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Prius Driver Error Caused Crash, Say Suburban New York Police

Mar 22, 2010 Object

Driver error, and not a stuck gas pedal, caused a 2005 Toyota Prius hybrid sedan to strike a stone wall in suburban New York this month, local investigators said Monday. Information gathered from the vehicle’s “black box” led police to the conclusion.

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Prius Driver Error Caused Crash, Say Suburban New York Police originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:28:00.

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DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based

Mar 11, 2010 Object, news

Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, Work, Ford, Specialty

Just a quick note: The Detroit News is reporting that the next Ford Police Interceptor will be based on the same platform as the Taurus. For you platform geeks out there, that’s the Ford D3 chassis that underpins everything from the the Lincoln MKS to the Volvo XC90 to the Ford Flex (though the Flex and the Lincoln MKT ride on a lengthened version called D4). Yesterday, we explained that a new Police Interceptor is showing up tomorrow (Friday, March 12) in Las Vegas and that it probably won’t be riding on the Panther platform. Regardless, the concept will be unveiled at the Vegas Motor Speedway.

There’s still no official word from Ford on the matter, however. However, if the new Interceptor is in fact Taurus-based, that means no rear-wheel drive Falcon in the United States. Which is a definite bummer. Also, while there are all-wheel drive variants of the D3 platform - and we think it’s safe to assume that if the new Police Interceptor is D3-based it will be AWD - it lacks frame rails. Has Ford figured out a way to make a unibody car tough enough for police work? We shall see. And if the new PI is a Taurus, will it be based on a modified 365-horsepower SHO? We’d wager yes. Let’s just hope they fit some bigger brakes for cop duty, eh?

[Source: The Detroit News]

DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Chrysler reconsidering light-duty diesel for Ram

Mar 11, 2010 Object, news

Filed under: Truck, Work, Chrysler, Dodge, Diesel

During last summer’s bankruptcy proceedings, New Chrysler chose not to contract Cummins to produce a light-duty diesel engine for the its Ram pickup trucks. At a rumored 5.0 liters of displacement, this diesel engine would have been somewhat less powerful but also less expensive and more fuel efficient than the larger 6.7-liter inline six-cylinder diesel, also supplied by Cummins, in heavy duty Rams.

Now our friends from PickupTrucks.com report that Dodge may be back in the light-duty diesel game. Joe Veltri, Chrysler vice president of product planning, reportedly said at the NTEA Work Truck Show, “We’re in discussions with Cummins. There’s no contract [with Cummins] but [a light-duty diesel] is in our plan.”

As an aside, it seems as if the so-called light-duty engine could also find its way into the Heavy Duty 2500 and 3500 Ram trucks in addition to the expected 1500. “Does every guy need a 6.7-liter diesel? It could certainly package in a heavy duty,” Veltri said.

[Source: PickupTrucks.com]

Report: Chrysler reconsidering light-duty diesel for Ram originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2012 Chevrolet Malibu design completely revealed in patent filings?

Mar 11, 2010 Object

Filed under: Sedan, Chevrolet

Over the past nine months, we’ve seen the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu twice at General Motors media events that were closed to the public. On neither occasion were we allowed to take any photographs of the styling buck, but now we can finally show you what the next Malibu looks like. A General Motors filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows what is obviously an unidentified Chevrolet four-door sedan.

It retains all of the standard Chevrolet design features including the dual-port grille and four individual tail lights. Compared to the current and very well reviewed Malibu, the new car has more sculpted surfaces, especially around the corners. The chopped off tail of the current generation car is generally considered to be the weakest part of that design, and the new model addresses that area with what looks to be a much more attractive posterior.

The new Malibu will ride on the same Epsilon II platform that underpins the Buick LaCrosse and Regal. The new model will have a shorter wheelbase than the 112.3-inch span of today’s car, but it’s not clear if it will be as short as the 107.8-inch wheelbase of the new Buick Regal. The new Malibu will, however, be both wider and taller than the current model. The interior is also significantly upgraded with higher quality materials as GM tries to keep up with the advances of new models from Ford.

The next Malibu will probably debut in late in 2011 as a 2012 model, and we may see it in public at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. The timing of the Malibu should line up nicely with the Ford Fusion/Mondeo replacement and make for a very interesting battle in the mid-size sedan market.

[Source: Carscoop]

2012 Chevrolet Malibu design completely revealed in patent filings? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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First a Soda Tax, Now a Pizza Tax: The Food Police March On

Mar 11, 2010 Object

America’s nutritional nannies are at it again. A study published earlier this week by the American Medical Association argues that tacking an 18% tax onto pizza and soda would cut Americans’ intake of calories, which would in turn help slash health care costs by an astounding $147 billion a year.

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First a Soda Tax, Now a Pizza Tax: The Food Police March On originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:00.

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