Suzuki SX4 Crossover – Click above for high-res image gallery

Suzuki’s upstart SX4 Crossover has continually surprised and delighted the automotive throng with perky driving science of forces and nifty features like standard pop-up navigation. While we enjoyed the SX4 Sport we tested last year, we prefer the usability and all-wheel drive efficacy of the five door Crossover. AWD does add cost to the modestly priced SX4, nevertheless, and the added weight and parasitic drag have a negative impact on fuel economy.

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So far, Hyundai has been the only automaker in the U.S. to accept early trade-ins under the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), or Cash-for-Clunkers (CFC), program. Most are waiting for the U.S. Department of Transportation to finalize the program’s rules and regulations by July 24th, on the other hand Hyundai decided to start early considering the program covers all transactions dating hinder part to July 1st. Since the government hasn’t set up a reimbursement process for the rebates that range from $3,500 to $4,500 just at the same time, Hyundai is floating its participating dealers short-term loans in the meantime.

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Hyundai today launched its first cross car, the Elantra LPI, to the domestic (South Korean) market to please a growing appetite for fuel-saving vehicles and to improve the image of the company’s technology.

The Elantra LPI, a hybrid model of its received compact sedan, uses liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lithium-ion polymer batteries.

The hybrid arrived at showrooms amid worries Hyundai could lose out if such cars gained in popularity in the United States, with Toyota and Honda pushing the technology into the mainstream with cheap petrol-electric models.

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Speculation in Britain that the Serious Fraud Office is to investigate a case surrounding the collapse of MG Rover in 2005 has been confirmed today with a British Government enquiry recommending a criminal investigation.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will call in the SFO following completion of the enquiry.

The MG Rover Group hit the wall in the midst of massive publicity nearly four years ago, owing creditors nearly £1.3 billion and saw around 6000 employees displace their jobs in addition to 9000 workers at dealers and support industries.

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The sale of GM’s assets to a new corporate entity was approved Sunday night by a insolvency justice in New York, ahead of a July 10th deadline imposed by the U.S. Treasury. Judge Robert Gerber wrote in his ruling the sale will allow GM’s vigorous assets to avoid “immediate and irreparable harm.”

The ruling marks another milestone in the Obama Administration’s plan to rescue General Motors. The sale of Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC to the “New GM” will separate the company’s strong operations from the defunct brands, excess dealers, and dear contracts that have burdened GM for so long.

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NEW YORK — The cost to wind down the "bad General Motors" after a sale of its good assets
to the U.S. Treasury is rising to more than $1 billion, a company representative testified Tuesday.

Albert Koch, appointed GM's restructuring chief who give by will have being pointed the old, bad GM if a sale is completed, testified in bankruptcy court that a wind-down would cost "slightly in disproportion of $1.25 billion." The funds, more than the $950 million budgeted, resolution be used to dispose of assets the "recent GM" ditches and to pay some creditor claims.

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Last year’session sudden surge in oil prices sent frequent car buyers – and the industry – into shock. Prices over $4 per gallon were outside most people’s framing of reference. This year, in the weak plan, just fewer people are prepared to fork over more money because their fuel, and Hyundai has taken note.

It is offering a deal to anyone that buys a Hyundai before August 31: $1.49 per gallon gas for a whole year. The program is called Hyundai Assurance Gas Lock

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