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Auto Dealers Worry New Vehicle Prices May Be Getting Too High

9/23/2018, 3:53:22 PM
As the automotive industry braces for changes including electrification and autonomy, dealers across the U.S. are worried about something much simpler: the price of a new car. ✔ New tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that went into effect Friday could exacerbate the problem ✔ An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the name of the organization as the National Automobile Dealers Council ✔ (March 26, 2018) Appeared in the March 26, 2018, print edition as 'Dealers Worry as Car Prices Increase.'

Used-Car Sales Boom as New Cars Get Too Pricey for Many

9/23/2018, 11:07:34 AM
Rising new-car prices are pushing more buyers to the used-car lot, where they are finding a growing selection of low-mileage vehicles that are only a few years old. ✔ Justin Scholz, a 35-year-old banker, was stunned by the new-car sticker prices when he went shopping this spring for a new SUV for his growing family ✔ We’re offering a more attractive product at a better price, said AutoNation Chief Executive Officer Mike Jackson about the chain’s used-car offerings

The Tesla Model 3 key fob looks just like a Tesla Model 3

9/23/2018, 1:32:27 PM
A new way to unlock your car ✔ At times, Elon Musk himself has been supervising the production lines ✔ With reports of sabotage from inside the company and the occasional self-driving car wreck to deal with, it looks as though Tesla's future will continue to be rocky for the foreseeable future, even as delivery times start to come down

Porsche is the first German car maker to drop diesel

9/23/2018, 5:33:46 PM
The sports car giant is responding to public pressure. ✔ Outside of the press release, however, the company also acknowledged a reality: while it might not have any qualms with diesel, its would-be customers do ✔ Still, it's a significant step -- and it may be just a matter of time before VW and other brands follow suit

Volkswagen's electric van concept | Drive.com.au

9/23/2018, 8:30:27 AM
Next piece of the puzzle for VW's MEB vehicle range.

Lexus ES300h price and specifications | Drive.com.au

9/23/2018, 5:58:00 AM
Lexus has confirmed full details for its seventh-generation ES mid-sized luxury sedan, including an exclusive hybrid-powered line-up, prices, features and safety equipment

Ferrari reveals hybrid future

9/23/2018, 8:30:25 AM
Plus gives its long-awaited SUV a name. CarArticle - drive.com.au

Porsche says that it will no longer make diesel vehicles

9/23/2018, 4:27:24 PM
It’ll focus on hybrid and electric vehicles ✔ There’s been indications of this attitude in recent months: the German automaker has been increasingly interested in electric and hybrid vehicles ✔ At the time, it seemed that it was simply pausing production, but today’s announcement reveals that it’s settled on the route that it will take one without diesel

The best luggage of 2018

9/23/2018, 2:23:15 PM
Here is the best luggage you can buy from hard shells to duffels and carry-on bags, plus accessories as well. ✔ However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today’s newsroom and any business incentives ✔ The only real complaint about this bag is that when not in use, it can’t be compressed down for storage ✔ For more info on checked luggage, carry-on bags, packing cubes, luggage scales and more, check out Reviewed

How Charlottesville forced Reddit to clean up its act

9/23/2018, 12:27:38 PM
In an extract from her new book, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin looks at how last year’s violence in Virginia sparked change at the social news site ✔ As the clock ticked up to 9pm on Friday 11 August 2017, more than 200 men snaked down a dark, long expanse of grass in Charlottesville, Virginia, called Nameless Field ✔ On r/personalfinance, individuals asked for help getting out of debt, and strangers chimed in with worthwhile tips

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Trade War - SERIES 305 {14 articles}

Vietnam emerges as key beneficiary of trade war 10/29/2018, 8:34:18 PM US and Chinese companies weigh Southeast Asian nation as new supply base ✔ Panasonic, for example, is moving production of car electronics from China to Thailand, Malaysia and Mexico ✔ The Asian Development Bank recently trimmed its 2019 growth forecast for emerging Asia to 5.8% from 5.9% due to the trade conflicts while noting that the impact does not hurt all countries evenly as trade is redirected within global supply chains to economies producing similar goods, benefiting in particular Southeast Asia 'Technically it's a disaster': Wall Street flirts with correction on trade war fears 10/29/2018, 8:34:41 PM Wall Street dives after a report the Trump administration was set to ramp up the trade war pressure on China. ✔ On Monday, the ASX added 66 points, or 1.1 per cent ✔ Technically it's a disaster, said Robert Parks, managing director in equity derivatives at RJ O'Brien and Associa...

War Countries - SERIES 422 {22 articles}

North Korea tests new 'ultramodern tactical weapon' amid stalled diplomatic efforts 11/16/2018, 6:55:45 AM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful testing of a “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon,” state media reported Friday. ✔ The US State Department said described the postponing of diplomatic talks between the US and North Korea as purely a matter of scheduling but refused to elaborate ✔ Dita Alangkara, AP Fullscreen Dancers perform during The Glorious Country mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, Oct. 25, 2018 With sanctions and banned arms sales, bipartisan Senate group tries to bring an end to Yemen war 11/16/2018, 12:21:02 AM The proposal, backed by Trump ally Sen. Lindsey O. Graham and others, would ban the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and impose sanctions on those blocking humanitarian aid from reaching civilians ✔ It would defy credulity that announcement came out today when they know what we’re doing her...

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Taliban and US envoy met, spokesman for insurgent group says 10/13/2018, 9:56:15 PM US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met with Taliban leaders Friday to discuss the conflict in Afghanistan, a statement from the insurgent group said. ✔ All citizens of Afghanistan must be a part of this reconciliation process, Khalilzad said, according to the embassy statement ✔ The 67-year-old Khalilzad, who is Afghan-born, served as a foreign policy adviser to multiple administrations and held several diplomatic posts under President George W Afghan Taliban officials: 'US agrees to discuss troops pullout' 10/13/2018, 9:26:03 PM US agrees to discuss pullout of troops from Afghanistan as part of talks to end 17-year war, Taliban officials say. ✔ {articleGUID} As per my information, the US has reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw troops from Afghanistan but the US officials have not yet agreed on a date, he said ✔ Trust building measurements should been soon tak...

Autos - SERIES 68 {15 articles}

Volkswagen will stop producing its iconic Beetle car in 2019 9/14/2018, 10:53:12 AM Volkswagen announced it will stop making the bug-shaped vehicle at its Mexico plant in July 2019 after releasing two special editions ✔ The Beetle was developed in Nazi Germany after being conceived in the early 1930s by engineer Ferdinand Porsche ✔ It also featured in a series of Disney films as a talking car named Herbie ✔ Volkswagen has no plans to revive the much-celebrated car again, but did not rule it out as a possibility Microcar madness: driving a 200cc classic over the toughest mountain passes in Europe 9/14/2018, 10:40:24 AM How does driving a 60-year-old, 200cc bubble car 2,000 miles across Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia, including some of the toughest mountain passes in Europe, appeal? ✔ Overall winners Mark and Jane Smith in their FMR Tg500 - a four-wheeled development of the famed Messerschmitt bubble car The route followed as closely as possible the orig...

War Countries - SERIES 287 {16 articles}

U.N.’s Special Envoy to Syria Calling It Quits 10/17/2018, 11:29:51 PM Staffan de Mistura was the longest-serving of three diplomats trying to broker an end to the civil war that has devastated the Mideast nation since 2011. ✔ United Nations special envoy Staffan de Mistura will make at least one more trip to Syria to try to convince the regime to form a constitutional committee ✔ Mr. de Mistura, an Italian-Swedish diplomat with more than two decades of U.N ✔ A Security Council diplomat said that the international community could use the two issues of refugee returns and rebuilding as leverage to draw Syria’s regime back to the negotiating table 6 killed as US-led coalition F-15 jets bomb Kurdish forces fighting ISIS – report 10/17/2018, 9:19:10 PM Two US-led coalition aircraft have bombed Syrian Kurdish forces, disrupting their offensive on Islamic State terrorists, RIA news agency reports. The diplomatic source has called out US’ “lack of coordination and professionalism....

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