The new specially-made Popemobile was recently delivered to Rome, straight to Pope Benedict XVI himself. On hand to personally deliver the special vehicle to the head of the Catholics Church at the Vatican was Daimler AG chairman as well as Mercedes-Benz Cars Head, Dr. Zetsche.
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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and its trainers has taught three dogs in New Zealand how to drive a car in hopes of demonstrating the intelligence of rescued dogs.
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What do Bill Gates, the Pope Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Toyota boss Akio Toyoda have in common? The all have been named to the Forbes magazine list of the world’s 71 most powerful people. With a total of 7.1 billion people living on this planet, Forbes says its list is of the 71 who matter, which averages one person for every 100 million. Of all the political, religious, and business leaders on this list, Musk and Toyoda are the only two that are head of car companies.
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Chevrolet claims that collectively, owners of Volt range-extended EV’s have driven over 100 million miles on nothing but all-electric power. Chevy says, if charged regularly, the average Volt owner gets approximately 900 miles out of a single tank of gas. Volt owners who charge up regularly can save around $1,370 a year compared to the fuel usage of the average new vehicle sold in the States.
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Winning another major accolade, the amazing Toyota GT86 was named Top Gear Magazine’s 2012 Car of the year. The GT86 must have what it takes to convince Top Gear to be their winner because these guys know a thing or two about cars.
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Hitting a new record for the month of November, and with a few weeks to go, hit a new overall record for the year, Hyundai seems to be doing something right.  This news was announced on Tuesday, December 3rd on Twitter by Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik who confirms that the Korean automaker’s US division had moved 645,692 units for 2012 so far, “breaking out all-time sales record set last year.” Thanks in part to the addition of two new models the Elantra Coupe and Elantra GT, sales were strong for the Sonata, and the Elantra, which saw an increase of 28 percent in November.
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As it turns out London was official rated the most fun-deprived city in the UK. According to the research that proved this fact, it shows that Londoners have fun for 142 minutes per day due mostly to their daily commute.
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Former General Motors engineer, Shanshan Du, and her husband have been accused and found guilty of conspiring to sell GM trade secrets to Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co. The accusations that Du was found guilty of consisted of the following: conspiracy to posses trade secrets without authorization, and two counts of unauthorized possession of trade secrets.
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