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– BMW is expanding an airbag-sensor recall for the third time to include older Mini Cooper models that may disable the passenger-side frontal airbag. – – According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, BMW is recalling 91,800 cars, specifically the 2005–2006 Cooper and Cooper S hardtops, plus convertible models from 2005–2008. The weight sensor in the front passenger seat that determines whether to deactivate the airbag when a
Honda is a notoriously secretive company, so fans and media must resort to steps like scouring patent office files—as CivicX.com did recently to acquire these and many other images—to bring you good stuff like this: official drawings of the all-new Civic coupe and sedan. – And what the drawings reveal is a Civic design that is—hallelujah!—interesting. That’s right, after more than a decade of shovel-nosed yawnmobiles—the current-generation model landed with a thud not only with
– What It Is: Lincoln’s new Continental sedan, captured here wearing an exclusive new, trippy-ball body wrap while testing near Ford’s global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Despite having only just debuted in concept-car form at the 2015 New York auto show, the Continental project has allegedly been well underway for some time, an assertion backed up by the largely complete-looking car you see here. READ MORE ›› –
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With the Dow near 18,000 and gold and silver trading lower, today King World News is featuring a piece from one of the greats in the business discussing what is happening around the world and in major markets, including legendary Benjamin Graham’s take on the irrationality of markets.
-Now that the rubber dust has settled and five test cars have stopped smoking, the story can be told. We have a champion, a car we can confidently proclaim the best handler in all the land: the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. READ MORE ›› –
By Mohammed Ghobari Mohammed Mukhashef CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemen on Wednesday despite an announcement by Riyadh that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, while renewed fighting erupted on the ground between rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president. The hostilities illustrated how tough it will be to find a political solution to a war stirring animosities between rival Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and
Iraqi security forces fought to rout Islamic State militants from the western city of Ramadi on Wednesday, slowly regaining some ground from the militant group, security and local officials said. The insurgents began encroaching on Ramadi two weeks ago and local officials warned it was about to fall, sending more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes in and around the provincial capital of Anbar. Security officials said Islamic State were
By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) – The timing of sanctions relief is the main sticking point in nuclear talks that resumed on Wednesday with a meeting between delegates from Iran and the European Union. Arriving in Vienna, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reiterated Iran’s position: “All the economic sanctions should be lifted on the day that the deal is implemented,” Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. The United States says the
By Isla Binnie and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday ahead of an emergency summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss the crisis. Up to 900 people were feared dead after their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya at the weekend including
