DIY Saturday A Look at Check Engine Lights

Check engine light - it’s just a very small light found on your dashboard, but it can cause panic and a lot of worry among car owners every time it illuminates, so much so that some drivers rush to the nearest mechanic shop whenever they see this light come on. Some drivers associate this light with engine trouble, and they can be correct in some degree....

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A Decade Strong THANK YOU!

Today we celebrate 10 YEARS in business! We would like say a big THANK YOU to all of our amazing customers!Customers are the top reason why a family auto repair business like ours is able to make it past the 10-year mark, so we are holding a customer appreciation month from today, September 20th until October 20th, 2012.It is a our special way...

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Special Dindo Capello tribute display at Auto e Moto Depoca in Italy

By Johan LaubscherAudi Sport Club Italia has a display at the Auto e Moto Depoca show in Italy this weekend. Their display includes a very special tribute to one of Audi’s legendary race drivers.This is the fifth year that Audi Sport Club Italia has attended the show with a display of Audi cars. They normally attend the show with a theme. Last year...

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Infiniti G37 May be Hybrid Essence

Motor Trend is reporting a source inside Nissan may take the Essence concept vehicle and use it as the basis for the new G37 due out in 2012. The G coupe may also get a hybrid powertrain option, inherited from the M35 that develops around 360 total horsepower. At the same time, another source is claiming the partnership with Daimler may lead to a hybrid diesel, which would likely go on sale outside...

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2011 Honda Jazz Hybrid

Honda Jazz HybridThe 2011 Honda Jazz Hybrid is set to debut at the Paris Auto Show in in September and should arrive in dealers lots early 2011.  The Jazz Hybrid (known as the Honda Fit in Japan and the US) is undergoing a 2011 update and is set to receive the hybrid engine just as the Fit did in Japan.Its expected to get similar gas mileage as...

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Prius Plug in Hybrid Coming to US

The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will be coming to the US in limiited numbers (150 in lease-fleet) for testing and marketing purposes. 350 other plug-in Prius models will be delivered in late 2009 across the globe.The demonstration fleet will be placed in strategic clusters to create and evaluate various driving scenarios. ...

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Honda Accord Sedan 2013

BY AARON ROBINSON There were low points in the past few years when we doubted Honda, but Big H might be on its way back. The new, ninth-generation Accord is a convincing reminder of the company’s core values and—considering all Honda has been through, including an earthquake that smashed its Tochigi R&D center and floods in Thailand...

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Price Increase Announced on Highlander Hybrid

Toyota announced a price increase for the Highlander Hybrid. The Base and Limited package will increase $200 (0.6%) to $34,900 and $41,220, respectively. Thats an increase of 0.6% and 0.5% respectively.  The MSRP shown excludes the delivery, processing and handling fee.Press Release follows:TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., announced manufacturers...

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FIA GT Pole position for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT at Slovakia Ring

By Tarek RamchaniThe FIA GT Series is in Slovakia this weekend, hosted at the Slovakia Ring. Only four Audi R8 LMS ultra cars are entered in this fourth meeting of the season. Phoenix Racing decided not to enter the event, however the qualifying session gave Audi great satisfaction.Belgian Audi Club Team WRT took a fantastic pole position today. For...

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2010 Infiniti M Hybrid Engine

Nissans new hybrid system will be better than Toyotas.  Thats a big deal, since Toyota has the most efficient hybrid motor on the road today.Powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, the newly developed hybrid motor may be the "most efficient 1-motor, 2-clutch parallel full hybrid system."  Its important to keep in mind when comparing to the...

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Audi R8 LMS Cup Action packed days for Audi customer racing in Malaysia

Audi R8 LMS Cup Press Release         Audi R8 LMS Cup debuts at Sepang International Circuit         Four Audi entries in the 12-hour Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race (MMER)         Activities underline expanding Audi motorsport program in AsiaBeijing/Sepang, August 29, 2013...

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2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid

Nissan announced some details on their 2010 Altima sedan including the hybrid model. Starting October 5th, the 2010 model year will be available at Nissan dealerships.The hybrid Altima comes with the QR25 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine with continously variable transmission (CVT) mated to electric drive motor. The overall hybrid system is the hybrid...

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Skoda Yeti 1 8 TSI SE

Skoda does a good line in half sizes. The Octavia is a bit bigger than Focus types, but not as chunky as a Mondeo. And so the new Skoda Yeti is larger than its Fiat Panda looky-likey, but not quite as big as the Nissan Qashqai-set soft-roaders it’s aimed at. It’s a handy point of distinction and the Yeti looks pleasingly trim as a result: not as bolshily...

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Suzuki Swift Plug in Hybrid

Suzuki Swift Plug-in HybridSuzuki is testing 60 Swift plug-in hybrids in Japan this autumn. The Swift plug-in was first seen at the the Tokyo Motor show in October. The small K-car may not have the range of the Volt, but the price should make it an attractive option if it gets to production.The hybrid engine combines a 600cc ICE with an electric...

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Chevy Impala Hybrid

Bob Lutz talked to the Inside Line about the Chevy Impala. Apparently, GM may create an Impala hybrid sometime in the near future.It sounds like this would be a mild hybrid, akin to the Aura or Malibu hybrid. Lutz also said the next Impala would be front-wheel drive, get a little bigger and add other equipme...

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Fisker Gets 500 Million From the Government

Fisker has closed its loan with the federal government, giving it $528.7 million to help develop the Karma and NINA programs.The NINA program is its new development, a family sedan to be built in the old Delaware GM plant."The story of Fisker is a story of ingenuity of an American company, a commitment to innovation by the U.S. government and the perseverance of the American auto industry," said Vice...

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2013 Porsche Panamera Platinum Edition

2013 Porsche Panamera Platinum Edition launched on the end of November a very exclusive version of the Panamera to market.The Platinum Edition brings Porsche Panamera an even more luxurious and more exclusive version of its Gran Turismo on the market. The elegant special edition of Panamera, Panamera 4 and Panamera Diesel is distinguished by subtle...

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2013 Kia Forte K3

New generation of the C-segment car with surprising sporty.Kia is on the rise worldwide. The South Korean automaker currently achieved growth rates, many of which others can only dream of. Thus, the success continues to come, is introducing new models on the market that make its predecessor look pretty old. The latest example is the successor to the...

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2013 Porsche Boxster S

New edition of the 2013 Porsche Boxster S are the times was held in which the small Stuttgart for a poor imitation of the super-soft washed forefather and 911, a thing of the past. Deeper, harder, faster, seems to be the motto of the new Boxster, which tries to be so successful, as the unfortunate image of his dentist wife car secede. At some point,...

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Fisker Recieves 528 Million in DOE Loans

Fisker Automotive has been approved to receive $528 million in low-interest loans from the Dept of Energy (DOE) as part of the $25 billion dolloar loan program set up by the federal government.$169.3 million will be used to finish development and production of the plug-in hybrid sedan Karma which is due out next summer. The Karma is being sold at $87,900 a piece. The rest of the loan will be used...

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Porsche Boxster Spyder First Drive Review 2011

When James Dean set out to a race in Salinas, California, on that fateful morning of September 30, 1955, he and his beloved Porsche 550 Spyder were already viewed by many as icons. Of course, in years to come, iconic status would be cemented for both Dean and Porsche, with the German company becoming known as the quintessential sports-car manufacturer....

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Honda Fit Hybrid for 2010

The Nikkei is reporting (via GCC) that Honda will have a Fit Hybrid on the road in Japan in the fall of 2010. The new Fit will cost less than the Insight, which will make it the cheapest hybrid sold.According to the Nikkei:The company had initially planned to introduce the hybrid Fit in 2012, when the vehicle will be fully remodeled. Instead, it opted to develop the hybrid version based on the current...

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2013 Ferrari California

He is the golden boy with the super sports car, because really the 2013 Ferrari California was not yet removed the necessary sharpness. Sure, the 4.3 liter V8 engine had 460 hp with its beautiful always enough steam, and with a top speed of 310 km / h can be the most open Porsche or Mercedes loosely behind.But the smell rather than brutally honest...

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