Autos
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Fangio’s F1 Mercedes fetches $29.6 million at auctionJul 12, 2013 1:29 pm - LONDON — A classic Mercedes-Benz race car driven by Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio sold for 19.6 million pounds ($29.6 million) at auction in England on Friday. The...
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U.S. safety agency may expand GM car recallJul 09, 2013 9:27 am - DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators may add nearly 5,000 cars to a recall of the Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal sedans. In May, General Motors announc...
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Fiat exercises option to buy more Chrysler stockJul 08, 2013 9:05 am - DETROIT — Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third option to buy a small amount of Chrysler stock. But the sale won’t go through until a price dispute is settled by ...
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Summer job leads boy to 1932 FordJul 08, 2013 1:00 am - Hard work always pays off — just not always in the ways we expect. When a 13-year old Lee Getzelman started a summer lawn-care business, he thought he'd score some hard-...
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Hoffman Estates Explorer Post hosts car showJul 07, 2013 3:05 pm - Hoffman Estates Police Explorer Post #806 will host a car show fundraiser, from 11:15 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at Arlington Park, 2000 W. Euclid Ave. in Arlingt...
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Mexican auto manufacturing boom creates new worries for US workersJul 06, 2013 11:00 pm - RAMOS ARIZPE, Mexico — In the division of labor that has long governed North American auto manufacturing, the Big Three and other companies typically built their top mon...
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GM forges Honda fuel-cell alliance in renewed hydrogen pushJul 06, 2013 7:44 am - General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. are teaming up in a renewed push to market clean vehicles, with the two automotive giants seeking to have cheaper power- making fu...
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Chrysler recalling minivans for air bag defectJul 05, 2013 5:04 pm - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler is recalling 282,000 minivans from the 2013 model year because the side air bags can deploy on the wrong side in a crash. Side air bags ar...
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Toyota produces $10,000 bicycleJul 04, 2013 6:27 am - TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. has released a luxury bicycle priced at 1 million yen ($10,083) under its Lexus brand and will limit sales to 100 units worldwide. The main co...
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Owner's 1963 Corvette is an island treasureJul 01, 2013 12:00 am - As a young man, John Mrock lived out a double dream — owning a great classic and cruising some of the best beaches. The Arlington Heights resident spent several years in...