by Frank S. Washington SAN FRANCISCO – Ford’s head of global marketing, Jim Farley, put it bluntly: “This is a very special launch for us,” it’s the company’s first global utility vehicle. I’m talking about the 2013 Ford Escape and it will be sold in China and Europe as the Ford Kuga. Still, it is…
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by Dan Scanlan – MyCarData.com · The high banks of Daytona International Speedway rose around the tungsten metallic Dodge Charger SRT8 as we maneuvered its throbbing 6.4-liter HEMI V-8 engine out of the Turn 4 tunnel and into the infield for the recent Rolex 24 endurance race. · No Dodges would circle the superspeedway this…
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by Frank S. Washington LAS VEGAS – “Small but wicked.” Remember that phrase because you’ll be hearing it again as the advertising and marketing campaign for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth ramps up. Karl Abarth was a legendary rally road racer who racked up more than 10,000 victories, 10 world titles and 133 international titles…
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by Casey Williams – MyCarData.com Some of us Gen-Xers are beginning to feel the tides of time. We’re getting a little fatter, our hair is graying ever so slightly, and we’re trying to advance in our careers quickly enough to inherit what the Baby Boomers are going to leave while fending off our futures from…
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