Autos
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GM stock rises above $33 for first time in 2 yearsMay 17, 2013 11:07 am - DETROIT — Shares of General Motors are trading above $33 for the first time in over two years. The automaker’s stock reached $33.58 Friday morning before pulling back to...
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Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash testsMay 16, 2013 1:18 pm - DETROIT — Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluat...
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Car club calendar, 2013May 13, 2013 11:00 am - Car shows May 17: The Sports Car Club of America, Chicago Region, holds Performance Driving Experience (PDX) track days in May at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet. Driver...
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Owner of 1968 Camaro SS no longer engine enviousMay 13, 2013 4:00 am - This 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS is the long-waited answer to Bob Zogarfos' childhood wish. It's not the car itself he wanted for so long, but rather what's underhood. “Whe...
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Cars made in Brazil are more deadlyMay 12, 2013 4:08 am - SAO PAULO — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry’s biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil’s new middl...
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China's struggling automakers jump on SUV boomMay 11, 2013 11:00 pm - SHANGHAI — BYD is known for electric cars but this year's flagship model is the S7, a gasoline-powered SUV. It comes with an interior air purifier, radar to help with ba...
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Experts: CO2 record illustrates ‘scary’ trendMay 11, 2013 6:21 pm - WASHINGTON — The old saying that “what goes up must come down” doesn’t apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief gre...
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Government sells 58.4 million shares of GM stockMay 10, 2013 5:37 pm - WASHINGTON — The government has sold another piece of its stake in General Motors Co. The Treasury Department said Friday in its April report to Congress that so far thi...
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Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports' top scoreMay 09, 2013 7:00 pm - DETROIT — The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine's automotive testing. The M...
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Limo's legacy stretches over the decadesMay 06, 2013 3:00 am - For those looking to travel in pure class during the 1960s, few luxury offerings were as tantalizing as a Lincoln Continental limousine assembled by Chicago's Lehmann-Pe...