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2007 Toyota F3R Concept
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The minivan segment had only 500,000 first-time buyers in 2004, versus 900,000 such buyers in 1994. The average age of minivan owners has inched up to 51 years. This stagnation surprises no one who follows the automotive scene. Toyota maintains--and we agree--... more |
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2007 Mercedes Benz E320 and GL320 Bluetec
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No, it won't smell like pee. Mercedes-Benz's new Bluetec diesel technology uses urea--derived from urine--to neutralize particulate emissions and make its GL320 and E320 Bluetec models the cleanest diesels in the world and fifty-state legal in the States. The... more |
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2006 Saab 9-5 SportCombi BioPower
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Championed by greenies for its lower noxious emissions but dismissed by enthusiasts for its lower energy density compared with gasoline, ethanol has heretofore found little love on American roads. But that may soon change. Saab's 9-5 2.0t BioPower--on sale now... more |
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2007 Ferrari 599 GTB
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Ferrari first showed the 599 GTB at last spring's Geneva show. Now they're showing the car for the first time in North America, Ferrari's most important market. The car is called the 599 GTB after the company's literal interpretation of the V-12's displacement... more |
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2006 Subaru R1e
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With hybrids all the rage, it seems that every company is rolling one onto a show stand or showroom floor in an attempt to change the face of energy consumption and transportation or some such blather. Subaru itself has gotten into the act with the B5-TPH conc... more |
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2007 Lincoln MKS Concept
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The MKS picks up where the Continental left off when it was replaced by the all-but-unknown LS. Based on the Ford Five Hundred, this concept previews a production car due out as a 2007 or 2008 model. Don't expect the LED headlights, glass roof, or twenty-inch... more |
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2006 Ford F-250 Super Chief Concept
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This massive concept pickup based on long-box F-250 crew cab has a supercharged V-10 that runs on gasoline, E85 ethanol blend, or hydrogen. Ford says Super Chief locomotives inspired this pickup's grille--we'd say they inspired its size, too. Trendy suicide do... more |
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2006 Spyker C8 and C12
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In 1898, Dutch brothers Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker built their first motorcar. The same year, the folks at Spyker--a name chosen by the brothers for ease of pronunciation by simple-tongued Anglophones--fabricated the "Golden Coach," a motorcar that still... more |
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2006 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT
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Los Angeles, which is Maserati's largest market in California, which is in turn Maserati's largest market in the U.S., which happens to be--you guessed it--Maserati's largest market in the world, was the site of the U.S. launch of Maserati's sexy Quattroporte... more |
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2006 Maserati GranSport Spyder
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Maserati's L.A. and Detroit auto show stands featured, for the first time in the U.S., the new GranSport Spyder. Not surprisingly, the sporty two-seater is nothing more than a convertible version of the GranSport Coupe. The GranSport designation indicates the... more |
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