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Get Ford F-150 Raptor Power for Much Less Coin

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The Ford F-150 Raptor R is a seriously impressive truck with an equally serious price tag that puts it out of reach for most buyers. An Alabama Ford dealer has a solution , however, in the form of a base F-150 XL with a Roush supercharger and other upgrades. Image: Town and Country Ford via Facebook] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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The 1960 model year saw a trio of brand-new compact Detroit cars ( the Corvair , Valiant and Falcon ) appear to do battle with increasingly popular small imports. Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers. The 289 is long gone.

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Tesla Model Y becomes top-selling car in Iceland and Australia

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The Tesla Model Y has become a top-selling car in Iceland and Australia. The Tesla Model Y became the best-selling car within the first 6 months of 2023. The Tesla Model Y became the best-selling car within the first 6 months of 2023. of the auto market’s June sales. In Australia, 11,042 BEVs were sold last month.

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

The Truth About Cars

The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. And usually, cars need very little work in the first couple of years beyond an oil change and tire rotation.

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Stuff We Use: Add-On In-Car Tech

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After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories. & & This author has also installed a few of these types of USB ports in a variety of rigs, preferring them to the one above since they are hardwired into the car. But there’s a good reason for it.

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Statement: Detroit auto display all set to disappoint once more

Baua Electric

As Michael Martinez and his Car Information colleagues reported extreme age, a number of manufacturers have showed they aren’t moving to have stands at this age’s display: Volkswagen, Audi, Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Kia, Hyundai, Genesis, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Lexus, Polestar and Lucid.

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Ford Nabs NA Car and Truck of Year Awards for Fusion Hybrid and Transit Connect

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Ford swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), winning with the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the 2010 Ford Transit Connect, respectively. It also is the second hybrid win for Ford—the most hybrid wins for any automaker.