Despite recent and significant increases in the cost of diesel fuel in Canada and the United States, Mercedes-Benz has pressed on with its diesel strategy, introducing BlueTec clean diesel technology to its range of sport-utility vehicles in North America.
The redesigned ML - as well as the GL and R models - will still be available [...]

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It must be the 40th consecutive time that I exit Turn Six on my way uphill along the Rahal straight toward the Corkscrew. I’m going to pull into the pits on this lap, but only because the low-fuel light has come on. This isn’t an endurance race, but the press launch for the 2008 Yamaha [...]

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The local motorcycle market enjoyed 2.8% growth in the first six months of this year with new registrations reaching 872,644 units, according to A.P. Honda Co, the compiler of industry figures.
Motorcycle sales in June alone rose 7.14% year-on-year to 163,501 units, breaking a 21-month record.
Teerapat Chivapong, sales director of A.P. Honda, said the growth was [...]

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Communist-era luxury cars, once used by Bulgaria’s elite and by visiting dignitaries, will be auctioned in Sofia next week, officials said on Wednesday.
The sale of 20 Soviet-built Chaikas, one of the world’s most exclusive cars, have drawn interest from Germany, Austria and Russia, said the national guard service which owns the vehicles.
“All head of states [...]

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BMW is continuing their aggressive pace of entering racing series, both on road and off.
Their Superbike project has completed its first test of the new S1000RR at a track that was once used by the Superbike World Championship - the Eurospeedway Lausitzring. The recent two day test gave them a chance to compare their lap [...]

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Volkswagen’s second model in India, the Jetta has been launched in the market today. The car will compete with the Civic and the upcoming Corolla in the Indian market. The styling is understated and teutonic like its big brother, the Passat, infact the car really looks like Passat’s younger brother in profile. The huge trademark [...]

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Ford’s entry-level car in the Middle East up until last year was the Fiesta. Unfortunately, this cute little car did not make it to the list of cars at the dealership this year, but we are told that there will be an all-new Fiesta in 2009! Designed in Europe but intended for the global market, [...]

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I’ve seen many articles across the internet about the Yamaha FZ6 as a first motorcycle. From what I’ve seen, the opinions seem pretty well split, and I think for good reason.
I think there are definitely valid points for both arguments. My first motorcycle was a Yamaha R6. I really didn’t ride it that much, nor [...]

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Over the two dozen years that Michael Okulski has sold used automobiles at one of Toledo’s busiest intersections, he’s rarely seen a topsy-turvy market like the one he’s dealing with today.
“The big stuff, you can get cheap, but there aren’t very many little cars out there,” said Mr. Okulski, a veteran salesman at Tom Cater [...]

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What will the future vehicle look like? That’s the question that Volkswagen asked to their top engineers and their answer is the Volkswagen 2028 concept vehicles. The results are as interesting as they are fun, and propose personal vehicles unlike any seen before. The Volkswagen cars we’ll be driving 20 years from now will be [...]

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