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2010’s Top Fuel-Economy Leaders

2010 Audi A3 TDI (© Audi of America)

Since there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to everyone’s vehicular needs, and since fuel efficiency is on the minds of most Americans, here are the EPA’s top fuel misers by vehicle type.
Most Americans are struggling to make ends meet these days, pinching pennies wherever they can.

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2010 Mazda CX-9

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It’s hard to make a big, 7-passenger SUV looks sporty. But Mazda seems to have pulled it off with this vehicle. With its trademark smiley grill, big wheels and sleek styling, the CX-9 fits nicely in the Mazda lineup.
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Mazda launches its most frugal 3

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Diesel version of Mazda3 small car heads into showrooms with a 2.2-litre four-cylinder delivering 5.7 liters per 100km consumption.

Mazda has reintroduced a diesel version of its 3 small car, rounding out the range that’s still Australia’s most popular vehicle with private buyers.

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Volkswagen’s Golf GTI meets 3 hot hatch competitors head-on

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From left to Right: Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart, Subaru WRX Impreza, Mazda3 MPS and Volkswagen Golf GTI

Can anything top Volkswagen’s Golf GTI for budget-priced thrills? JEZ SPINKS tests the contenders.
As famous pieces of paper go, it doesn’t quite carry the historical significance of the Magna Carta or the Dead Sea scrolls. Yet an internal memo written by a Volkswagen test engineer in 1973 sowed the seed for a car that would become a performance icon.

The memo was sent to only a handful of people and proposed a sporty variant of a new model due to launch under the name “Golf” the following year.
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Mazda Overview

The Mazda Story

Founded in 1920 as a cork manufacturer, Mazda now sells cars and trucks in more than 120 countries. Mazda entered the U.S. market in 1970. Many Mazda vehicles sold in the U.S. are produced here as well, and 13 percent of its stock is owned by the Ford Motor Co.
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2030: A Shape Oddity

2030: A Shape Oddity
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A competition intended to show the cars of tomorrow has come up with designs both sleek and hideous.
Remember the time-travelling DeLorean DMC-12 that featured in the Back to the Future movies?

Well, imagine it’s just pulled up in your driveway and the film’s wild-haired scientist, Emmett Brown, has offered to take you on a trip 21 years into the future.

You step inside and with a snap of the gullwing doors and a surge of the flux capacitor you arrive in the year 2030. What do the streets and cars look like? What are young people now driving?
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