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Toyota to fix faulty trunk release lever in Lexus ES, IS, and GS

BestCarEver — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:13:40 +0000

In January, Toyota is expected to announce a customer service campaign to alert about 700,000 vehicle owners of 2007-2013 Lexus ES, 2006-2012 Lexus IS, and 2013 Lexus GS models due to a problem with the emergency trunk release found by Consumer Reports.

While not a regular part of our test program, we found that the emergency interior trunk escape lever on our 2013 Lexus ES and GS can easily snap off during use, potentially leaving a trapped occupant without any way to escape. When the lever is pulle…

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Toyota to fix faulty trunk release lever in Lexus ES, IS, and GS

BestCarEver — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:13:40 +0000

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Hot News: Renault Clio Williams to Release in 2014

BestCarEver — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:25:14 +0000

A new Renault Clio Williams is tipped to go on sale in 2014 as part of an ongoing push by Renault to extract maximum benefit from its F1 involvement and underscore the technology transfer between its racing success and road cars.Renault is yet to officially confirm that a new Clio Williams is under development, but well placed sources have told Autocar that the car will be a faster, more hardcore version of the new Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo.Sources suggest that the programme could be announced t…

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McLaren P1 Live Sexiness at 2012 Paris Motor Show Encased in 120-Second Release Video

BestCarEver — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:51:21 +0000

Could it be that the new McLaren P1 is the best thing since sliced bread in the spectrum of the automotive world? Maybe, but unlike bread, most of us will never partake of the goodness that the P1 serves up in abundant amounts of sexiness. To show off more of that ‘sexiness’, McLaren has released another video of the new P1 revealed live at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Don’t worry, the video is only 120 seconds revealing the ‘good parts’ only. Enjoy!

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Hot News: Porsche to Release Panamera Shooting Brake

BestCarEver — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:43:07 +0000

Billed as a concept by Porsche insiders and previewed here in our exclusive artist’s impression, the show car is expected to provide solid clues as to how a production version of a Panamera estate could look.If there is sufficient interest in the Paris show concept, Porsche chairman Matthias Muller could grant it a definitive go-ahead as part of broader model expansion plans aimed at taking the company’s annual sales to more than 200,000 units by the middle of the decade.While it’s unlikely …

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Hot News: Audi Plans to Release MPV and Scooter

BestCarEver — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:35:36 +0000

Speaking at the opening of Audi’s new digital showroom in London, Schwarzenbauer said that the traditional MPV ‘was a boring concept’ but that something ‘designed as an Audi’ with six or seven seats was a strong possibility.He admitted that Ford’s S-Max was the kind of sporting interpretation of the people carrier that was under consideration by the company. Ford has claimed that the S-Max has attracted many buyers who had previously been driving premium-brand cars.Schwarzenbauer also …

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Just Days After Showroom Release, Ford Recalls 2013 Escape

BestCarEver — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:42:24 +0000

Officially going on sale this month, the 2013 Ford Escape reinvents the pivotal small utility product offering from the blue oval brand. With only about a week available to driving customers, the 2013 model year vehicle has to manoeuvre itself through a safety recall.
The problem necessitating the recall for over 8,200 newly produced 2013 Ford Escape relates to pedal clearance issues that could result in motorists having trouble controlling the speed of the crossover vehicle. The concern i…

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Just Days After Showroom Release, Ford Recalls 2013 Escape

BestCarEver — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:42:24 +0000

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Scion Announces 2013 tC Release Series 8.0

BestCarEver — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:39:29 +0000

In Scion’s ever-expanding lineup of special edition Release Series (RS) cars, they’ve just released details and pricing on the eighth RS version of the tC coupe – not surprisingly called the tC RS 8.0.
The RS 8.0 is the second Release Series since Scion introduced the second generation tC in 2010. The first, the tC RS 7.0, featured a very loud yellow along with the usual Release Series treatment.
So what can you expect in the RS 8.0? A slightly quieter paint scheme called “Abs…

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Hot News: Does Mercedes Plan to Release CLA Shooting Brake?

BestCarEver — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:23:44 +0000

Although it is not yet officially confirmed, Mercedes is well advanced on a smaller and more affordable sporting estate model that will be sold as the CLA Shooting Brake. It is tentatively due to reach UK showrooms in 2014 and is likely to be priced at around £28,000.The CLA Shooting Brake is one of five models to be based on Mercedes’s new Modular Front Architecture (MFA) platform. It has been twinned with the upcoming CLA saloon, as previewed at the Beijing motor show last April by the Concep…

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