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<0> VW Adds Two Niche Vehicles
Volkswagen has said it will add two more cars to its lineup
within the next five years. The cars will both be low-volume,
niche vehicles. One will be a four-door car with coupe-like styl-
ing that will be priced between the Passat and the Phaeton. The
second car will be a roadster that will be based on the Concept
R car that was shown at the Frankfurt auto show a couple of
years ago. The roadster will be a mid-engined vehicle and have
rear-wheel drive. The two vehicles are part of Volkswagen'splan
for 20 new vehicles over the next 10 years.
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<$> Ford SVT More
Widely Available
Ford's high performance
line of vehicles will soon be
available at more dealers.
Up until now, the so-called
SVT brand was available
on at select dealerships.
Beginning with the arrival
of the 2007 Shelby rc-
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Ford will allow any dealer
that is interested in selling
high performance cars to
become certified to do so.
The availability of the SVT
cars at more dealershipsmay
not make much of a differ-
ence unless Ford increases
its high-performance line.
Currently, the only vehicle in
the SVT lineup is the -757
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Smart Cars Have
Arrived
Smart cars have arrived
in the U.S. The tiny vehicles
made by DaimlerChrysler
are being imported by the
company Zap. Zap is outfit-
ting the cars with a variety
of environmental and safety
features , such as stronger
bumpers , to bring them
up to federal standards for
U.S. vehicles. The Smart
car that Zap imports is
just over eight-feet long,
which makes it four-feet
shorter than a Mini Cooper.
It is available in three body
styles and ispowered by a 61
horsepower, three-cylinder
engine that has a top speed
of 85 miles per hour. Prices
for the car start at $24,000.
DaimlerChrysler has said it
was considering bringingthe
Smart car to the U.S.on /£>
its own, but has yet to con-
firm any definite plans.
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Chrysler, Dodge
Issue Recall
TheChryslerGroupisrecall-
ingnearly 269,000 sport utility
vehicles and minivans due to
windshield wiper problems.
The2005 and2006 modelyears
of the DodgeDurango,Dodge
Caravan and Grand Caravan
and the Chrysler Town &
Country areaffected bythere-
call. These vehicles may have
a defective windshield wiper
motor, which could cause the
wipers to not work. Chrysler
will notify owners of affected
vehicles and direct them to a
dealer where the repairs will
be completed for free.
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Deals For Power
Stroke Owners
If you currently own a 2003
or 2004 Ford F-Series Super
Duty pickup with the Power
Stroke diesel engine, Ford
has one heck of a deal for you.
The company isoffering own-
ers of these pickups
a "loyalty bonus"
of $2,500 toward
the purchase of a
new pickup with
either a diesel or
a gasoline engine.
This bonus can be
combined with oth-
erincentives,which
brings the total
cash off to as much
as$6,000. Ford /*.
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extra incentive as a way to
encourage its current own-
ers to remain faithful to the
brand. The 6.0-liter Power
Stroke diesel has had nu-
merous problems since its
introduction in 2002.
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<$>High-Tech Keys Too
Costly
The high-tech keys used
for many of today's vehicles
are costly and overrated ,
according to the consumer
group, the Center for Auto
Safety. The group recently
petitioned the Federal Trade
Commission asking for it to
intervene and require auto-
makers to release the com-
puter codeswithinthekeysto
locksmiths and aftermarket
companies so keys could
be made by third parties ,
instead of just automakers.
The group charges that the
refusal to provide the infor-
mation drives up the costs
of the keys, which often cost
around $150 to replace and
can occasionally cost in the
thousands. While some au-
tomakers provide computer
data from its so-called smart
keys to locksmiths, many do
not. The Alliance of Automo-
bile Manufacturers , which
represents nine automakers
that sellmorethan 80percent,
ofthe newvehiclesinthe U.S.,"
says that it needs a method;
of offering the codes to third:
parties without increasing:,
the risk of theft. Smart keys.
are considered to be an effec-.
tive way to deter auto theft."
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