Hyundai Ups The Ante, Announces Ten-Speed Automatic Transmission

For the 2012 model year, Hyundai is launching an eight-speed automatic transmission in its Genesis and Equus luxury sedans. The transmission, developed by Hyundai in-house, promises to improve acceleration, boost fuel economy and deliver a smoother ride than more traditional six-speed transmissions. If eight speeds are good, then ten speeds must...

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2012 Murano and Murano CrossCabriolet Pricing Announced

We have good news and bad news. The good news is that Nissan has just announced pricing for the 2012 edition of the popular Murano crossover. The bad news is that the automaker has also announced pricing for the 2012 Murano CrossCabriolet, which is perhaps the most-hated vehicle on the American market. But good news first: pricing for the 2012...

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2010 Acura RDX Test Drive New Fuel Economy Leader Packs Poise and Refinement

Acura has evolved the RDX for 2010 with styling revisions, luxury features and tech upgrades to help the company fend off the influx of new competitors from Infiniti, Audi and Volvo and retain its 34-percent market share in the compact luxury segment.

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Spied: 2013 Lincoln MKT Gets Refined Version of Waterfall Grille

We caught a glimpse of the refreshed 2013 Lincoln MKS yesterday, and running in the pack with it our spy photographers spotted the 2013 MKT crossover. As you can see in these pictures, it too will receive a new rendition of the brand?s waterfall grille. Just as on the MKS, the MKT?s large, split grille [...]

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Viper Used OEM Rubber Around The Ring ? But What?s A ?Production Car??

On September 14, a Dodge Viper did the fabled N�rburgring Nordschleife in 7:12.13, beating� the Lexus LFA� which had done the ring in 7:14:64 just a few weeks before.� That was a very respectable time and makes the Viper the fastest “true production car” around the Ring. (Somehow, a Gumpert Apollo and a Radical SR8 [...]

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BMW M5, E28 through F10: A History of Supremacy

In 1985, BMW created the M5, nothing less than a supercar in disguise. That first model was powered by the outrageously muscular, 24-valve, 3.5-liter inline-six taken (albeit slightly modified) from the M1. The result was extreme performance in the perfect camouflage. Only later did BMW add cladding and spoilers or even alter the body of [...]

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GM: No Volt Variations Until 2015

From the “how did we miss that?” file comes this Automotive News [sub] story, filed at the beginning of the week, which asked GM Europe boss Nick Reilly about plans for Volt-based variants. Reilly replied We won’t do it with this generation, and that will run to 2015. You’d have to wait until after that [...]

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/09/gm-no-volt-variations-until-2015/

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