autoevolution Cars .com News Briefs: Jan. 27, 2012 Chicago Tribune Thirty-eight percent of shoppers based avoidance on ratings and reviews , while 14% avoided certain cars because of past ownership experience
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Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 27, 2012 – Chicago Tribune
Vehicles equipped with diesel engines are becoming more popular as American consumers are looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles, and maybe aren’t thrilled with the prospect of buying an electric or hybrid car. Diesel engines are about 30 to 35 percent more fuel-efficient than a similar-sized gasoline engine, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
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Diesel Engines Becoming Increasingly Popular in the U.S.
Acura is less than two weeks away from revealing its production-ready ILX compact sedan at the Chicago auto show, but our spy shooters spotted a test vehicle and managed to take a clear picture of the car’s dash. The ILX concept , which appeared in January in Detroit, was an exterior buck with no interior.
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2013 Acura ILX Sedan Spy Photos, Including Interior
Is it time to modernize road tests? Toronto Star Jim Kenzie Special to the Star A reader writes: Jim — you and your cohorts who write reviews on cars have such an opportunity to publish real useful info on new cars , but you do not.
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Is it time to modernize road tests? – Toronto Star
It’s one of the best driving sports cars of the last decade.
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Toyota GT 86
BMW is lining up a series of mid-life tweaks to its flagship 7-series, including a remarkable new V8 petrol engine with 199g/km CO2 emissions.
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Spy pictures: BMW 7-series
Gordon Murray Design has forged a new technical partnership with chemical specialist Toray Industries to develop Murray’s innovative iStream manufacturing system.
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Murray and Toray join forces
The new car that will take Peugeot back into the hot hatch arena, the Peugeot 208 GTI, has been spied testing for the first time.
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Spy pictures: Peugeot 208 GTI
Women's Car -Shopping Tactics Steer Them Toward Better Deals NPR (blog) Polk also points out Cars.com, which provides “Mother Proof” car reviews geared toward moms.
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Women’s Car-Shopping Tactics Steer Them Toward Better Deals – NPR (blog)