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		<title>Video: Scamander is the go-anywhere, swim-across-anything RV from England</title>
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When Evo magazine&#8217;s founder and Editorial Director Harry Metcalfe says a machine is &#8220;the most amazing vehicle you&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; you know you&#8217;re in for a treat. After all, Metcalfe has been at the head of the British magazine since its first issue in 1998 and has owned or driven nearly every vehicle you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Fiat suspends sales to Iran, cites diplomacy issues</title>
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Fiat, Italy&#8217;s largest automaker and the company in control of Chrysler, has announced that it is suspending sales to Iran amidst a wave of global sanctions against the Middle Eastern country&#8217;s nuclear efforts. The automaker says this includes passenger cars, trucks and buses under its Iveco brand.
The automaker said it will honor a limited number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: America&#8217;s cell phone laws, state by state</title>
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Memorial Day weekend is one of the premiere road trip holidays. According to the American Automobile Association, more than 30 million people will hit the road this weekend, averaging 642 miles each. That means, for many, crossing state lines. And nowadays, that&#8217;s more confusing than ever. Speed limits may vary, but at least those are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Audi reinvents the rearview mirror for its Le Mans racers</title>
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Every year at every auto show we see concept cars that envision replacing the rearview mirrors with digital cameras. They&#8217;re usually the exterior mirrors and not the central one above the windshield, but whatever the case, and however much sense they seem to make, government regulations prevent them from being put into production. But Audi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-audi-reinvents-the-rearview-mirror-for-its-le-mans-racers/</link>
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		<title>Spy Shots: M3-fighting Volvo S60 Polestar spotted testing</title>
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If news of a more powerful Volvo S60 sounds familiar, it&#8217;s because we just reported on this subject earlier in the week. Now, though, a reader of the same Swedish site that initially broke the news has fired back with a set of spy photos, and we can clearly see that Volvo is indeed making [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/spy-shots-m3-fighting-volvo-s60-polestar-spotted-testing/</link>
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		<title>Report: Panoz wants to race fields of DeltaWings in American Le Mans Series</title>
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In pretty much any racing series you go to, the cars tend to progress in an evolutionary, not revolutionary fashion. This year&#8217;s crop of Formula One cars, for example, may have those ungainly stepped noses, but they otherwise look pretty much the same as last year&#8217;s cars, which looked mostly the same as the cars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Watch country music&#8217;s Mac Davis sing a Carroll Shelby tribute</title>
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The passing of automotive legend Carroll Shelby has led to an outpouring of support, including a replay of a toe-tapping melody from country music great Mac Davis. Davis has enjoyed a long and successful career as both a performer and songwriter, with several number one songs including three written for Elvis Presley.
If you watch Mac&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-watch-country-musics-mac-davis-sing-a-carroll-shelby-tribute/</link>
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		<title>Official: BMW reveals stunning Zagato Coupe at Villa d&#8217;Este</title>
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It could be said that no auto show is as glamorous as the Concorso d&#8217;Eleganza Villa d&#8217;Este. Held on the picturesque shores of Lake Como in northern Italy, the annual concours is sponsored by BMW. So it only stands to reason that the Bavarian automaker wouldn&#8217;t let the show come and go without making a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-bmw-reveals-stunning-zagato-coupe-at-villa-deste/</link>
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		<title>Rumormill: VW readying Jetta Alltrack for America</title>
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It looks as if Volkswagen aims to spread the Alltrack love around. Autocar reports the German manufacturer is currently mulling a lifted version of its next Golf and Jetta. European buyers would be able to sink their teeth into the smaller of those two creations, while Americans would be left to enjoy the larger Jetta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/rumormill-vw-readying-jetta-alltrack-for-america/</link>
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		<title>Video: Chris Harris explains what makes his own 1986 BMW M5 so special</title>
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The 70s were a definitive decade for music and movies. Fashion and cars, not so much. The 80s corrected one of those oversights, an era of ethereal supercars like the Porsche 959, game-changing exotics like the Ferrari Testarossa, and, best of all, everday cannons that offered mortals a generous portion of lairy thrills, such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/video-chris-harris-explains-what-makes-his-own-1986-bmw-m5-so-special/</link>
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		<title>Study: America, these are your top 10 most expensive cars to own</title>
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Picking up a used luxury car is a great way to save some coin. Letting the previous owner take the fall on depreciation is a smart move, but it&#8217;s worth remembering that high-end autos carry with them high-end maintenance and repair costs. Using Edmunds.com data, 24/7 Wall Street has compiled what it says are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/study-america-these-are-your-top-10-most-expensive-cars-to-own/</link>
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		<title>First Drive: 2013 Nissan Altima</title>
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2,500 rpm in a family sedan generally isn&#8217;t a whole lot to get excited about. In fact, it&#8217;s traditionally closer to idle speed than anything offering the possibility of real entertainment. But each and every one of those 2,500 revolutions in this 2013 Nissan Altima offers a frisson of excitement when whirling away in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/first-drive-2013-nissan-altima/</link>
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		<title>Official: Cadillac XTS configurator ready for your own personal livery</title>
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You can now attack the 2013 Cadillac XTS configurator with tame abandon. Why tame? Because there are hardly any options; understandable for a temporary flagship &#8211; just about everything is standard or included in a trim package.
The proceedings begin at $44,995 (plus $920 for destination) for the front-wheel drive XTS Standard, rising in increments of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-cadillac-xts-configurator-ready-for-your-own-personal-livery/</link>
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		<title>Nissan begins work on next-generation Maxima</title>
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Nissan has already tipped its hand, revealing that it will introduce five new models over the next 15 months. Those five models include the Altima, Pathfinder, Sentra, Versa hatchback and Rogue. Of those, we&#8217;ve already spent some time with the Altima, and its improved performance, upscale interior and slightly larger dimensions once again had us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/nissan-begins-work-on-next-generation-maxima/</link>
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		<title>Official: Renault Alpine A110-50 concept does its papa proud</title>
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Renault has officially released details on its Alpine A110-50 Concept. Designed to pay homage to the original Alpine A110, the machine wears a body crafted from carbon fiber and dipped in a shade of the same iconic Alpine Blue we all know and love. Up front, designers worked in a set of half-ring yellow LED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-renault-alpine-a110-50-concept-does-its-papa-proud/</link>
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		<title>Study: Alt-fuel cars unsustainable without government assistance</title>
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According to the 2012 U.S. Automotive Industry Survey and Confidence Index by Booz &#38; Co., alternative vehicle powertrains may take up as much as 10 percent of the total market by 2020, but only if the federal government continues to support development.
Without a helping hand from Uncle Sam, only 30 percent of the researchers, executives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 2013 BMW 7 Series arrives with more power, gadgets and safety</title>
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The 2013 BMW 7 Series gets incremental improvements everywhere. Outside the changes are minimal: fewer vertical slats inside the kidney grille and a larger chrome surround, two horizontal chrome accents bars splitting the lower intake, restyled side mirrors with turn-signal indicators, and new shades of red on the taillights. Inside are resculpted front seats, more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-2013-bmw-7-series-arrives-with-more-power-gadgets-and-safety/</link>
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		<title>Report: Motorcycle fatalities stay steady while auto deaths decline</title>
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The numbers haven&#8217;t been definitively crunched, but it is expected that the estimated 32,310 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest on record in the 62 years that records have been kept. Yet the good news about the total number of fatalities masks regrettable news for traffic safety authorities: automobile fatalities are down, but motorcycle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/report-motorcycle-fatalities-stay-steady-while-auto-deaths-decline/</link>
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		<title>Official: Renault fetes Red Bull Racing with special edition Twingo</title>
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Used to be if Renault wanted to celebrate a Formula One team with special edition, it would celebrate its own. But having sold the bulk of its own team to Lotus and Genii Capital in favor of supplying engines to a greater variety of independent teams, its latest commemorative hot hatches honor the (current) king [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theautoblog.ru/official-renault-fetes-red-bull-racing-with-special-edition-twingo/</link>
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		<title>Official: Mercedes-Benz rolls out the gold carpet in Cannes</title>
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We&#8217;ve seen some rather unfortunately garish chrome-jobs in our day, and yes, some have even ladled on the shiny stuff in gold. Many of those have also been Mercedes-Benz vehicles. But while we&#8217;ve come to expect that kind of bling from owners with cash coming out of their Ferragamo shoes, we didn&#8217;t expect the same [...]]]></description>
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