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Pay at the Pump: Understanding How Gas Prices are Determined
If you haven’t noticed, gas prices jumped more than 50 cents in some places last week, and as they inch closer to $2 a gallon, we have to wonder what’s making them rise. So, we did some research. Here’s what we learned: How gas are prices determined The price of gasoline is made up of…
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Will Self-Driving Cars Make Traffic Lights Go Away?
In case you haven’t heard, the auto industry is exploring ways for cars to drive themselves, and progress is being made. Members of the auto industry met with Congress with last week to talk about drafting laws for actually making this work in reality. New research from private college MIT shows that when cars can…
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Show of Hands: 2017 Sportage or 2017 Optima Wagon?
There were two stories about Kia this week. The first was the 2017 Sportage, specifically how its redesign keeps the model fresh-looking and up-to-date inside. The second story was the 2017 Optima Sportwagen, Kia’s first ever mid-size station wagon, which is for Europe only. Wagons (called “estates” in Europe) are a big deal in the…
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What Does Lincoln Motor Company Stand For?
As one of many luxury car brands, our customers want to know what Lincoln’s purpose is and what we’re about. And we have news for you: it’s not horsepower, and it’s not technology, though we do those well. Instead, Lincoln is a company about American leadership. It was named after Abraham Lincoln by its founder…
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You’re Driving on the Highway. Suddenly a Piece of Guardrail Flies at You. What Do You Do?
Donna Chang (not her real name) was driving on the interstate Wednesday morning when a 16-inch section of steel guardrail was kicked up by a semi-tractor trailer and flung toward her windshield. Fortunately for Donna, the foot-long piece of metal hit the front of her car instead the glass. At 70 mph, the jagged shard…
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Watch This Ford Interceptor Stop Armor-Piercing Rounds
In the movies, you know how people take cover behind cars when gunmen are firing? In real life, a regular car door won’t be able to stop bullets from coming right through. Ford, however, has developed new bullet-stopping panels for police and law enforcement vehicles, as you can see in the video above. While Ford…
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Keeping Your Family Safe on the Highway – 5 Quick Tips
By now, you’ve probably heard about the 100-car pileup on I-40 near Statesville, and the 21 people who were injured as a result. WRAL and other sources report that the accidents were caused by low visibility from Sunday night’s rainstorms, wet roads, and possibly rubbernecking. Thankfully, no one was killed. It’s terrifying to see something…
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An Italian SUV with a Ferrari Engine? Oh Right, the Maserati Levante
This is Maserati’s first SUV ever, its entrance to a club populated by Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and soon even Lamborghini: the performance SUV circle. And what an entrance it is. Two available engines, both six-cylinder wonders built by Ferrari in Maranello—a town in Northern Italy—which will ensure you get that trademark Maserati exhaust note perfect…
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We Got an Audi Convertible For the Afternoon; It Was Sweet
In the interests of full disclosure, here’s who we are: a marketing agency who represents the Leith network of car dealerships. Audi Cary is one such dealer, hence how we got this 2016 Audi A5 Cabriolet for a few hours. That out of the way, here’s how it worked: we called up and said we…
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The Toyota C-HR Concept Is a Sharp-Looking Crossover. Literally.
Said to be inspired by diamonds, the Toyota’s C-HR is sharper than cheddar cheese. The entire design is angular and aggressive, but also unlike anything we’ve seen before. It looks like the kind of car that’s searching for Shia LaBeouf and Optimus Prime. “Day 201… They still suspect nothing…” There’s more to this car than…