Photos: Motor Trend International Auto Show in Baltimore

February 8, 2018 Comments Off on Photos: Motor Trend International Auto Show in Baltimore

The Motor Trend International Auto Show 2018 runs Feb. 8 to 11 at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz)

The 2018 Motor Trend International Auto Show runs from Feb. 8 to 11 at the Baltimore Convention Center. This year’s show will feature over 500 new vehicles, exotics, a collection of duPont Registry vehicles, kids test track, and a lineup ...

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Used cars often sold with defects, despite recalls

February 24, 2015 Comments Off on Used cars often sold with defects, despite recalls

It’s a case of buyer beware, with potentially dangerous consequences.

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Minivans do poorly in new crash tests

November 20, 2014 Comments Off on Minivans do poorly in new crash tests

The Honda Odyssey was the only minivan to earn the highest safety rating in new crash tests by the insurance industry.

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Hyundai-Kia to pay U.S. $100M for overstating mpg

November 3, 2014 Comments Off on Hyundai-Kia to pay U.S. $100M for overstating mpg

Attorney General Eric Holder listens at right as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. The Justice Department and EPA announced that Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Company would pay a $100 million penalty for overstating vehicle fuel standards. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million civil penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas mileage figures on window stickers on 1.2 million vehicles.

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EPA: New vehicle mileage hits record high

October 8, 2014 Comments Off on EPA: New vehicle mileage hits record high

Gas mileage for new cars and trucks in the U.S. averaged a record 24.1 miles per gallon last year, but the rate of improvement is slowing.

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Automakers are doing the lighten-up

June 9, 2014 Comments Off on Automakers are doing the lighten-up

Roofs made of carbon fiber. Plastic windshields. Bumpers fashioned out of aluminum foam. What sounds like a science experiment could be your next car.

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You have to ask, but GM offering free loaners to those facing recall

March 12, 2014 Comments Off on You have to ask, but GM offering free loaners to those facing recall

General Motors is offering free loaner cars and $500 toward a new GM vehicle to more than 1 million owners of compact cars that are being recalled for a deadly ignition switch defect.

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Tesla plugs in as Consumer Reports’ No. 1 car

February 25, 2014 Comments Off on Tesla plugs in as Consumer Reports’ No. 1 car

The Tesla Model S electric sedan is Consumer Reports' top pick in this year's automotive rankings.

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More U.S. car imports coming from Mexico

February 23, 2014 Comments Off on More U.S. car imports coming from Mexico

Mexico is on track to become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Canada in a manufacturing boom that's turning the auto industry into a bigger source of dollars than money sent home by migrants.

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Toyota moves up date for hydrogen-powered cars

January 6, 2014 Comments Off on Toyota moves up date for hydrogen-powered cars

LAS VEGAS — Toyota said Monday that a hydrogen-powered vehicle that emits only water vapor as exhaust will go on sale in the U.S. in 2015, a year earlier than it promised just two months ago. The Japanese automaker made ...

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