Being able to lock and unlock the doors using your cell phone is part of the range of technologies that Hyundai is working on for there cars, which they say may be available on its production models by 2015.
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Ford Motor Company is increasing and maintaining jobs while upgrading its equipment and manufacturing capacity by investing more than $773 million across six manufacturing facilities. This investment proves that American automaker is delivering on its commitment to invest a total of $6.2 billion in American plants by 2015.
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By renaming it as the Lincoln Motor Company and adding its own design and engineering team, Ford is hoping to give its luxury brand, Lincoln, a new start. Automotive enthusiasts have been demanding for Lincoln to launch a rear-wheel drive model and their calls have been answered, kind of.
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Ahead of a rumored world premiere at next month’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, official pictures of the new Bentley Continental GTC Speed model have been dripped on to the web. There is no other information available on this vehicle other than these photos, but what we can tell from the photos is that the GTC Speed’s styling cues are identical to the coupe model of the series.
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In regards to Toyota‘s previous recalls for unintended acceleration, the automaker has announced that they have reached an agreement to settle the outstanding lawsuits in the U.S. Considered to be one of the largest lawsuits of its kind, Toyota will reimburse owners of up to 16-million cars resulting in a one-time, $1.1 billion pre-tax charge against its fourth quarter earnings. In addition to the monetary payment, under this agreement, Toyota will install a brake-override system in cars where the floor mats got stuck.
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With the leader in global hybrid sales being Toyota, it comes as no surprise that Lexus is also out in front when it comes to sales of gasoline-electric vehicles. Lexus has announced that it has sold over half a million hybrid models since they first started doing it in 2005.
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Sometimes, in all of our infinite wisdom, we think that we can defeat mother nature, and in this case, that is certainly not true. The one referred to as Uncle Jim in this video and his nephews went out to play around in the snow with their snowmobiles. When Jim tried to climb a slope, he seems to have triggered mini avalanche that took the rider and his vehicle rolling down the hill.
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Even though GM tried, they were not able to keep the new generation of the Corvette a complete secret until they official unveiling on January 13, 2013 as they originally planned to do. These sketches are from a member of the Corvette forums named “BlueOX”, and the member had this to say:
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