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		<title>Breaking: Ford asks Chevrolet, then NBC, to pull Silverado Super Bowl ad</title>
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Chevrolet is having some pointed fun with its apocalyptic Super Bowl ad featuring the Silverado called &#8220;2012,&#8221; only the fun is pointed directly at Ford, which finds it a little too sharp to be all that much fun. So on the eve of the big game, Ford sent Chevy a cease-and-desist letter to pull the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/breaking-ford-asks-chevrolet-then-nbc-to-pull-silverado-super-bowl-ad/</link>
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		<title>Report: Jaguar to close museum, looking for new location</title>
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Jaguar&#8217;s headquarters and production were located at Browns Lane in Conventry for more than fifty years. Part of the complex included the Jaguar Heritage Museum and its collection of 150 cars, so when the Browns Lane site was sold in 2007 to an Australian developer, the countdown began on the museum&#8217;s remaining time.
Now comes the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/report-jaguar-to-close-museum-looking-for-new-location/</link>
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		<title>BMWism.com chronicles BMW designers through the eras</title>
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Chris Bangle may be the name most recently associated with BMW design, but he&#8217;s just one of many men and women who have sketched and sculpted automobiles for Bayerische Motoren Werke. BMW enthusiast website BMWism.com has gone all the way back to the beginning of the brand, when a BMW was a knockoff of an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/bmwism-com-chronicles-bmw-designers-through-the-eras/</link>
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		<title>Official: Force India F1 team reveals 2012 VJM05</title>
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Force India has come a long way. What started out as Jordan Grand Prix and changed hands (and names) several times before landing in the stewardship of Indian bazillionaire Vijay Mallya has become a solid mid-field contender on race days. In 2011, the team finished sixth in the constructors&#8217; standings, behind front-runners Red Bull, McLaren, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-force-india-f1-team-reveals-2012-vjm05/</link>
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		<title>Official: Toyota upgrades limited TS030 Hybrid racing program to full WEC entry</title>
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When Toyota announced its return to endurance sports car racing with the new TS030 Hybrid this season, the plan was to enter a handful of races, like Le Mans and Spa-Francorchamps, on an invitational basis.
Plans change, though, and Toyota has now upgraded the program to a full manufacturer entry, paving the way for it to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-toyota-upgrades-limited-ts030-hybrid-racing-program-to-full-wec-entry/</link>
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		<title>Official: Renault chops UK lineup in half</title>
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Renault has a wide array of products in its portfolio. In its home market it offers a baker&#8217;s dozen model lines, and when you get down to bodystyles the range ratchets up past 20.
While we don&#8217;t get any of them in North America, the United Kingdom remains a vital market for the French automaker. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-renault-chops-uk-lineup-in-half/</link>
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		<title>Did Hyundai pull MPG claims from Super Bowl ad due to watchdog group pressure? [w/video]</title>
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	Hyundai has been targeted by Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy organization, over the automaker&#8217;s 40 mpg fuel efficiency claim on the Hyundai Elantra. The group says Elantra owners have seen fuel economy averages of 18 and 19 mpg instead of the the 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway reported by Hyundai and the Environmental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/did-hyundai-pull-mpg-claims-from-super-bowl-ad-due-to-watchdog-group-pressure-wvideo/</link>
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		<title>eBay Motors app adds search-by-image feature</title>
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The eBay Motors smartphone application has a clever new feature. Users can now take a photo of any car they see on the street and the app will find similar listings for them automatically. Want to know how much that 2005 BMW M3 in the parking lot is going for right now? Just point and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/ebay-motors-app-adds-search-by-image-feature/</link>
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		<title>Official: Alain Prost wins ice-racing series in Dacia Lodgy Glace MPV</title>
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A minivan is not what you&#8217;d expect to see winning a racing series. Nor would a budget brand like Dacia. That&#8217;s where Alain Prost comes into the picture.
The three-time Formula One world champion isn&#8217;t quite retired: he&#8217;s still competing in the Andros Trophy, a French ice-racing series. After hoisting the trophy twice in a row [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-alain-prost-wins-ice-racing-series-in-dacia-lodgy-glace-mpv/</link>
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		<title>Video: Honda explores NSX&#8217;s past with an eye toward the future</title>
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Let&#8217;s take a moment to praise the original Acura NSX, a previously unimaginable coupe from an equally unimaginable source that, as Lexus did with luxury, put every supercar maker on notice. Only the NSX went further than anything Lexus ever did; after all, there&#8217;s no clamor today for Lexus to make another car in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-honda-explores-nsxs-past-with-an-eye-toward-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Confirmed: Suzuki Regina concept renamed G70, production version coming?</title>
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The Suzuki Regina concept shown at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Show was an unusual little car. We don&#8217;t want to get our hopes up about production (especially since we&#8217;d probably never get it in America anyway), but the Regina will return to the spotlight at the Geneva Motor Show with some tweaks that have us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/confirmed-suzuki-regina-concept-renamed-g70-production-version-coming/</link>
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		<title>Video: Watch the &quot;sheep cyclone&quot; encircle a car</title>
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The beige blurs in the still above are sheep, and they&#8217;re apparently very excited about something in that little blue car. Supposedly, a farmer in the Caucasus was just trying to get through a lane, and this, dubbed the &#8220;sheep cyclone,&#8221; is what developed.
Follow the jump for the video. If you put on headphones and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-watch-the-sheep-cyclone-encircle-a-car/</link>
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		<title>Report: BMW to produce, sell long-wheelbase 335Li in China</title>
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In China, it&#8217;s common for managers in various levels of the corporate hierarchy to have personal drivers, hence the proliferation of long-wheelbase sedan variants that we don&#8217;t see in North America. Audi sells the A4L and A6L there, and now BMW is following up the 535Li it currently offers in China with a elongated version [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/report-bmw-to-produce-sell-long-wheelbase-335li-in-china/</link>
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		<title>Official: Audi confirms R18 hybrid as part of 2012 endurance racing program</title>
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The diesel era at Le Mans may not be over yet, but already we&#8217;re seeing the emergence of a new propulsion trend: hybrids. Toyota recently announced the TS030 Hybrid LMP1, Peugeot was working on a hybrid version of its 908 prototype before it killed the race program, and now Audi has confirmed a hybrid version [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-audi-confirms-r18-hybrid-as-part-of-2012-endurance-racing-program/</link>
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		<title>Video: Production Mercedes-Benz A-Class spotted undisguised</title>
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We&#8217;ve gotten various peeks at the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for a few months now, from the patent drawings to spy shots to QR-coded teasers. Then, of all things in all places, a cyclist with a handlebar-mounted camera gets a full-on shot of the real deal while riding in Lanzarote, Spain for what we assume is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-production-mercedes-benz-a-class-spotted-undisguised/</link>
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		<title>Toyota using Shazam music ID app for new TV spot, giveaway</title>
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Toyota is looking to meld the smartphones with the television in a new ad campaign. The automaker is giving fans a chance to win two Camrys in new promotion that uses the Shazam mobile app in conjunction with a TV spot. When the commercial airs, viewers simply fire up Shazam and enter the giveaway. (They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/toyota-using-shazam-music-id-app-for-new-tv-spot-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>Video: Hyundai i30 commercial gives good look at coming Elantra five-door</title>
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Based on the can&#8217;t-make-enough status of the Hyundai Elantra, the public hasn&#8217;t gotten tired of Hyundai&#8217;s &#8220;fluidic sculpture&#8221; design theme. Based on this commercial for the Hyundai i30, we admit that we haven&#8217;t either. The five-door sold in Europe and based on the Kia Cee&#8217;d platform shows us what we can generally expect from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-hyundai-i30-commercial-gives-good-look-at-coming-elantra-five-door/</link>
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		<title>Video: Jonathon Ward talks about his Icon Derelicts in latest eGarage video</title>
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There are very few things that get the unanimous approval of everyone here at Autoblog. One of them is Icon 4&#215;4, which makes impossibly expensive yet worth-every-penny reimaginings of history&#8217;s best off-roaders. For this year&#8217;s SEMA Show, Icon debuted something new that had nothing to do with off-roading, yet still had our whole team salivating.
Christened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-jonathon-ward-talks-about-his-icon-derelicts-in-latest-egarage-video/</link>
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		<title>Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake snapped winter testing</title>
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Mercedes-Benz hasn&#8217;t exactly been secretive about its desire to offer a five-door hatchback version of its ultra-stylish CLS sedan. After all, the first concept for the latest CLS, which was introduced as a 2012 model, introduced us to the CLS Shooting Break Concept at the Beijing Motor Show in 2010. And yes, MB itself called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/spy-shots-mercedes-benz-cls-shooting-brake-snapped-winter-testing/</link>
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		<title>What we know about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf, next-gen GTI</title>
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		The next GTI will be an order of magnitude better, bringing it back in line with the original hot hatch.

Lighter, faster, stronger, better. That&#8217;s what we can expect from the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf, due to be unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show before it hits dealerships across Europe this fall and eventually lands on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/what-we-know-about-the-2013-volkswagen-golf-next-gen-gti/</link>
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