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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Porsche Cayman S

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As always, I try to pick used cars of the day that you, the B and B, would find interesting. The Acura RSXs that show up here are indicative of that. Part of that is the $29,000 price tag -- I think I'd buy a new car first. Then again, this car is said to be in "excellent" condition, and the mileage is a low 24,500.

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

The Truth About Cars

From Consumer Reports : The comparison for fresher cars is muddied because a number of brands, including BMW and Toyota, offer free maintenance periods on new cars. And usually, cars need very little work in the first couple of years beyond an oil change and tire rotation. Infiniti was the lowest, averaging $8,500 over 10 years.

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2024 Hyundai Elantra N Review – Tightening Up

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Well, that’s true – it’s mostly the same car that launched a couple of years ago. That’s a lot of small, minor changes that are too technical for the average buyer to care about, but in theory, the car should ride and handle a bit better and be more resistant to brake fade. What’s that you say? You know about the Elantra N?

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Junkyard Find: 1986 BMW 325es

The Truth About Cars

When I first became a wise and fair judge for the 24 Hours of Lemons race series , back in 2008, I got a lot of static from Internet Car Experts who noted the large quantity of BMW E30s in every race and proclaimed that any E30 in any condition was worth at least ten times more than the Lemons $500 limit on car cost.

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Honda CEO: Honda Studying Battery Electric Commuter Car, But Holds Fuel Cell Vehicle as the Ultimate Eco-car

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Honda is currently conducting research on a short-distance battery electric vehicle as a “ city commuter car. ” ( Earlier post.). But we’re studying the US market with a view to introducing this commuter car in the future. He was working in Ohio 10 years ago on the development of the first-generation Acura MDX. President Ito.

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Top honours for Porsche and Acura

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The first west coast stop for the challenge saw the Ferran Acura LMP1 prototype and the Flying Lizard Porsche GT2 scoop top honours in the shortest event of the 2009 American Le Mans Series. For Ferran-Acura it was its first ever American Le Mans Series victory as well as its first in the Michelin Green X Challenge.

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Cadillac teases the Celestiq’s $300,000 interior

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News broke a couple of weeks ago that Cadillac President Steve Carlisle said the vehicle would have a six-figure price tag, “and it won’t have a 1 in front of it.” ” After Carlisle’s comments, many anticipated that the vehicle would be selling for roughly $200,000. Little did we know that the vehicle would be selling for 1.5