-The Ram Rebel 1500 is not the brand’s response to the Ford F-150 Raptor. Nor is it a competitor for the scandalously lifted, mega-tired, hard-core rigs that can be caught prowling sand dunes or posing on the SEMA show floor. No, despite its defiant name, the Rebel is a wholly cooperative vehicle. Essentially a Ram 1500 outfitted with off-road duds, the Rebel packs the same towing and cargo-hauling capabilities and
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– Takata is recalling defective airbags in nearly 34 million cars—double what the automotive supplier originally recalled over the past year—as it remains befuddled over the cause of the issue and woefully short of capacity to fix one of the largest auto defects of all time. – – In an agreement with the Department of Transportation, Takata said it would expand recalls of its passenger-side frontal airbag inflators to all 50 states, a
-The 2016 version of Acura’s bestselling model may look the same as last year’s, but there’s a lot going on behind that chiseled visage. For starters, the MDX crossover gets a new ZF nine-speed automatic transmission. Adding three more cogs creates a wider ratio spread than in the previous model’s six-speed, ostensibly helping to keep the MDX’s 290-hp 3.5-liter V-6 in the more efficient parts of its power and torque
-What It Is: Ford’s next-generation heavy-duty pickup, seen here wearing Victor Vasarely–inspired, funkadelic camouflage and sporting an interior that’s messier than a frat house after a kegger. READ MORE ›› –
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– Mazda MX-5 Miatas and Bose have gone together like Bud Light and hot dogs since the second-generation car came around in 1999, when the audio brand was applied to an optional sound system for the iconic roadster. Since then, each generation of Miata has offered some form of a Bose-designed audio upgrade, and now Mazda is showing off the all-new fourth-generation Miata‘s Bose setup.– – – The headrest speakers offered in the first-generation
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By Louis Charbonneau and Sam Wilkin UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI (Reuters) – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced talks between warring Yemeni parties in Geneva on May 28 to end over seven weeks of war, as Iran agreed for international inspections of an aid ship sailing to Yemen. Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and regional Shi’ite powerhouse Iran are in a tussle over influence in the Middle East, where sectarian tensions are