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Junkyard Find: Gray-Market 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL

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Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. The real gray-market cowboys bought the even more powerful 500 SEL, which wasn't even available here until the 1984 model year. I've also found (what was almost certainly) a gray-market W108 proto-S-Class. This car has one.

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Ford names first markets for the Focus Electric

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Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Range is targeted to be 100 miles (161 km) on a full charge. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;

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Junkyard Find: 1997 Suzuki X-90 4x4

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This is what American Suzuki dealers parked next to their Esteems and Swifts in their 1997 showrooms. Today's Junkyard Find now resides in a yard near Denver. market X-90 was available with either two- or four-wheel-drive. Then the Suzuki X-90 appeared as a 1996 model, and it was one strange little two-seater. The engine is a 1.6-liter

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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Today's Junkyard Find , found in a yard just south of Denver , is a nicely preserved example of the final year of the S110 Silvia , as well as of the Datsun name. The final mileage total was just past 200,000 miles, an impressive feat for a car of its era. Make sure you get the Exciting Turbo (sorry, only available in Japan).

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

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French cars and extreme-high-mile machinery are on my list, of course, plus Sawzall roadsters / pickups , art cars and oddball special editions. The Suzuki Equator seems to be the most puzzling of them all , though, and now my decade-long search has unearthed one in a Denver-area car graveyard.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

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This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. TSI EA888 Gen3 B-Cycle (Budack-cycle, earlier post ), coupled with an 8-speed automatic. Driver-Assistance Systems.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. miles per kWh) for the expected future fleet of new EVs, including current EV units in operation. The stations will be compatible with EVs from all major brands, not just those produced by Volkswagen Group brands.

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