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0Video: Watch this story of a father, a son and a classic Plymouth on Father's Day 1371423600
They met in high school. Bev was a cheerleader, Joe played sports. The pair got married, and the first car they shared, driving off into their mutual futures together on their wedding day, was a 1948 Plymouth convertible. As is often the case with first cars – and especially cars as ...
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Featured: I sold my Viper, but the memories I'll keep 1369958280
The following is written by auto industry veteran Tom Kowaleski. The words are his own, but the memories now belong to everyone thanks to his willingness to share. If you're an industry veteran with a story to share, contact us at tipsATautoblogDOTcom. It became the flame that started the ...
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In observance of Memorial Day 1369659480
It's Memorial Day, folks. And while, for many of us, that means a day off from the daily grind, we respectfully tip our hats to all of the women and men who have served or regrettably fallen to keep the Unites States the land of the free. Like many of you, we at Autoblog are taking the day off ...
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Featured: Editors' Choice: Top Five 2013 Shanghai Motor Show Debuts 1366672440
Want proof that the Shanghai Motor Show is gradually becoming more and more important with each passing year? Up until now, our coverage of the Chinese expo has never been as in-depth as it was for 2013, and this post marks our first round of Editors' Choice picks for the show. Sure, a lot of ...
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New York: Editors' Choice: Top Five 2013 New York Auto Show Debuts [UPDATE] 1364572620
We hope you appreciate the time, thought and care that goes into an Editors' Choice list like this. If you think the debate that will follow in Comments is contentious, you should see us arguing over the merits of each car. We take these picks anything but lightly, as we know you do the ...
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Report: Tesla's Elon Musk calls Fisker Karma 'a mediocre product at a high price' 1345328880
It is official: the gloves are off in the war of words between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Fisker Automotive chief Henrik Fisker. Most of the verbal barbs came from Musk, who sat down to gossip with Automobile Magazine about archrival Fisker. The bad blood goes back a few years to when Tesla ...
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Report: Fisker Flambé: Second Karma spontaneously combusts [w/video] 1344814200
By all accounts, the Fisker Karma is one hot car. For a couple of owners though, perhaps it's too hot. Similar to a situation in May, when a Karma caught fire for no apparent reason in a Texas garage, another has burst into flames in a Woodside, CA parking lot. Rudy Burger was returning to his ...
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Two Wheels: Senate committee approves $2,500 federal tax credit for electric two-wheelers 1344378660
Last week, the Senate Finance Committee approved a federal tax credit worth 10 percent of the price of electric bikes and motorcycles, up to a maximum of $2,500. If the bill passes, it would end an existing electric vehicle tax credit for golf carts that can't be taken on public highways, unlike ...
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Report: Developer sues Tesla over aborted New Mexico Model S plant 1344031200
New Mexico may be The Land of Enchantment, but at least one developer from the state is less than charmed with Tesla Motors. The electric-vehicle maker has been sued by Rio Real Estate Investment Opportunities for what the developer says was an agreed-upon deal for Tesla to produce its Model S ...
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Video: Angry merging motorist gets clever revenge 1343666700
And in today's episode of Road Ragin' Russians we have this, one big Toyota and one little Toyota trying to occupy the same space in line. Since we know that isn't possible without the word "quantum" being involved, one of them has to give, and surprisingly, it's the big Toyota. Yet when the ...

