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UCOTD: 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX

The Truth About Cars

Today's UCOTD is a 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX. This one is stock and the seller says it's in perfect condition. I was a bit concerned about the condition of the body as I viewed the pics, but I think that's just a wire, not a cracked body panel. It's a five-speed stick and there are 175K miles on the clock.

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt

The Truth About Cars

Today's UCOTD is a 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt with 95,000 miles on the clock and plenty of mods. Those mods include BBK headers, Eibach springs, Billett aluminum flywheel, Nitto tires, short-throw shifter, Steeda underdrive pulleys, a panhard bar, Kona shocks and struts, chin spoiler, and more.

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2001: A Space Odyssey’s Sequel Got EVs Almost Right

CleanTechnica EVs

I recently sat down with the kids and watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most people these days have trouble with the long, long scenes and intentionally viewer-interpretable ending of the film, so I had to find one of the shortened versions of the film on YouTube and try to explain key parts. The goal was […]

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt

The Truth About Cars

A 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt, to be precise. Today's UCOTD is a low-mileage, special-edition pony car. There's new badging and fresh paint, though there are some rock chips.

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Junkyard Find: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero Sedan With Manual Transmission

The Truth About Cars

By 2001, the only members of the N-Body family (now renamed the GMX130 for its final generation) available with manual transmissions were four-cylinder-equipped Pontiac Grand Ams and Oldsmobile Aleros. Air conditioning and an AM/FM/CD radio were standard equipment on all 2001 Aleros.

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Jeep Wrangler SE

The Truth About Cars

Today we go back a couple of decades to feature a 2001 Jeep Wrangler SE. This one has a rebuilt motor -- at 138,000 miles, the total mileage is just over 139K -- and a bunch of other new stuff.

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Junkyard Find: 2001 Jeep Cherokee Classic 4x4

The Truth About Cars

2001 was the final model year for the XJ Cherokee in the New World, making this truck of the very last examples sold here. The Grand Cherokee was supposed to be the XJ Cherokee's replacement, but buyers kept driving XJs out of Jeep showrooms and so Chrysler and, later, DaimlerChrysler kept building them.

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