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		<title>Toyota Announces Pricing on Off-Roading-Equipped 2012 Tacoma TRD T/X Baja</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Toyota Tacoma, on its minor refreshing for 2012, gets a new limited edition TRD package dubbed the TRD T/X Baja. Onlookers received a glimpse of a pre-production Tacoma TRD Baja edition at previous shows such as SEMA and the Texas State Fair last year. Now we get official details and pricing on Toyota&#8217;s Off-Roading Tacoma Baja edition. The new 2012 Tacoma TRD T/X Baja comes as part of Toyota Racing Development’s initiative to provide consumers with a subtly “Raptor-ized” Tacoma capable of serious off-roading. Some Toyota execs will call this tricked-out off-roader Toyota’s Raptor. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari Announces Anniversary Edition 458 Italia For The Chinese Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese market 20th Anniversary 458 Italia. Image: Ferrari It’s been 20 years since Ferrari sold its first car in China, and from those humble beginnings a giant market has emerged. In 1992, Ferrari sold a single 348 TS in China, but last year the brand moved 777 cars, making China its second largest global market. That kind of demand warrants attention, so Ferrari is opening a brand center in Shanghai’s World Expo Park. The Ferrari Exhibition will feature displays on loan from the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, and it will focus specifically on five areas: Ferrari in China, Green Technology, Products, Design and Racing. Ferrari is also kicking off a limited production 458 Italia to mark its 20th anniversary in China, and the car is styled more for Chinese tastes than for Western preferences. The color, called Marco Polo Red, is all new and was created specifically for the anniversary edition car. Gold features prominently in the car’s livery, and is used both on the wheels and in the graphics]]></description>
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		<title>GM Suspends Production And Shipment Of Camaro ZL1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1. Image: © GM Corp. If you were hoping to get your hands on a new Camaro ZL1 in the coming weeks, we’ve got some bad news for you: due to a “quality assessment,” GM has put a temporary hold on production and delivery of the uber-Camaro. GM isn’t giving any further details, but the hold also delays a current Dealer Order Submission Process cycle, which (presumably) means that dealer orders aren’t being accepted at the present time. The story broke on GM Inside News last week, but Motor Authority did some further digging into the matter yesterday. One Camaro ZL1 had already been delivered to a customer in Texas, prompting the dealership to recall the car for a “software programming issue.” While it’s possible that the quality assessment is software related, it’s equally possible that a software issue was merely a cover for some other type of problem with the Camaro ZL1. Whatever the underlying cause, we’re sure that GM will have it resolved in the very near future. Such production holds aren’t uncommon on new vehicles, and the automaker deserves credit for getting on top of things before a recall is needed. That may not be good news for those awaiting delivery of a ZL, but the consolation is that owners will undoubtedly be getting an improved product. ]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Buick Regal GS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Buick , GM , New Car Reviews A Great Sport Sedan With One Big "But" Of the remaining General Motors nameplates, Buick is the one that's most difficult to wrap your mind around. On the one hand, it's supposed to be a premium brand, but on the other, it's selling vehicles with sticker prices that tend to start in the $20,000 price range, seemingly encroaching on Chevrolet territory. To wit: The Buick Verano is a bit over $23,000 and the Buick Regal starts just under $28,000, while Chevy sells its Cruze , Malibu and Impala in that same range. Even the Buick LaCrosse , whose price shot up nearly $4,000 this year, starts at $31,045. Indeed, GM must be using a mandoline to price the different versions of its sedans clustered around the $25,000-$30,000 price range. But it's over that threshold where things get really perplexing. Because whether we understand GM's strategy or not, a twenty-some-thousand dollar Buick makes sense. You look at all the boxes you have to tick on a mainstream brand product to get the amenities that Buick offers and you dump that and all the data about the premium competition in a spreadsheet, and you can probably justify a Buick as a wise purchase. ]]></description>
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		<title>Facing An Uncertain Future, Mazda Looks For Partners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mazda&#039;s 2012 MX-5 Special Edition, introduced at the Chicago Auto Show In the fiscal year that ends on March 31, Mazda Motor Corporation estimates it will lose some $1.29 billion due to declining sales and a strong Japanese yen. That makes 2011 Mazda’s worst year in over a decade, since its $2 billion loss at the end of the 2000 fiscal year. On its own, that would be bad news; however, this year marks the fourth in a row that Mazda has lost money. As Automotive News (subscription required) reports, the financial strain has Mazda actively seeking partnerships with other global automakers. Mazda’s previous long-term relationship with Ford hit the rocks in 2008, when Ford itself faced an uncertain future. In 2007, Ford owned a 33 percent stake in Mazda, but by 2011 had reduced that to less than 4 percent. Mazda is taking the right steps to correct its current financial problems. A plant under construction in Mexico will reduce the landed costs of its products in North America, raising profit on each unit sold]]></description>
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		<title>Chevrolet Kicks Off Early With “Chevy Happy Grad” Superbowl XLVI Commercial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Chevrolet is getting into the Superbowl commercial action by continuing their “Chevy Runs Deep” campaign. The Superbowl XLVI commercial, officially released yesterday, is rather clever and came about from a Chevrolet Route 66 film submission by 26-year old Long Island resident Zach Borst. The Chevy Superbowl commercial will air gameday and is shown in its full glory below for your enjoyment. I must say, it is excellent! Enjoy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Manual Transmissions Add Security, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you need another reason to purchase a manual transmission in your next car instead of an automatic, here it is: the population of carjackers who know how to drive a stick is apparently in decline. A St. Petersburg, FL man and his girlfriend learned this firsthand when the pair was approached by two would-be carjackers. The robbers produced a handgun and ordered the victims out of the car. Next, they demanded cash and a cell phone, before jumping into the car for an escape. As Left Lane News and the St. Petersburg Times explain, that’s where things started going wrong for the robbers. The car, a 2007 Nissan, had a manual transmission, which thoroughly baffled the criminal duo. Unable to drive the victim’s car, the rookie robbers were forced to make their escape on foot. ]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a ride in the 2012 Porsche Boxster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Porsche is gearing up to launch its third-generation]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Reports Asks: Is VW Building Better Cars For Journalists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The 2012 VW Passat As an auto journalist, one of the perks of the job is a free new car, delivered to your door, each week. In exchange for this consideration, manufacturers want us to write objective reviews about their latest wares, emphasizing the things we liked more than the things we didn’t. That’s not to say that we won’t call out a car company for things that need fixing; instead, it’s more of an unwritten understanding that we won’t bash a particular brand because of personal bias or past quality issues. Occasionally, we get cars that are pre-production models, which usually don’t have the same build quality (and in some cases, features) as a production car. When these cars are cycled through company engineers and press fleets, they’re sent to the crusher since pre-production models can’t be sold to the public. I’ve driven a few pre-production models that had some noticeable issues, but these were corrected by the time the car hit production. In other words, I’ve driven a few “worst case” examples, but I’ve never driven a car that was built as a “ringer,” with a higher emphasis on quality than production models. Consumer Reports , who tends to have its own biases, is now questioning whether or not Volkswagen built “ringer” Passat sedans for the press fleet, and by way of example cites the use of plastic covers on the trunk hinges. ]]></description>
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		<title>Buying A Used Car? Be Sure To Check It Out Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A 2008 Chrysler Town &#038; Country. Image: Chrysler Group LLC Dr. Charles Preston needed a minivan to deliver food to the homeless, but didn’t want to pay full retail price for a new one. While we’d never advocate buying a used rental car (since we know how they’re driven, and also how they’re maintained), that’s exactly what the good doctor did. ]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Scion iQ: Review notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: I am somewhat predisposed to like dinky cars. OK, not even somewhat. I like the things.]]></description>
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		<title>Small But Safe: 2012 Fiat 500 Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The 2012 Fiat 500. Image: Chrysler Group LLC Americans, it seems, are genetically conditioned to equate size with safety. Thanks to advances in automotive design and materials, the physical size of a car or truck is no longer a good indication of how safe the vehicle is. Take the 2012 Fiat 500, for example: the IIHS has just awarded Fiat 500 models built after August of 2011 a “Top Safety Pick” award, and the 500 is small enough to fall into the “minicar” category. Earning the Top Safety Pick award requires a car to score “Good” (the agency’s highest rating) in frontal offset, side impact and roof strength testing. Cars also must be equipped with electronic stability control, which can help even inexperienced drivers avoid catastrophic rollover accidents. As Autoblog points out, the Fiat 500 joins the Ford Fiesta as the only minicars to earn the Top Safety Pick rating. Since Chevrolet has big plans for the Spark in the U.S]]></description>
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		<title>Land Rover DC100 Penned As Defender Replacement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Land Rover DC 100 concept. Image: Jaguar Land Rover With apologies to Jeep, the Land Rover Defender is perhaps the world’s most iconic go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle. It’s the one vehicle in the Land Rover catalog that is most directly related to the original Land Rover, proven in the harshest terrain all over the world. It’s more pack mule than status symbol, and you’re more likely to see a mud-caked Defender in a British farmer’s field than you are to see a sparkling clean Defender parked outside of Harrods. ]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander GT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Platform shared with the Evo + three rows of seating = the ideal vehicle for an enthusiast with kids? This formula encapsulates the promise of the second-generation Mitsubishi Outlander. But back when it was introduced, for the 2007 model year, the reality fell short, with too many rough edges in both the chassis and the ]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Ford Transit Connect Struck By Killer Depreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have no wish to dampen enthusiasm for any new development in the light commercial vehicles sector but at this point the prospects for all-electric vans are fraught with difficulties, despite the clear operating advantages of using one for specific kinds of work The Commercial Vehicle Monitor editor for the British residual value gurus at CAP, Tim ]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Does The Detroit Auto Show, Taxpayers Foot The Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: Autoblog Green It&#8217;s getting a little predictable. Go to a big car event like the North American International Auto Show or the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress and you&#8217;re going to see politicians and government officials. I suppose that&#8217;s to be expected, but to be honest, I&#8217;m a little ticked off ]]></description>
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		<title>EV Racing: Saved By Scalextric?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between Nissan&#8217;s Leaf racer and a new EV-only racing cup, electric auto racing has been coming along in recent months, although significant challenges remain. For one thing, batteries are still extremely heavy, and for another, they take a long time to recharge. Finally, thermal management issues conspire with both of these battery challenges to force ]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Doubles Footprint In India</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a race to get a more solid foothold in India, Toyota is nearly doubling its production capacity on the subcontinent.  Much to the chagrin of some Indians, the country is called the “next China.”  Currently, the market is dominated by Suzuki, which owns nearly half. Hyundai  and  Mahindra  hold sizable shares – all of ]]></description>
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		<title>With Carlos Ghosn In Beijing: Go Where The Growth Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fulfillment of my paparazzo duties, I stalked Nissan’s and Renault’s CEO all the way to China today. Easy for me to do: I could walk from where I live in Beijing. The walk was worth it. In the Grand Ballroom of the China World Tower 3, Ghosn and his Chinese joint venture partners announced ]]></description>
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		<title>California City to Vote on Banning Red Light Cameras</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A third jurisdiction in Orange County, California is taking steps to ban the use of red light cameras. Later today the city council in Orange will vote on the first reading of an ordinance that would deter future councils from considering the devices. The city of 136,000 residents has never used photo enforcement, but the ]]></description>
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