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

Green Car Congress

Seven of the top 10 brands in this year’s reliability rankings are from Japan and South Korea, including Subaru, Kia, Infiniti, and Hyundai. Consumer Reports’ survey also reveals that some automakers—striving for improved fuel economy—are clearly making more reliable turbocharged engines than others.

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Chinese company expands overseas

Green Cars News

The Korean version of the company will sell four models including a one-ton truck, a commercial minivan and both a six- and nine-passenger van. According to Lee Chulwoong, a Dongfeng Motor Korea executive, the vehicles will be 30 per cent cheaper than Korean vehicles and should attract interest from private entrepreneurs.

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