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Test drive: BMW X4 marries car, SUV

Think of the BMW X4 as another bright idea from the German automaker — a way to use hardware already in production to create what seems to be an entirely different vehicle. Think of the BMW X4 as the spawn of the automaker's apparent need to fill …

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Chrysler 200 recalled: Won't go into park

FCA US, the company previously known as Chrysler Group, is recalling 22,107 Chrysler 200s equipped with the V-6 engine to fix a transmission problem that could prevent them from shifting into "park." All the cars are from the current 2015 model year.

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Biggest Audi dealer in US opens in Freehold

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The biggest Audi dealership in the country is right here on Route 9. The new Ray Catena Audi Freehold on Route 9 has brought the racetrack indoors – almost literally. Although the company declined to disclose exact …

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JD Power: Lexus ranked most reliable, Buick up to #2

And also like the other survey, Buick makes a big move up in the Power brand rankings. Now it's in second place, up three notches from last year's survey. On Tuesday Buick became the first domestic name to break into the Top 10 of Consumer Reports' …

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Cadillac Will Debut A Whole New Family Of V6 Engines Next Month

Yesterday, Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen stopped by for a fantastic live Q&A session. The problem is, he got far more questions than he had time to answer in just an hour. So he's answered some more, and just told us that Cadillac will debut an …

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Buick cracks Consumer Reports top 10 brands

Buick became the first domestic name to break into the top 10 of Consumer Reports' annual Car Brand Report Card, capping a series of successes that has catapulted Buick far beyond its once dowdy image of older folks looking for soft rides. First there …

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Stakes are high as Cadillac's new branding effort debuts at the Oscars

DETROIT — The commercials that Cadillac teed up for the Oscars broadcast Sunday night could be seen as simply the first step in what brand boss Johan de Nysschen has described as a "journey" to luxury prominence. Or maybe it's the crushing of the …

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Cadillac is basically now a New York car company

Last year, General Motors announced that Cadillac would be moving its marketing and sales operations to New York from Detroit. It was part of Caddy President Johan de Nysschen's plan to assert that GM's luxury division was an authentic luxury brand …

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With Hot Escalade, Cadillac Loves To Leave Well Enough Alone

As Cadillac executives reconstruct the brand around new luxury-performance sedans and a coming small utility vehicle, a fresh system of alphanumeric nomenclature and a redefinition of what Cadillac stands for, there's one big internal obstacle in their …

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Test Drive: Chevy Trax enters mini-ute market

Now GM hopes for the same pop from the Chevrolet Trax, which went on sale in December, as a second entry in the new mini-ute, or city-ute, segment. The category is expected to zoom from almost non-existent to 2 million sales a year within the next few …

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£1 Million Will Get You This 2006 BMW Sauber Formula 1 Car

The car comes complete with a 2.4-litre BMW V8 engine plus working traction control, and is reported to be in perfect condition. The price may seem pretty steep, but this is a fairly recent F1 car in great condition. Perhaps, if we all chip in, we …

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Car Review: 2015 Chrysler 200

You have to give it up to Chrysler these days. They really are making an effort to design and build competent, good looking passenger vehicles. The Chrysler 200 — the company's follow-on to the old Sebring — is sharp midsize sedan that will be …

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Warren Buffett's Cadillac sells for $122500

Warren Buffett's 2006 Cadillac was sold to a New Yorker for $122,500 in an on-line auction that ended Thursday. That's $110,500 more than it would have been worth if the Oracle of Omaha himself hadn't owned it and signed the dashboard in black marker.

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'Black Out' work truck is latest Chevy Silverado special

Latest to give it a shot is Chevrolet, with the Black Out version of the Silverado model officially known as the Work Truck. It's a $1,595 option package for regular-cab and extended-cab models, pushing the starting price to $28,895 including shipping …

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Cadillac using Theodore Roosevelt speech for Oscars ad

The General Motors Co. luxury brand will air three all-new commercials during the awards show, including one ad that doesn't show any Cadillacs. That commercial is intended as a prelude to Cadillac's new advertising campaign and brand mentality.

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Video Review: The Chevrolet Trax Is a Crossover in a Smaller Package

The Chevrolet Trax, a name that word processors desperately want to correct, is much like a small hatchback dressed in North Face gear. It's something you'll be seeing much more of — the subcompact crossover. Look for Jeep Renegade, Mazda CX-3 and …

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Auto review: 2015 Audi A3 TDI could trigger mischief

A sucker for small German sedans, I was hooked by the Mercedes 190E a few decades ago. But the current wave, including the Mercedes-Benz CLA and Audi A3, make my heart patter. And I'm not immune to the wicked ways of Volkswagen Jettas or …

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Cadillac's Oscar ad channels Teddy Roosevelt

Cadillac's advertising during this Sunday's Academy Awards telecast will feature a spot that borrows from President Theodore Roosevelt's famous "Man in the Arena" speech, but shows none of Cadillac's cars or SUVs. The spot's name, "Dare Greatly," is …

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Chevy Chase: After 'Saturday Night Live,' too mean to succeed

From almost the moment “Saturday Night Live” first aired, the media swooned at the sight of Chevy Chase. New York magazine slapped him on the cover, declaring he was the next Johnny Carson. He did an opinion piece for the New York Times, in which he …

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IndyCar Media Day: Chevrolet shows aero kit design

Specifically, Chevrolet's car is aimed at performing better than rival manufacturer Honda, which has has yet to roll out its design. The tentative unveiling is set for March 15, the day before IndyCar's first open test at Barber Motorsports Park near …

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With surging sales, 'Iron Man,' and now 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Audi is dominating

And Audi is the talk of the luxury automotive world. While parent Volkswagen has been enduring some struggles, especially in the US market, Audi has steadily established itself as a serious challenger to the "Big Three" top-tier luxury car brands …

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NC NASCAR legend reveals Elvis Presley's secret Chevy van

The employees took Evernham to a warehouse and unveiled a 1948 Chevy Panel Van, according to Fox News. The van had been hidden from the public since Presley's death — until now. “The King” would reportedly sneak out of his mansion and drive the …

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GM recalls over 81K Chevrolet, Pontiac vehicles over power steering problem

NEW YORK — General Motors is recalling more than 81,000 vehicles because of problems that can cause power steering to fail. The recall covers certain Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Maxx and Pontiac G6 vehicles with power steering from the 2006 and 2007 …

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BMW pushes model range envelope with 7-seat minivan

The name of this new BMW makes it sound as though it's some kind of fancy sports car — the 2-Series GT — but in fact, it is a family-oriented, utilitarian minivan, the German luxury carmaker's first compact seven-seater, and it will make its first …

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2015 Chevrolet Colorado GearOn Edition is ready to do that outdoorsy thing

Beyond that, though, Chevy has fitted a few other items to lift up the Colorado's styling, including gloss-black 18-inch wheels, black Bowtie emblems, a body-color grille, off-road assist steps and front foglights. It's a tidy little update to the …

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Chevrolet to build a Tesla-killer

Chevrolet announced yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show that the company has greenlit the production of the Bolt, its new electric vehicle (EV). The car was first shown to the world at last month's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, MI …

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How To Own A Ridiculously Cheap And Reliable BMW 7-Series

The 2002-2008 BMW 7-series was controversial to roughly the same degree that Beyonce is underrated. It had styling made by the love-him-or-hate-him Chris Bangle, and was the first car to come equipped with BMW's proprietary iDrive system, which had …

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Chevy to produce the $30000 Tesla-fighting Bolt EV

Chevrolet showed off its Bolt EV concept in Detroit. John F. Martin/Chevrolet. CHICAGO — We still can't say we love the name, but we do love Chevrolet confirming that the Bolt will go into production sometime in the not-too-distant future. This …

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BMW i5/i7 Plug-In Hybrid Coming In 2018

There must be a lot of interesting conversations happening in BMW's Munich, Germany headquarters these days. First there's the technology alliance with Toyota, which could give birth to a hydrogen-powered Bimmer as well as a hybrid sports car, and …

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Malcolm Butler gets the MVP's Chevy Colorado

In the wake of the Super Bowl last week, we reported that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady intended to give the Chevy Colorado awarded to him as the game's most valuable player to Malcolm Butler instead. In our informal poll (to say nothing …

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Fiat Chrysler readies Canada plant for 14-week shutdown

A $2 billion investment by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV into the development and production of its next-generation minivan will mean the largest retooling for the Windsor Assembly Plant since the 1980s. The investment includes more than 860 new robots, …

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Malcolm Butler Finally Gets His New Truck at Local Chevy Dealer

Shortly after Tom Brady was gifted a new Chevy truck along with his third career Super Bowl MVP award, word spread that the Patriots' quarterback was looking to give the keys to Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler. After a few hurdles were cleared, the …

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Exclusive: GM's Barra faces roadblocks in rebuilding Cadillac brand

Even though chrome-bedecked Escalades retailing for more than $100,000 each are rolling every day out of an Arlington, Texas, factory that's been working weekend overtime for months, Cadillac still can't keep more than a few weeks' worth of the big …

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