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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Land Rover Discovery

The Truth About Cars

It's a 2004 Land Rover Discovery with a brand-new engine. The ask is $25,000 and this Land Rover is for sale in Raleigh. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter. We send you into the weekend with a weird one today.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. The hot-rod VR-X got an additional five horses. Why is it here?

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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

The Truth About Cars

President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Kjell Gruner, has left the company. Porsche Cars North America COO Joe Lawrence and CFO Thierry Kartochian will assume the relevant business duties until a suitable replacement is found.& The news came out of left field," said an insider who requested to remain anonymous. "The

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All Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Are Compliance Cars, For Now

Green Car Reports

When the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids launched in 1999 and 2000, expectations for their sales were low. And hybrids indeed logged annual sales in the low thousands until the second-generation Prius came along for 2004.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

Green Car Congress

He has been Head of the Design Department at Porsche AG since 2004 and was also given responsibility for styling the 2007 Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera and the 918 Spyder. He held various responsibilities in the export section of Sales at Volkswagen AG from 1983. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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IHS: average age of vehicles on the road in US steady at 11.4 years; scrappage rate declining

Green Car Congress

The average age is in line with the trend shift first seen in 2013, in which the combined fleet of cars and light trucks on the road is older than ever. New analysis, however, indicates the average age of light trucks has increased in the past year to the same age as passenger cars, both at 11.4

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THE UNOBVIOUS ONES: Serving to Genesis Canada promote ‘anything else that drives benefit’ outdoor untouched automobiles

Baua Electric

Trade Construction Supervisor Michael Barrett works with Genesis car vendors on “anything that drives profit outside of the new-car realm,” he stated. He additionally is helping assemble web pages for old automobiles and builds gross sales techniques for demonstrator automobiles. From the top employment in Markham, Ont.,