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Official: Stealthy Jeep Grand Cherokee concept headed for production

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:25:34 +0000

Filed under: SUV , Jeep , Misc. Auto Shows , Design/Style Jeep is using the 2012 Houston Auto Show and 2012 Washington D.C. Auto Show to unveil a new production-intent concept. Based on the Grand Cherokee Laredo X model, what we have here is a mostly blacked-out version of Jeep’s flagship product, with a few highlights in a finish Jeep calls Platinum Chrome

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Report: GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in D.C. hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don’t believe you"

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:24:56 +0000

Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Safety , Hatchback , Chevrolet , Electric What a surprise. Today’s Congressional hearing over the Chevrolet Volt fire and the resulting investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned out to be contentious. The hearing took place in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending. Just from the title of the event – “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA Know and When Did They Know It?” – it was plain to see that chairman Darrell Issa was not looking to mess around

Report: Supreme Court: Feds not allowed to use GPS on autos without warrant

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:25:35 +0000

Filed under: Government/Legal , Technology , Police/Emergency Law enforcement agencies are now required to obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a vehicle. The Detroit News reports the Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that the Justice Department was wrong when it argued that its agents didn’t need permission to track private citizens without their knowledge. The case in question centered around Antoine Jones, a Washington, D.C.

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Report: One-off Mercedes 500K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:21:22 +0000

Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz , Specialty Being agriculturally inclined to build barns in the country, we don’t expect barn finds to turn up in the middle of a high-turnover metropolis. Yet that’s been happening more regularly of late, and writer Michael Mraz has found another example in South Central, Los Angeles: a one-of-one Mercedes-Benz 1935 Caracciola 500K built especially for Silver Arrows race driver Rudolph Caraccioloa. It is pictured above in better days, after having been restored and displayed on the lawn at the Pebble Beach concours in the late 1970s.

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Report: One-off Mercedes 550K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:44:52 +0000

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