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		<title>Los Angeles: It Is Now Your Time To Shine!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For L.A. residents and visitors, the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show is your opportunity to enjoy a truly world class event. Founded in 1907, the L.A. show continues to be one of the most important shows of its kind in North America, an important event where automakers from around the globe choose to make their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Show Notes, Day Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second of the two press days for the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show was quite different from the first day, likely because the bulk of the big introductions were done on Wednesday. Still, the roll out of the Kia Soul and the announcement that the Volkswagen Jetta TDI was the Green Car of the Year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: Smart ForTwo</title>
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I never imagined myself driving the Smart ForTwo for one simple reason: I can&#8217;t stand the car. 
Okay, before you jump all over me, it isn&#8217;t a car that I could see myself ever owning, let alone driving. Yet, when the opportunity came up to test drive the diminutive two seater from Daimler, I decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: Honda FCX Clarity</title>
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When deciding to make the trip to Los Angeles, I knew that there was one event I just had to take advantage of while there: EcoDriving, the chance to drive at least one of the many &#8220;green&#8221; vehicles on display.
As it turns out, I got to drive two cars &#8212; the Honda FCX Clarity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kia Gets Themselves Some Soul!</title>
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I take back everything bad I’ve said about Kia. Well, not everything.
Today, Kia introduced the Soul – a Scion-like via with plenty of spark and what Kia hopes will be a whole lot of sales. Radically different from any model ever produced by the Korean automaker, the Kia Soul could be the car to single-handedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply Green: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI</title>
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A Diesel Does It
I&#8217;ve been proven wrong as the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI is the recipient of Green Car Journal&#8217;s 2009 Green Car of the Year award. I credit my long ago ownership of a &#8216;78 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel with coloring my ability to even consider that a diesel might win. Fortunately, diesel technology has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Escaping The Tough Times In L.A.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing my best to skirt the obvious bad news of the day &#8212; the fast dropping fortunes of the U.S. automakers. Truth be told, the entire industry is suffering with even robust manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda cutting back on production and issuing gloomy predictions for 2009.
As tough as things are for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Car of the Year Announcement Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wouldn’t be Los Angeles if “green” somehow didn’t figure in somewhere. Okay, the city isn’t exactly an Edenic paradise, but with lots of palm trees scattered about, nearby beaches, and beautiful mountains ringing the city, nature plays a big part in the appeal of the city. It is also the reason why Southern California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercedes GLK: Sport/Utility With A Purpose</title>
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Mercedes took advantage of being the last automaker to show their new vehicles on Wednesday’s Press Day, by wrapping three of them in Christmas presents and unveiling them one by one.
The first, and the most important gift was the official introduction of the Mercedes GLK, the automaker’s all-new, small sport/utility vehicle. Handsome, with chiseled lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Show Notes, Day One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first of the two press days for the L.A. Auto Show are now a wrap with a somewhat lighter schedule planned for the second day. That imbalance can be largely attributed to General Motors and Chrysler canceling press conferences, otherwise the second day&#8217;s activities would have extended to 5 p.m. instead of 3:30.
Of the [...]]]></description>
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