Walmart is finally lurching back into the streaming video business, unveiling a new service that makes Vudu streaming video available from its Walmart.com Web...
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2011 Hyundai Equus
The 2011 Hyundai Equus is basically the nicest iPad case on the planet. Now it gets its own app, in the form of a virtual owner’s manual, and a video showing off its multimedia glamor. Hyundai is redefining the luxury vehicle ownership experience with the launch of the Equus Owner’s Manual App for iPad®,...
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Gilt Groupe Is Selling Cars
Gilt Groupe will sell three 2011 Volkswagen Jettas for $5,995 each starting Wednesday. The cars will be offered in flash sales that will start at noon for three consecutive days. Gilt members will be able to purchase the car for $10,000 less than Jetta’s base price of $15,995. .
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The World’s Most Expensive Cars
To compile our list of the most expensive cars going on sale next year, we scoured price lists from well-known manufacturers like Bugatti, Rolls-Royce and Maybach, and from lesser-known companies like Saleen and SSC. Some expected entrants (Aston Martin, Spyker, McLaren) didn’t quite have the stuff to make our list. Others, like Koenigsegg, had...
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The Year’s Bestselling Cars
Through October, automakers sold almost 9.6 million cars and trucks in the U.S., 11 percent better than a year ago. The industry is on track to sell about 12 million vehicles in 2010, slower than many had hoped at the start of the year, but most certainly headed in the right direction. Here’s the...
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Year-End Car Buying Traps To Avoid
Big deals are good news for consumers. But before you run out to snag a new ride, take some time to learn what you may face when you hit the showroom. You should know how to handle an ambush from over-eager salesmen or loan officers, and have the confidence to walk out if unduly...
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Honda Fit/Jazz Recall
Honda Announces Worldwide Recall Of 646,000 Fit Cars Honda Motor Co. (HMC) announced a voluntary worldwide recall of 646,000 compact cars so that it can examine window switches that can overheat if exposed to liquid, causing smoke or melting or even catch fire. Only about 10% of the Fit hatchbacks recalled will need replacement...
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Bugatti Veyron Mouse
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is the most recent version of a mid-engined full-sized grand tourer developed by the German car-manufacturer Volkswagen and produced by the Volkswagen-brand Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in Château St. Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France). .
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The world’s cheapest car is being readied for sale
DETROIT (AP) — The world’s cheapest car is being readied for sale in the U.S., but by the time India’s Tata Nano is retrofitted to meet emissions and safety standards, it won’t be that cheap. Tata Technologies Ltd., the global engineering arm of the Tata group conglomerate, brought the tiny car to Detroit as...
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