Category Archives: Specialty cars

Mercedes-Benz will manufacture 500 battery-powered “E-Cell” version of its A-Class, but the vehicle debuting at the Paris auto show in October will likely not be available in the United States.

Details of the new vehicle, including its production home in the Mercedes Rastatt plant in Stuttgart, Germany, were unveiled on the automotive blog of the New [...]

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Since she was first featured in a three-minute video in 2007 on GrowingBolder.com, a website for active older adults, Rachel Veitch has become an international celebrity. She’s now age 92 and still driving her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente.

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Four high school kids and their instructor in Kansas City have collaborated on an electric car that may have event one-upped participants in the highly touted Automotive X-Prize competition.

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The American Automobile Association likes BMW, Volvo, Subaru, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mini, Ford, Kia and Nissan. But the AAA likes the cars other drivers like for speed, innovation and reliability for another unique, important reason. The manufacturers’ cars have gone to the dogs.

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Rare Bugatti race cars, vintage Ferrari machines and best-of-show collectors’ cars are great for auto shows. And then there are sentimental favorites, the 1951 Buick your family owned when you were a youngster or the 1951 Chrysler K310 in the neighbors’ driveway?

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Bugatti was the marque automobile at the just-concluded Monterey Auto Week. Several dozen of the famous machines, new and vintage, were showcased throughout the various auctions, car shows and racing divisions.

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Introduced in 2002, the Volkswagen Phaeton (pronounced FAY-tən) is Volkswagen’s full-size luxury sedan. But it’s where the top-of-the-line car is assembled that arguably gets as much attention as the car.

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Tata Motors is planning to introduce new fuel efficient cars and hybrid vehicles in emerging markets and is seeking to raise sales of luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover in China and India.

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