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DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Sedan , Work , Ford , Specialty Will the new Police Interceptor be a toughened Taurus SHO? – click above for high-res image gallery Just a quick note: The Detroit News is reporting that the next Ford Police Interceptor will be based on the same platform as the Taurus . For you platform geeks out there, that’s the Ford D3 chassis that underpins everything from the the Lincoln MKS to the Volvo XC90 to the Ford Flex (though the Flex and the Lincoln MKT ride on a lengthened version called D4 ).

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DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based

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Mar

NHTSA announces 2009 fatalities lowest since 1954, continue downward trend

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety Safety doesn’t sell cars. At least that’s what Detroit executives walked around saying back in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The whole of them were convinced that if you even mentioned the word “safety” in a marketing campaign it would imply that cars were unsafe.

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NHTSA announces 2009 fatalities lowest since 1954, continue downward trend

Categories : 1, 10, 2009, 2010, 5, AF, AP, Accident, AutoSafety, Autoblog, BO, Ban, CC, CarSafety, Corvair, Death, Deaths per Mile, DeathsPerMile, ES, EV, Fatality Rate, FatalityRate, IS, LED, LS, MA, NHTSA, PS, RM, RR, RT, Ralph Nader, Ralph Nader Corvair, RalphNader, RalphNaderCorvair, RoadFatalities, RoadSafety, STI, Safety, SeatBelt, TSA, TrafficFatalities, Trucker, Unsafe at Any Speed, UnsafeAtAnySpeed, accidents, ads, air bag, america, american, app, art, auto safety, beat, belt, book, calendar, car safety, cars, ces, click it or ticket, cr, detroit, doe, driving, ds, ea, eco, fatalities, for, ge, government, gs, gt, i, iQ, jump, kers, lease, m, marketing, mg, mini, nationwide, new, news, order, please, port, pr, r, rc, report, right, road fatalities, road safety, road trip, road trips, roads, rta, seat, sel, small, str, sv, ta, tag, tech, technology, ticket, ties, tire, tl, traffic, traffic fatalities, traffic safety, truck, uc, usa

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Mar

Happy Birthday Your Majesty: Citroën SM turns 40

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Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Performance , Europe , Citroën , Luxury Citro

Categories : 1, 10, 2010, 5, AF, AP, AZ, Autoblog, BO, CT T, Citroen SM, CitroenSm, DIRAVI, ES, EU, EV, GenevaMotorShow, IS, LED, LS, M1, MA, Maserati Merak, MaseratiMerak, Power Steering, RM, RT, Rumor, SC, SHOW, SM, STI, Sports Maserati, SportsMaserati, Stop, V8, app, art, book, brakes, cars, citroen, classic, coupe, cr, design, doe, ds, ea, engine, europe, factory, feature, featured, financial, for, ge, geneva, geneva motor show, geneva-motor, gl, gs, gt, hd, i, icon, irc, irs, jump, lease, lights, luxury, m, maserati, mb, mbrace, mg, motor-show, nev, new, news, order, pen, pension, performance, please, porsche, port, pr, production, purchase, r, race, rc, ring, seat, sho, sl, small, sport, sports, str, sv, ta, tag, tas, tl, top, trike, tron, uc, v6, van

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Mar

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 3.11.10

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Review: Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP induces grins, wheelspin and wheelies Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP – Click above for high-res image gallery We’re going to get ahead of ourselves a little bit with our review of the new Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP. We… 2012 Chevrolet Malibu design completely revealed in patent filings? 2010 Chevrolet Malibu patent drawings – Click above for high-res image gallery Over the past nine months, we’ve seen the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu twice at General Motors media..

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 3.11.10

Categories : 000, 1, 10, 2009, 2010, 2010 chevrolet, 2011, 2012, 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, 5, AP, Autoblog, BO, Ban, DucatiHypermotard, ES, EV, GMC, GMC Sierra, IS, Ice, LED, LS, MA, Porsche Panamera, RM, RR, RT, SC, Walmart, app, art, book, ces, chevrolet, chevrolet malibu, chrysler, convertible, cr, denali, denali hd, design, detroit, diesel, ds, ducati, ducati hypermotard, duty, ea, eco, evo, for, ford, ford police interceptor, ge, general motors, gm, gs, gt, gt-r, gt-r premium, hd, hypermotard 1100 EVO SP, i, iQ, lease, light-duty diesel, m, malibu, mb, mg, nav system, nav systems, new, news, nissan, order, panamera, patent, patent drawings, patent filing, please, police, police interceptor, porsche, port, pr, price, r, ram, rc, report, review, ring, sale, sales, sel, sho, sierra, sierra-denali, sl, small, str, study, sv, ta, tag, target, taurus, taurus sho, tl, toyota, toyota sales, train, tron, uc, uturn

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Mar

Väth V58 turns up the wick on Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG to the tune of 565 HP

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Convertible , Performance , Europe , Mercedes-Benz V

Categories : 000, 1, 10, 2010, 5, 5.5-liter, 500, 92, AF, AMI, AP, Autoblog, BO, CARB, Carbon Fiber, Changes, ES, EU, F1, IS, Ice, LED, LS, MA, Merc, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes-Benz SLK, Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG, Mercedes-benzSlk55Amg, RM, RR, RT, SLK55 AMG, STI, Slk55Amg, SlkAmg, Upgrades, V8, VathV58, ads, aftermarket, amg, app, art, benz, book, brakes, calibra, carbon, ces, convertible, cr, doe, ds, ea, eco, engine, europe, for, fuel, ge, gs, gt, i, jump, kers, lease, list, m, mb, mec, mercede, mercedes, mg, new, news, order, package, pen, pension, performance, pirate, please, port, pr, price, r, rally, ray, rc, ring, roads, roadster, seat, sl, slk, slk 55 amg, slk amg, slk55, small, sport, sports, steel, str, sv, ta, tag, tl, tron, tuning, uc, vath, vath v58, vid

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Mar

Video: Episode 1 of Chevrolet’s Corvette Racing Series hits the interwebs cinema

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Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Chevrolet , Racing Corvette Racing Series, Episode 1 – Click above to watch video after the jump As Chevrolet Corvette Racing team heads into its first full season of competition in the American Le Mans Series GT2 class, the first full episode of a new General Motors video series chronicling their journey has been posted on YouTube. The 12-part series will follow the team as it gets ready for the nine race series as well as the annual June treck to Le Mans for the 24 Hours. Episode one begins with a look back at where 2009 left off. On the final corner of the final lap of the Laguna Seca race last October, Jan Magnussen slammed into a retaining wall with a 57 g impact after making contact with one of the Flying Lizards Porsches