Autos
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Suburban fleets switching to new fuel: Compressed natural gasJul 31, 2011 12:00 am - Compressed natural gas. Could it be the superfuel of the future — a solution to the nation's trauma about the price of gasoline and its impact on the environment? CNG, a...
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Car club calendarJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Car shows Aug. 6-7: All-Pontiac Indian Uprising, hosted by the Crusin#146; Tigers GTO Club and benefiting cerebral palsy, at DuPage Expo Center, St. Charles. Feat...
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Deal for old Hoffman Estates police station falls throughJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - For now, prospective luxury car purchasers in Hoffman Estates won’t be able to browse the lot while greeted by the sweet aroma of White Castle. That’s because a deal for...
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Classic recollections: 1956 Chrysler WindsorJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - Over the course of their lifetimes, it's not uncommon for classic vehicles to travel far and wide, exchanging owners and locales numerous times. Contrasting these vintag...
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Thinking of getting a smaller car? Wait until fallJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Thinking of trading in the clunker in your garage for something that gets better gas mileage? Wait a little longer. Small car prices, which have set ...
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Classic recollections: 1967 Chevy IIJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - When the snow starts to fall around here in the Midwest, Chicagoans, and their metal machines, escape Mother Nature's frozen wrath by retreating to heated garages. Drop...
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Fiat, Chrysler synch management structureJul 17, 2011 6:07 am - MILAN — Fiat and Chrysler Group will have a single management structure soon, Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of both companies, said, as he takes another ste...
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Car club calendarJul 15, 2011 6:00 pm - Car shows July 17: Crusin#146; with the Classics fourth annual show and Summerfest at Grand Dominion by Del Webb, 3555 Grand Dominion Circle, Mundelein. 11 a.m. t...
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Classic recollections: 1959 Cadillac Series 62 convertibleJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - The 1950s were infatuated with wild and whimsical dreams of air and space exploration. If ever a car capitalized on this fascination with rocketry and orbital flight, it...
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Lawsuit says GM failed to fix thousands of ImpalasJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — A lawsuit claims General Motors Co. fixed a defective part on police versions of the Chevrolet Impala but didn't correct the same problem in hundreds of thousa...