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News from The Republic:
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers are reviving the debate over whether to require car manufacturers to provide software needed to diagnose car trouble to independent repair shops and vehicle owners, but supporters of the measure also want voters to decide this fall if it doesn’t pass.
The state Senate passed the measure late Thursday night. It now heads to the House of Representatives.
The bill previously passed the Senate in 2010, but failed to [...] Continue Reading…

News from Albany Times Union:
Croatian carmaker Rimac Auto has announced it will put into production the Concept One electric supercar, a concept vehicle that first made waves at last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. The battery-powered vehicle boasts more than 1,000 Hp and reaches a top speed of 190 Mph. (Rimac)
Croatian carmaker Rimac Auto has announced it will put into…

Croatian carmaker Rimac Auto has announced it will put into production the Concept [...] Continue Reading…

News from Sacramento Bee:
MIRAMAR, Fla., May 17, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ –  CompuPay Inc., one of the country’s leading providers of payroll, tax filing and employer-related services, today announced that it has been named a national member benefit partner for the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA). For over 66 years, NIADA has provided advocacy, education, industry information, member benefits and services to its members within the used vehicle retail industry.
As part of NIADA’s commitment [...] Continue Reading…

News from BusinessWeek:
Chinese dealers are struggling with the rising number of unsold cars that’s threatening to deepen price cuts, according to the nation’s biggest automobile dealers’ association.
Dealerships for Honda Motor Co. (7267), Chery Automobile Co., BYD Co. (002594) and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (175) carried more than 45 days of inventory as of the end of April, exceeding the threshold that foreshadows debilitating price cuts, Su Hui, vice president of the auto market division [...] Continue Reading…

News from Sacramento Bee:
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – SAE International offers a book that provides a historical review of safety features appearing on passenger cars that have been produced for sale in the U.S. from 1900 to the present. A main theme throughout “Occupant Protection and Automobile Safety in the U.S. since 1900″ is the impact the automobile has made on society, with particular emphasis on accidents and loss of life. Another [...] Continue Reading…

News from Seattle Post Intelligencer:
The new-generation, 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera has the familiar, sexy shape of its forebears. But it’s tastefully redone with a wider front track, a body that’s a bit longer and lighter, a holistically designed interior and modern touches like light-emitting diode tail lamps.
Of course, there’s more power, too — up to 400 horses and 325 foot-pounds of torque from the up-level, naturally aspirated six cylinder.
Surprisingly, though, the additional 15 horses, [...] Continue Reading…

News from Los Angeles Times:

Thomas V. McKernan, the chief executive the Automobile Club of Southern California. (Automobile Club of Southern California / May 15, 2012)

By Jerry Hirsch
May 15, 2012, 7:42 a.m.

Thomas V. McKernan, chief executive of the Automobile Club of Southern California, has retired after serving 46 years with the organization, including 21 in the top post. He was succeeded by Robert Bouttier, who previously was the club’s president and chief operating officer.
McKernan started [...] Continue Reading…

News from USA TODAY:
Things are back to normal when it comes to Mystery Car out on Drive On’s Forum. It took one of our veteran masterminds only about an hour to come up with a correct answer to MC 138.
It was veteran automotive detective ADK, who correctly answered that he was looking at a Doking XD, which we saw at the Los Angeles Auto Show late last year.
He drops in this information about it:

Created [...] Continue Reading…

News from Sacramento Bee:
LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 14, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — SourcingLink.net, Inc., (SNET.PK) subsidiary Alliance Auto Group announced today it will provide automobiles to Bridgegate Entertainment’s film crews and actors for feature films being produced in the USA. Alliance Auto Group takes great pride in having an inventory of a wide variety of luxury automobiles, suitable for the movie industry. This enables Alliance Auto Group to provide a short term program for [...] Continue Reading…

News from Tbo.com:
“You have a Prius. … You probably compost, sort all your recycling, and have a reusable shopping bag for your short drive to Whole Foods. You are the best! So, do we really need the Obama sticker?”
 
The Portland Mercury, 2008
Prius, which is Latin for “to go before” or “lead the way,” is the perfect name for the car whose owners are confident they are leading the way for the benighted. “Prius preening,” [...] Continue Reading…