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Hyundai to launch ix20

Hyundai has released the first image of its main star for the Paris motor show: the ix20.

2010-09-02 00:01:00 | Autocar.co.uk

Mini signs Kris Meeke for WRC

Prodrive has reportedly signed Kris Meeke to drive for Mini's team in the World Rally Championship next year.

2010-09-02 00:01:00 | Autocar.co.uk

GM pitch to investors to begin after elections, sources say

General Motors Co. plans to begin courting investors for its initial public stock offering immediately after the Nov. 2 U.S. mid-term congressional elections, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

2010-09-02 00:01:00 | Automotive News

Mini plans off-road coupe

Mini is poised to start work on a more sporting coupé version of the just-launched Countryman five-door crossover.

2010-09-02 00:01:00 | Autocar.co.uk

First Test: 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Prototype

70 mpg, Without Even Trying

2010-09-02 00:00:00 | Motor Trend
Ethanol Blends Increasingly Common: Want Pure Gasoline?

Ethanol Blends Increasingly Common: Want Pure Gasoline?

The next time you fill up, think about this: What you think of as gasoline might not be gasoline. At least not entirely. Take a close look at the pump you're filling from; there will be a label with fuel details, and odds are you're probably filling up with E10, a blend of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol—usually derived from corn...

2010-09-01 23:41:00 | The Car Connection
We're Calling It: The In-Dash CD Player Dies in 2015

We're Calling It: The In-Dash CD Player Dies in 2015

One of the innovation milestones of the computer age, and one of the most potent symbols of Generation X--the compact disc--is on the way out of cars. In what's likely to be the first stage of a drawn-out phase-out, Ford will stop selling CD changers for its vehicles at the end of the 2011 model year, and it's suggesting the single-slot CD player...

2010-09-01 23:24:00 | The Car Connection

Video: McLaren MP4-12C

Posted on 09.1.2010 23:00 by Simona Filed under: Mclaren | coupe | Supercars / Exotic cars | video | McLaren MP4-12C | Cars | Car News It’s already been about two weeks since the Pebble Beach Concours has ended and we are still receiving news from the event. Earlier today, we heard that the (...)

2010-09-01 23:00:00 | Top Speed

Chevrolet Volt will not be eligible for HOV-lane access until mid-2012 - Autoblog

Prospective owners of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf shouldn't get too excited about driving in California carpool lanes as soon as they take delivery. Late Tuesday night California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signedSB 535 into law, extending access to the high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes to certain...

2010-09-01 22:13:49 | Roadst3r

GM pitch to investors to begin after elections, Reuters reports

General Motors Co. plans to begin courting investors for its initial public stock offering immediately after the Nov. 2 U.S. mid-term congressional elections, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

2010-09-01 22:00:00 | Automotive News
Aston Martin Cygnet coming to USA

Aston Martin Cygnet coming to USA

Posted on 09.1.2010 22:00 by Simona Filed under: Aston-Martin | USA | hatchback | Aston-Martin Cygnet | Cars | Car News When Aston Martin first unveiled the Cygnet they announced that it would only be offered in Europe, and only to those customers who already owned an Aston Martin model. Oh, how things change, as Aston (...)

2010-09-01 22:00:00 | Top Speed
Muscle Car Collector Arrested For Sales Tax Evasion

Muscle Car Collector Arrested For Sales Tax Evasion

If you've got the cash to buy 150 classic muscle cars and house them in an immense garage, you ought to have the cash to pay the sales tax on them, right? Not if you're Mark Pieloch, according to Nebraska authorities. Pieloch has been arrested for "felony willful avoidance of sales tax" on more than 100 cars. The Nebraska State Patrol executed...

2010-09-01 21:56:00 | The Car Connection

DPS teachers union sues district over new hires

Detroit --Detroit Public Schools' teachers union filed suit Wednesday, claiming the district didn't comply with the collective bargaining agreement when hiring teachers this summer for priority schools.

2010-09-01 21:40:00 | DetNews.com
2012/2013 Toyota FT-86 / Subaru 0846 Sports Coupe Spy Photos - Future Cars

2012/2013 Toyota FT-86 / Subaru 0846 Sports Coupe Spy Photos - Future Cars

Sports-car loving Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda is committed to producing a Lexus LFA for the masses-or at least some kind of affordable rear-drive sports car-possibly as early as late next year. That is, if the horribly chopped and bobbed Subaru we caught scaring small children in the desert...

2010-09-01 21:35:30 | Roadst3r
2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid: Live Photos

2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid: Live Photos

We're live today in Washington, D.C., with the first High Gear Media drive of the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. We've road-tested the similar Ford Fusion Hybrid, but the Lincoln version promises its own package of distinct styling cues and a finer interior, while still delivering the 41-mpg highway fuel economy rating of its mass-market cousin. The MKZ...

2010-09-01 21:09:00 | The Car Connection