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Can You Get Away Without Car Insurance? Sure, if You’re Rich
If you live in California, Texas, New Hampshire and a handful of other states, you can get away without insurance—albeit with a very important caveat. Some states will let you drive without car insurance, but only if you can prove to them that you can pay for all liable damages out of your own pocket. [...]
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Fisker Atlantic Specs, Price Estimates, and Delays Leaked From Internal Documents
When we got our first look at the Fisker Atlantic ahead of this year’s New York International Auto Show, we were stoked to see a stylish car from the automaker that would be more accessible than its more than $100,000 Fisker Karma. In fact, early word had it the Atlantic would come in at half [...]
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Future Cars Charted: Ford to Change Almost Entire Lineup Between 2013 and 2016
The car business is big business—very big business. And charting the changes from year to year can be a little tough. But when investment banks get involved, their goal is to be absolutely sure of what’s on the horizon to keep investors interested in the right companies, referencing knowledge of future products and the market [...]
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Acura Recalling 52,000 TLs for Leaking Hose
Acura is recalling 52,615 examples of the TL and TL Type-S, covering model years 2007 to 2008. The Acura TL, pictured above, has a power steering hose that deteriorates—which can cause a leak in power steering fluid, ultimately cutting out power steering. In addition, power steering fluid could leak onto the catalytic converters, which could cause the [...]
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Tony Hawk Jumps a Lexus LFA Supercar, Because That’s What Tony Hawk Does
In a bizarre mashup that combines a $375,000 vehicle from a luxury company known for its somnolent properties and one of the most legendary skateboarders in the world—the man that made it possible to use the words “skateboarding” and “legendary” together in the first place—Lexus lent Tony Hawk an example of the company’s ultra-rare LFA [...]
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Tesla Anticipates Model S to Get 265 Miles to a Charge
Whether or not Tesla ever comes out with its Model S sedan seems to be a non-question to the electric startup. Whether or not it gets its expected 160-, 230-, or 300-mile expected per-charge range is much more pertinent to Tesla, despite other doubts. Tesla anticipates its top-spec 85-kilowatt-hour battery in the 2013 Model S [...]
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Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S Turbo and Supercharged?
Toyota and Subaru teamed up to develop a new sports car that was about handling and precision instead of maximum horsepower, and called it the Subaru BRZ, Toyota GT-86 and Scion FR-S. Of course, after the initial cheers and celebration rang around the enthusiast community, the next and almost inevitable question became: When is it [...]
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Chevy, OnStar’s Five Do’s and Don’ts When Driving to Save $1,200 a Year
Americans, seeing the economy still in flux (and politicians worse than useless during election year) continue to keep a keen eye on gas prices. General Motors fuel economy engineers Ann Wenzlick and Beth Nunning recently took the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT for a typical workday drive to figure out the best–and worst–ways to improve fuel [...]
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Kia Asks Customers if They Want a Diesel-Powered Optima Sedan in U.S.
When we journalist folk are gathered up at meetings before getting to drive new cars, there’s inevitably some louse in the back of the room who will raise his hand and ask if the automaker will eventually offer a diesel engine/manual transmission/cool feature available in European cars or some other far-fetched feature unavailable in the [...]
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Automobile Magazine Goes the Distance With McLaren, Lexus, Lamborghini, Bugatti Supercars
Okay, spouse out of the house? Kids asleep in their beds or, better yet, over at the neighbors’ house? Good. First, pardon us for a moment (or post) as Automotive.com sheds it consumer-oriented clothes and slips into tight but oh-so-comfortable car enthusiast garb. Ah, much better. Our enthusiast brethren over at Automobile Magazine recently got [...]
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