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All-New VW Passat Gets GTE Plug-In Hybrid Version at the Paris Auto Show

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 02:32 AM PDT

Following in the footsteps of the Golf GTE, the all-new VW Passat has received a GTE-badged plug-in hybrid version for the Paris Auto Show.
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Three Men Arrested in Connection With Stealing More Than a Dozen New Mercedes

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 04:30 PM PDT

Three suspects have been booked in jail and several cars recovered after a string of Bay Area car thefts from car dealerships, including 16 vehicles from Silicon Valley Mercedes-Benz dealerships.
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S-Badged Drop Tops: Porsche 911 Turbo S vs Aston Martin V12 Vantage S

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 03:06 PM PDT

The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster and the Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabrio could not be more different. They are two answers to the same basic question, but their approaches and style of execution are so vastly different that you would most likely not cross-shop between them.
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Cadillac Details ATS Coupe for Europe [New Photos]

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 01:23 PM PDT

As previously announced, the Cadillac ATS Coupe will launch in Europe in October and will be the first model sold there to ditch the laurel wreath.
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Mazda Wants to Make Furniture Like Porsche Does

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT

Would you buy a Kodo-inspired chair like you would a Kodo-inspired Mazda 3? Mazda sure hopes so, and that it will make you think you're buying something exotic. Probably.
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New 2015 Ford Mustang by Roush Revealed

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT

The Roush idea of what a modded Ford Mustang should be like has just been revealed. It debuts later in the year, but we now know what to expect – it features bespoke visual and performance enhancements and just looks gorgeous finished in black (as seen in the gallery below).
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Toyota Yaris is No Scary Car, but WRC Variant Perception-Changing

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 09:22 AM PDT

There really is nothing wrong with taking what is (let's face it) one of the most boring superminis on the market, the Toyota Yaris, and turning it into a crazy WRC-ready rally machine. In fact, it's a welcome image change for a car otherwise associated exclusively with going to the shop and almost always bought by women.
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Ford Reportedly Wants to Call its Performance Division "999"

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Ford has may ways of calling its performance cars – ST, GT, RS and the older SVO and SVT which were exclusively used on American market models. It is somewhat confusing, but we've gotten to grips with understanding it over the years, yet now they are apparently interested in changing the name to "999."
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Nissan Updates… Old Navara in Europe for the 2015 Model Year

Posted: 27 Sep 2014 07:21 AM PDT

While Asian markets got an all-new NP300 Navara pickup truck earlier this year, Europe soldiers on with the old model, which has received content updates for 2015.
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