General Motors launched “Project Driveway” nearly two years ago, putting 119 Americans in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., behind the wheel of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Since that time, GM has refined its fuel cell technology, and the automaker has recently begun testing a new system that’s about the size of a regular, four-cylinder…

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General Motors’ Next Generation Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

At December’s Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai made a big splash by saying it would no longer offer V-6 engines in its Sonata midsize car or its Tucson compact crossover. Instead, it replaced them with higher-performance, more fuel-efficient four-cylinder motors. But Hyundai’s just one of many makers boosting the four-cylinder into prominence. Data…

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Fuel Efficient Fours Gain Ground on V-6s, V-8s In New Cars

Looking to buy a Hyundai? You’re not alone. Over the past year, the Korean automaker has become a darling of the press, and according to one new study, Hyundai owners are now the most brand-loyal kids on the block. That, in turn, has helped keep Hyundai resale values high, which has made owners even happier, which has boosted customer loyalty, and…

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Hyundai Hits #1 In Customer Loyalty, Toyota Slips To #3

The TCC team is ramping up for the 2010 New York Auto Show, and if you play your cards right, you could be, too. Next week, the folks at Jeep will give away five trips to the show, and one of those lucky five will win a brand new 2010 Jeep Wrangler Islander. The contest takes place on Twitter, and it works like this: Follow @Jeep. Watch for…

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Tweet Your Way To The 2010 New York Auto Show And A Jeep Wrangler Islander

A new study concludes that last summer’s government-funded “Cash For Clunkers” program didn’t hurt car sales rates in future months, and in fact did just what it set out to do: get old, low-mileage cars off the road and stimulate auto sales in the U.S. An analysis by Maritz Research refutes one of the main concerns over the Car Allowance Rebate…

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Clunkers Program Worked, Didn’t Hurt Car Sales, Study Says

Hyundai was the big kahuna sponsoring last night’s Oscar broadcast, but in a shocking upset, Mercedes may have walked off with the trophy for best performance by an automaker. Sure, the ad announcing the debut of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 hybrid was bland, and it didn’t say much of anything about the car, but it showed beyond a shadow of a doubt…

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Video: Mercedes Knows Its Target Market, S400 Hybrid Debuts During Oscar Broadcast

The original Mercedes-Benz M-Class gave the automaker its foothold in the SUV market and in America. Legally branded the ML-Class, to avoid problems with BMW and Infiniti, the M-Class was the first vehicle to come from the company’s Alabama factory back in 1998. More than a decade later, the ML-Class is in its final years of the current body…

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2010 Mercedes-Benz M-Class – ML-Class — ML450 Hybrid – ML350 BlueTEC – ML350 – ML450 Bottom Line

The S-Class four-door spans a wide gulf at the top of the Mercedes range. The largest Benz sedan short of the princely Maybach 57 and 62, the S-Class nudges $90,000 in its least expensive form and more than doubles that in AMG tune. Across the spectrum, the S-Class models share plenty of good things, from the latest safety technology to serenity…

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2010 Mercedes-Benz S-Class – S550– S600– S63– S65 AMG– S400 Hybrid Bottom Line

In the early days of the Toyota recall fiasco, car buyers seemed to ignore the bad news. But as Cleopatra once said, denial only goes so far, and Toyota’s troubles are finally having a negative impact on sales. To its credit, though, Toyota isn’t taking this lying down: the automaker has turned to the social media platform Twitter to help buff its…

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Old-School/New-School: Toyota Uses Twitter, Incentives To Lure Customers Back

The death of HUMMER and the rise of hybrids, electric vehicles and everything in between–what’s the future of the automobile and the car industry? If you’re near a computer or satellite radio today, you’ll find out more during Richard Bacon’s BBC 5 Live today. Along with other guests, I’ll be talking cars–specifically, the apparent wind-down of…

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