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Cars and Drivers
Why Ford Focus Sales Are Down 15%
Among the 20 best-selling cars in the United States, one stands out in terms of a loss of sales though the first five months of the year -- the Ford Focus, the…
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Cars and Drivers
The Most Reliable Hybrid Electric Cars
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.The market for used cars is hot right now. How hot? New car sales in the United States last month totaled 15.6 million units, compared with nearly 42 million…
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Cars and Drivers
Gas Prices Above $4 in California
ThinkstockThe price of an average gallon of regular remains above $4 in California, home to about 12% of Americans. While prices in general have leveled off, the trend has not done much…
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Cars and Drivers
Toyota Prius Sales in Trouble
Despite an uptick in sales in May, sales of the most popular hybrid sold in America, the Toyota Prius, have continued a sharp decline. More and more car brands are adding hybrid…
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Cars and Drivers
Volkswagen Leads China Car Sales
General Motors Co.German automaker Volkswagen‘s U.S. sales have been awful and heading toward miserable for over a year now. But the story is very different in China, where VW sells more cars…
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Cars and Drivers
Honda Dominates Best-Sellng Cars With Just Three Models
To figure out why Honda continues to be a threat to the market shares of Toyota, Chrysler and Ford, there is no need to look beyond its product line-up. It had three…
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Cars and Drivers
Are Car Loans Getting Out of Hand?
U.S. auto sales are on the rise, but the rest of the U.S. economy is still pretty sluggish. What’s driving this new-car sales boom?
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Cars and Drivers
VW’s U.S. Sales Problems Continue to Worsen
Courtesy Volkswagen AGVolkswagen of America management says it is playing for the long term. Although current sales figures are important, it will take some time to improve the German company’s flagging fortunes…
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Cars and Drivers
May Car Sales and Outlook Remain Strong
courtesy of ChryslerAutomakers reported May U.S. sales throughout the morning Tuesday, and sales for the month at all carmakers except Volkswagen were higher. The German firm’s sales were down more than 15%…
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Cars and Drivers
Do Recalls Force More Recalls?
Ford Motor Co.How frightened are car companies of public opinion, personal liability suits, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Congress? Frightened enough to recall cars they might not have in the past,…
10:29am ET
Cars and Drivers
What Is Google Thinking With Its Self-Driving Car?
GoogleGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced Tuesday that it has begun building prototypes of a fully self-driving car. The search engine giant won’t be offering the new car for sale, at least not yet. These prototypes…
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Cars and Drivers
Toyota Bets Against Battery Electric Cars
Toyota To hear some analysts and auto enthusiasts tell it, it’s a done deal: The car of the future will be battery-powered. That’s the big bet that Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and…
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Cars and Drivers
Chrysler, Nissan to Lead U.S. Car Sales Surge
Ford Motor Co.U.S. cars sales for May are expected to rise 6.7% to the highest level for any May since 2007. Total sales for the month should hit 1.54 million. Nissan and Chrysler will…
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News
Will the Chicago Cubs Win the World Series?
Image via Floyd Wilde, Flickr.You know the story. The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908, by far the longest championship drought in baseball. So naturally, fans take this to…
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Cars and Drivers
Cadillac Electric Car Prospects Fail
If General Motors ever has to recall the 2014 Cadillac ELR, the numbers are not likely to make front page news. In the five months the car has been available, GM has…