Auto News - Scion iQ fails dearly to impress Consumer Reports

Auto News - Scion iQ fails dearly to impress Consumer Reports. Slow, uncomfortable and noisy. That's what Consumer Reports says about the Scion iQ. After giving it a good going-over, the magazine gives it a road test score of 29. That ranks it near the bottom of all new cars CR has reviewed. Very near. In fact, the only new car currently...

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Auto News - Toyota Avalon gets 40-MPG hybrid model for 2013

Auto News - Toyota Avalon gets 40-MPG hybrid model for 2013. Given that the 2013 Avalon shares a platform with the new Lexus ES, this news should come as no surprise: Toyota's largest sedan is getting its own hybrid variant for the first time ever. Judging by these first photos, carspotters will have to squint hard to tell that they're...

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Auto News - Ford SVT Raptor gets beadlock wheels, HIDs for 2013

Auto News - Ford SVT Raptor gets beadlock wheels, HIDs for 2013. In addition to the standard and new Limited models, Ford's freshening of the 2013 F-150 has extended to the no-job-too-big SVT Raptor, as well. Look closely and you'll see the new (optional) high-intensity discharge headlamps, the special beadlock wheels available through...

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Auto News - Dreamworks will make Need for Speed film

Auto News - Dreamworks will make Need for Speed film. It's official: Need for Speed is going to be a movie, and it's been "fast-tracked" to arrive in theaters in 2014. Paramount-owned Dreamworks had been talking to Electronic Arts about a cinematic treatment of the video game franchise, and the two were able to close a deal. The script...

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Motorsports - Circuit of the Americas announces 15,000 extra seats for U.S. Grand Prix

Motorsports - Circuit of the Americas announces 15,000 extra seats for U.S. Grand Prix. Austin Formula 1 Grand Prix organizers have said that tickets to the race sold so well that they've decided to add more seating – according to the circuit chart, everything but premium grandstand seating is all gone. Just a few days ago, ESPN F1...

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Auto News - 2013 Ford F-150 Limited unveiled as range-topping luxury truck

Auto News - 2013 Ford F-150 Limited unveiled as range-topping luxury truck. The F-150 Limited is back – more powerful, more luxurious and more expensive than any other 2013 F-150. Ford Motor Co. is taking the wraps off the new Limited today in Dearborn. It will feature a unique look, a lush red interior and nearly every bell and whistle...

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Auto News - Jaguar F-Type prototype to take the hill at Goodwood

Auto News - Jaguar F-Type prototype to take the hill at Goodwood. Jaguar is taking its still-in-development F-Type to the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month. Mike Cross, Jaguar's head of vehicle integrity, will be piloting the all-aluminum convertible up the hill, and we guess he'll probably have the 380-horsepower, supercharged V6 underhood...

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Auto News - Toyota to build Yaris in France for North America

Auto News - Toyota to build Yaris in France for North America. Toyota has already made it abundantly clear the company intends to scale back production in Japan in an attempt to combat the ever-strengthening Yen, and now it looks as if we know one of the ways the automaker plans to do so. Toyota has announced it will manufacture U.S. and...

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Video - Yes, Virginia, you can drift a 17-horsepower Renault Twizy

Video - Yes, Virginia, you can drift a 17-horsepower Renault Twizy. On one side of the Renault Twizy ledger you have a mid-engined, rear-wheel drive "coupe" with instant torque and a RenaultSport-tuned suspension. On the other, you have the equivalent of 17 horsepower. None of those figures would keep Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe from getting...

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