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Detroit Report Part 2: The Ford Freestyle in Detail [January 31, 2004]

Freestyles Interior Made for Families

The Freestyle was designed to be a crossover vehicle with the exterior look of an SUV, but with the flexibility ...

Detroit Report Part 1: Fords Year of the Car [January 31, 2004]

New Five Hundred Smaller than Crown Vic on Outside but Large Inside

DETROIT--Ford Motor Company is calling 2004 "The Year of the Car" as it ...

Smart "Formore" SUV to be Introduced in 2006 [January 30, 2004]

Smart Reinvents SUV as Smart Utility Vehicle

DaimlerChryslers smart division (the name is spelt with a lower case ess by the way) will introduce ...

Rolls-Royce Celebrates 500th Phantom [January 29, 2004]

R-R Targets 1,000 Phantoms per Year for 2004

If one of Detroits Big 3 or a major European automaker had only managed 500 unit sales in the ...

Buicks First Minivan Targets SUV Buyers with the Need for Space [January 28, 2004]

Terraza Joins Saturn Relay and New Vans from Chevy and Pontiac

WARREN, Mich.--After years of offering vans with noncompetitive interiors, General ...

Toyota Bypasses Ford to Become Worlds No.2 Automaker [January 27, 2004]

Ford Could Bounce Back Temporarily with Slew of New Products

It was only a matter of time before Japanese multinational Toyota Motor Corp. ...

General Motors Saturn Brand Undergoing Major Transition [January 26, 2004]

GM Moving Non-Brand, Non-Marketing Functions of Saturn into GM System

DETROIT--It is highly likely that Saturn will lose its tradition of having ...

Paris-Dakar Rally Once Again Battle of the Fittest [January 25, 2004]

Mitsubishi Takes Top Honours Sweeping 1st and 2nd Overall

So where did this madness begin? Funny enough it started back in 1979 after racer ...

Industry Report: Automakers Join Forces to Troubleshoot Common Problems [January 24, 2004]

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Automotive Industry Action Group

DETROIT--As he takes the reigns of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), ...

Lincoln Mark X Concept Roadster Tests the Waters [January 23, 2004]

The Mark X is based on Fords Thunderbird So Production Isnt Out of the Question

One look at the Mark X two-seat concept roadster and its easy ...

Taking a Close Look at the Lincoln Mark LT [January 22, 2004]

Lincoln Calls it a Concept but Dont Expect It to Change Much Before its 2005 Launch

The Mark LT concept truck, soon to become a 2006 model ...

Ford Motor Rebuilds Lincoln Mercury Divisions [January 21, 2004]

Detroit Concepts Show Lincoln Isnt About to Lie Down and Let Cadillac Take All the Attention

DETROIT--Ford Motor Company showed that it is pressing ...

Detroit Report Part 2: 2004 Auto Show Trends Foretell Short-Term Future of Industry [January 20, 2004]

Whats the Current Hot Trend? The Return of the Passenger Car

In looking at the events of 2003 and the product unveilings at the 2004 North ...

Detroit Report Part 1: Which Automakers Won and Lost in 2003 [January 19, 2004]

What Happened in 2003 and What Can We Expect for the Coming Year

DETROIT--Being the first major auto event of the year, the North American ...

Volvo S60 R Enters World Challenge GT Series [January 18, 2004]

SPEED Channel will Air the Series to Their North American Viewers

Volvos going racing? Its not as if the Swedish brand never has. Actually ...

New 5-Door and Sport Wagon Models to Join Mazda6 Lineup [January 17, 2004]

All the Sporty Driving Dynamics with More Functionality

Two more four-door versions of the Mazda6 will soon be available in North America -- ...

Nissan Announces New X-Trail SUV for Canada Only [January 16, 2004]

X-Trail Fills Compact SUV Roll Below Rugged Xterra. But Only in Canada? Pity!

Taking a cue from rival brand Toyota, that just recently introduced ...

2005 Cadillac STS Photos Revealed [January 15, 2004]

GM Will Unveil All Angles of the New STS at the New York Auto Show in April

The Seville nameplate, that has been part of our luxury auto scene ...

Production Ford Escape Hybrid Shown at Detroit Auto Show [January 14, 2004]

Escape Shaping Up to be Most Affordable SUV Hybrid So Far

DETROIT--Its been delayed by nearly a year, allowing Toyota and Honda to gain great ...

Concepts or Reality? GMs Solstice is Coming and So May the Curve and Nomad [January 13, 2004]

Solstice May Be Inspiration but Resulting Kappa Architecture Springs Tantalizing New Concepts

GM likes to call the Chevrolet Nomad and Saturn ...

Toyota Launches Production Highlander and Lexus RX Hybrids in Detroit [January 12, 2004]

Toyotas Multi-Model Hybrid Plan is Under Way

DETROIT--Toyota upped the ante in the green public relations war by unveiling two hybrid electric ...

Cadillac Goes Back to the Track with Its Hotrod CTS-V [January 11, 2004]

Caddy Takes on the Best in the North American SCCA Championships

Over the past few months many automotive manufacturers have been introducing ...

Subaru Announces U.S. Bound Legacy to Sport 250-HP [January 10, 2004]

Subaru Goes with Four-Cylinder Rather than Six for Top Engine

Theres much to be said about Subarus new Legacy. The car that is finally a real ...

Hyundai Shows New HCD8 Sports Tourer Concept in Detroit [January 9, 2004]

The HCD8 Coupe Gets an Adjustable Air Suspension for Light-Duty Off-Road Use

Could this be the next-generation Tiburon? Hyundai is keeping ...

New 2005 Frontier Sure to Keep Nissan on Sales Upswing [January 8, 2004]

Nissans Next-Generation Frontier is Larger and More Powerful

Nissans Frontier compact pickup truck is among the last of only a few models to ...

Bentley Continental GT as 2004 Car of the Year Says Robb Report Magazine [January 7, 2004]

Bentley Beats Out Lamborghini Gallardo and Maybach 62 to Win Top Pick

When introduced last year at the 2003 North American International Auto ...

Chrysler to be First to Market with Cylinder-Deactivation Technology in Cars [January 6, 2004]

Chrysler Groups New HEMI MDS V8 Saves Up To 20 Percent More Fuel

While General Motors has been talking up its Displacement on Demand (DOD) ...

Jaguar S-Type Goes Under the Knife Again [January 5, 2004]

Jaguar Goes for "More Athletic, Contemporary Look"

First with the S-Type in 1999 and then with the X-Type a couple of years later, Jaguar set ...

General Motors Takes First and Last Place in New J. D. Powers Customer Retention Study [January 4, 2004]

New J. D. Power Survey Rates GMs TrailBlazer/Ascender SUV Clones near Top and Bottom

General Motors execs should have partied happily on New ...

New Hyundai Sports Coupe to be Unveiled in Detroit [January 3, 2004]

Hyundais Export Sales Boom despite Downturn in Market

Hyundai Auto, the Korean brand that recently celebrated a much better than average score ...

Lotus Showcases New Elise at Los Angeles Auto Show [January 2, 2004]

Lightweight Lotus Zips to 60 in Less Than 5 Seconds

Lotus, the famed British racing green adorned brand that instilled fear in the hearts of ...

Startech Crossfire Sports 426-HP from 6.1-L V8 Retrofit [January 1, 2004]

Tuned Crossfire Delivers Aerodynamic, Suspension, Braking and Interior Upgrades Too

Hot on the tire treads of Chrysler Groups announcement ...


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