General Motors Maintains Your Car With Goodwrench, Onstar

DETROIT – Is your oil ready to be changed? Do you know how much air pressure is in your tires? Even if you don’t know the answers to these important maintenance questions, chances are, your GM vehicle does. Most GM vehicles today are equipped with advanced technology that helps take the hassle out of vehicle maintenance.

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2007 Mitsubishi Galant Ralliart: Driven To Thrill Goes Up A Notch

October, 2006 — CYPRESS, Calif. — Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) has introduced the new high-performance Galant Ralliart model to lead the restyled and enhanced Galant mid-size sedan line for 2007. Galant Ralliart is powered by a 258-hp 3.8-liter V-6 engine and equipped with a five-speed Sportronic(R) automatic transmission, sport suspension, 18-inch alloy wheels and exclusive exterior styling and interior features to challenge leading sport sedans - and to do it with better value.

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Rolls-Royce Aims To Clean Up Its Act

Rolls-Royce has set a new target to recycle 75 per cent of all waste materials generated at its Goodwood facilities by the end of 2007.

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Behold! The 1983 Mercedes-Benz 300 Stationvagon

While I don’t agree, many consumers and enthusiasts are united that the Pontiac Aztek is one of the less…”aesthetically pleasing”…vehicles around. Well, eMercedez may prove them wrong.

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Ford puts the green under your seat

Dearborn , Mich., Oct. 13 — Scientists at Ford’s Research and Innovation Center are hailing a major breakthrough with soy-based polyurethane foams – the primary substance that makes up a vehicle’s seat cushions, seat backs, armrests and head restraints.

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Intellichoice does Best Deals for Month of October 2006

CAMPBELL, CA (October 10, 2006) - PRIMEDIA’s IntelliChoice.com, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its “Best Deals of the Month” for October 2006, with Toyota notching an impressive ten vehicle turnout on the list.

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Volkswagen unveils Goals for Golf, Golf Plus, and Polo cars

WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen is bettering its previous offer. The popular special edition Goal models for the Polo, Golf and Golf Plus have an attractive successor – the Tour.

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General Motors, Nissan-Renault alliance kaput

DETROIT, BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, TOKYO, October 2006 - General Motors, Renault and Nissan said last week that they had agreed to terminate discussions regarding a proposed alliance among the three companies.

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Audi’s 5-cylinder: Welcome back

I’ll admit I have an admiration for car companies that aren’t afraid to do things their own way. For a long time, Audi was one of them as one of the pioneers of the 5-cylinder engine. When it was first introduced, a lot of people thought Ingolstadt was off its collective rocker to build and sell such an unconventional engine. For many years, the 5 was the staple engine of Audi’s lineup.

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Infiniti QX56 tops SUV segment in first Intellichoice and AutoPacific

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – PRIMEDIA’s Intellichoice.com, in conjunction with owner satisfaction specialists AutoPacific, announced that the Infiniti QX56 outscored all vehicles rated across all classes in the inaugural “2006 Motorist’s Choice Awards.” The QX56’s index of 737 led all models, topping the next highest ranked vehicle in the four classes (Cars, Sport Utility, Trucks and Minivans) by eight index points.

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