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| 2009 Full-Size Pickup Truck Comparison Test Drives: Exclusive Today's pickups are the most capable, fuel-efficient and useful trucks ever. We know because we gathered the five newest full-size pickups for an exclusive showdown and we're rolling out our test results early so you can read them here first.
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| Top 10 Exotic and Luxury Cars From the 2008 Paris Motor Show Eco-friendly plug-in cars may be grabbing headlines these days, but this year's Paris Motor Show was packed with plenty of glitzy sports cars, exotic concepts and purebred luxury cars.
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| A Pond Away From Detroit, Tough Times for Euro Car Makers Beyond the flash of concept Lamborghinis and the promise of game-changing hybrids, the big picture from Paris this year is rather gloomy.
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| Toyota, Experts See Plug-in Car Trouble: Electric Reality Check Toyota's plug-in Prius is scheduled to go on sale as a 2010 model, but company executives and other alt-fuel experts made a concerted effort to bat back some of the excitement that PHEVs would dominate the market right away.
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| New VW Jetta Diesel Tops Prius in Fuel-Economy Marathon Test It's this year's ultimate MPG comparison test: the just-released 2009 Volskwagen Jetta TDi diesel against the uber-popular 2008 Toyota Prius hybrid. And PopularMechanics.com has it first, with some very surprising results.
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| As Volt Lands, Can GM Learn From Prius & Make Plug-in Cars Big? In his monthly PopMech.com column, Jalopnik editor-in-chief Ray Wert asks: Will there be enough Chevy Volts on the street by 2010—and at a cheap enough price—to make a difference, or even to beat the new Toyota Prius?
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| GM Finally Unveils Production Chevy Volt: First Look (Updated) Despite decades of past innovations and triumphs from General Motors, the guest of honor at today's GM Centennial bash here is a car that won't be in showrooms for at least two years: the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.
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| Beyond Volt, Insiders Reveal More GM Plug-in Cars on the Way The much-anticipated Chevy Volt made its debut on Tuesday, but, after a little squeezing, General Motors engineers and independent analysts opened up about expanding the cars technology for future versions of an electrified Chevy Malibu, Pontiac, Cadillac and more.
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| Living With Hydrogen, Gas Prices Become Incentive for Progress Wrapping up his hydrogen-powered lease of a lifetime, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell envisions a future of hydrogen-electric hybrids that weens us off gasoline for good.
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| Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it becomes increasingly likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt here later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own.
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| Top 5 Fire-Breathing, Uparmored Cars @ Moscow Motor Show '08 Our comrades from the former Soviet Union may have the next hottest car market. The auto industry is booming in Russia, and carmakers are rushing to expand there, with a flood of new manufacturing plants and products.
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| 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Test Drive With Behind-the-Scenes Video! Chevrolet's iconic Corvette has always defined the American sports car. Enter the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a blisteringly fast, stunningly capable reaffirmation of exactly that. The ZR1 represents a benchmark for American muscle.
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| 2012 C7 Corvette Spy Report: After ZR1, Is Fuel Efficiency Next? We loved the new Corvette ZR1 on our butt-kickin' test drive. But come 2012, will GM have spent too much on the Chevy Volt to build a better Vette? PM's new Detroit Editor spent the last month sniffing around the industry for preliminary details on the next ZR1.
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| ZR1 Drive Reflects Tech Evolution on the Road: Mechanic's Diary After declaring the 2009 Corvette ZR1 "a benchmark for American muscle," PM's senior automotive editor explains in his biweekly online column how the new Vette's 600 horses get the power to the ground.
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| My Hydrogen-Powered Car Averages 40+ MPG, but I Want More Crunching the numbers after his 3-month lease of a lifetime, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell proved fuel cells can, indeed, double the fuel economy of your average gasoline-powered car, and the future of hydrogen is looking a little brighter.
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| Top 10 Fun, MPG-Friendly Cars You Can't Buy In America—Yet Those lucky devils across the pond have just the cars we're looking for. Now all that's left is convincing manufacturers that we want these mighty mites on our shores. Start sending your letters now.
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| 5 Classic Cars Detroit Shouldn't Rebuild for the 21st Century It's not just the new Chevrolet Camaro, with even more can't-forget-it rides possibly coming back soon. But if the throwback trend continues, let's not ruin some of the all-time American favorites for the sake of selling more cars.
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| 4 Super-Hot (and Green) Cars @ 2008 London Motor Show As automakers offer British lawmakers a tough choice between modern diesels and future plug-ins, PM's European car correspondent turns up a greener side across the pond.
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| Why My Hydrogen-Powered Car Needs Futuristic "Gas" Stations After getting the lease of a lifetime in GM's next-gen Equinox prototype, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell breaks down fuel cell fill-er-up technology and makes the case for America's hydrogen infrastructure.
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| The Truth About Water-Powered Cars: Mechanic's Diary It's one thing for a car to run on air, but do the latest claims of hydrogen-turned-oxygen-turned-electricity propulsion hold water—or feed in to the hysteria of the gas crunch?
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| 10 Fun Convertibles That Won't Pinch at the Pump or the Lot In no particular order, here’s a look at 10 drop-tops that we’ve had our eye on early this summer. We’ve included a “fun factor,” which is our rather subjective, increasing 1–10 scale for, well, everything we consider a good time on the open road.
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| In Gas-to-Hydrogen Switch, Forget Ponies and Embrace Silence PM's Citizen Fuel Cell feels some serious giddyup from his new hydrogren-powered electric motor. Comparing GM's prototype Chevy Equinox with his parents' Prius and a temporarily parked Jeep Grand Cherokee, his only complaint is some noisy idling (with audio).
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| 10 Best Car Chases in Movie History: Does Wanted Make the List? A Dodge Viper spinning at 75 mph, Angelina Jolie clutching to it as she fires large-caliber weapons, the supercar literally driving off the side of an out-of-control bus—is this the stuff of Steve McQueen territory?
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| First Adam Carolla Top Gear Q&A: Exclusive Specs on NBC Show Radio host Adam Carolla is best known as a comedian. But this self-proclaimed car “nerd” has a bigger role this fall as host of NBC's Top Gear, an hour of supercar test drives, ridiculous road trips and death-defying stunts.
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| 5 New Takes on the Old-School Engine for Super MPGs While many engineers are focusing their efforts on fuel cells and batteries, some are looking at a more pragmatic solution. Here's why: the trusty internal-combustion engine, a relic from the 19th century, could still be driving vehicles for many decades to come. (Published in the July 2008 issue)
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| Fuel-Efficient 'Cute Ute' Concepts Could Resurrect the Dying SUV Detroit says the SUV is (almost) dead. Long live the SUV? So says Jalopnik's editor-in-chief in his monthly guest analyis for PopularMechanics.com.
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| 5 New Middleweight Cruiser Motorcycles: Comparison Test We gathered up five middleweight contenders from Yamaha (Star), Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki, and rode them nearly 350 miles through some of California's best roads. We found that the smaller bikes had enough power, efficiency and comfort to impress. (Published in the July 2008 issue)
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| Coupelike Four-Door Sedans Ride Euro Wave to U.S. American backseat passengers will soon be thanking Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Aston Martin and Porsche for making their climb a bit easier. (Published in the July 2008 issue)
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| 2009 Audi A4 Test Drive: Rookie Takes It to the Limit on the Track Our rookie tester puts the newest entry-level Audi through its paces at Infineon Raceway—and learns a thing or two about racing.
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| Why GM Let Me Drive Its New Hydrogen Car: Citizen Fuel Cell In the first installment of an exclusive test-drive diary for PopularMechanics.com, one of 100 alt-fuel guinea pigs with a special lease on the Chevy Equinox remembers how he came as close to winning the lottery as any driver can with today’s sky-high gas prices.
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