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IndyCar: Conquest Racing confirms Scheckter for Kentucky race:

September 3, 2010

Izod IndyCar Series driver Tomas Scheckter will behind the wheel for his second stint in the No. 36 Conquest Racing car this weekend for the Kentucky Indy 300. The car will be sponsored by Norcote International for the weekend.

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2010 Mazda RX-8 R3, an AW Drivers Log:

September 3, 2010

EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: I have a real love/hate relationship with this car. I love the exterior design, but hate the way the B-pillar blocks your side view.

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2010 Mazda RX-8, an AW Drivers Log:

September 3, 2010

EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: I have a real love/hate relationship with this car. I love the exterior design, but hate the way the B-pillar blocks your side view.

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Axes and Axles: Cars and guitars celebrated at the NHRA museum:

September 3, 2010

WITH VIDEO — Cars and guitars–who can explain why the two go together? NHRA Museum director Tony Thacker says they both represent freedom. You could say they’re both a means of self-expression.

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Do we need an FHA-like agency to back car loans?

September 3, 2010

That subprime market is bigger than ever, industry analyst Jesse Toprak told me yesterday.

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Ford settles $131m Explorer rollover case

September 3, 2010

Filed under: SUV, Government/Legal, Safety, Ford

Ford’s second-generation Explorer has just cost the company $131 million. Despite the popularity of the seminal SUV, it’s had more than its fair share of legal scrapes regarding its rollover resistance. And while the Explorer/Firestone tire kerfuffle has long since exited the headlines, the Blue Oval continues to get its pocketbook dinged by the SUV. According to Autoblog sister site AOL Autos, this week, a jury in Jackson, Mississippi was to decide on possible punitive damages in the lawsuit over the death of Brian Cole, a promising baseball player headed for the New York Mets. Ford settled with the family over the matter of the 2001 rollover accident after a jury awarded $131 million in damages. Punitive damages were the next decision the jury was to consider before Ford settled.
Ford apparently disagrees with the blame placed on its vehicle, saying that the 22-year-old Cole [...]

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Who pays the highest auto loan interest rates in the country?

September 3, 2010

Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Earnings/Financials
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It’s that time of the year again, kids. Manufacturers are busy trying to put people in cars in order to move leftover stock and make room for incoming models, and many are doing so with ridiculously low financing rates. But who’s the fairest of them all? As it turns out, that depends entirely on where you live. The crew over at Kicking Tires has compiled average loan interest rates from across the country and organized the data into the incredibly handy map you see above.
As it turns out, car buyers in places like Los Angeles and Las Vegas are getting the short end of the financial stick when it comes to their loans, with buyers dealing with 9.55 percent and 9.58 percent APR, respectively. Meanwhile, those in places like Oklahoma City are shouldering a much more reasonable 3.65 percent APR.
The Kicking [...]

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Cities under consideration for Fiat 500 sales outlets listed?

September 3, 2010

Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Chrysler, Fiat

Fiat 500 receives a model introduction - click above for high-res image gallery

We’ve been anxiously awaiting the availability of Fiat’s 500 bubble bauble in the States for so long that we’re beginning to feel like we’re waiting for Godot and that the four-wheeled confection will never actually arrive at all.
But there appears to be hope on the horizon.
Earlier this week, Chrysler hosted hundreds of potential dealers at its Auburn Hills, MI headquarters as it is working to pull together a network, and it’s understood that the automaker wants to sell 50,000 units per year through 165 dealers. While we think the Cinquecento is small and cuddly enough to pop out of a few strategically placed vending machines, Fiat will definitely need a cohesive countrywide network to sell its planned full lineup of vehicles. So where are they thinking about planting their [...]

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Will Land Rover Add Small, Hybrid Models?

September 3, 2010

New owner Tata Motors says yes, but not when.

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Autoliv CEO says demand still firm, repeats outlook

September 3, 2010

Autoliv, the world’s biggest maker of airbags and seat belts, has seen no decline in demand despite slower car production in the second half of the year, its top executive said on Friday.

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