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Giants punter unhurt in hydroplaning crash on NJ Turnpike (Yahoo Sports)

New York Giants punter Steve Weatherford said he’s thankful for being unhurt early Monday after totaling a rented car on the New Jersey Turnpike as he tried to return home for practice from visiting his newborn daughter in California. Weatherford posted a picture of the mangled car on Instagram after the 3:30 a.m. crash (http://bit.ly/1AFSikk ), saying it wrecked as he hit ”a massive body of water” going about 65

Subaru Mulling Six Names for 7-Passenger Crossover—We’ll Take the Man-Horse Option

– Despite the deep and gnawing Yankee hunger for CUVs, Subaru’s Tribeca [above] never sold in great numbers, even while the rest of the company’s mainstream product line pushed the niche automaker past Volkswagen in American sales. With VW preparing a new, bigger Tiguan and a larger MQB-based crossover, Subie could undoubtedly use a fresh seven-passenger uticle to stay ahead of Wolfsburg. – If a question from a survey taken by a Jalopnik

GM and Subaru Add 390,000 Cars and Trucks to Takata Airbag Recall

– The extent of General Motors’ involvement with the Takata airbag recalls was once limited to just a few Toyota-built Pontiac Vibes and rebadged Subarus sold as Saabs, but the American automaker has now announced a related action involving 330,198 heavy-duty pickups. At the same time, Subaru has quadrupled its affected models, now estimated at more than 80,000 vehicles in the U.S. – – The 2007–2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 (along with its