General Motors Takes on Ford Sync with MyLink Infotainment System

Published Feb. 23, 2011 at 12:02 a.m.

First there was Ford's Sync infotainment system, now known as MyFord. Then came Kia's UVO, which is also built off Microsoft's technology. Earlier this year, Toyota and Hyundai joined the car entertainment wars with ...

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Indie Band Perry Acker wins Ford Fiesta Gimme the Gig Contest

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 10:02 p.m.

Last week, Ford announced that the indie band Perry Acker won the automaker's seven-month “Gimme the Gig” Indie Music and Band search contest ...

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Subaru Teases Rear-Drive Sports Car Architecture (FT-86) For Geneva

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:57 p.m.
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The Toyota-Subaru joint sports car project, known as the FT-86 in Toyota's hands and spied many times on its long road to production, will finally see an official Subaru-branded concept at Geneva. This teaser gives us a taste of its front-mounted boxer engine. Full of words like "technology exhibition" and "proposal," the press release doesn't ...

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Ford Developing 40 MPG Hybrid F-150

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:34 p.m.

Ford announced Friday that it is working with the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power and Folsom Technologies on a hydraulic hybrid F-150 that can achieve 40 mpg or higher. We’ve talked about hydraulic hybrids before, when Chrysler, in ...

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Lamborghini Previews Aventador LP700-4 Rolling Chassis Ahead Of Geneva

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:25 p.m.
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The 2011 Geneva Motor Show is knocking on our door, due to kick off press days in just a week. The latest early arrival is this shot of Lamborghini's Murcielago-replacing Aventador LP700-4, in naked rolling chassis form. If the new chassis looks decidedly familiar in shape, it's for good reason: the Aventador won't be a groundbreaking design. It ...

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Geneva-bound Skoda concept to preview new design laguage, logo

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:15 p.m.
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Skoda has announced it will be previewing a new design language and corporate logo with a concept car at the upcoming Geneva show ...

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JLR talking joint-venture with China’s Great Wall

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:25 p.m.
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Tata's Jaguar Land Rover division could soon have a manufacturing presence in China thanks to a joint-venture with Great Wall ...

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Toyota refocuses Japanese sales force on emerging markets

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:09 p.m.
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Toyota is said to have reassigned 10 percent of its Japan-based sales staff in an effort to better position the automaker in emerging markets ...

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Honda trims board, names new chairman

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:48 p.m.
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Honda announced that it will speed up decision making by chopping board members in an effort to be more versatile ...

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Cars.com Reviews the 2011 Nissan Quest

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:14 p.m.

A slew of new minivans is hitting the market for 2011; technically, all the models have been re-engineered or enhanced. The 2011 Nissan Quest is the newest kid on the block, coming back to U.S. shores after a two-year hiatus ...

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