Ford Ranger Production Ending This December; No Immediate Replacement Planned

Ford will soon end production of its small Ranger pickup, according to the UAW chapter at Ford?s Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. The St. Paul plant will close after production ceases on December 22, 2011. Ford has yet to comment on the Ranger?s fate, but it is unlikely that production of the [...]

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Mini Sending JCW Coupe Endurance to Tackle 24-Hour Race at Nürburgring

Mini just recently revealed its 2012 Mini Coupe, and now the cheeky brand is fielding a race-prepped John Cooper Works Coupe in the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race this weekend. Gleaning race know-how from its Mini Challenge sprint racing series, Mini took a stock JCW Coupe and transformed it into a tiny terror. The resulting JCW [...]

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Lotus Evora S: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]

If you ran out and bought a Lotus Evora last year, you're an idiot. If you'd waited, for a paltry four grand more, you could have had this — the Lotus Evora S. And instead of a flawed and compromised edge-of-exotic beauty, you'd now own a flawed and compromised edge-of-exotic beauty that manages to be the best luxury sports car you can buy for under $100,000. More »

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Comic Relief: Reviewing the Danica Patrick Graphic Novel

Danica Patrick is famous. We know this to be true. Indeed, Danica Patrick is you-have-permission-to-wear-sunglasses-and-smoke-cigarettes-inside famous. What we don?t know is: Why? In Fame: Danica Patrick, an ambitious, steaming piece of graphic literature geared toward the ?tween set, authors C.W. Cooke and P.R. McCormack set out to answer that very question. According to Cooke and [...]

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Lotus Evora S: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]

If you ran out and bought a Lotus Evora last year, you're an idiot. If you'd waited, for a paltry four grand more, you could have had this — the Lotus Evora S. And instead of a flawed and compromised edge-of-exotic beauty, you'd now own a flawed and compromised edge-of-exotic beauty that manages to be the best luxury sports car you can buy for under $100,000. More »

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2012 Mini Cooper Coupe revealed - pricing will start at $22,000

Barely two weeks after we brought you a first look at a modestly disguised version of the 2012 Mini Cooper Coupe, the factory decided it was time to showcase the latest member of the ever-expanding lineup with a full-fledged show-and-tell session.

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2012 Mini Cooper Coupe: Finally, Uncamouflaged Photos!

More info on the Mini coupe comes out. And this time, the pictures show the full car! Mini?s cars are known for their flingability, but the company is dragging its feet releasing info on its new Cooper Coupe. Last week, we got our first official photos of the car (albeit still partially covered in camouflage) [...]

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