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Road Test: 2022 Kia Carnival SX

Clean Fleet Report

Goodbye To the Minivan. Kia is out of the minivan business and is shaking up things with the all-new 2022 Carnival. The Korean car company will remind you it is not a minivan but an MPV or Multi-Purpose Vehicle. With those words it hopes to remove the stigma of people saying “I will never own a minivan.”.

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2017 Chrysler Pacifica wins Altair Enlighten Award for weight reduction in full vehicle category; Toyota, Faurecia and AP&T module, technology winners

Green Car Congress

Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced the winners of the 5 th annual Altair Enlighten Award, which strives to promote and celebrate innovation in automotive lightweighting. In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum. 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Tesla are among the brands that tumbled in Consumer Reports’ (CR) latest Annual Auto Reliability Survey, which collected data from its members about their experiences with more than half a million vehicles. Consumer Reports’ prediction of new-car reliability is a key element of CR’s Overall Score.

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J.D. Power Asia Pacific study finds auto brands improve in gratifying new-vehicle owners in China

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After remaining flat during the past three years, owner satisfaction with new-vehicle performance and design in China has improved from 2009, fueled by intense competition between brands and models in the market, according to the J.D. The highest-ranked models by segment in 2010 are: Compact segment: Chevrolet Spark.

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

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A seductive statement car in the midsize segment. Clean Fleet Report was driving the highly optioned Limited, which had the standard solar panel roof that charges the 12-volt and hybrid batteries, producing two miles of electric driving range for every six hours the car is left in the sun. Exterior Statement. Other features are a 12.3-inch

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Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited

Clean Fleet Report

Raw Sports Car Fun. Sports car purity, says Subaru about the 2022 BRZ. The auto market is now dominated by front-wheel drive cars, almost all of them with an automatic transmission. The auto market is now dominated by front-wheel drive cars, almost all of them with an automatic transmission. A vanishing breed.

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On the Horizon

Plug In Partners

Here is the story from the New York Times : Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. Ford ( F ).

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