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The best selling minivan has earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick award. The 2012 Chrysler Town & Country joins the Honda Odyssey, the Dodge Grand Caravan, the Volkswagen Routan and Toyota Sienna at the top of IIHS’s rankings.
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The first official photos of the 2012 Peugeot 208 were leaked on the net. The Peugeot 208 is the successor to the 207 model that has been in production since 2006.
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BMW has issued a recall over 32,000 cars and CUVs covering the years 2008-2011 due to a fire risk. Turbocharged eight- and twelve-cylinder engines in the 5 Series, 5 Series Gran Turismo, 7 Series, X5 and X6 could suffer from overheating circuit boards that control the electric auxiliary water pump.
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Audi unveiled first official photos of its restyling A4 model. The facelifted A4 lineup look like 2011MY A8 and new 2012MY A6. The refreshed A4 have got new six-point grille and sharp headlamps with LED daytime lights that form a narrow band, redesigned front and rear bumpers, plus tweaked tail lights that reflect the shape of the head lights.
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All-new Ford Ranger is the first pickup tested by the Euro NCAP to achieve a five-star top rating. The Ranger’s overall score was 89%, one of the highest regardless of class. The new Ford Ranger received the best rating ever for pedestrian protection among the cars tested by the Euro NCAP since 1997, with an 81% score.
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As we know, NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive cab of New York for the next 10 years. The public as well as taxi owners will be able to see and feel the Nissan NV200 Taxi in person almost a year before it enters service, at the Nissan Taxi of Tomorrow Design Expo.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a list of 74 vehicles for the 2012 model year that it plans on crash testing. The vehicles include 42 passengers cars, 22 SUVs, eight trucks and two vans. NHTSA claims the list represents about 81 percent of the 2012 model year vehicles that will be on sold in the U.S., and further claims it will be performing rollover tests on 92 percent of the 2012 fleet.
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BMW unveiled today the all-new 3-Series. The sixth generation of its luxury sedan will be available to markets worldwide from February 11, 2012. The sixth generation mid-size BMW has grown considerably compared to its predecessor. It is 93 mm longer and an augmented wheelbase at 2,810 mm (+50mm) as well as wider front (+37 mm) and rear (+47 mm) tracks.

The Sixth Generation model will initially be offered at launch with four TwinPower turbocharged engines: two petrol and two diesel units, which are available with two transmissions, a six-speed manual and an eight-speed automatic, the latter being a first in its class.
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General Motors unveiled a new photos of its roofless all-new 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible. The new soft-top Camaro is scheduled to go on sale in late 2012 and will made a world premier at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The most interested in the new Camaro is 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8 engine rated at 580 horsepower and 556 lb.-ft. of peak torque.
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General Motors is introducing the automotive industry’s first front center air bag, designed to protect the driver and front passenger in far-side impact crashes. The new front center air bag will make its production debut on the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, and Chevrolet Traverse crossovers starting from the 2013 model year. It will be standard on Acadia and Traverse with power seats and all Enclaves.
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