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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

The Truth About Cars

Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back? That car has been pushed down to 16th in the MMJO list.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. liter engine and automatic).

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EV News: Springing ahead

Electric Auto Association

EV Chargers Energy boost Starbucks will be partnering with Chargepoint and Volvo to install DC Fast chargers at Starbucks locations along a route from Denver to Seattle. Sony and Honda Japanese giants unite Sony and Honda plan to form a new company to jointly manufacture EVs. Ram EV teaser. Sony Vision S interior.

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Junkyard Find: 1996 Saturn SC2

The Truth About Cars

Today's Junkyard Find is an example of the sporty coupe version of the first-generation Saturn S , found in a Denver-area boneyard recently. That year, American car shoppers could buy a new 1996 Honda Civic DX coupe with five-speed manual for just $11,720 ($23,411 now), but that car had a mere 98 horsepower. This car has neither.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Volvo DL Sedan With 327k Miles

The Truth About Cars

I've been writing about junkyardified cars here at TTAC since November of 2010, when I documented a pair of Fiat 128s in a Denver boneyard. The highest trustworthy (as opposed to not -so-trustworthy ) odometer reading I've seen in a junkyard vehicle was in a 1990 Volvo 240 DL sedan near Denver : 631,999 miles.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII Deluxe 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Last week, a first-model-year Lark sedan showed up at a self-service yard just south of Denver , and I was there to document it in its final parking spot. Yes, this car weighs about the same as a 2023 Honda Civic. Amarillo is surprisingly close to Denver (by the standards of the American West), just 430 miles to the southeast.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. 2017 Honda CR-V. Major competitors to the Tiguan—such as Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, and Toyota RAV—offer a three-year/36,000 mile basic warranty with a five-year or 60,000-mile powertrain warranty.

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