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Racy ads making Super Bowl less…

06 Feb 2012

…were a hypersexualized Teleflora ad promising your girlfriend will do anything you want if you just order her some flowers; a Toyota Camry ad featuring a couch made of lingerie clad models; and a Fiat commercial where a beautiful model seduces a man on the… ...

Super Bowl 2012 already breaking…

03 Feb 2012

…and endorses Under Armour, Audi and Movado. Giants QB Eli Manning , who finished 15th in the Power 100, endorses Reebok, Toyota and Citizen Watches. Other Power 100 members playing in the Super Bowl are Rob Gronkowski (No. 77) and Wes Welker (No… ...

Aliens shill for Chevy Volt in…

02 Feb 2012

…internal combustion engine turns on to generate electricity to power the car. Several other automakers, including Ford and Toyota, are introducing cars this year that work in a similar way. Read: Car companies' Super Bowl ads generating big buzz After… ...

Overseas Stocks Rise in Early Trading

01 Feb 2012

…among the leading gainers -- although trading in some blue-chip shares was suspended, reportedly due to a technical glitch. Toyota Motor Corp. rose 2.7 percent after reporting a 7.5 percent gain in January US sales, while Honda Motor Co. advanced three… ...

Are micro-hybrids the next big thing?

01 Feb 2012

…easy enough to explain. Honda has been selling them for several years. They aren't as efficient as full hybrids like the Toyota Prius , but still have the ability to use stored energy to drive a motor, assisting the regular gasoline engine. That means… ...

Tesla teases secret Model X…

30 Jan 2012

…Both it and the Model S will be built at the company’s factory in Fremont, CA, which was purchased from a now defunct Toyota-GM joint venture with the assistance of a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy. Will it live up to the hype being… ...

Australian, Japanese Shares Open Higher

23 Jan 2012

…movers, shares of Sharp Corp. fell 1.2 percent after an NHK report that it plans to enter the solar-power market, while Toyota Motor Corp. was up 2.6 percent after a late Monday announcement it would cut 350 jobs in Australia. Earlier, US stocks… ...

VW joins the "Bark Side" for…

19 Jan 2012

…German company joins a long list of automakers that includes General Motors, Chrysler, Honda , Acura, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus and Toyota who’ve ponied up to be a part of the Feb 5th event. Click here for more from FoxNews.com Autos ...

Afghan Airport Blast Claims 7

19 Jan 2012

…woman, have been injured in the blast," provincial spokesman Zalmay Ayobi said. Witnesses said the bomber tried to ram his Toyota Sedan into ISAF cars as they were leaving the first entry point to the vast airport complex, which has both military and civilian… ...

Detroit Pistons jet lands safely…

16 Jan 2012

…gear hydraulics. The entire team was on board the plane ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Rockets at Houston's Toyota Center, WDIV Detroit reported. They were later transported by bus to their hotel. There were no reported injuries among the… ...

Pistons Plane Safe After Distress Call

16 Jan 2012

…gear hydraulics. The entire team was on board the plane ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Rockets at Houston's Toyota Center, WDIV Detroit reported. They were later transported by bus to their hotel. There were no reported injuries among the… ...

Man hit, killed while changing flat tire

13 Jan 2012

…Preliminary information from Mass. State Police suggests the 32-year-old had gotten out of his car to change a flat tire on his Toyota pick-up truck when he was hit by a 42-year-old Athol man in a 1994 Ford Crown Victoria. The police say both men were… ...

Ashton Kutcher seen getting some…

12 Jan 2012

…DiCaprio and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. An outspoken environmentalist, Kutcher has also been seen driving various Toyota and Lexus hybrids, as well as a 14,000-pound NaviStar CXT pickup truck that gets an estimated 7 mpg. If they want to use… ...

2013 Honda Accord to be offered…

11 Jan 2012

…American International Auto Show in Detroit. It will take on the all-new Ford Fusion, Chevrolet Malibu and top-selling Toyota Camry when it goes on sale this fall. Shown in coupe form, the new Accord retains the basic shape of the current car, but… ...

Hey GOP, bash Obama not GM and Chrysler

11 Jan 2012

…addition to a renewed commitment to quality, GM’s labor contracts have all been renegotiated placing GM in line with what Toyota and other companies are paying for a quality labor workforce. What was once a $28-per-hour starting salary for a union… ...

Electric Car Subsidies…

09 Jan 2012

…commercially successful" yet the President did not cancel the project despite buying into the company in bankruptcy. Unlike Toyota , which took a $15,000 loss on every Prius sold beginning in 1997, GM let federal taxpayers absorb much of the loss, and… ...

Detroit Makes Bold Bets on New Models

09 Jan 2012

…liked, Detroit produced cars that were often uninspiring and sometimes years behind on technology and quality. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. built huge followings for their family-size cars and compacts -- Camry, Accord, Corolla… ...

State trooper foils robbery at CVS

06 Jan 2012

…robbery in progress. When Trooper John McKinnon walked into the Route 9 pharmacy, he saw a man armed with a box-cutter robbing the store. No injuries were reported. The suspect, who was driving a stolen Toyota Venza, was arrested. ...