbling to a nationwide average of $2.02 per gallon. But falling prices haven't been enough to stimulate new car and truck sales, some auto dealers and experts say. The U.S.
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Ford Motor Co. is adding a corporate officer and re-establishing a North American manufacturing chief position that had gone unfilled for a year.
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UAW President Ron Gettelfinger says he's willing to talk more about automotive industry concessions to further the passage of emergency funding for the Detroit 3.
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Auto parts executive James McElya said the bankruptcy of a major automaker would cause a chain reaction that would reach from suppliers down to the neighborhood diner, the barber and even the schools.
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The failure of General Motors also would kill Ford Motor Co., the UAW's lead Ford officer said today. "Ford can't survive if General Motors goes down," said Bob King, the UAW vice president in charge of the union's Ford Department.
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The economic crisis continues to wreak havoc on the auto industry's advertising spending, a Nielsen Monitor-Plus report reveals. The Detroit 3 all posted negative advertising growth in the first half of this year compared with 2007.
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The economic crisis continues to wreak havoc on the auto industry's advertising spending, a Nielsen Monitor-Plus report reveals.
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Honda Motor Co. will shave another 18,000 units from its North American production plan by the end of its fiscal year on March 31.The cuts will come from assembly plants in Lincoln, Ala., and East Liberty and Marysville, Ohio.
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North American auto manufacturers and suppliers ordered 36 percent fewer robots through the first nine months of 2008 than during the same period last year, according to figures released this week by the Robotic Industries Association.
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Volkswagen AG has scouted sites in Mexico for a possible engine plant.
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Debuting in next year's Insight Honda's clean machine is set to get a host of efficiency improving gadgets too.
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