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Junkyard Find: 2007 Ford Taurus SE

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The driver's door latch mechanism was broken, so I couldn't take a look at the build tag and see the assembly date for this car (this is a common problem with junkyard vehicles). The New Sable only lasted through 2009, but the New Taurus held on until 2019 (after which it was replaced with… I dunno, some kind of truck-shaped vehicle).

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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? The Hyundai Genesis showed up here as a 2009 model and sold quite well. What kind of…?

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Report: Suzuki To Open 3rd Plant at Manesar, India Site In 2013

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India’s passenger car market surged 25.6% million vehicles in fiscal 2009, and it has been growing at a rate of about 30% a month so far this fiscal year. Kyodo News reports that the planned expansion will make India the biggest production base for Suzuki, even outstripping Japan. Tags: Brief.

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European average car emissions fall in 2009

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g/km CO2 last year, as the industry witnessed an increased market for small cars. According to a leading provider of automotive data and intelligence, JATO Dynamics, over half the cars in Europe in 2009 emitted less than 140g/km CO2. Tags: Electric cars emissions Europe Fiat Jato reduce small volume.

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South Africa Revitalizes Efforts on Automotive Li-ion Batteries

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Engineering News. We are investigating large-cell lithium-ion battery technology, and we anticipate that the first market for the batteries will be for the electric vehicle or plug-in electric vehicle market, with potential second-life application in stationary energy storage,” he notes. Tags: Brief.

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Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test

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The world’s first mass market hybrid car first went on sale in Europe in 2000. Three years later came the second-generation Prius, and 2009 sees the arrival of the third. Toyota Prius lease prices Toyota Prius new and nearly new car prices. Read the full Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test. 72.4mpg too thirsty?

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News in brief: Camry Hybrid coming to China

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The Camry Hybrid was initially introduced to the Chinese market at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show and now Guangzhou has set a 2010 sales goal of 170,000 Camry vehicles (including the [.]. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota China Guangzhou Toyota shanghai auto show Toyota Camry Toyota Camry Hybrid.