-The 24 Hours of LeMons crew has survived another weekend of torture testing tired vehicles on the track at Gingerman Raceway, although some cars’ engines left the circuit with lower percentages of intact internals than others. Nevertheless, most of the intrepid Midwest regulars and a few new faces managed to avoid showering the Michigan track’s racing surface with used-to-be-engine-innards. Let’s see who the weekend’s winners and losers were. – -Winning
-Optioning a test car for long-term duty will occasionally turn our office into a war zone. Sunroof lovers and haters, for example, nearly come to blows when the order sheets circulate. The arguments for and against introverted shades of gray or extroverted reds and yellows are hotly contested. But the one thing everyone could agree on: We need a long-term Volkswagen GTI. READ MORE ›› –
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– Jaguar’s rollout of the new XE sedan, its first four-door designed to effectively take on BMW’s 3-series, has been a long, slow process. And it’ll roll on, since the XE won’t actually go on sale in the U.S. until this time next year. In the meantime, Jaguar has outlined the specifics of two of the XE’s engine choices, while also dishing out a bit more on some of the
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