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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

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

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

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

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

Filed under: Classics , Etc. Celebrating the art of the magazine cover – Click above for high-res image gallery In the high-stakes game of magazine publishing, there’s one critical component that can either make or break an entire issue. What are we talking about? The cover

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In Pictures: Celebrating the art of the magazine cover

Filed under: Etc. , Technology Groan. Remember the $350,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom parked in front of a Walmart ? Apparently it’s not an isolated case

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Study: Where do our nav systems take us most? Walmart