Buy a new Humner in Chesterfield, Illinois, get a free new shotgun

The Hummer brand may soon gone. But it will either go down or stay around with a bang. To entice new sales for the downtrodden brand, the nation’s biggest dealer of the unique former military vehicle is offering a unique $2,000 perk — a new shotgun.

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Flying car on the horizon? It’s a Lamborghini with wings

Terrafugia, Inc., has been working on its “Flying Car” for several years. It’s been a media favorite since its flight-testing program began in March 2009 and continued through 27 additional flight tests during the next several weeks.

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Total recall: Ford leads General Motors, Toyota, VW, Honda on all-time dubious list

Toyota can’t stay out of the news. But while the Japanese manufacturer’s woes have dominated the automotive industry, the world’s largest carmaker is far from holding the dubious honor of most recalled cars. Toyota is currently fourth on the largest recall list lead by Ford.

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Second runaway Toyota Prius in two days, this time in upstate New York

The second runaway Toyota Prius incident in two days has been reported, this time about 3,000 miles away from the first near catastrophe and in a hybrid model three years old than the initially reported out-of-control vehicle.

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Chevrolet Camaro, 2010: The Weekly Driver Car Review

More than 40 years after it debuted as a muscle car competitor to the Ford Mustang, the Chevrolet Camaro re-emerged in the spring of 2009 as a 2010 model after a several-year hiatus from the manufacturer’s lineup.

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Toyota recall timeline: apologies, promises and faulty parts

The woes of Toyota are changing as fast as an unintentionally accelerating Prius. Recalls, Congressional Hearings, faulty floor mats, sticky accelerators. The Japanese automaker, the world’s largest, is in the midst of arguably the worst quality control and reputation nightmare in automotive history.

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