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01.05.11

By the Numbers – 2010: The Year After That Really Bad Year Edition
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: By the Numbers2010 will be forever known as the year after that really bad year. 2009 was a horrible string of days for just about everyone who had two pennies to rub together, but automakers were hit particularly hard. The only good thing for automakers about such a bad 2009 is that it made every month in 2010 look good in comparison. And so it is that those green bills earned from all those extra car sales is represented by the preponderance of green-shaded cells in our By ...
01.04.11

By the Numbers – December 2010: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot Edition
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: By the NumbersDecember sales ended 2010 on a largely positive note for most manufacturers. You're probably more interested, however, in how these brands and companies performed for the entire year of 2010. Hold on to your Sirius satellite radios, because those numbers are on their way, but first we have to dispense with December. There's actually nothing too shocking in the sales numbers for December, as most manufacturers finished strongly, with an increase in sales versus December 2009, and those that were down were either not down by very ...
12.30.10

C7 Corvette rendered by design student with good ideas
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Design/Style Chevrolet C7 Corvette renderings by James Robbins - Click above for image gallery It isn't easy redesigning an icon, especially one as popular and well-known as the Chevrolet Corvette. Nevertheless, a seventh-generation Corvette is coming, and while rumors of an exotic mid-engine layout for America's supercar are unlikely to pan out, it's possible that the Bowtie brand's designers could take the Corvette's look in an entirely new direction. Student designer James Robbins has his own ideas for what the C7 Corvette will look like. His ...
12.21.10

Review: 2011 Lincoln MKX
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Crossover, Lincoln, Reviews, LuxuryCompeting Against Edge More Than Other Luxury CUVs 2011 Lincoln MKX - Click above for high-res image gallery With Mercury dead, hundreds of former Lincoln-Mercury dealerships will be forced to rely on Ford's 93-year-old luxury brand to bring home the bacon alone. These dealers are nervous about their future, and rightfully so. Every Lincoln on sale today is a gussied up version of a Ford. True, most mainstream automakers with luxury divisions, like Toyota/Lexus, Honda/Acura and Volkswagen/Audi, use a similar strategy of platform and technology sharing to save ...
12.13.10

2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Edition: Cold Weather Start [w/video]
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Volkswagen, Design/Style, Diesel, Long-Term Garage 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup Edition: Cold Weather Start - Click above to watch video after the jump The 2.0-liter turbo diesel in our long-term 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Edition is a very modern mill, so we were curious how it would handle starting in the frigid clime of northeastern Ohio this time of year. Diesel engines typically have three vulnerabilities when it comes to cold weather starts: the fuel, the battery and their glow plugs. First, the new Ultra Low Sulfur diesel ...
12.12.10

Motor Trend Truck of the Year? The 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Truck, Marketing/Advertising, Work, Chevrolet, GM GM CEO Dan Akerson being presented Motor Trend's 2011 Truck of the Year award Motor Trend is following up its somewhat controversial decision to crown the Chevrolet Volt as its 2011 Car of the Year with a safer call for its 2011 Truck of the Year award. The 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD was announced as the magazine's TOTY during a ceremony before the 111th Army-Navy Game at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, giving General Motors' volume brand a pair of golden calipers to crow ...
12.08.10

The coolest wildlife highway overpasses you’ll see all day
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Design/Style Wildlife Crossing design competition finalists - Click above for high-res image gallery The five designs for animal bridges you see here are finalists from over 100 entries for the ARC Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design competition sponsored by the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State. The competition is looking for "next generation" wildlife crossing designs, something that ups the ante over the tunnels, underpasses and bridges already in use by Canada to give back some migratory to our quad-pedal cousins. The organizers even picked a real stretch of ...
12.08.10

Leave a Facebook comment, win a pair of Nike DeLorean shoes!
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Click above to leave a Facebook comment and enter! Black Friday. 7:00 AM. The mall. That was the mission for one Jeff Glucker, Autoblog team member and the person you have to thank for your chance to win a very, very limited pair of Nike Dunk 6.0 DeLorean shoes. Only 1,000 were made and they're completely sold out, so there are just two ways left to get yourself a pair: pay up to seven times their $90 retail price for a set on eBay, or enter Autoblog's giveaway to win these ...
12.02.10

Leave a Facebook comment, win a copy of Gran Turismo 5!
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: Toys/Games We've already said our peace when it comes to Gran Turismo 5, but reports keep coming in that early adopters are having a grand old time playing Polyphony Digital's opus on their PS3s. Didn't camp out at Best Buy last week to purchase your copy at midnight? No worries, that's why you read Autoblog. We're giving away one unopened copy of Gran Turismo 5 on our Facebook page, and entering is easy peasy. In order to enter, simply "Like" the Autoblog Facebook page (just click the button ...
12.01.10

By the Numbers – November 2010: Almost Done With Oh-Ten Edition
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The latest auto car news written in the John Neff reports... Filed under: By the NumbersSubaru, Hyundai and Kia set full-year sales records The subtitle above should surprise no one. Of all the automakers operating in the U.S., Subaru, Hyundai and Kia are the only automakers to increase sales month after month through this years-long recession while their competitors have faltered. As such, all three are enjoying new full-year sales records a month ahead of the Times Square ball dropping. The rest of the industry, however, is apparently done fumbling around and is clearly finding its footing. The vast majority of brands saw ...

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