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Monthly Archive for November, 2008
Ford is tops in safety
COURTESY PHOTO The Ford F-150 is the first domestic full-size pickup to earn the Top Safety Pick designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which signifies that the vehicle has received the top rating in the independent crash tests conducted by the institute. Ford Motor Co. is the biggest winner in the safety sweepstakes […]
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Where is my Porsche of old?
Of course, I’m saying this as a fuddy-duddy ex-owner of a couple of 356-series Porsches (’61 Super 90 and ’65 SC cabriolets; wish I had them now) who has always thought that Porsche was going to be a holdout, a stubborn German family firm that would stick to the two-door model. The grumpy geezer in […]
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2009 Honda Pilot
It’s funny, but in the svelte design world of Honda, where cars and SUVs seem to have gone through the corner-rounding machine more than a few times, you can see the stylists’ overall mindset — make it flow, make it look smooth, make it the king of the wind tunnel. So along comes the 2009 […]
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Mustang beefed up for 2010
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FORD MOTOR CO. A more aggressive, more muscular Ford Mustang will hit the road next year. “Front to back, the 2010 Mustang is thoroughly modern in its interpretations of the classic Mustang look,” chief designer Doug Gaffka said. “It is the tightest, most premium racehorse we’ve ever done.” The interior also received […]
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Jaguar XF sedan
The new Jaguar XF sedan doesn’t have the traditional Jag look – that combination of swooping, flowing lines and Old World flavor. Take the E-type (or XK-E), which premiered in the early 1960s but had the flavor of the 1950s D-type race car. In the sedan world, the two smaller Jags – the X-type and […]
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Saturn Aura gives off good vibes
COURTESY OF GM The Saturn Aura XR was added to the lineup for 2009. The Aura is a beautiful car, with the feel of a vehicle that costs a lot more than its price range would suggest. The great success of the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu may be overshadowing another General Motors vehicle that’s equally as […]
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Texas energy industry preps for downturn
Chronicle Nabors Industries, which owns this drilling rig in Nome, announced it will curtail some capital spending. HOUSTON — Call it a hangover from $150 oil. After six years of growth, Texas’ mighty oil and gas industry is bracing for what could be a sharp downturn in activity as falling commodity prices and the broader […]
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BMW 750i: Big Car
A friend of mine came up and took a long look at the BMW 750i that was parked along the curb. The car was big, silent, maroon, solid, lithe and expensive, all at once. “Big car for powerful people.” Exactly. This is a no-nonsense five-passenger (five comfortable passengers) over-the-road, go-rapidly (not fast, but rapid) car […]
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Diesels draw attention
COURTESY PHOTO Volkswagen introduced the diesel version of the Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen; the demand was so strong that the initial allocation for the model year already has been sold out and the automaker plans to increase production. With diesel fuel prices now dropping below $3 a gallon, and automakers ramping up plans for more diesel-powered […]
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’09 Maxima surpasses predecessors
G. CHAMBERS WILLIAMS III/SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS The 2009 Nissan Maxima truly fits the four-door sports car mantra, which isn’t a new designation – Nissan called it that in marketing efforts in the past, although not with the recent models. Nissan says it intentionally has designed the “sport” back into the Maxima for its seventh […]
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