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2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5: A BMW Hybrid That Almost Makes Sense

With this 535i-based gas-electric, BMW finally moves toward mainstream hybrid appeal. BMW?s earlier steps into hybridization haven?t been the most decisive. The hybrid vehicles it has offered so far start at nearly $90,000 and don?t quite have the impressive fuel-economy numbers commonly associated with hybrids. The hybrid 7-series is rated by the EPA at 17 [...]

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Can car reviewers be trusted?

American Journalism Review recently posted an article by Frank Greves entitled Taking Readers for a Ride which talks, not particularly favorably, about the world of automotive journalism. The article makes some strong (and by and large legitimate) accusations: Free loaner cars, press junkets, automakers who favor positive reviewers, and journalists who say nice things to curry favor -- all points I'd like to address.

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Spied: 2013 Lincoln MKT Gets Refined Version of Waterfall Grille

We caught a glimpse of the refreshed 2013 Lincoln MKS yesterday, and running in the pack with it our spy photographers spotted the 2013 MKT crossover. As you can see in these pictures, it too will receive a new rendition of the brand?s waterfall grille. Just as on the MKS, the MKT?s large, split grille [...]

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BMW Owners Finally Admit Nazi Past

The Quandt family, major shareholder of BMW, and one of the richest in Germany, is finally and belatedly confessing to its Nazi-past. Patriarch Günther Quandt was an early member of the Nazi party, he joined 1933, after Hitler?s election. During the Third Reich, Quandt company empire was kept running by more than 50,000 slave laborers. Many [...]

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/09/bmw-owners-finally-admit-nazi-past/

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Your ridiculously cool Nürburgring Edition Lexus LFA Wallpaper is here [Car Porn]

Its 'Ring record may no longer stand, but the Nürburgring Edition Lexus LFA doesn't give a shit. Who cares about lap times when you're timeless... and $500K? More »

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Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Takes Back Nürburgring Lap Record, Probably Won?t Keep it Long

Germany?s Nürburgring Nordschleife has turned into the rope in a figurative game of tug of war among automakers. The prize for pulling the other team over the line? The production-car lap record. But like the back-and-forth in a tug of war, the Nürburgring prize switches hands more times than we can keep track of. In [...]

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