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Jul
16th

First Drive: 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek

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First Drive: 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek
First Drive: 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek - Automobile Magazine
Lovers of the Subaru WRX will hope the brand's latest, and remotely kindred, crossover is as raucous as the red-tailed tropicbird and as pertinacious as the Hawaiian petrel.

Lovers of the Subaru WRX will hope the brand's latest, and remotely kindred, crossover is as raucous as the red-tailed tropicbird and as pertinacious as the Hawaiian petrel. We mention these species, the former of which is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands while the latter is endemic, after going to Oahu's north shore to test the 2013 XV Crosstrek. We not only learned how limber the compact crossover is but also got sidetracked on the birds.


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Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek - Automobile Magazine


Jul
16th

First Drive: 2013 BMW X1

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First Drive: 2013 BMW X1
First Drive: 2013 BMW X1 - Automobile Magazine
We have good news: come this fall, you can get a subcompact 1-series hatchback with either four- or six-cylinder firepower. Even better news: it's cheaper than the 1-series coupe.

So you'd love a small BMW but don't like the 1-series' impractical coupe body? You fancy yourself young and sophisticated and would buy a 135i if you could just get it in chic hot-hatch form? Well, we have good news: come this fall, you can get a subcompact 1-series hatchback with either four- or six-cylinder firepower. Even better news: it's cheaper than the 1-series coupe.


Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2013 BMW X1 - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2013 BMW X1 - Automobile Magazine


Jul
16th

GM appoints Tim Lee as head of global manufacturing

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GM tapped its head of China and other key international markets to also lead its global manufacturing operations. Tim Lee, 61, was appointed GM's vice president of global manufacturing.
Jul
16th

Audi cyber showroom

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Pictures 16 Jul, 2012
Jul
16th

Jaguar lines up 4-, 6-cylinder engines

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Jaguar hasn't offered a four-cylinder engine since 1948 and no V6 since the small, lackluster X-Type was pulled from the United States four years ago.
Jul
16th

2012 Scion iQ review notes: Micro machine gets mixed response

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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Well, I guess I couldn't avoid it forever, much as I tried. In the back of my mind I knew that someday I was going to get stuck driving a 2012 Scion iQ.
Jul
16th

New Nissan Note unveiled

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Nissan Note frontNissan Note rearNissan Note interior Pictures 16 Jul, 2012
Jul
16th

Nissan visits Blue Angels for inspiration

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Nissan designers and product planners recently took an opportunity to ride in one of the few vehicles that is faster than the
Jul
16th

New Nissan Note unveiled

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Nissan Note front
News 16 Jul, 2012

The new Nissan Note has been revealed in Japan, but a more stylish European version is on the way

Jul
16th

Daimler plans further investment in German compact-car factory

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Daimler will invest another 600 million euros ($734.6 million) by the end of 2013 in its Rastatt plant in Germany, where it will add a third shift starting in October to meet demand for its line of compact Mercedes-Benz cars.
Jul
16th

A rock star’s take on cars: AC/DC’s Brian Johnson takes us for a spin

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Rock stars are supposed to have personal pilots, gorgeous wives, homes on the water and expensive cars.
Jul
16th

Hyundai Motor union plans new strike, still talking

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The main union at South Korea's Hyundai Motor said it will resume wage talks with management mid-week and stage another partial strike on Friday, signalling protracted labor tension at the world's fifth-biggest carmaker and affiliate Kia Motors.
Jul
16th

New SEAT Leon revealed

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SEAT Leon front
News 16 Jul, 2012

First official pictures and details of new SEAT Leon ahead of its Paris Motor Show unveil

Jul
16th

New SEAT Leon revealed

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SEAT Leon frontSEAT Leon rearSEAT Leon interior Pictures 16 Jul, 2012
Jul
16th

CHINA: Chery Auto exports exceed 700,000 units since 2001

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Chery Automobile said exports in May and June both exceeded 20,000 units, boosting its total exports to over 700,000 units.
Jul
16th

INDIA: Sluggish market not slowing GM launches

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The sluggish market wouldn't stop GM India from launching new models, P Balendran, vice president of corporate affairs, said, after the launch of the locally built diesel Chevrolet Cruze.
Jul
16th

RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ and Bosch agree technical co-operation to 2017

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AvtoVAZ and Bosch have inked a protocol of technical co-operation up to 2017.
Jul
16th

Jaguar Land Rover sales lift Tata vehicle deliveries in June

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Tata Motors' global vehicle sales rose 6 percent in June from a year earlier, helped by a 39 percent rise in sales of its luxury Jaguar Land Rover vehicles.
Jul
16th

GM seen by analysts as a step away from giving up on Opel

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Just hours after General Motors announced Karl-Friedrich Stracke was quitting as CEO of Opel last week, industry observers were already beginning to ask whether it was time to start writing the troubled European unit's epitaph.
Jul
16th

GM seen by analysts as a step away from giving up on Opel

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Just hours after General Motors announced Karl-Friedrich Stracke was quitting as CEO of Opel last week, industry observers were already beginning to ask whether it was time to start writing the troubled European unit's epitaph.
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