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Ford settles $131m Explorer rollover case
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: SUV , Government/Legal , Safety , Ford Ford’s second-generation Explorer has just cost the company $131 million. Despite the popularity of the seminal SUV, it’s had more than its fair share of legal scrapes regarding its rollover resistance. And while the Explorer/Firestone tire kerfuffle has long since exited the headlines, the Blue Oval continues to get its pocketbook dinged by the SUV.
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Rumormill: Toyota working on FT-86 sedan?
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Sedan , Performance , Japan , Toyota , Rumormill That’s what the crew at Car Guide would have us all believe. According to the website, Toyota is looking to hedge its bets by producing a second model on the same platform as the upcoming FT-86 . As the theory goes, If the two-door doesn’t find the kind of favor the company is hoping for, it will at least have a four-door version to pick up a few sales. The site points to a shadowy Toyota executive as the source of the information, and it’s even worked up a rendering to show the world exactly what the sports sedan could look like.
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Rumormill: Toyota working on FT-86 sedan?
Report: Toyota gets overwhelming response for new hires at Mississippi plant
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Toyota If you want a job at Toyota’s still under construction Mississippi assembly plant, you’d better get in line. In fact, you’d best fill out an application post-haste, because the Japanese automaker reportedly received 9,600 applications in its first week. Anyone surprised?
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Irv Gordon’s Volvo P1800 closing in on 3 million miles
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Classics , Etc. , Volvo , Celebrities Irv Gordon and his Volvo P1800 – Click above for high-res image gallery While Irv Gordon is already retired, he’s taken to accruing miles on his already impressively well-traveled Volvo 1800 like it’s his job. It took a while to rack up the first million miles, but the second million came more quickly, rolling the odometer over in Times Square back in 2002. Now Gordon is headed for 3 million a mere eight years later.
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Irv Gordon’s Volvo P1800 closing in on 3 million miles
Ford begins using WiFi to install Sync on assembly lines
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Plants/Manufacturing , Technology , Crossover , Ford In case you thought installing SYNC into Ford vehicles was a ho-hum-whatever affair, that’s not the case – Ford puts a lot of thought into it. The Blue Oval’s latest assembly line advance is to have SYNC’s infotainment software installed into the 2011 Ford Edge via WiFi. Made possible by the the latest version of SYNC with WiFi access, the new process allows Ford to save money on parts and inventory by using a common module among vehicles in different cars and made in different plants. After the Edge, the Lincoln MKX and 2011 Explorer will gain the same systems.
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2010 Lexus IS-F
Posted by: | Comments2010 Lexus IS-F The high-performance import sedan for those who march to the beat of a different drummer. This is the high-performance import sedan for those who march to the beat of a different drummer. It’s decidedly different from the longtime category leader, the BMW M3, from the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, or even the Cadillac CTS-V.
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2010 Lexus IS-F