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Little 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan ready

Little 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan ready

Volkswagen has been teasing the public with their own spy shots of their new Tiguan small 4WD, although we didn’t bother. The actual production-ready Tiguan has now broken cover, looking, as expected, like a lifted Polo.

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Car-based 4WDs vs truck-based 4WDs

Car-based 4WDs vs truck-based 4WDs

I’ve never been a fan of vehicles that look like a 4WD, but do not provide all the capabilities of a 4WD. The Toyota RAV-4 is one such vehicle, with car-like underpinnings and all-wheel-drive. But as I drove it back-to-back with a full-blooded truck-based 4WD, namely the Chevy Tahoe Z71, the strengths of the crossover conundrum became all too obvious.

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Exotic Honda Civic Mugen RR in Japan

Exotic Honda Civic Mugen RR in Japan

Japanese consumers now have access to the hottest Honda Civic Type R yet. The standard R sedan gets modified by Honda-owned Mugen, resulting in the Honda Civic Mugen RR. The Mugen RR sheds an additional 10 kg off the standard Civic Type R’s weight, coming in at 1242 kg. In addition to the weight loss, the free-breathing Mugen RR picks up 15 horsepower over the regular Type R.

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So we get a Chevy Tahoe Z71 offroader

So we get a Chevy Tahoe Z71 offroader

GM came through for us this weekend, and home-delivered this brand new Chevrolet Tahoe Z71, as seen in Chevy’s own press photos. We might actually be the first one to churn out a review of this off-road-packaged beast after our four-day drive, unless it already appeared in one of those local magazines that we never read.

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Police says Ford Mondeo is inflammable

Police says Ford Mondeo is inflammable

The United States and Europe have civilian governmental authorities to monitor dangerous defects in cars. Around here, we have the Dubai Police apparently. The police forensics lab found a defect that can cause fires in 2.0-litre Ford Mondeos, and are asking owners to head to the nearest dealer for free repairs.

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