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2014 Audi R8 Starts at $119,150; Spyder Starts at $132,650
Audi’s refreshed-for-2014 mid-engined supercar, the R8, goes on sale today and official pricing has been announced. Starting at $119,150, the R8 coupe comes with a 430-hp, 4.2-liter V-8 with a...
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California Dreaming: All-Electric 2013 Fiat 500E Prices Set, Starts at $32,500
Fiat has announced what it costs to combine Italian style with all-electric technology: the 500E will start at $32,500 when it goes on sale (available only in California) later this summer. For Golden...
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2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel EPA-Rated at 46-mpg Highway
Chevrolet has announced that the new-for-2014 Cruze diesel will get an EPA-estimated 46 mpg on the highway and 26 mpg in the city. With its 2.0-liter turbo-diesel making 148 horsepower and 258 lb-ft...
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Kia Prices 2014 Cadenza; New Near-Luxury Model Starts at $35,900
Kia has announced pricing for the 2014 Cadenza, its entry into the near-luxury segment. For $35,900, buyers will get a well-equipped sedan featuring a 293-hp V-6 mated to a six-speed automatic. Kia is...
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What Price Mediocrity? Well, the 2014 Nissan Versa Starts at $12,780
Nissan announced that the 2014 Versa sedan will start at $12,780, noting that makes the model the lowest-priced car in America for the third straight year. That’s a nice thing to tout in ads but not...
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VW Beetle Turbo Coupe Adds R-Line Trim; Starts at $30,930
Now that the VW Beetle Turbo has the new EA888 engine, it is only fitting that a new R-Line model should accompany it. As we predicted last year, the R-Line will be available on the Beetle Turbo...
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Chevrolet Tries to Make Other 49 States Jealous, Introduces 2014 Texas...
When you’re as big a market for pickups as Texas, you can expect special attention from truck manufacturers. Special models honoring the state have come from nearly every corner of truckdom, and...
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Cheap(er) Fit EV: Honda Lowers the Lease Price to $259 per Month
Beginning June 1, Honda will reduce the cost of its lease-only Fit EV from $389 per month to $259 per month. This new pricing will apply not just to new customers but also to those who are currently...
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Return to Rear-Wheel Drive: 2014 Chevrolet SS Starts at $44,470
After a 17-year hiatus, Chevrolet returns to the rear-drive performance sedan game: Pricing for the 2014 Chevy SS will start at $44,470 when it hits showroom floors this fall. With its 415-hp,...
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Remotely Interested? GM Makes Remote Start / Door Unlock Standard on 2014 Models
Right up there with other how-did-we-live-without-them-before conveniences of modern living such as TV remotes, hands-free powered tailgates, and vacuum-cleaning robots, smartphone apps for cars are...
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Somebody Call for a Cab? 2014 Audi RS5 Cabriolet Starts at $78,795
Today Audi released pricing for its complete lineup for 2014, and while we’ve already covered this information for the A6, A7, and Q5 TDI models and the R8 supercar, pricing also was announced for the...
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GM Reveals Fuel Economy for 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra’s...
GM recently unveiled the power figures and EPA estimates for the optional 5.3-liter EcoTec3 V-8 that will power its all-new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. Now, it is taking the wrappers...
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Cadillac ELR Priced at $75,995; Goes on Sale in January 2014
We’ve known the ELR, Cadillac’s new electrified coupe, would go on sale soon, and today we know what it will cost: the ELR will start at $75,995 when it goes on sale next January. If a buyer is...
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Saluting a Veteran: Wrangler Willys Wheeler Edition Celebrates Jeep’s...
The original Jeep was developed for military service and won its reputation on the battlefields of World War II. In 1945, after the guns had gone silent, the first civilian Jeeps (“CJs”) were made...
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Get a CUE! 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe to Offer 4G LTE Connectivity, New CUE...
Cadillac announced that the upcoming 2015 ATS coupe will include OnStar 4G LTE as well as the CUE suite of applications when it appears in dealerships later this summer. AT&T will be the provider...
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GM Recalls 1.5 Million Additional Vehicles for Issues Unrelated to Recent...
In a new action completely unrelated to the recent recall for faulty ignition switches, General Motors is recalling more than 1.5 million vehicles for three separate defects. This comes after recently...
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The 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Gas and Diesel Cars for Sale Today
This sounds like a simple exercise—head to the EPA’s fuelconomy.gov site, copy, paste, and you have a list of the most fuel-efficient vehicles for sale in America, right? Not so fast. We decided we...
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The 10 Cheapest New Cars Sold in America for 2014
In general, cars today are so competent that even some of the most basic rides are better than some much pricier vehicles from 20 years ago. Of course, there’s still unpleasantness residing on dealer...
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2015 Chevrolet Colorado Order Options Leaked!
With the launch of the all-new Chevrolet Colorado (and its corporate twin, the GMC Canyon) approaching, more information about the mid-size pickup is surfacing. Thanks to the folks over at...
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Premium Makes It Better: 2014 VW Beetle Gets New Premium Package
If we’ve learned nothing else here at the halfway point of 2014, it’s that putting the adjective “premium” in front of any noun makes it better: “premium” beer, “premium” seats, “premium” beef jerky....
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Cord Complete Recalls an Automotive Icon [Book Review]
1937 Cord 812 CabrioletIn this day of e-books, an undertaking to publish a book—an actual, tangible book made of paper and ink—can seem almost quaint. When you choose to publish that real, actual book...
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GM to Offer New Eight-Speed Automatic in 2015 Trucks and SUVs with the...
General Motors announced today that its new eight-speed automatic transmission will be standard on the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, and GMC Yukon Denali and Yukon XL Denali models equipped...
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All-New 2015 Ford F-150 Pricing Goes Live, Starts at $26,615
We’ve learned much about the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 in the last few months: that it will make substantial use of aluminum; the output, weight, and tow ratings of models with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost...
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Power Rankings: The 7 (or So) Most Powerful Sedans Sold in America
It’s official: The Hellcat name is too good to slap on only the Dodge Challenger SRT. Indeed, the introduction of the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat brings the badge and its bodacious 707-hp supercharged...
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2015 Maserati Quattroporte GTS Tested: Maserati or Meh-serati?
Here at C/D, each editor drives 200 to 250 cars every year. We see a bunch of BMWs, a plethora of Porsches, and a ton of Toyotas. You get the idea. When it comes to Maseratis, it’s a different...
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WARNING: Graphic Content! 50 Years of Camaro vs. Mustang Sales Numbers in...
-When Ford launched the Mustang in April 1964, it unknowingly fired the first salvo in what would become known as the Pony Car Wars. General Motors, unwilling to let Ford go unchallenged, fired back...
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2016 Cadillac CTS 2.0T Tested: Now with ALL EIGHT SPEEDS
-If any product deserves the lion’s share of credit for Cadillac’s ever-ongoing renaissance, it’s the CTS. It was a promising sports sedan when it debuted for 2003, but it took the refinements of the...
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Advertising the 1980s: 44 of the Most Bodacious Car Ads of the ’80s
-The malaise that was the 1970s dribbled over into the 1980s, with ads touting Corvettes that made all of 190 horsepower, gussied-up econoboxes parading as Cadillacs, and dubious technology such as the...
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