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The 2017 Honda Accord Sedan and Coupe arrive in showrooms today. Among the popular trim levels usually offered by the automaker, there’s a new Sport Special Edition buyers can choose from. For the 2017 model year, all trim levels of the Accord received enhancements including new styling, a more rigid body, upgraded chassis and upsized wheels and tires on select models.

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Offering up an EPA-estimated highway mileage of 42 mpg, the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze L, LS and LT models can offer 570 miles of range in optimal driving conditions. 570 miles of range! That means we can comfortably drive from Atlanta to New Orleans, Columbus (OH) to New York City, San Diego to San Francisco or Albuquerque to Denver without having to

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Buyers are loving the V8 engines Chevrolet is offering throughout their truck and SUV lineup, so much so General Motors is investing $148 million to repurpose flexible machining and assembly equipment at its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant in Tennessee to keep up with demand. The move will retain 200 jobs and mean that the facility will be building the Small Block 6.2L

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Looking a lot like a rebadged 2016 Infiniti QX80, with features that will remind potential buyers of the Jeep Renegade and Kia Soul, the 2017 Nissan Armada made its debut tonight at the Chicago Auto Show. Its masculine body styling features Nissan’s signature V-motion front grille with standard LED low-beam headlights and signature LED Daytime Running Lights highlighting the truck-like front end. Like

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Chevrolet has introduced the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and we’ve seen it from all angles, on the outside. Here’s what you’d see if you took off all the fancy fascia and molding. The Bolt EV’s drive system uses a high capacity electric motor to drive the car offering up around 200 miles of range. The Bolt’s motor is capable

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It’s reached North American soil and FCA is hoping it connects with buyers. Here are five fast facts about the all-new 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoligio: It’s fast. Seriously fast. The Guilia (as its called by its friends) features class-leading 0-60 time of 3.8 seconds and a record-setting Nürburgring time. It’s Italian-American. The Giulia Quadrifoglio features a Ferrari-derived 505-horsepower V-6 bi-turbo engine and

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Audi has taken its flagship sedan and added some chutzpah. A variant of the Audi A8, the A8 L 4.0T Sport model boasts an enhanced 4.0T twin turbo V8 engine achieving 450 hp. Enhancing the model’s sportiness are more prominent rocker panels to give the vehicle a wider stance and larger air intakes than the standard model. A new lower bumper has been added

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Cadillac is adding new fuel-saving technologies to their line-up in an effort to raise fuel economy ratings and reduce emissions in 2016 models. Among the innovations the automaker is installing for the upcoming model year are Active Fuel Management and Automatic Stop/Start technologies along with widespread use of a new 8-speed transmission. According to Cadillac, their, “all-new six cylinder engine contains Active Fuel Management,

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A luxury sports coupe was added to Lexus‘ model line last year and, one year on, the RC offerings are expanding for MY 2016. The new RC 200t and RC 300 AWD have been added to the RC 350 RWD F SPORT offering buyers more options for the luxury coupe purchase. RC 200t  The new RC 200t, available as RWD only,

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Love the BMW X4? Want more from the X4? The automaker has upped the ante with the new 2016 BMW X4 M40i. Attempting to poise itself as a competitor to the Jaguar F-PACE, BMW is placing the X4 M40i in the Sports Activity Coupe segment. Highlights of the 2016 X4 M40i include: Exclusive Ferric Gray metallic accents on the front of

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