2016 Fiat 500X – First Drive Review
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Audi A6L e-tron Hybrid Unveiled, Is Ready to Plug Into China
– Well, that wasn’t exactly quick. Three years after first showing the A6L e-tron plug-in-hybrid concept at the 2012 Beijing auto show, Audi has finally taken the wraps off of the production model ahead of the 2015 Shanghai show. This Chinese-market, long-wheelbase plug-in hybrid may be tardy, but it’s expected to be fuel-thrifty and techy enough to qualify as a “New Energy Vehicle” in China. – Similar to the A3
Stud Service: The Drawings and Designs that Gave Birth to the Latest Ford Mustang
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You Had Us at Gulf Blue: Porsche Creates Gorgeous 911 Targa 4S Exclusive Edition Exclusively for . . . the Netherlands?
– The Netherlands is a perfectly agreeable little northern European country, but let us tell you what: We want to invade it and call it our own right about now. CarandDriverLands has a nice ring to it, right? What has us seeing red mist over such a friendly little nation? Well, Porsche has just introduced an ultra-limited-edition 911 Targa 4S dubbed the Exclusive Edition to celebrate 50 years of Targas,
You Had Us at Gulf Blue: Porsche Creates Gorgeous 911 Targa 4S Exclusive Edition Exclusively for . . . the Netherlands?
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Dual-Clutch Buicks Are in China, We’re Waiting for Their Visas
– We’ve been seeing more camouflaged Buick Envision crossovers near our offices, and now we’re surer than ever what’s under those taped hoods: the General’s first dual-clutch transmission. As the elderly ladies and dogs in the commercials say, “That’s not a Buick!” – – But it is, at least in China. Last week, Buick released the Envision 20T, equipped with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic paired with one of GM’s many
2016 Chevrolet Silverado Spy Photos: A Slight Mug Adjustment Is in Store
-The wheels of automotive development, they are a turnin’. Well, that and the five-to-six-year product cycle is always a turnin’, and so it goes with Chevrolet’s Silverado 1500 pickup. Having been redesigned for 2014, the Silverado is coming due for a freshening in the next year or so. Right on schedule, then, we’ve received our first spy photos of the updated 2016 Chevy Silverado out testing.– – Predictably, the Silverado
Afghan blast kills 33; president blames Islamic State
By Rafiq Sherzad JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured more than 100 on Saturday, setting off a blast outside a bank where government workers collect salaries, the city’s police chief said. President Ashraf Ghani blamed Islamic State militants, without giving further detail. If true, it would be the first such major attack carried out by the group in
New Hampshire clash of Republican presidential contenders
The Republican Party’s most ambitious have stormed into New Hampshire for an early state showdown that highlighted the diversity, political challenges and sheer size of the GOP’s 2016 presidential class.
President Ghani: IS claims responsibility for deadly Afghan bombing
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan Saturday that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 others, President Ashraf Ghani said, in what appears to be the first major attack by the jihadists in the country. Ghani’s government has repeatedly raised the ominous prospect of IS making inroads into Afghanistan, though the group that has captured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq has