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The Cars We’ve Lost in 2013
Every year, new cars arrive in the showrooms. Some are brand new to the world, others go through evolutions and revolutions. Yet, every year, some cars are sent off to the showroom in the sky. This...
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2015 Acura ILX Hybrid Leaves US Market, Stays In Canada
Those considering a premium hybrid will have one fewer option in the United States when MY 2015 rolls around: Acura has discontinued sales of the entry-level ILX Hybrid in the land of the free....
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Honda Fit EV, Insight Discontinued
It’s official: the Honda Fit EV and Insight have been discontinued. Edmunds reports the Insight will cease production later this summer, while inventory will be available at dealerships through the...
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Cadillac ELR May Not Be Long For This World
Within the next few months, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt will enter showrooms on a new platform, cutting ties to the Delta II platform underpinning both the first-gen Volt and the Cadillac ELR. The move...
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McKenna: MINI Coupe, Roadster Dead By 2015
The backwards-cap-wearing MINI Coupe and its Roadster brother are being taken out behind the shed, both going out of production next year. AutoGuide reports MINI USA product chief Patrick McKenna made...
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Nissan Xterra Leaving US Market After 2015 Model Year
Looking at buying a new Nissan Xterra? Better pull the trigger soon, as the SUV will leave the U.S. market after the 2015 model year. Edmunds reports the Xterra is leaving these shores for regulatory...
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The Numbers Behind The Nissan Xterra’s Demise
2015 will be the Nissan Xterra’s final model year. The final nails in the coffin were hammered in by an increasingly popular crossover market, total domination on the off-road category by the Jeep...
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The Toyota Venza Is Dead: Here’s Why
A Camry wagon sounds ideal. On paper. But Toyota’s announcement that the Venza will be discontinued follows U.S. sales declines in four of the last five years. Venza volume peaked in the model’s first...
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Lincoln MKS Axed, Continental To Be Assembled Elsewhere
The 2016 Lincoln MKS will be the last of its kind, as the brand will cease production when the calendar rolls over. Parent company Ford gave a statement on the matter, USA Today reports, which reads...
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Dodge Grand Caravan Continuing Into 2017 Model Year
Mourning over the loss of the Dodge Grand Caravan? You won’t need to pour a 40 out for your homie yet, as production will go on through the 2017 model year. Per an internal document unearthed by...
View ArticleThe History of Scion’s Sales Collapse
Is Toyota about to officially murder the company’s fledgling Scion marque? If so, it will be both the exact outcome analysts and observers and fans predicted for years and a surprising turn of events....
View ArticleThe Verano Is Dead, But Should Buick Sell Cars In America At All?
The Verano, Buick’s four-year-old entry-level sedan based on the previous-generation Chevrolet Cruze, will join the Century, LeSabre, Park Avenue, Reatta, Riviera, Roadmaster, Skylark, and numerous...
View ArticleAmerica’s Zombie Autos: Forgotten But Not-Quite-Gone Yet, These 17 Autos Keep...
Honda hasn’t produced a new first-generation Ridgeline since 2014. Yet in the first four months of 2016, prior to the second-generation Ridgeline’s showroom arrival, Honda dealers managed to get a...
View ArticleThe Cadillac ELR Is Dead: Here’s Why
In the first paragraph of Car And Driver’s first full test of the 2014 Cadillac ELR, K.C. Colwell wrote, “The ELR’s entry price is nearly double that of the Volt.” By paragraph two of the New York...
View ArticleFCA Discovers It’s Very Difficult to Give Away the Chrysler 200
The 200 is certainly approaching death’s door more rapidly than first anticipated. First, there was a temporary plant shutdown as a reaction to an inventory glut. Then, in response to the market’s...
View ArticleIsn’t It Ironic? Buick Verano Cancellation Timing Is Off In Canada
“An old man turned ninety-eight, He won the lottery and died the next day” – Alanis Morissette General Motors’ Buick Verano didn’t make it to 98, but after turning the grand-old age of 5, the...
View ArticleIt’s Going To Take Forever For Dealers To Sell Remaining Honda CR-Zs
We’re as certain as can be that the Honda CR-Z is dead. Defunct. Discontinued. Done for. Any other applicable d word you can think of. Not only was the CR-Z long since discontinued in Europe and...
View ArticleThe Honda CR-Z Is Officially Dead In Canada
2016 will be the final model year for the extraordinarily slow-selling Honda CR-Z in Canada. Honda Canada spokesperson Maki Inoue confirmed that the CR-Z is done, indirectly supplanted in Honda...
View ArticleThe BMW 3 Series Wagon is Probably Dead: Here’s Why
Why? Surely you jest. Why is an automobile manufacturer’s U.S. arm killing off its lone remaining wagon? You don’t need to ask, for the answer lies therein: it’s a wagon. So they’re done with it....
View ArticleThe Dodge Dart Is Dead: Here’s Why
“If you’re a serious carmaker and you can’t make it in this segment, you’re doomed.” — Sergio Marchionne, September 2012 “There’s nothing wrong with the car.” — Sergio Marchionne, January 2013 “We have...
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