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		<title>Toyota Releases Statement on &#8220;Runaway&#8221; Prius</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The runaway Prius that was the subject of so much media attention last week has been examined by both Toyota and the US federal government (NHTSA). NHTSA isn&#8217;t talking, at least not yet, but Toyota is. Toyota released a statement (see below for the full text) today that comes just short of accusing the driver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/03/toyota-releases-statement-on-runaway-prius/</link>
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		<title>Toyota&#8217;s Smoking Gun?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that among the documents Toyota has turned in to the Congressional committee investigating acceleration-gate is a potentially damning document that apparently describes as a win their success in lobbying the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) to limit the recall over sudden acceleration to only 55,000 units. The document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/toyotas-smoking-gun/</link>
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		<title>Sweet Home&#8230;Tacoma?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting a little hard to keep up with all of the Toyota recall news these days. Late Friday, Toyota announced yet another safety-related recall. This time it is for the Tacoma pickup. In some 2010 model year Tacoma 4WD trucks, the front drive shaft &#8220;may include a component that contains cracks that developed during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/sweet-hometacoma/</link>
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		<title>Chicago Auto Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In many ways, the Chicago Auto Show is one of the best out there. McCormick Place is a great venue, and lots more space than Cobo Hall, home of the Detroit Show. It takes a back seat to Detroit, though, because Detroit gets so many debuts. Production and concept introductions bring in the press, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/chicago-auto-show/</link>
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		<title>Automotive Super Bowl Ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Car makers are always among those who pony up the big bucks to advertise in the Super Bowl. This year was no exception, even though the 2 nickels to rub together would represent a doubling of the cash balance of certain automakers. Hyundai was the most prominent of all, having several ads and being the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/automotive-super-bowl-ads/</link>
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		<title>Toyota Recalls Prius, Lexus, Camry. Corolla Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As expected, Toyota announced that it will, in fact, recall 133,000 2010 Priuses in the United States and about 300,000 in the rest of the world, for a total of 437,000 units worldwide. Toyota also included 14,550 2010 Lexus HS250h models as well, because they utilize the same anti-lock braking system as the Prius.
Toyota&#8217;s explanation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/toyota-recalls-prius-lexus-camry-corolla-next/</link>
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		<title>Ford Completes Mustang Upgrades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, Ford announced the new V6 for the 2011 Mustang with its 305 horsepower and 30 MPG. Then came the announcement of the new GT, with 412 horsepower and 25 MPG. Now Ford announces the upgrades to the Shelby GT500, the big kahuna of the Mustang lineup. The 2010 Shelby made due with only 540 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/ford-completes-mustang-upgrades/</link>
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		<title>Ford Fusion Hybrid</title>
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The Ford Fusion has been around since the 2006 model year, and has always been considered a very good, nice looking car that is fun to drive. For the 2010 model year, introduced last year, the styling was updated to be more aggressive, and also given upgraded engines and a new interior. As mid-cycle freshenings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/ford-fusion-hybrid/</link>
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		<title>Have You Braked A Prius&#8230;Lately?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Slandy Report first told you about the Prius brake issue back in December, before it was known to most of the general public. Back then, they had only recalled 3.8 million vehicles for accelerator issues. That number is now over 8 million. Back then, Toyota was not the subject of congressional investigations for potentially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/have-you-braked-prius-lately/</link>
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		<title>Toyota&#8217;s New Math</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you&#8217;ve been following the news about Toyota&#8217;s &#8220;issues&#8221;. Perhaps, even, you know a bit about automotive design and engineering and can see through the PR-speak and the smoke screen that they tend to put up in front of the real truth. If so, then you have already come to the same conclusion that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/toyotas-new-math/</link>
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