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0Report: Facing high gas prices, dealers get cautious with big SUVs 1293728040
The average gas price in the U.S. is over $3 right now, and there's a good chance it'll go higher before too long. What do you do in this situation if you're a car dealer with a lot full of SUVs and big crossovers? You start being cautious. That's the takeaway point from an Automotive News ...
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Paris takes a stab at banning SUVs, old diesel vehicles 1293723540
Better get used to Paris' new transportation reality. The grand European capitol is thinking about taking another step away from unthinking private car-based transportation. The long-awaited Autolib car-sharing program recently got a boost and of course there is the Velib bike-sharing program. ...
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U.S. car buyers want large vehicles, SUVs again thanks to "stabilizing gas prices" 1281657000
In the market for a new car this summer? Has it been long enough since the last gas price spike that you're not really worried about possible pain at the pump? If so, then you're like a lot of U.S. car buyers right now, according to new figures from AutoTrader.com. Autotrader analyzed recent ...
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Report: Large SUV segment outpacing small car sales growth in America 1280516040
2011 Infiniti QX56 – Click above for high-res image galleryFinally, after years and years of stagnation and painfully slow sales, small cars are starting to grab a foothold in the United States. Or are they? While conventional wisdom makes us believe that Americans are ready to take the ... -
Ford will increase SUV production because of "low supplies," increased demand 1263506400
It wasn't all that long ago that Ford was temporarily idling plants that were building SUVs and shifting some over to smaller cars because of low demand for the gas guzzlers. Those days are apparently over, because Ford Americas president Mark Fields told Automotive News [sub. req.] that FoMoCo ...
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REPORT: 9 of Top 10 clunkers being traded in are large trucks 1248973080
The fickle nature of the American consumer is on obvious display in car dealerships across the country right now. With the government sponsoring a giant garage cleaning through the CARS ("cash for clunkers") program, people are taking old vehicles and turning them into new ones, with a fancy ...
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Suspicious eBay find of the Day: EVE Motors' all-electric SUV 1248105240
EVE Trinity SUV - Click above for image galleryWith a VIN of 99999999999999999, it has to be good, right?That's the number that EVE Motors SUV gives for their electric vehicle that's currently for sale on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $29,995. This is a great price for an all-electric SUV, but ... -
Meet Veronica Moss, A.U.T.O. lobbyist [VIDEO] 1243882620
"If you know yourself but not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat." In an effort to follow the advice of Art of War author, Sun Tzu, the good folks over at Streetfilms, the video arm of the Livable Streets Initiative, wanted to learn more about the people engaged in ...
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SUVs, not eco cars, given big ad presence online 1238347680
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Tahoe HybridFor all the talk, it turns out that automakers love to advertise SUVs more than hybrids or other fuel-efficient vehicles online. According to a new study by comScore, auto companies "delivered" over six times as many online SUV display ads ... -
First Drive: Sailing in Stuttgart with Porsche's Cayenne S Hybrid 1236700680
Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid - Click above for high-res galleryWhile charging along at 85 mph with a particularly poker-faced Porsche engineer riding shotgun, traffic begins to cluster on the horizon. Not willing to risk our seven-figure prototype, I gently roll off the accelerator, at which point a ...

