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'Eat My Dust, Hear My Drum': American Modesty Has Died. I Killed It

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Lake Shore Drive, National Pride, American Exceptionalism, Bumper Stickers, Modesty, Self-Publishing, Flag-Waving, Bragging, Santa Barbara, American Heroes, Self-Esteem, Suvs, Blogging, Manners, Culture News

Modesty has died. You hadn't noticed? Its quiet nature made it marginal. It caught a cold. It stayed in bed. Our fireworks and gunshots killed it off.

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Honda Recalls Insane Number Of SUVs

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Automakers, Video, Vehicles, Cr-V, Suvs, Honda, Reuters, Cars, Consumers, Recall, Auto Industry, Crash, Business News

March 30 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd is recalling about 554,000 sport utility vehicles in the United States to inspect for faulty wiring in headl...

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Be Afraid: Who's Driving SUVs These Days

Vicky Shorr | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Ronald Reagan Freeway, Cars, Suv Crash, Prius, SUV Drivers, SUV Sales, Suvs, Los Angeles News

Many of their original owners have seen the light and jumped to the Prius, but the SUVs are still on the road, and in some ways, it's even worse than ...

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At Autoshow, Apparently Size Matters

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Car Sales, Renault, Automakers, Mazda, Video, General Motors, Fuel Efficiency, Audi, Suvs, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, IHS Automotive, PSA Peugeot-Citroen, Austerity, Business News

GENEVA — Automakers are thinking small – in size, not ambition. After years marked by environmental concerns, then the economic downturn ...

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For Detroit, Size Matters: Will Automakers Latch on to Loopholes and Undercut New Emissions Rules?

Dan Becker | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Epa, Autos, Gas Prices, Hybrids, Foreign Cars, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Gas Mileage, Green Cars, Suvs, Global Warming, Trucks, CAFE Standards, Nhtsa, Detroit, Obama, Emissions, Detroit News

The Obama administration has proposed rules that would determine how far 2025 cars go on a gallon of gas. Surprisingly, though, auto companies can dictate how successful the program will be. This presents Detroit with an unusual challenge.

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Escaping The Mold, Ford SUV Gets New Look

www.autoblog.com | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Ford Escape Redesign, Ford, Ford Escape, Ford Escape Design, Ford Motor Co, Suvs, Hybrid SUVs, Detroit News

We Americans have a long history of clamoring for the forbidden fruit that automakers offer in Europe. Such has been the case with the Ford Kuga cross...

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High-MPG SUVs: The Wrong Answer

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Light Trucks, Gas Mileage, Suvs, Fuel Efficiency, Gas & Oil, High-Mpg Suvs, Hybrid SUVs, Hybrid Trucks, Green News

I'd hoped that in a few years these giant, gas-guzzling dinosaurs would be extinct. Now, unfortunately, drivers whose egos demand that they rule the road from their lofty perches inside their armored behemoths will get a second wind.

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Ford Lifts Profits With Higher Prices, Improves Sales

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Higher Prices, U.S. Auto Sales, Wall Street, Revenue, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Suvs, Manufacturing, Pickup Trucks, Production, Auto Industry, Ford Motor Co, Business News

(Bernie Woodall) - Ford Motor Co's quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations helped by higher prices and improved sales in North America. ...

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The Best Remedy for the Price of Gas

Dan Becker | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreign Oil, Gas Prices, Carb, Bp, President Obama, Greenhouse Gas, Imported Oil, Cars, Emissions, Fuel Economy, Suvs, Trucks, Epa, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fuel Efficiency, California Air Resource Board, Oil Addiction, Mpg, Fuel Costs, Climate Change, Gas Mileage, Carbon Dioxide, Cafe, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Detroit, Nhtsa, Pavley, Green News

The Obama administration can't do much to lower the price of a gallon of gas, but it is on the cusp of a crucial decision that could help consumers come out ahead because they would need less gas.

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Nissan Recalling More Than 600K Vehicles

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan Recalls, Nissan Recall 2010, Nissan Frontier, Nissan Recall Information, Suvs, Nissan Xterra, Business News

DETROIT — Nissan Motor Co. is recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in North and South America and Africa due to steering or battery cable problems. ...

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A Better Way to Cut Gas Consumption and Fight Global Warming

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Green, Recession, Emissions, Fuel Economy, Suvs, Cars, Light Trucks, Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection Administration, Pickups, Gas Guzzlers, Gas Mileage, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Green News

The Environmental Protection Administration's report on gas mileage told us that the 2009 model cars and light trucks sold in the United States achiev...

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Mileage: This Isn't Rocket Science. It's Auto Mechanics

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Gas Prices, Pickups, Fuel Economy, Gm, Ford, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Minivans, Cars, Emissions, Suvs, Obama Administration, Epa, Autos, Chrysler, Light Trucks, Hybrids, Electric Vehicles, Evs, Gas Guzzlers, Gas Mileage, Cafe, Technology, Fuel-Mileage Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, Detroit, Department of Transportation, Green News

The next big thing from Detroit may not just be a new car, but a new car industry: Transformed, modern and competitive. This month, with traditional ...

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100 Countries or an S.U.V.?

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Travel, Non-Conformity, Life Goals, Visa, Suvs, Budget, Currency, Budapest, Prague, Moving, Air Travel, Income, Travel News

After thinking it over, I decided that $32,500 was a small price to pay compared to the experiences I would gain from visiting 100 countries.

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Suburb Sprawls Sustainability

Ben Zolno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Permaculture, Chicago Suburbs, Organic Food, Local Food, Charter Schools, Suvs, Sustainability, Renewables, Green Business, Green Energy, Organic, Csa, Prairie Crossing, Ellen Page, Chicago News

Check out this new video about how a subdivision farm works with the restaurant just a few yards away, which serves their food often just hours after harvest.

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House of the Rising Blood Pressure

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Overdevelopment, Open Space, Harry Truman, Free Speech, Tractor Mowers, American Flag, Variances, Portable Toilets, Bob Dylan, Suvs, Barack Obama, Suburban Sprawl, Comedy News

What's more American than ravaging precious open space and getting richer while making other people miserable?

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Are Dogs Worse than SUVs?

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Dog-Owner, Suvs, Carbon Footprint, Comedy News

Environmentalists need to give up their big dogs and turn to small dogs to save the planet.

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Future Cars, Now: The Next Steps To Fight Global Warming

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Getting the next generation of cars right isn't just good for the planet. It's good for American jobs. It's good for the economy. It's even good for the carmakers.

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Let California Lead: the Green Economy and Lessons from 1990's Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Green Jobs, California, Gm, Andrew Card, George W. Bush, Green, Rethink Reviews, Zero-Emission Vehicles, Pollution, Green Energy, Suvs, AB 32, Who Killed the Electric Car, Jonathan Kim, Ev1, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy Economy, Hummer, SUV Sales, Global Warming, Green News

California has always represented a better future, and we seem more impatient to get there than anyone else. The examples are endless: the settlers ri...

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Man Killed When SUV Plows into California Restaurant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: El Cajon, Carl's Jr, Suvs, Suv, Los Angeles News

EL CAJON, Calif. — Authorities say a 66-year-old man eating breakfast at a California fast-food restaurant was killed when a vehicle plowed thro...

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Whale-Penis Leather Seats

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cars, Animal Rights, Whale Penis Leather, Whales, Whale Penis SUV, Suvs, Green News

What's the world coming to when you can get your $1.45 million bulletproof SUV with gold trim, a ridiculously expensive Vertu cellphone and three bott...

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SUV Clubs Gain Traction In New York

New York Times | ANNE BARNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SUV Clubs, Flashy SUV, S.U.v.s, Brooklyn New York, Brooklyn, New York News

A few of the Trucked Out Divas -- Strawberry, Carmel and Black Beauty -- were waiting in front of their clubhouse, a former strip club in Brownsville ...

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Scooters Vs. Hummers: Which Pollutes More?

usnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Cars, Scooters, Pollution, Suvs, Green News

Corrected 4/13/09: The Chicago Reader article cited in this blog overstated the prevalence of two-stroke engines in scooters. Four-stroke engines, whi...

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Miley Cyrus Trades In SUV For Prius, Calls Prius A "Chick Car" (POLL)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Prius, Suvs, Billy Ray Cyrus, Poll, Cars, Green Cars, Prius a Chick Car, Green News

It's nice when people trade in SUVs for hybrids, and nice when that trade-in gets some press, I suppose, but... "a chick car?" Pop star Miley Cyrus t...

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Plants, Russia, Council on Foreign Relations, Central Europe, Gasoline Prices, Conservation, Cars, Obama Administration, Coal, Eu, Cheap Gas Prices, Oil Embargo, Solar Energy, Electricity, Oil Price, Washington, Arab Oil Embargo, Israel, Yom Kippur War, Natural Gas, Eu Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cfr, Opec, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Wind, Russian Gas Dependence, Ukraine, Suvs, Energy Efficiency, Eastern Europe, Increase, Geothermal, United States, Heat Oil, Carbon Dioxide, International Energy Agency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Sources of Energy, World News

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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Three Doomed American SUV Plants

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Gm, Economy, SUV Plant Closings, Cars, Suvs, SUV Sales, Business News

Reeling from its financial problems and a collapsing S.U.V. market, General Motors on Tuesday closed its factories in this city and in Moraine, Ohio, ...

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