If you really think about, if there is indeed a list of people who really know cars, somewhere near its top has got to be the editors of Autoweek. The fortnightly magazine has had its thumb on the pulse of the automotive industry for more than 50 years, and, so when the publication declares which [...]
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The Family Car Guide has released its perennial listing of the top selling family cars with the Toyota Camry remaining comfortably atop the rankings with 308,510 cars sold last calendar year. The second listed sedan, the Nissan Altima, is a new comer to the top two rankings after increasing its year-over-year sales by 17.3 per [...]
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The airbags in some Honda and Acura models have been linked to 18 injuries and two deaths. As you would expect, the vehicles affected are being recalled for repairs. Federal regulations require an automaker to stop its dealers from selling new cars before carrying out a recall, but there are no requirements for used cars. [...]
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Honda had been planning to update the Civic in 2014 or 2015, but the intense wave of global criticism of the 2012 model has led the company to announce that it will revamp the car by the end of the 2012 physical year. The 2012 Civic has been panned since it started arriving at dealerships [...]
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On December 16, 2011 the final Ford Ranger rolled off the assembly line, marking the end of a truck line and the the 86 year history of a plant that Henry Ford personally opened. Here is a little bit of the Ranger’s history and a glimpse of what brought about its demise. The compact Ranger [...]
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