Crossovers
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Sometimes Twitter is pretty wonderful. Amidst all the fluff and links and LOLs, some real gems can land. We honestly don't recall who first alerted us to an article about Chinese electric-car maker BYD from Caixin Online, but we thank you. It's an excellent article, and highly worth reading top to bottom. With the delightful title of "How Manufacturing's Mockingbird Sings," the lengthy article lays out BYD's early history and its business plan for both its battery-cell and automobile arms. Focus, brazenness, precision It's simple: Copy, copy, copy. The article hones in on BYD's "focus...
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Higher MPGs From EcoBoost Engine For 2011 Ford Edge CrossoverContinuing the trend of raising gas mileage by using smaller, more powerful engines, Ford is set to launch its first four-cylinder EcoBoost engine in the 2011 Ford Edge, which will be unveiled at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show next week. We've written before about Ford's EcoBoost system, which uses...
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Small Vehicles Will Be Largest Part Of U.S. Market By 2013, Ford Says
Today we were in Michigan to learn quite a lot about the 2011 Ford Fiesta--absolutely none of which we're allowed to share with you today. (Soon, soon!) Yesterday, though, Ford's George Pipas presented data to journalists in New York that shows what Ford thinks about the future of small vehicles...
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Drive Report: 26 MPG in 2010 Chevrolet Equinox Four-Cylinder
During a trip to Detroit last week, we had a chance to spend a couple of days with the all-new 2010 Chevrolet Equinox five-pasenger crossover sport-utility vehicle. We'd wanted to try this vehicle for some time, as most reviews deemed it vastly superior to the previous model. Certainly it's got...
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