http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:10:26 -0500 Tips and Advice -- find out how to maintain, service, insure, wash and wax, and change the oil in your car with tips from TheCarConnection.com. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036155_safety-group-points-to-jeep-grand-cherokee-fire-concerns http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036155_safety-group-points-to-jeep-grand-cherokee-fire-concerns Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:39:00 -0400 On Friday, the Center for Auto Safety petitioned NHTSA to initiate a defect investigation that could potentially cover hundreds of thousands of Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs from model years 1993 through 2004. According to the group, on these older Grand Cherokee models, the plastic fuel tank actually extends below the bumper, so it's more ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016373_taxpayers-help-automakers-whom-would-you-bet-your-money-on http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016373_taxpayers-help-automakers-whom-would-you-bet-your-money-on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:44:10 -0500 In the December issue of Automobile Magazine, editor Jamie Kitman excoriates American auto manufacturers. He claims they should've seen the handwriting on the wall with the energy crisis of 1973 and started making better small cars then. And if you call the new-for-1979 Chevy Caprice (some 600 pounds lighter than its forebear) a better "small ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016229_31st-anniversary-7-series-featured-in-neiman-marcus-christmas-book http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016229_31st-anniversary-7-series-featured-in-neiman-marcus-christmas-book Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:33 -0400 Moneyed fans of the BMW 7 Series, your chance to be one of 31 individuals who pick up a brand-new 750Li from Germany and drive it through the French Riviera is nigh. Courtesy of the folks at Needless Markup Neiman Marcus, in conjunction with the team at BMW Individual, special 31st-anniversary 7 Series BMWs may be purchased exclusively through ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015871_pebble-beach-something-cadillac-something-bugatti http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015871_pebble-beach-something-cadillac-something-bugatti Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:33:19 -0400 We're making a plan for Pebble Beach, and we're making it soon: TheCarConnection.com is headed to the classic concours in California on August 14, where we're bringing you the first look at a new Cadillac. Since we have to have something to make it look good for the home office while we swill champagne and relax to the tune of bagpipers, ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015868_bat-11-out-of-hell http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015868_bat-11-out-of-hell Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:36:52 -0400 By all rights, the BAT 11 simply shouldn't exist. The incredibly sexy sportscar, pictured above, is the work of the folks at Stile Bertone. Certainly, you've heard that name before. It's penned the designs for a long procession of over-the-top autos, such as the Lamborghini Countach. But when work began on the BAT, successor to a rare ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015695_breaking-wind-bubble-cars-and-aero-trucks http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015695_breaking-wind-bubble-cars-and-aero-trucks Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:02:01 -0400 After being put into suspended animation following a botched operation, Woody Allen wakes up centuries in the future - as a wanted man. Looking to escape, he steals an aerodynamic bubble car in one of the most memorable scenes from the film Sleeper. For decades, the image shown above has resurfaced whenever I think about cars of the future. ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015461_us-automakers-score-big-in-china http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015461_us-automakers-score-big-in-china Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:23:15 -0400 Things may be slack at home, but the Big Three U.S. automakers are going gangbusters in the world's fastest-growing new car market. First-quarter data from China shows that Ford Motor Co. saw a 47 percent increase in sales during the first quarter of 2007. Ford “has now achieved four consecutive years of strong, continuous growth ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015296_buick-teases-with-hint-of-invicta-concept-car http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015296_buick-teases-with-hint-of-invicta-concept-car Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:00:26 -0400 The image is little more than a series of sweeping lines and arcing curves, but use a bit of imagination and you might just see something more in this sketch, the first official hint of what will, in a few weeks, be revealed as the 2009 Buick Invicta Concept car. Indeed, it's more than that, the prototype that will be fully unveiled at next ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015293_buick-invicta-concept-shanghaied-in-new-york http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015293_buick-invicta-concept-shanghaied-in-new-york Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:32:06 -0400 It won't be displayed in the clay until the Beijing auto show on April 19, but Buick's letting more than a few whispers out about its new Invicta concept. While we're amassing for the New York auto show, Buick's eye ahead to Beijing will include a fully realized concept version of this sketch, which General Motors released today along ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015051_gm-does-it-in-style-with-corvette-kid-rock-mary-j-blige-and-more http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015051_gm-does-it-in-style-with-corvette-kid-rock-mary-j-blige-and-more Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:15:30 -0500 If Kid Rock had any trouble figuring out where he was, Saturday night, all he had to do was check his T-shirt, brightly emblazoned, "Detroit." The partying rock star was one of an assortment of celebrities strutting the stage at General Motors second annual GM Style event, a celebration of cars and stars. The Motor City native used every ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015045_buick-riviera-concept-will-morph-into-next-lacrosse http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015045_buick-riviera-concept-will-morph-into-next-lacrosse Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:09:30 -0500 It'll be worth taking a second - and closer - look at the Buick Riviera concept car when it makes its North American debut at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. First seen in Shanghai last summer, it's likely to get crowded out of the headlines by first-time previews, such as General Motors' own Corvette ZR1. But ignoring the sleek and sexy coupe ..]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1013501_1999-chevrolet-blazer-a-c-won-t-stay-on http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1013501_1999-chevrolet-blazer-a-c-won-t-stay-on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:00:00 -0400 Browse Photos

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