Behind The Wheel | 2008 Toyota Highlanders: A One-Two Punch to the Midmarket   26 Jan 2008 00:22 GMT
The second-generation Highlander — available with a gasoline V-6 or a hybrid engine — is capable but unexciting.
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Collecting: In Desert, Market Keeps Its Heat   26 Jan 2008 00:20 GMT
Arizona in winter is where the rich and weather-weary come to play, and to attend the auction season for collector cars.
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White Wins; Silver Fades   25 Jan 2008 20:25 GMT
White has become the most popular automobile color in North America, ending silver’s seven-year run at the top.
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Design: So Efficient, L.E.D.’s Are Now Fashion Plates, Too   25 Jan 2008 20:24 GMT
No automaker introduces a new concept car, it seems, before dressing it up with light-emitting diodes.
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Greentech: Toll Discounts for Going Green   25 Jan 2008 20:03 GMT
A small but growing number of toll agencies around the world are giving discounts to owners of some alternative-power vehicles.
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At Ford, Chief Intends to Get Its Units in Sync   25 Jan 2008 05:31 GMT
With the shrinking of Ford’s core United States business nearly completed, chief executive Alan R. Mulally is eager to get Ford’s global operations hitting on all cylinders.
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Smoggy Beijing Plans to Cut Traffic by Half for Olympics, Paper Says   24 Jan 2008 12:58 GMT
Beijing is planning to reduce motor traffic during the games to improve air quality and ease traffic flow.
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In Global Race, G.M. Wins by a Day of Pickup Sales   24 Jan 2008 10:17 GMT
It was effectively a tie, but General Motors emerged from last year’s hard-fought global sales race with Toyota feeling like the winner.
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Polishing the Brand in a Cathedral for Cars   23 Jan 2008 03:42 GMT
Designed by Wolf Prix of the Vienna-based architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW Welt — or BMW World — joins an impressive list of high-profile architecture projects by German car companies in recent years.
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Israel Is Set to Promote the Use of Electric Cars   21 Jan 2008 18:39 GMT
Tiny and bereft of oil, Israel will announce its support for a broad effort to promote the use of electric cars.
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