U.S. Car Sales Climbed in June
General Motors and Chrysler reported double-digit sales of new vehicles, while Ford’s rose 7 percent. Toyota sales were up 60 percent.
Strong June auto sales for U.S. automakers
U.S. automakers reported strong auto sales in June, with each manufacturer’s figures beating sales they reported a year ago.
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June 25 Weekly Open Thread–Badge Engineering Week 2: Electric Boogaloo
We're sticking the badge for "Badge Engineering Week" on another line in the calendar and continuing the theme for another few days. This is the place for random discussions on any automotive subject, even those which aren't badge-engineered.
In one of our off-blog discussions, Chris Hafner reminded me of one of the all-time champions of badge-engineering, a vehicle which also qualifies as an Inappropriately Named Chrysler Product, the Sprinter delivery van.
What other vehicle could pas…
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This Week in the Future, June 18-22, 2012
This Week in the Future, June 18-22, 2012 Baarbarian Are the raging mice duking it out with the stressed grasshoppers to save the world, or destroy it? Either way, it doesn’t take away from the magnificence of this illustration. Want to win this sporty Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It’s easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we’re @PopSci) and retweet our This Week in the Future tweet. One of those lucky retweeters will be chosen to receive a custom T-shirt with this week’s Baarbarian illustrati…
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The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, June 11-15, 2012
Bursting Through This is what it looks like when an F/A 18F Super Hornet bursts through the sound barrier. Read more here. U.S. Navy/Jarod Hodge Thanks for joining us for Food Tech week! And now, a few food tech images, and also a lot of other great stuff–this jet breaking through the sound barrier, some pretty space pics, a gorgeous jellyfish that lives deep in an undersea canyon, and much more. Click to launch the gallery.
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June 11 Weekly Open Thread
Ginger or Mary Ann? Red or black licorice? Bentley or Aston Martin? Kate or Pippa? Neither? Or perhaps both?
Life is full of choices and this week it's the fantasy edition of the Weekly Open Thread. A hypothetical question for you to ponder as a little mental exercise on the practical side of Car Lust and probably something we've all pondered at one point or another: If you could have only one vehicle for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I'll even proffer a couple of scenarios to wor…
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This Week in the Future, June 4-8, 2012
This Week in the Future, June 4-8, 2012 Baarbarian In a tribute to the great Ray Bradbury, an image even he couldn’t have envisioned: a dead stuffed cat given the power of flight. Want to win this bizarre Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It’s easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we’re @PopSci) and retweet our This Week in the Future tweet. One of those lucky retweeters will be chosen to receive a custom T-shirt with this week’s Baarbarian illustration on it, thus making the winner the envy of the…
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June 4 Weekly Open Thread: The Stick Shift Edition
"Standard transmission."
I'm guessing that there is a sharp divide among those reading this as to what is meant by those two simple words. If you're over a certain age, you probably thought "manual"; a bit younger and "automatic" popped into your head. Used to be that an automatic transmission was an option that many people did without because it was fairly pricey and was generally associated with more upscale cars. You got the manual as "standard"…
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Tesla Model S Scheduled for June 22nd Delivery
There is a lot of satisfaction in proving the naysayers wrong. So far, Tesla has done just that. The Model S is moving forward full-speed ahead for a production launch one month ahead of schedule.
Tesla has just announced the beginning of a countdown – one month from today the first Model S is scheduled to be delivered to customers. The gleaming former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California is gearing up for full production. The first production body for customer delivery was recently completed …
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2013 Audi A4, S4 and A4 Allroad Quattro revealed, coming to U.S. in June
Audi has unveiled the new 2013 A4, S4 and A4 allroad quattro in German. The all-new 2013 Audi A4, S4 and the A4 allroad quattro will be coming to the United States in June 2012 but will go on sale in Germany later this year.
As you can see from the images, the new A4, S4 and A4 allroad quattro all get the new Audi facelight with a little more elegance and sportiness.
As always in Germany, the Audi A4 will be offered with a range of engines including six TDI and four gasoline, with 23 possible engine-tran…