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New Jeep Grand Cherokee-based Maserati SUV to be built in Detroit

We have known since late last year that Maserati would soon be offering a high end performance sport utility vehicles based on the new Jeep Grand Cherokee and thanks to inside information from Automotive News, we now know that this new Maserati SUV will be built in Detroit with the official concept debut planned for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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By: Patrick Rall

Auto industry at crossroads with supply chain relations

Whether the U.S. auto industry continues to recover or falters again hinges largely upon a more collaborative strategy with supply chain partners, a research team at Case Western Reserve University states in a study titled The U.S. Auto Supply Chain at a Crossroads.
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By: Don Bain

Toyota will introduce 2012 Camry to ... everyone!!!

The drumroll to unveil the 2012 Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid is getting louder. While the seventh-generation Camry will make its public debut at the Automotive Hall of Fame on Oakwood Boulevard in Dearborn, Mich., on Aug. 23, the unveiling will happen at the same time for auto writers in New York, Los Angeles and Georgetown, Ky. Toyota assembles the Camry at a plant in Georgetown.
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By: Hawke Fracassa

Designing Hollywood’s hottest new movie car

When the Los Angeles Auto Show convenes in mid-November, The Design Challenge will pit top automotive designers from the U.S., Germany, Japan and Korea competing to design the next hot Hollywood film vehicle, pushing the envelope of automotive conceptualization to the next level.
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By: Don Bain

2011 Woodward Dream Cruise revs early with Chevrolet events

Throngs of car enthusiasts gathered late Wednesday to celebrate the preliminary events of the 2011 Woodward Dream Cruise, most notable at the corner of 13 Mile Road, where Chevrolet’s Centennial celebration featured personal vehicles owned by members of the GM Design team, along with live musical performances.
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By: Frank Sherosky

GM confirms Chevy Volt-based Cadillac ELR with videos and pictures

Since General Motors unveiled the Cadillac Converj at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, there have been rumors of a luxury model based on the Chevrolet Volt but last night the General confirmed that there is officially a production version of the Converj Concept coming - the Cadillac ELR.
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By: Patrick Rall

AeroVironment chosen by Oregon DOT for Green Highway charging stations

AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) is on a roll again in its contribution to the greenest highway region in America, as 22 fast-chargers will be sited throughout northwest Oregon along major transportation corridors.
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By: Frank Sherosky

65,000 urge EPA to force Ford to fix toxic mess

Ford Motor Co. has stirred up residents of Upper Ringwood, N.J., where 65,000 environmentalists have complained in an Internet campaign on Change.org that the car company has left toxic waste in the state-run Ringwood State Park.
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By: Hawke Fracassa

The unusual engineers behind Chevy Malibu’s aerodynamic gains

Chevrolet's most fuel-efficient midsize car ever, the 2013 Malibu, was shaped by a pair of unusual engineers – John "Moose" Bednarchik is a self-declared fitness nut who survived a heart attack at 33 and Suzanne "Suzy" Cody, a Camaro-driving roller derby queen with hair dyed blue.
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By: Don Bain

Audi’s completely new kind of concept car coming to Frankfurt Motor Show

An amazing amount of innovation is happening in the automotive field and Audi's radically new, lightweight, two-seat, electric powered urban concept car is right there at the forefront, coming to the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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By: Don Bain