State Farm Warned Regulators About Toyota
Unintended Acceleration As Early As 2007

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State Farm, the US’ largest automotive insurance company, began warning federal regulators in 2007 about unintended acceleration in Toyotas, theWashington Post reports. Yet the National Highway Traffic Safety did not begin to act for more than a year after State Farm’s initial alerts. Thisrevelation follows by more than a decade the insurer’s warnings about Ford [...]

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Project Better Place Birthwatch: Visiting Hours

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Optimism and food were the two abundant commodities at Better Place?s press conference yesterday morning, announcing the company?s first Visitor Center, established ? how ironically ? inside what used to be an oil tank in Pi Glilot, a former gas depot. It seems that the entire event and the resounding optimism around it were eclipsed [...]

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Japanese Government Worried About Toyota Backlash

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The Japanese government is getting increasingly worried that the Toyota debacle might turn into a worldwide backlash against Japanese cars, or even all Japanese products. As the world?s 4th largest export nation, Japan has a lot to worry about.Today, large parts of the Japanese cabinet came down hard on Toyota, says the Nikkei [sub].Prime Minister [...]

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Ford Builds Seven Millionth Ranger Pickup, Pulls
Plug

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 09 February 2010 10:13:02 AM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

After 28 years, the seven-millionth Ford Ranger rolled off their St. Paul assembly line last month. Ford also announced their intention to end Ranger production in 2011, with a replacement scheduled for the 2012 model year. Internet rumors say the new compact pickup will be based on a smaller version of their perennial [...]

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Whats Wrong With This Picture: Lost In
Translation Edition

post from The Truth About Cars on 09 February 2010 10:06:40 AM. © The Truth About Cars

Scion shows off the tC “Release Series Six” edition, which boasts a 70s muscle car-inspired graphics package, complete with a not-in-any-way-indicative-of-engine-displacement “6.0″ on the flank. Think of the look as Yee-haw meets Ichiban, but because it’s a Scion tC it’s neither cool nor particularly fast. Poor Scion…

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Hammer Time: Quality Work

post from The Truth About Cars on 09 February 2010 10:06:39 AM. © The Truth About Cars

Yesterday I sold a 1992 Lexus LS400. It was a well kept model with all the bells and whistles for it’s time. Hands-free cell phone. 250 horsepower V8. Sunroof, ABS, plenty of wood interior accents. For 195,000 miles it was a really great car. At the time it drove off I [...]

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Toyota Hybrid Recall Extended

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 09 February 2010 09:32:07 AM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Like we told you yesterday, Toyota has announced a recall of 2010 Prius models to fix software related brake issues. New today is the extent of the recall, which now includes the Prius, the Sai, and the Lexus 250h. Worldwide, the number of vehicles recalled is 437,000.Oh, and they’re also recalling 7,300 four cylinder [...]

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smart fortwo edition greystyle

Here we have another special edition smart fortwo minicar. Smart drivers (the car, not intelligence,) in my experience are insanely smug about their cars, much like the Toyota Prius, and love to make it their own with smart’s customization options. Offering special editions with exclusive colors and options similar to Scion’s Release Series lineup gives [...]

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Ford Transit Connect: Is This The Next NYC Taxi

Having spent the bulk of my adult life living near NYC, I?ve got an affinity for NYC taxis and the misfits who drive them. Generally speaking, a proper NYC cab is a massive, American made rear-drive beast that handles like a garbage barge (and smells about the same). Taxi drivers, who come from [...]

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Scion tC Release Series 6.0 Details

Scion’s latest in their limited-edition RS line, the tC RS 6.0, will debut in a couple days at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. Only 1,100 of these puppies will be made, and will start showing up on showrooms in March with prices starting at $18,620 for a manual gearbox, $19,420 for the auto.What makes this [...]

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