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			<title><![CDATA[GM recalls some 2013 Cadillac SRX crossovers; wheel nuts may loosen]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-23 07:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[General Motors says it is recalling 18,871 model year 2013 Cadillac SRX luxury crossovers in the U.S. equipped with 18-inch rims to prevent a problem in which the wheel nuts might loosen. 

If the wheel nuts are loosened, it could result in a loss of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[With U.S. market share surging, Ford ramps up production capacity]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-22 11:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co. is expanding its production capacity to take advantage of the shift in buyer sentiment toward smaller cars and SUVs and for F-series truck sales spurred by the housing market recovery. 

Ford said it will increase production by about 200,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-22 13:46:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors on Wednesday paid off a Department Energy loan that had become a political hot potato. 

Tesla owed the federal government $451.8 million on a loan that was part of a special program to develop alternative fuel...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Texas supercar maker transforms Ford pickup into roomy SUV]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-22 13:41:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Texas auto tuner Hennessey Performance Engineering, the company that supercharges anything with four wheels, has revealed its latest project: a modified Ford F-150 SVT Raptor truck. 

The company has taken the F-150, a pickup truck that's been the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Toyota FJ Cruiser recall due to headlights that may blind drivers]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-03 08:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Toyota is issuing another recall of FJ Cruiser SUVs. This time, the automaker is recalling 11,489 of its model year 2007-2013 Cruisers because of a headlight problem that could blind oncoming drivers. 

In March, Toyota recalled 209,000 Cruisers because...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[First Times drive: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK250 diesel]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-10 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In the tense days of this nation&rsquo;s twin gas crises in the 1970s, one automaker dominated U.S. roads with diesel cars: Mercedes-Benz. The automaker says that between 1975 and 1985, a majority of its cars sold here were diesels, hitting a peak of 80%....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Honda sued by artists who claim TV commercial uses their work]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-09 07:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Honda is being sued by two artists who claim that the automaker improperly used one of their large-scale sculptures in a television commercial, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. 

The report says that Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, the artists who...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Value of vintage SUVs is on the rise]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-hy-autos-value-of-vintage-suvs-is-on-the-rise-20130507,0,3281251.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-08 06:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[They may not attract the same number of catcalls or envious stares as a classic Corvette or Jaguar, but the market for vintage SUVs is heating up.

Since 2008, the classic SUV segment has grown by 65 percent, according to Hagerty Insurance, which...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[North America powers big Ford Motor Co. first-quarter profit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-24 06:54:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co.&rsquo;s first-quarter profit rose more than 15%, helped by record earnings in North America and strong performance by its auto loan financing arm. 

Ford&rsquo;s net income was $1.6 billion, or 40 cents per share, compared to $1.4 billion,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Healthy crossover sales a boon to April auto results]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-01 14:21:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Lower gas prices and a rebounding economy are pulling more auto buyers into crossover SUVs and boosting pickup truck sales, April auto sales data indicate.

Honda, Nissan and Subaru reported monthly sales Wednesday, showing increases from April 2012 to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Freeway air pollution travels farther in early morning]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-17 13:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Two years ago researchers outfitted an electric Toyota RAV4 with a set of test instruments and drove back and forth near four Los Angeles County freeways between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., sampling the air. 

The results confirmed that in the early morning,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nissan recalls Pathfinder, Infiniti SUVs for faulty brake parts]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-19 08:19:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Nissan is recalling more than 19,000 of its Pathfinder and Infiniti JX sport utility vehicles because a faulty brake part could fail, making it difficult to stop and increasing the likelihood of a crash. 

The automaker said it had received no reports...]]></description>
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