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The first Corvette rolled off the assembly line on this day back in 1953. And it certainly made an impression. We present a montage of the Corvette's influence on pop culture the past 60 years.
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Fans of The Simpsons may remember an episode where Homer designs a car. It's a puke green monstrosity, with tail fins, extra large drink holders and a bubble dome to keep kids separated. Some automotive designers built a real car based on Homer's epic design, and they'll try it out in California on Saturday.
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Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants the automaker to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Cherokees and Libertys. The agency says there's a risk of fire in rear-end collisions. Chrysler says data don't support that conclusion.
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Strong new-vehicle sales lead industry analysts to revise their forecasts for North American production levels in 2013, with J.D. Power & Associates and LMC Automotive predicting 16 million units will be produced — a mark not hit since 2002.
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Healthy increases in construction and home sales are boosting things like sales of pickups and landscaping, which, in turn, lead to more hiring. But federal budget cuts may undermine that momentum, economists say.
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The new 9-speed and 10-speed transmissions are aimed at meeting new federal fuel efficiency standards.
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About 3.4 million vehicles produced since 2000 are subject to the recall due to faulty airbag inflators.
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The Focus is the best-selling "nameplate" worldwide, followed by the Toyota Corolla, new data show.
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As car sharing continues to gain traction among American drivers, Car2Go is one company benefiting from the changing way we use cars. Economics and environmental concerns are spurring the market, as is the idea that cars are tools, not symbols of power or status.