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- Exclusive photo: Nissan Leaf electric car now in red
- Automotive X Prize goes to three for 100 mpg-plus cars
- Could Dodge Viper become an Italian sports car?
- GM CEO Akerson confirms: Taxpayers won't get repaid soon
- Chrysler CEO says IPO still likely in 2011, but in second half
- Ford trying to take the pain out of life-saving air bags
- Toyota Scion shows off new tC coupe, says no Scion hybrids coming
- Poll: Make 60 mpg cars even if they cost $3,000 more
- Duesenberg, Bugatti win top concours honors
- Drag racer 'TV Tommy' Ivo personifies Buick's heritage
- Little Mercedes-Benz electric car tiptoes into Europe
| Exclusive photo: Nissan Leaf electric car now in red Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:25 PM PDT Nothing but somber silver and boring blue -- until now. Upon our encouragement (and, yes, blackmail and other threats) Nissan's intrepid California outpost (used to be H.Q., but Nissan's beenin Tennesee for awhile now) yanked a red Leaf electric car out of some nook and provided a photo for USA TODAY's Drive On readers first.
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| Automotive X Prize goes to three for 100 mpg-plus cars Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT Back when the X Prize was first announced, going 100 miles on a gallon of gas was a pretty big deal. Now, years later, it seems like there's a lot of high-mpg cars out there.
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| Could Dodge Viper become an Italian sports car? Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT Could the macho flag-waving Dodge Viper be morphng into a fine Italian sports car?
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| GM CEO Akerson confirms: Taxpayers won't get repaid soon Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:45 AM PDT General Motors' new CEO, Dan Akerson, confirmed Thursday that the government -- taxpayers, that is -- won't get back all the money put up to save GM from ruin in the car company's initial public stock offering, expected as soon as mid-November.
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| Chrysler CEO says IPO still likely in 2011, but in second half Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT Chrysler Group and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne told Bloomberg News in Turin that Chrysler probably will start selling sell shares publicly in the second half of 2011.
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| Ford trying to take the pain out of life-saving air bags Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:07 AM PDT Here's an unsettling reality: If you're ever in a crash bad enough to trigger the airbags, the impact from your airbag could hurt an awful lot.
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| Toyota Scion shows off new tC coupe, says no Scion hybrids coming Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT There are many things the Scion brand may do to attract the younger generation, but going green isn't one of them.
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| Poll: Make 60 mpg cars even if they cost $3,000 more Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT If you think the higher gas-mileage standards laid down by the Obama administration may be tough for automakers to meet, look at how much farther likely voters want them to go. Try 60 miles per gallon.
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| Duesenberg, Bugatti win top concours honors Posted: 16 Sep 2010 06:41 AM PDT We know the question that's been burning inside your skull all week. You are wondering who won the Seventh annual Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance last Sunday?
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| Drag racer 'TV Tommy' Ivo personifies Buick's heritage Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:19 AM PDT Buick could do much worse than draft Tommy Ivo as a pitchman. Former TV personality and retired drag rager, Ivo used Buick V-8s to power a variety of drag cars to record speeds and many trophies on the quarter-mile strips.
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| Little Mercedes-Benz electric car tiptoes into Europe Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:24 AM PDT Mercedes-Benz continues to move cautiously forward on electric car production, even as Asian and U.S. rivals are hustling to get regular-production battery cars into showrooms for real-world customers.
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