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Automakers tussle over owners of ‘orphan’ makes

10. May 2012

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Filed under: Car Buying , Marketing/Advertising , Chevrolet , Ford , GM , GMC , Hummer , Lincoln , Mercury , Pontiac , Saturn , Toyota When General Motors put down several of its brands in recent years, it also let loose thousands of brand-loyal customers who will eventually need another car. R.L. Polk Associates estimates there are more than 18 million cars from 16 discontinued makes on the road today

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Opel Insignia facelift spotted… will Buick’s Regal get one too?

12. April 2012

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Buick , Opel It's no secret that the Buick Regal is an Americanized version of the Opel Insignia , and Buick even uses this fact to try and persuade the public that the car is a European sport sedan rather than just a way to try and make some profit from the black-ink-challenged Opel unit. The Opel Insignia is headed for a mid-cycle facelift very soon, and camoflaged test cars have been snagged by spy photographers. While the models in the photographs are a European-spec hatchback and a wagon, there's clearly a new grille in the works, and the headlights and tail lamps will be changed, plus some other minor nips/tucks

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2013 Ford Taurus SHO

10. April 2012

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Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Ford , New Car Reviews The Most Fun You Can Have In A Full-Size, All-Weather American The American full-size segment isn't an overly welcoming place for those of us who worship at the altar of skinny-pedal antics. While European automakers are happy to deliver their customers a raft of monolithic luxury barges with Saturn V levels of thrust, We The People have been largely left with coma-inducing hardware like the Cadillac DTS , Chevrolet Impala and Lincoln MKS . Meanwhile, bruisers like the Mercedes-Benz E550 4Matic , BMW 550i xDrive and Audi A6 all boast all-wheel drive capability with sports-car besting performance cocooned in the threads of a tailored three-piece suit

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Reader renders 2013 SRT Viper

24. February 2012

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Filed under: Performance , Chrysler , Dodge , Rumormill , Design/Style While we wait for the unveiling of the 2013 SRT Viper , the inevitable speculation over what it's going to look like continues. In broad terms, we already know what we're going to get in the third generation of Chrysler's flagship sports car

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Motor Trend picks their Best Driver’s Car of 2011

24. February 2012

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Videos It's been a long while since the guys at Motor Trend went through the trouble of picking the best driver's car, and for good reason

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