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What’s Going on With Mini Cooper? Is the Little Britmobile Still With Us or Not?

BMW recently announced in a cost cutting measure that it will move all Mini stores from stand alone brick and mortar locations into BMW house branded retailers. But the reasoning behind the move signifies what’s wrong with the car industry. Mini isn’t selling not just because of crossovermania, but because BMW missed opportunities to electrify the brand earlier that could’ve turned Mini fans and potential EV consumers on sooner to car electrification. Now Americans don't want them at all, or like they used to.
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By: Al Castro

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Corvette Chief Engineer Talks Z06 and ZR1 Cooling

The early C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 units were plagued with cooling issues during “normal” track time, but during a recent interview, chief engineer Tadge Juechter stated that those problems are a thing of the past, having been addressed before the 2017 model year Z06 hit the streets.
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By: Patrick Rall

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Watch the Ford Mustang GT Take on the Moose Test

The Moose Test has become a popular topic of conversation due to its name and in the video below, the 2018 Ford Mustang GT is put through the paces of the Swedish safety program and it does well, meeting the local requirements and looking great in the process.
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By: Patrick Rall

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Why Don’t the Big Car Companies Just Stomp On and Kill Tesla by Making Electric Cars Now?

If you want legacy car companies like Ford, GM and Chrysler to make electric cars only that would mean to ask them to at first lose billions of dollars on EV sales as Tesla makes money on theirs, while the legacies revamp their supply chains, acquire and implement new platforms on new battery tech, and hope these new cars will soon one day make money

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By: Al Castro

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Consumer Reports: Mazda Rises To Number 3 Overall Among Best Brands For Quality, Beating Audi, BMW and Acura

Mazda's products draw rave reviews and now the company's quality does as well. From owners.
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By: John Goreham

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Amarok or Tarok Could Be The Basis Of A New VW Pickup

After more than a year's worth of denials that there would be no pickup heading to the U.S., things have changed at the automaker. Herbert Diess, chief exec of the automaker, hinted in an interview that there very well could be a pickup for the U.S., if talks with Ford work out.
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By: Marc Stern

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3 Reasons Why Subaru Forester Repeats As “Best Car To Buy” 2019

The new fifth-generation 2019 Subaru Forester repeats as “Best Car To Buy”. See three reasons why it earns the top spot for the second time.
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By: Denis Flierl

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New Ford Mustang Aussie Supercars Race Car Hits the Track

The new Ford Mustang race car that is replacing the Falcon in the Australian Supercars series recently hit the track for the first time with drivers from Team Penske and the results look promising for Ford Racing fans Down Under.
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By: Patrick Rall

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