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01.11.11

Obsessively covering the 2011 Detroit Auto Show: Day 1
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: Detroit Auto Show Production Cars 2012 Audi A6 2012 Audi A6 Hybrid ...
01.10.11

Autoline is live from Detroit
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Videos, Autoline on AutoblogThe crew from Autoline are broadcasting live from the Detroit Auto Show today and tomorrow. The stream kicks off at noon EST and runs through 2:30 PM each day, with interviews, discussions and impressions from the show floor. Hit the jump for the live stream and keep your eyes peeled for an Autoblog staffer running by in the background.Continue reading Autoline is live from DetroitAutoline is live from Detroit originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:50:00 EST. Please ...
01.09.11

Confirmed: Volkswagen NMS will be named Passat
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Sedan, Volkswagen 2012 Volkswagen Passat - Click above for high-res image gallery We're less than 24 hours away from Volkswagen's big reveal at the Detroit Auto Show and while our man Paukert was staked out at a media gathering at VW's corporate headquarters in Herndon, VA he learned that the NMS will carry the Passat badge when it goes on sale later this year. Up until now, there was some question whether V-Dub would continue to use Passat for its new mid-size sedan, but after the NCS (New ...
01.07.11

CES 2011: Hands-on with MyFord Mobile
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: CES, Technology, Ford, Electric MyFord Mobile app - Click above for high-res image gallery On the eve of Ford's big unveiling at CES, we got an exclusive hands-on with MyFord Mobile, a smartphone app that keeps track of all the information an electric vehicle owner would want. Why does Ford need an app for an EV? That'll be unveiled tomorrow, but you know what's coming... The app - which will launch on Android and Blackberry, with iPhone support coming later on - connects with an EV to provide the owner with ...
01.07.11

CES 2011: Next generation MMI, Touch debuting on Audi A3
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: CES, Technology, Audi Click above to enlarge Take a close look at the photo above. You're looking at Audi's next generation MMI system being demoed during this morning's keynote at CES. The circuit board to the left is packing NVIDIA's Tegra chipset - the same processor powering a range of tablets and netbooks - and to the right is Audi's new scroll wheel, which has grown considerably. The reason for the added girth? Audi is incorporating the much-lauded MMI Touch interface directly into the scroll wheel. MMI Touch - which ...
01.06.11

CES 2011: Audi shows off revised eTron Spyder
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Hybrid, CES, Audi, Electric, Diesel Audi eTron Spyder - Click above for high-res image gallery Audi CEO Rupert Stadler rolled onto the stage in the same eTron Spyder we saw in Paris, but for the crowd in Sin City, Audi swapped the silver paint for a more delectable red hue. Aside from the color change, everything else remains the same, from the 300-horsepower twin-turbo TDI V6 churning out 479 pound-feet of torque to the front-mounted battery and wrap around windshield. It's still a looker, although we're generally in ...
01.05.11

CES 2011: Blue Link is Hyundai’s answer to OnStar
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: CES, Safety, Technology, Hyundai Hyundai Blue Link - Click above for image gallery As part of its quest to match the rest of the industry point-for-point, Hyundai has just announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that it's entering the world of telematics with the introduction of Blue Link, its first foray into the safety and convenience sphere. Similar to OnStar, Blue Link handles everything you'd expect, specifically directions with turn-by-turn navigation, point-of-interest searches, remote door-locking/unlocking, vehicle health reports, maintenance scheduling, crash notification, remote start and - according to Hyundai - 30 ...
01.05.11

CES 2011: GM shows off OnStar equipped with 4G, Skype, video monitoring and more [w/video]
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: CES, Technology, Buick, Cadillac, GM Click above to view the video after the jump Verizon just rolled out its 4G LTE wireless broadband network, and with General Motors using Big Red for its OnStar system for over 15 years, GM is asking itself: What can we do with all this bandwidth? The answer is 'plenty'... but nothing immediately. Instead, GM and Verizon equipped a Buick LaCrosse with a 4G LTE modem and a host of cameras, sensors and controls and is trotting it out at CES to demonstrate how the broadband tech ...
01.04.11

CES 2011: Toyota Entune ready to fight Ford’s SYNC… almost [w/video]
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: CES, Technology, Toyota Toyota Entune - Click above for high-res image gallery It's been nearly four years since Ford and Microsoft introduced SYNC to the world, and since then nearly every major OEM has been playing catch-up - including the planet's largest automaker. For Toyota, that ends today with the introduction of Entune, a new integrated multimedia system that uses the driver's Net-enabled and Bluetooth-equipped smartphone. For anyone familiar with SYNC or the Connected systems recently introduced by BMW and Mini, the list of available applications and features includes the usual ...
12.28.10

2012 Ford Focus equipped with brake-based torque vectoring
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The latest auto car news written in the Damon Lavrinc reports... Filed under: Sedan, Wagon, Hatchback, Ford 2012 Ford Focus - Click above for high-res image gallery The 2012 Ford Focus is set to hit dealers early next year, and in addition to a cadre of standard and optional features, Ford is equipping every new Focus with its new breed of "torque vectoring control." For the uninitiated, torque vectoring systems actively split power between the two driven wheels to maximize traction and increase performance. Some higher-end systems manipulate the output to each wheel through a set of electronically controlled gears, while others apply a ...

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