Spy Photos of Next-Gen Golf Show Minor Tweaks   31 Jul 2007 10:38 GMT
No one expected a grand departure from the current model of VW Golf (pictured here). But spy photos snapped by Car Magazine and by Winding Road show that the next iteration, which will show up in Europe next year, but...
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Decades Later, Clean-Up at a Ford Plant Continues   31 Jul 2007 10:33 GMT
Residents of Upper Ringwood, NJ, have long complained of skin rashes, nosebleeds, chronic bronchitis and other ailments, including elevated rates of diabetes and cancer. From the mid-1950s to the late-1970s Ford churned out millions of cars from a plant in...
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Speed Records Fall by Alternative Fuel Vehicles   31 Jul 2007 10:31 GMT
The Ford Fusion pictured here packs 770 hp through a hydrogen-cell electric motor. It was designed by a group of Ohio State University students who plant to topple their 315 mph speed record set at Salt Flats in 2004. As...
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Is Baby Benz Headed for America?   31 Jul 2007 10:25 GMT
Unconfirmed reports from Bloomberg aver that the Mercedes-Benz B-Class crossover vehicle, which is due for a makeover in 2011 or 2012, will finally make it to America. It has been available in Europe since 2005. Cost reasons have kept it...
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IBM Envisions Five Technologies that Will Change Future Driving   31 Jul 2007 10:06 GMT
In a press release last week, IBM sketched out its future of driving. Not surprisingly, the technologies that will save billions of gallons of gas and many tons of particulate emissions come right from the labs of . . ....
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Mercedes Benz Dumps McLaren for AMG on Its New SLC Supercar   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
When the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was launched in 2005 (pictured here), it followed several years of rancor as McLaren argued against the front-engine arrangement. Sales of the $450,000, 200 mph supercar were less than stunning. McLaren was supposed to develop...
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Child Injuries from Off-Road Vehicles Soars   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are only part of the problem. Dirt bikes, scooters, go-carts and every other type of off-road motorized vehicle helped send injury rates up 86 percent between 1990 and 2003, according to the current issue of Pediatrics. While...
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Did Gran Turismo Change Life on Earth as We Know It?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
“Car and Driver’s” Aaron Robinson travels to Tokyo’s Edagawa District to interview the team of programmers and designers who are cobbling together the next iteration of Sony’s flagship game title. Millions of people buy Sony’s PlayStation console just to play...
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BMW’s U.S.-Bound 1 Series Will Feature a 300 HP Version   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Devotees had their hopes crushed when BMW quelled rumors that there would be an M version of new 1 Series coupe. As it turns out, there may be no need for one. The U.S.-bound car will come in two models:...
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Mini-Car Chic Sweeps Europe; Can It Hop the Pond?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Though Europeans have long loved mini-cars for their fuel economy and manageability through narrow, choked streets, a bigger selling point is that they're cheap. BMW's Mini has proved, however, that Europeans are willing to spend a little more on a...
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