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New 'Friend' is Facebook for Toyota owners

Toyota has become a Facebook wannabe, on a small scale, with "Toyota Friend." "Friend" is the fledgling interactive Internet gated community birthed today by Toyota and partners Microsoft and Salesforce.com.
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato will award at Ville D'Este Concours

If you loved the Aston Martin V12 Zagato, you're in good company. The race-ready "concept" was voted best in class by visitors to the exclusive Concorso d'Eleganza Ville D'Este Concours, where it was shown for the first time on May 22.
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NHTSA closes investigation of Toyota Corolla steering systems

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed a 15-month investigation into the electronic power steering system in the 2009 and 2010 Toyota Corolla, stating that no problems were found with the system and allowing Toyota to avoid yet another reputation-damaging recall.
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Facebook comments negative on Chevy Cruze inflator replacing spare tire

Despite all the hoopla by GM marketing, one visit to GM and Chevy on Facebook tells it all. The public response is NOT overwhelmingly in love with replacing spare tires with inflators.
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Autogas growing as economical alternative to gas, diesel

A road show in North Carolina on Wednesday will feature three of the 15 million vehicles worldwide that are powered by propane autogas, a mixture of propane and butane that is the most used fuel by Americans after gasoline and diesel
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New cars won't get fuel efficiency grades

The Obama administration is abandoning a plan to cast "Scarlet Letter" type marks of fuel efficiency on new car window stickers that would have rated vehicles with grades from A to D for fuel efficiency.
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Volvo on track to fast-track 3 green cars of the future

Volvo is going green full tilt this spring with its enthusiast-driven V60 Plug-in Hybrid, C30 Electric and V50 DRIVe. The three environmentally friendly luxury cars were showcased and shown off this weekend at the 11th Michelin Challenge Bibendum rally in Germany.
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Fame doesn't save big names in car crashes

The death of a champion wrestler makes him next in a long line of celebs who died without warning on the road. James Dean, Lady Di, Grace Kelly and George S. Patton are victims; now, so is Randy Savage.
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The cars that make us feel 10 years old again.

I will never own one, I will never be able to touch one, and chances are, I will never even get to see one. All I have is a picture of it on my computer screen and that alone is enough to instill a blank, starry-eyed look on my face as I stare longingly at it. This car has instantly spun the world backwards in time and turned me back into a 10 year old boy.
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Gas mileage debate clouded by latest auto marketing stretches

Imagine getting a flat tire on the freeway. Now imagine reaching into your trunk, not for a spare, but for an inflator; and all because some automotive marketer says it’s faster and supposedly enables better gas mileage.
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