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1997 Pontiac Grand Am: Check Engine Light Is On
Q--I've got a ‘97 Pontiac Grand Am, and the check engine light is on. I stopped at AutoZone to have them plug their diagnostic tool up to my car and see why the engine light is on, but they couldn't get it to...
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Ford EcoBoost: V-8 Power from Six?
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TCC TeamAutomotive engineering is all about trade-offs. You want to build something bigger, you normally wind up with more weight. More features? A higher price tag. To improve performance, meanwhile, you sacrifice fuel...
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Is the Volt Really Coming That Soon?
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Marty Padgett, Editorial DirectorWhat’s the deal with lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles? Are they really coming as soon as Chevy’s Volt would seem to indicate — or are they still too pie-in-the-sky to gamble on? GM is racing...
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China Building Cars in Mexico
One of China's top automakers expects to open an assembly plant in Mexico in the next three years. Officials from Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V., a leading specialty retailer, consumer finance, and banking company in...
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Flint: Next Year—Better or Worse?
That ugly word “recession” is being heard in the land. On financial TV shows they talk of a coming recession all the time. The columnist Dan Dorfman says it will be worse than recession. If times are bad, we...
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TheCarConnection’s Holiday Wish List
Buying gifts for a gearhead is easy — if you're a gearhead yourself. But what if you have no clue what to buy for your four-wheel-minded significant other? That's where a cheat sheet comes in handy. Here's a list...
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Chrysler Cherys Will Take a While
The new alliance between Chery and Chrysler LLC is up and running, but it be a while before the cars spawned by the collaboration will reach showrooms in theU.S. and Europe, a Chery executive says. Lin Zhang,...
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Ford Drops New N.A. Plant Plans
Ford is shelving plans to build a new assembly plant in northernMexico. Instead, Ford has promised the United Auto Workers in its new labor pact to build a small car in the U.S. Pushing both Ford and GM to build...
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