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Report: Volvo looking for small car partner

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Filed under: Volvo There are drawbacks to being the property of a larger conglomerate, to be sure, but there are also benefits. Taking advantage of group buying power, shared developments costs and synergies with products from other divisions, for instance. And these are things that, since splitting off from Ford a couple of years ago, Volvo does not have at its disposal any longer. That’s why the Swedish automaker is looking for a partner with which to share development costs – specifically those attached to developing a new small car range

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Official: BMW ActiveE enrollment process now open in test markets

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Filed under: Car Buying , Coupe , BMW , Electric It isn’t every day that BMW offers an electric vehicle, but the ActiveE is just that. The German luxury car maker is now accepting applications for 700 ActiveE “Electronauts” in the test markets of Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco. The hand-raisers will need to complete a charging station consultation with BMW Partner AeroVironment to make sure the house of the perspective lessee can handle a charger. The meeting will also serve as a teaching session to make sure the user understands the charging and maintenance of an electric vehicle.

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Report: Cadillac considering smaller-than-SRX crossover?

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Filed under: SUV , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Crossover , BMW , Cadillac , GM , Luxury Cadillac is gunning for BMW . The company’s recently unveiled ATS is a clear shot across the bow of the German automaker’s 3 Series , and Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports the small sedan may be the first of a larger product offensive. Kurt McNeil, vice president of sales with Cadillac , said the luxury brand is currently looking into the possibility of a small CUV designed to lure in BMW X3 buyers. The vehicle would be smaller than the current Cadillac SRX , which saw an 11 percent increase in sales last year

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Cadillac considering a BMW X3 competitor – report

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In a recent interview, Cadillac's vice president of sales confirmed the brand is considering a new crossover to slot beneath the SRX.

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Report: How Kim Jong-il’s final ride came to be in a Lincoln

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Filed under: Classics , Etc. , Government/Legal , Lincoln , Luxury The funeral of Kim Jong-il made for a big story internationally, but in true Autoblog fashion, we were just as interested in the classic cars that figured prominently in the procession. Of particular interest was a 1970s Lincoln limousine that carried the deceased leader’s casket – but not because it was some sort of rare classic that would fetch millions at Barrett Jackson . Instead, many wondered how the North Koreans managed to obtain the vehicle in the first place

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