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Fiat Outsells Mini, Scion In Canada
Canadians already bought the Honda Civic in droves, so it would make sense that another unloved car, the Fiat 500, would do well in a country that favors smaller, more European vehicles, right? Sort...
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Will GM Bring Us A Diesel, Manual Station Wagon?
The Chevrolet Cruze hatchback that’s sold in virtually every market except the United States still won’t be coming to America – but we may have the chance to get a Cruze wagon, if Automotive News has...
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Kia Procee’ds With New Cee’d. Puns Are Not Our Forte.
The new Kia Cee’d may have a stupid name, but everything else about the car looks pretty attractive. Well, maybe not the grille. They also refrained from releasing any specs at all alongside these...
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High Gas Prices Mean Happy Days For Honda Civic
Pop quiz; what do increased production, lots of cash on the hood and high gas prices mean for Honda dealers? Lots of Civics moving out the door. Civic sales are up 45 percent in the first two months...
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Dodge Dart Gets “Aero” Package To Break 40 MPG
Looks like the Dodge Dart will apparently break 40 MPG adjusted in the end…but you’ll need a special option package to do it, just like its chief domestic rivals, the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze....
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Nissan Hikes Price Of Unpopular Cube
One of the most popular cars in our TWAT talks is the Nissan Cube; the much maligned, slow-selling compact is looking like a shoo-in for our ignominious honor, but Nissan seems to think that a price...
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Cain’s Segments, November 2013: Compact Vs. Mid-Size Cars
Four months ago, when we last looked into the U.S. compact car sales battle, the Toyota Corolla (including the Matrix hatchback offshoot with which Toyota combines Corolla sales figures) was the class...
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Canada Sales Recap: October 2013
With forecasters calling for another year of improved Canadian auto sales, 2013’s early months didn’t add up. January volume fell 2.2%, February sales were down 3.3%, and March’s results were off the...
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Marchionne: No Money In Small Diesel Cars
Bucking a trend that has been gathering steam beyond its traditional European stronghold, FCA head Sergio Marchionne said that FCA’s upcoming product plan, due to be revealed in May, would be light on...
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Reuters Claims 74 Fatalities Linked To GM Recall Through FARS Research
Reuters reports the original fatality figure of 13 allegedly linked to the out-of-spec ignition switch that spurred a recall of 2.6 million General Motors vehicles this February may now actually be as...
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Cain’s Segments June 2014: Compact Cars
After a troubling first third of 2014, passenger car sales in May were resurgent in large part because of big numbers achieved by small cars. Overall car sales were down 2% through the end of April,...
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Mercedes Debuts B-Class Electric Drive To US Market
If the upcoming Smart ForTwo isn’t quite to your liking, yet you do want something about as small with a tri-pointed star on its nose, Mercedes has brought over its B-Class Electric Drive. Autoblog...
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Mitsubishi Confirms Mirage Sedan For US Market
Looking for a cheap new car that isn’t a hatchback? Mitsubishi might just have what you need. According to Motor Trend, Mitsubishi Motors North America executive vice president Don Swearingen...
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Honda Civic Sales Are Steadily Declining; Corolla’s Rising
American Honda’s Civic posted decreased sales volume in each of the last five months. After claiming the title of America’s best-selling small car in two consecutive years, it’s highly unlikely that...
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Compact SUVs Gain Popularity At Expense Of Midsize, Compact Cars
While compact SUVs are doing well in the showroom, their success comes at the expense of midsize and compact car sales. In a report from Edmunds, 63 percent of compact SUV owners traded a midsize SUV,...
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Chart Of The Day: Canada Loves FCA And Small Cars, But Not The Dodge Dart
FCA Canada only sold 220 Dodge Darts in June 2015, a 79-percent year-over-year decline. Through the first six months of 2015, Dart volume is down 55 percent to only 1,979 sales, one-fifteenth the...
View ArticleA Cruze-Based Cadillac? Automaker Says ‘No Way’
It looks like Cadillac doesn’t think the Chevrolet Cruze is a suitable platform for a new luxury model. A source in a story we ran yesterday claimed an internal program code that popped up at General...
View ArticleA Hotter Hyundai: Turbocharged Elantra Sport Will Deliver Much-Needed Muscle
Hyundai just revealed its Korean-market Avante Sport, but it’s also a preview of what North American customers can expect in their Elantra lineup. The Avante is what people in Seoul call an Elantra,...
View ArticleNow With Less Thirst: Hyundai Reveals Gas-Sipping 2017 Elantra Eco
Hyundai sent its newly redesigned compact away for a lifestyle change, and it returned as the fuel-sipping Elantra Eco. Sporting a new drivetrain and an EPA-estimated highway fuel economy rating of 40...
View ArticleReal Racing: 1980 Showroom Stock C National Championship (Video)
Murilee loves to wax about the scourge of Miserable Econoboxes infesting our shores during the Malaise Era. Turns out, a few of them skipped daily commuter duty and went straight to the track instead....
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