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Today’s News From the Cars.com Family
There are an unlimited number of acronyms in the automotive realm, and today at Ask.cars.com, the Chevrolet HHR is dissected. Pickuptrucks.com reports on a new high-torque ethanol and gasoline engine that might replace traditional heavy-duty diesel engines in full-size pickups…

Chrysler to Stop Leasing Cars; What it Means
Chrysler ? the automaker company that includes the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands ? will stop offering leases to customers as of Aug. 1. Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers, however, will still be able to offer leases financed through third…

Suburban Dad: We’re Driving on Vacation So You Don’t Have To
Yes, it’s true: Suburban Dad, Mom and kids are hitting the road, leaving today on a two-week excursion from the Midwest, through upstate New York, down to Gettysburg, Pa., and Washington, D.C., on to Burlington, N.C., and finally back to…

XM, Sirius Merger Approved by FCC
We’ve been detailing the merger between the two ruling satellite radio networks for more than a year now, and it seems that now, finally, the two will be joined. The FCC has ruled that the companies can officially merge, but…

Ford Flex Draws a Crowd
Based on the reactions of many people between Chicago and upstate New York, Ford needn’t worry about drivers taking notice of its new Flex. I had a nice couple outside South Bend, Ind., walk up to me in a tollway…

Foreign Automakers Set Up Shop in the Heartland
By Patrick Olsen and Eamonn Brennan Cars.com In the past 19 years, foreign automakers with no less a profile than Toyota, Honda and Subaru have set up shop in middle America. Why do foreign automakers find Indiana so appealing? How…