Autos
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House panel: Safety agency mishandled GM recallSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The government's auto safety agency should have discovered General Motors' faulty ignition switches seven years before the company recalled 2.6 million cars...
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Austin 1300 may be slower, but still stylishSep 15, 2014 5:45 am - Kids can have a certain persuasiveness with their parents and Dennis DeLap used it to his advantage. As an 18-year-old, he convinced Mom and Dad to buy a new 1967 Austin...
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5 smart things coming to your car that make life saferSep 14, 2014 7:41 am - DETROIT - Cellphones that warn drivers when people are crossing in front of them. Bicycles and cars that communicate with traffic lights. Sensors in cars that quickly al...
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Hundreds of workers on strike at Hammond Lear Corp. plantSep 13, 2014 1:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS - Hundreds of workers protesting what some are calling fast-food-like wages walked off the job Saturday at a Lear Corp. plant in northwest Indiana that make...
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Buffalo Grove board OKs sales tax split with Rohrman car dealershipSep 09, 2014 1:01 am - Buffalo Grove village board members may not be happy with having to provide economic incentives to bring a Bob Rohrman car dealership back to the Dundee Road corridor. ...
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Owner's 1959 El Camino experiences half good, half badSep 08, 2014 5:45 am - Given some decades, Chuck Pertile has gone from loathing to loving Chevy's unique hauler, the El Camino. As a 21 year old in 1975, he purchased his first “half car, half...
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Why some fear auto industry is returning to bad habitsSep 07, 2014 7:35 am - DETROIT - Big discounts. Six- or seven-year loans, in some cases to buyers who would have been turned down in the past. As the auto industry strives to sustain its post-...
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Fans, owners have jolly-good time at Palatine car festSep 07, 2014 1:01 am - Ron Geibel of Schaumburg has a simple explanation for why he never puts a cover on his 1987 Morgan Plus 8 when it's parked in his garage. "I consider it to be a work of ...
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Driverless cars hijacked by hackers signal risk in Google pushSep 06, 2014 7:39 am - LONDON - A red VW Golf jerks back and forth as it maneuvers into a parking space in the English spa town of Cheltenham. The halting efforts resemble those of a new drive...
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Rohrman dealership could give Buffalo Grove shot in the armSep 06, 2014 7:00 am - Buffalo Grove's once vibrant corridor of auto dealerships along Dundee Road has some hope of roaring back with at least one Bob Rohrman dealership — and possibly three. ...