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Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Britain’s Rocket-Ship Rejoinder to the Entry-Level Supercar Crowd
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The McLaren 570S lives to thrill. With a body that draws crowds, two seats, dihedral doors, and enough air intakes for a fighter jet, the McLaren 570S will arouse envy in all who see it. Its carbon-fiber-and-aluminum construction, 562-hp twin-turbo V-8, murderous exhaust note, and preternatural steering ensure that it’s no showpiece, either. Other cars […]
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Takata Pleads Guilty in $1 Billion Settlement over Defective Airbags
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February 28, 2017 at 11:13 am by Clifford Atiyeh | Photography by Kazuhiro Nogi/Getty Images
Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects in its airbag inflators that have led to at least 17 deaths and the biggest recall in automotive history. The guilty plea follows, by a little more than a month, a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to...
French-Bred DS7 Crossback May Seek a Slice of the U.S. Market
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The French are good at many things, few drawn directly from those cruel stereotypes about cheese and surrender. But the creation of SUVs has, until recently, not figured on that list of accomplishments. Indeed when the nation’s automakers have needed to create véhicules tout-terrain in the past they have done so by either combining forces with non-French automakers—PSA’s previous partners include both Mercedes-Benz...
Monday, 27 February 2017
Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full List of Affected Vehicles
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The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.
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