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Marty Padgett, Editorial Director
Mazda’s quintessential roadster, the MX-5 Miata, adds new audio and comfort features to its soft-top and hardtop models for the 2008 model year. Both Miatas are powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 170 hp...
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High Gear Media Staff,
The puns have been landing thick and fast from Skoda as part of a marketing campaign for the all-new Fabia supermini, which went on sale this week. The TV ad features a full-sized mockup of the car make entirely...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Volkswagen is still Europe's bestselling car brand, the Peugeot 207 is the most popular car andGermany is the biggest market — those are the headline results from the latest market analysis by research firm JATO...
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High Gear Media Staff,
It’s not exactly news Americans and Europeans don’t agree on a lot of things. But the widening gulf between Americans and Europeans portends some serious difficulties for global automakers that depend on...
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High Gear Media Staff,
The New York Times reports that new technology is dramatically increasing the lifespan of some oil wells — and that is turning “peak oil” theories on end, the paper says. The last ten years have brought...
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High Gear Media Staff,
In what can only be called a bizarre business situation, the man who was being blamed for killing off TVR has bought the firm back again. As previously reported on TheCarConnection , Britain ’s largest...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Usually James Bond drives an Aston Martin, but may be you have seen the latest James Bond movie with 007 driving the new Ford Mondeo – the sedan version of which will bow at theGeneva show in March. Ford is said...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Okay, so maybe the first place you plan on driving your new Gallardo isn’t the snowy peaks ofNew Hampshire. That matters not to Lamborghini, which offers a driver-training course unique among the supercar set:...