Jonathan McGrew, Contributing Writer
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This is a busy week for the automotive industry with the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show, one of the most anticipated shows in the automotive industry. It is also a busy week for Ford with their...
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Ford Takes The Lead With Most 40-MPG VehiclesThe Ford Motor Company has created a lot of great history in its 107 years in business and they have come a long way from the Model T. The innovation however hasn't changed over the company’s long history, a fact proved by the most recent press release to hit the automotive wire this morning...
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Chevrolet Sweeps Two Top Automotive AwardsFor those that are automotive enthusiasts it will be no surprise to you that both Motor Trend and Automobile have vehicle of the year awards. Motor Trend calls theirs the “Car of the Year” award and Automobile calls theirs the “Automobile of the Year.” This year both...
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How Does A 533 HP 2011 Honda CR-Z Sound?Really, asking how a 533 HP 2011 Honda CR-Z sounds is a bit of a trick question because before you can answer you have to ask if it is going for economy or speed. Bisimoto’s 2011 Honda CR-Z rocked the SEMA show this year by proving that high horsepower and performance can still have a green...
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Nissan Prepares To Support Customers With LEAF Troubleshooting Task ForceAs Nissan gets ready to launch it’s zero-emissions all-electric LEAF next month, the company isn’t taking any chances on the service they provide their early adopting customers. According to news our of Astugi, Japan, Nissan is setting up a rapid-reaction task force in the United States...
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Lexus CT 200h Defines New Market Demographic For HybridsLexus has been one of those companies that the automotive industry has been watching grow by leaps and bounds since the late ‘80s. The company’s biggest gamer changer back in the early days is arguably the Lexus LS400, a car that started out being a fringe competitor with the Mercedes...
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The Lexus CT 200h has been turning a lot of heads around the automotive industry lately as pre-production vehicles start to make the review rounds. AllSmallCars.com recently participated in one of...
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Chevrolet Volt To Cut Down On Oil ChangesChange is definitely eminent in the automotive industry; in fact, some would tell you that the industry is changing fast now than it has in the last couple of decades. It isn’t just the powertrains or the safety equipment—it is everything down to how often you might have to do an oil...
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Chevrolet Cruze RS Production Starts After Quality DelayThe Chevrolet Cruze has been getting a lot of good press from the safety ratings to the interesting commercials they have been running to the Department 180 in-depth video on how Chevrolet is making sure the Cruze is durable. GM ran into a little snag back in October when they announced that they...
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Mazda Miata Directs Brand With ‘Fun to Drive’ SensibilitySince its introduction to the U.S. market in 1989, the Mazda MX-5 or Miata, as it is known here in the States, has been one of the all-time best two-seat roadsters in sales. However, you might have noticed that the Mazda Miata doesn’t get a lot of press these days, especially not in the...
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Scion Keeps Its Custom Reputation With Squid Themed xBBack in August AllSmallCars.com went out to Las Vegas for a day of fun with the all-new 2011 Scion tC and for those who missed the article, it is a pretty nice ride. Well, imagine that if more news coming off the Vegas strip has Scion and now the 2011 Scion xB. For those of you plugged in to this...
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Berlin University Showcases ‘Dial-A-Car’ Self-Driving Taxi To Help Reduce Urban TrafficHere in the States the self driving Google cars driving around San Francisco made most news outlets, including right here at AllSmallCars.com (more here). Heck, I even heard about the self-driving cars on the morning radio show I frequent. While we contemplate the legalities of a car driving its...
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Ever wonder if you can still get a car with roll-up windows? For those of you that have only ever know electric windows, we are talking about manual windows. Most people attribute manual windows to...
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Singapore Consortium Looks to Develop Wireless Charging For EVsAt the end of last week news came out of Singapore that an international consortium will launch ten research projects to develop technology for “next-generation” vehicles. The Capabilities for Automotive Research consortium made up of 11-members will pursue research in areas of...
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Mercedes-Benz Sheds Some Light On Its ‘Magic Sky Control’ RoofMany are waiting with baited breath for the unveiling of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK, the company’s smallest convertible. However, with that event still a couple of months away, Mercedes is trying to keep us on the edge of our seats with more information on their “Magic Sky...
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Lexus Surprises With New Lexus CT 200hLexus didn’t get as good of a response from debut of the Lexus HS 250h last year as they would have liked, but that seems to have spurred them to make something even better. Let us introduce the all-new Lexus CT 200h. At first glance you might mistake the CT 200h for a Mazdaspeed3, but this...
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Video Break: Nissan Uses Action Packed Humor to Market the JukeCommercials can provide a much-needed break from reality and some can be pretty entertaining. Just look at the Super Bowl ads…there are whole twitter groups that converse about the ads as they happen and sites that rank them in order from best to worst. Nissan isn’t waiting for the...
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The Electric Car Revolution: Will Consumers Make the ChangeElectric cars are kind of the like fall collection of the Fashion world, there are always people who will get in line to be early adopters and some of the designs may make it mainstream, but only time will. Our partners over at GreenCarReports.com ran a story at the end of last week that asked if...
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You may remember the MINI Takes the States Tour 2010 that AllSmallCars.com reported on over the summer. Basically, it is a part of the core that is MINI lifestyle marketing and consisted of a road...
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Missing the ’69 Trans Am? HPP Has You CoveredSince the debut of the 2010 Camaro, we have seen a number of interesting things from the customizing sector, including the T-Top Camaro we reported on earlier this month. However, with the Pontiac brand being a thing of the past, there are people looking for something that GM just isn’t going...
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GE CEO Announces Intent To Order ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Electric VehiclesIf you are still on the fence about electric vehicle technology, then you should probably check out our recent article on electric car rivalry published earlier today. You also should know you aren’t alone. However, that doesn’t mean some people and companies aren’t putting their...
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San Francisco Prepares For Better Place Electric TaxisIf you have been to a major metropolitan area lately it is probably pretty likely that you might have seen or even hailed a hybrid taxi. In fact, hybrids seem to make a lot of sense for cab duty considering the vast amount of urban city driving they do; though we do wonder if any benefits are...
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Electric Cars Duke It Out: Will It Turn Consumers Away?
Yesterday, there was a piece on MSNBC.com talked about electric car rivalry and the potential for that to distract buyers. The writer cites GM and Nissan both taking potshots at each other’s electric vehicle offerings. In the worse case, “In the end, the public could wind up mistrusting...
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September 2010 Best Selling Hybrid Top Ten: Ford, Lexus, Nissan and ToyotaThere aren’t many of the usual suspects in the automotive industry that don’t have a hybrid vehicle these days. In fact, it is almost getting harder to name all the people who do, which makes those who don’t either forgotten or stick out in side-by-side comparisons. Ever wonder...
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