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TCC Team
Q--I've got a ‘97 Pontiac Grand Am, and the check engine light is on. I stopped at AutoZone to have them plug their diagnostic tool up to my car and see why the engine light is on, but they couldn't get it to ...
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Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor
Automotive engineering is all about trade-offs. You want to build something bigger, you normally wind up with more weight. More features? A higher price tag. To improve performance, meanwhile, you sacrifice ...
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Henny Hemmes, Editor
Ferrari’s newest berlinetta, the 430 Scuderia, made its North American debut at last week’s auto show in Los Angeles . The Scuderia is the ultimate performance version of the F430, which already has a ...
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Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor
GM has given the official “go” to one of the three Korean-made minicar prototypes it unveiled earlier this year. The Beat — along with similar Groove and Trax concepts — were initially unveiled at last ...
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Henny Hemmes, Editor
The Mercedes stand at the Los Angeles auto show was a study in contrasts: on the one hand, a diesel-powered S-Class hybrid concept, and on the other, the blazing-fast C63 AMG that TheCarConnection.com ...
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Bengt Halvorson, Editor
In these days when any talk about global warming can be taken as politically loaded, it's very unusual to hear anyone in the automotive industry talking about it as openly as Koichi Fukaya, the president and ...
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Marty Padgett, Executive Editor
Fiat’s new 500 hasn’t even passed its first driving test, but already the mini-hatchback and reincarnation of great Fiats past is being crowed as the next best thing to the MINI Cooper. A “manifesto of ...
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Richard Yarrow, Editor
French firm Peugeot used the Frankfurt Motor Show to unveil a diesel hybrid version of its acclaimed 308 compact hatchback. The car is only a concept at the moment, but a spokesman commented: “This ...