These Are The Long-Gone Car Features You Wish Automakers Still Had Today
Some of you said buttons, yes, but that wasn't the only answer.
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Without an end to the war in sight, it looks as though big-dollar vehicles may see another surcharge on oil changes and maintenance.
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What Long-Gone Car Feature Do You Wish Automakers Still Had Today?
I truly miss old analog instrument clusters.
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Police are warning drivers in French wine country to keep a look out for that roadway menace, drunk deer.
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The U.S. Release Of Over 7 Million Barrels Of Reserve Oil Won't Change The Price At The Pump
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The Saab Story Finally Ends As It Auctions Off The Last Of Its Cars
RIP Saab, at least as a car company. It apparently lives on in producing military ware and weaponry. What an ending.
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BMW Brings All Of Its Art Cars To One Place For The First Time Ever
The entire collection, titled "BMW Art Cars — 20 Artists, 50 Years of Innovation. Reunited at BMW Welt" will make its appearance this summer in Munich.
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Despite FOX's claim that IndyCar is the "fastest seat in sports" the title truly belongs to the land rockets running in the NHRA.
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Did dad finally tossed you the keys to his "do not touch" garage baby for your big night?
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The dwindling global supply of gas is thanks to the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, but opening up the strait won't immediately solve the gas problem.
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Edmunds' Dodge Charger EV Lost $50,000 In Value In A Year
The problem was muscle cars buyers don't really want to drive EVs, and truthfully, most people who want to drive EVs don't want to buy a Dodge product.
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"This is something that is coming — it's a slow-motion car crash and we're just kinda sleepwalking through it."
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Amtrak Ads Are Going Full Luxury Car
It certainly felt like a car ad, but for the public passenger experience.
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Bezos Is Ditching His Record-Breaking Mega Yacht Because It's Just Too Big
Trying to find another mega-wealthy person who wants a second-hand ship you can't even park in the best party spots in truly a top .01% problem.
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Gas Skyrockets Nearly A Dollar A Gallon In Just A Week In Michigan
BP's refinery in Whiting, Indiana experienced heavy flaring that led to a power outage and shut down of one of its processing units.
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Welcome To The Wild West, Where Texas Loses Nearly A Billion Dollars Of Oil A Year To Thieves
in the remote, unmanned fields of the Permian Basin, plotting, planning, and running off with oil is well, super easy.
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Pedestrian Deaths Have Dropped For A Depressing Reason
Yes, there were more people out and about walking, but reckless behaviors in vehicles also went up.
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It Took A Decade To Find Enough Real Parts For This Home-Built F1 Car
He wanted a real one that he could show the world, and also take to the track.
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Waymo's Confusion Around Emergency Vehicles Is Only Getting Worse: First Responders
While cities wait for Waymo's actions or federal regulators to help first responders respond to life and death situations, they, along with states, are acting.
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Watch The Talladega Big One Replay In Slow Motion
NASCAR and "Big Ones" go together like peanut butter and jelly — you can have one without the other, but the two together make for one tasty treat.
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Reliant Robin Survives Desert, Jungle, War In 14,000 Mile Record-Breaking Journey Through Africa
Asked if they'd ever do it again, Jenks replied, "Absolutely f***ing not."
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Enterprise Charges Couple Almost $10,000 For Putting Diesel In Rental Car, And The Story Gets Worse From There
When people started asking questions (i.e. lawyers), as well as Go Public, the rental car giant suddenly decided they were no longer pursuing the claim.
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Florida Man (The Governor) Announces State Funds Will Go To Hubs For Flying Cars
That is, if that future ever exists.
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86-Year Old Woman Is Convicted After Typing An F Instead Of An S On Her Car Insurance Paperwork
She wrote an F instead of an S, causing the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to revoke her car insurance.
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It's Not Your Imagination, Diesel Prices Are Going Up Faster Than Gas Or Oil
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