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UAW Invites 9 Year Old Cancer Patient to Manage the Ford Mustang Plant

Eli Williams is a 9 year old is a Ford Mustang fan from Athens Alabama who is battling brain cancer and after hearing of his illness and his love of the original pony car – the UAW invited Eli to travel to Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan to serve as the honorary manager of the Mustang plant for a day.

February 13, 2014 - 5:23PM EST
By: Patrick Rall

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McLaren teases new 650S supercar prior to its launch at Geneva

When McLaren says they have a new supercar in the works, enthusiasts get excited. Now, they've promised to unveil the new McLaren 650S at the Geneva show and have teased its badge to show they're serious.

February 13, 2014 - 3:34PM EST
By: Aaron Turpen

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Infiniti Q50 makes World Car Awards finalists list

The 2014 World Car Awards will be announced at the upcoming New York International Auto Show on April 17. Several awards are given, including the coveted World Car Award, the short-list of finalists for which includes the Infiniti Q50.

February 13, 2014 - 3:20PM EST
By: Aaron Turpen

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Honda fans protest as 2015 Civic Type- R Concept bipasses North America

While we know that Type- R production was halted in 2010 due to emission standard constraints, Honda engineering tackled the problem with the development of a high compression turbocharged 2.0 liter. Europe will take delivery on the latest Civic Type-R, midyear 2014.

February 13, 2014 - 2:37PM EST
By: Parks McCants

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Study finds increasing problems with 4-cylinder engines

In its most recent Vehicle Dependability Study, J.D. Power found an industry-wide increase in vehicle problems for the first time in 15 years. The vast majority of the problems are with 4-cylinder vehicles.

February 13, 2014 - 1:10PM EST
By: John Goreham

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Chevrolet Cobalt Ignition/Airbag Recall Isnt as Deadly as Some Suggest

General Motors has issued a recall for 778,000 small cars due to ignition switch failures with reports of 6 deaths as a result of the problem, but doing some research into the whole situation reveals that those deaths may not have been caused by the ignition issue and those deaths are being mentioned to help spice up a fairly drab recall situation.

February 13, 2014 - 12:53PM EST
By: Patrick Rall

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2009 1.5 Millionth Corvette, 1984 PPG Corvette First to Fall at National Corvette Museum Tragedy

A little over 24 hours have passed since a massive sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky swallowed up 8 rare, historic Corvettes and we now have more information including videos that show us how it all went down – along with a look at the rubble in the hole afterwards.