Google And Audi Sign A Deal To Bring Android-Powered Dashboards To Cars
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View ArticleA 'Price Is Right' Contestant Won A $150,000 Audi R8 And Went Totally Bananas
Sheree Heil made "The Price Is Right" history on Monday, becoming the biggest winner ever on the CBS daytime version of the show by walking away with an Audi R8 worth $157,300.The car is really...
View ArticleUS Wireless Carriers Will Become Innovators Again In 2014
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View ArticleAn Upstart Chinese-Israeli Automaker Has Sold Its First Car
Six years after its formation, Chinese-Israeli brand Qoros has sold its first car. The 50-50 joint venture between Chery Automobile and Israel Corp. aims to "develop Western-standard vehicles for...
View ArticleHere's The Sleek Concept Car Kia Will Show Off At The Detroit Auto Show This...
Kia has released a photo of the concept car it's bringing to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month. So far, we're impressed.The GT4 Stinger rests just a few inches above the...
View ArticleSeinfeld's 'Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee' Is Back With Louis CK And The...
Season three of Jerry Seinfeld's show "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" kicked off this week, and the first episode is excellent.It stars Seinfeld, Louis C.K., and a 1959 Fiat Jolly, one of the...
View ArticlePay Attention To Car Sales Numbers Today
It's the first Friday of the month, but due to the holiday calendar the January jobs report won't be until Friday.But there's still an important number to watch.From Calculated Risk: "Light vehicle...
View ArticleBrilliant! Hyundai Is Making A Google Glass App For Its New Car
Hyundai is embracing wearable technology and will allow customers to connect to its 2015 Genesis sedan using Google Glass and other devices, it announced Thursday.I'm a curmudgeon about shoving fancy...
View ArticleTesla Model S Interior Is Gorgeous But Has A Few Drawbacks
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Inside and outside, the Tesla Model S is a great looking car. But the interior of the Model S is so sleek that it loses some basic functionality.CEO Elon...
View ArticleThe Battle For The Connected Car: Google And Apple Want To Dominate Our...
Cars have become the new battleground for consumer Internet companies. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Google unveiled a new plan that will allow car manufacturers to use a...
View ArticleIf California Just Builds These 68 Fueling Stations, Hydrogen Cars Could Work...
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Toyota launched a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered electric sedan that it plans to bring to market in 2015.That's an aggressive deadline...
View ArticleChina's Booming Car Market Is Terrific News For Western Automakers
China's auto sales smashed through the 20 million mark last year, growing nearly 14 percent and extending its lead as the world's biggest car market, an industry group said Thursday.Sales in China, the...
View ArticleChevy's Diesel Sedan Is A Terrific Little Car That Won't Save You Any Money
A lot of new diesel-powered cars have popped up on the American market over the past year, with Audi and its parent company Volkswagen leading the push.There are plenty of upsides to diesels: they...
View ArticleFor $40,000, Why Isn't This Entire Pickup Truck Covered In Camouflage?
There's a natural overlap between Americans who like to hunt and Americans who buy pickups, so it's kind of surprising you don't see many camouflaged trucks.Chrysler is looking to fill that gap with...
View ArticleHere's How Far You Need To Drive To Make Diesel Cost-Effective In America
One of the big stories in the auto industry this year has been the growth of diesel sales in the United States. No longer dirty and smelly, diesels are a great way for automakers to meet federal...
View Article13 New Cars We Can't Wait To See At The Detroit Auto Show
The 2014 edition of the North American International Auto Show, better known as the Detroit Auto Show, kicks off on Monday.We'll be in town to see the best new rides the world's automakers have to...
View ArticleAudi's New Luxury Sedan Has A Clever Way To Avoid Pileup Crashes
The 2015 A8 will make its debut at the Detroit Auto Show next week, Audi announced today.On top of a suite of luxury technologies (try five different massage functions in the front and rear seats), the...
View Article3 Reasons Why Classic Car Aficionados Love Citroën
Please enable Javascript to watch this video In the late 1960s and early 1970s, some of the coolest cars you could buy in the United States came from France's Citroën. Rides like the famous DS gained a...
View ArticleI Have Finally Seen Kia's Luxury Car In Person, And I'm Impressed
I didn't get to sit in the K900, Kia's new luxury sedan, when it premiered at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.Now in Detroit for the North American International Auto Show, I've had my chance,...
View ArticleVW's Latest Concept Car Is A Beetle That's Made For Skiing
When it comes to concept cars, the key question is not so much "why?" as "why not?" That's definitely the case with Volkswagen's Beetle Dune Concept, unveiled today at the North American International...
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