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		<title>Runaway Prius &#8211; Does Toyota know what the problem is?</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/09/runaway-prius-does-toyota-know-what-the-problem-is/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/09/runaway-prius-does-toyota-know-what-the-problem-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accelerator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[runaway Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unintended acceleration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unintended acceleration&#8230;it sounds like a clinical term, but the terror associated with the problem is anything but.   There have been no reports of Prius&#8217; running out of control&#8230;until today that is.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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		<title>Final Edition 2010 VW Beetle Convertible</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/08/final-edition-2010-vw-beetle-convertible/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/08/final-edition-2010-vw-beetle-convertible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 New Beetle Convertible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquarius Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Final Edition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Beetle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Beetle Convertible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long stretch of twelve model years, the New Beetle is being retired, to be replaced by a sportier model that will appeal to men as well as women.  According to VW&#8217;s market research, the current body-style is almost exclusively a ladies car.
For 2010 only 1500 were made, and this is #1486.
 
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		<title>VW February Sales Up 36%</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/03/vw-february-sales-up-36/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/03/vw-february-sales-up-36/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Routan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiguan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen has announced February sales and the results are encouraging.  A huge gain in the popular GTI was no doubt helped by it&#8217;s being named Car of the Year by Automobile Magazine. 
Other big gainers:  Tiguan and the popular Routan minivan.

 
OutlookOverall sales, including domestic brands and unadjusted for business days, were up 13.3 percent from February 2009 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green:  Is a diesel worth the premium?</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/03/going-green-is-a-diesel-worth-the-premium/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/03/03/going-green-is-a-diesel-worth-the-premium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TDI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Saving money while helping save the environment is a lofty goal, but is it possible with today&#8217;s new cars?  The answer is YES!  With advances in technology, and increasing government mandates, today&#8217;s cars are more fuel efficient and safer than ever before.
Tremendous advances by the oil industry have made today&#8217;s fuels cleaner than ever too.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTI Named Top Sporty Car, Consumer Reports</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/27/gti-is-top-sporty-car-consumer-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/27/gti-is-top-sporty-car-consumer-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sporty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The awards just keep piling up for the sporty GTI.  Now Consumer Reports has rated it their top pick in the sporty car category.  Way to go!
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		<title>Toyota defense may clear convicted driver</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/26/toyota-defense-may-clear-convicted-driver/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/26/toyota-defense-may-clear-convicted-driver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koua Fong Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

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Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that killed three people, Koua Fong Lee insisted he had done everything he could to stop the car.
A jury didn&#8217;t believe him, and a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Automobile of the Year:  GTI</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/25/2010-automobile-of-the-year-gti/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/25/2010-automobile-of-the-year-gti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automobile Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Car of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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For the second time in less than five years, GTI has been named Automobile Magazine&#8217;s Car of the Year.
Why? &#8220;GTI continues to burn the affordable-enthusiast-car flame like no other vehicle in the world&#8221;
Soure: Automobile Magazine
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		<title>Now that&#8217;s some seriously strong cheese!</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/22/now-thats-some-seriously-strong-cheese/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/22/now-thats-some-seriously-strong-cheese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nolan's cheese]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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		<title>Can it get any worse for Toyota?</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/16/can-it-get-any-worse-for-toyota/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/16/can-it-get-any-worse-for-toyota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complaints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corolla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHTSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toyota recall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leogibbons.com/blog/?p=846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What else could go wrong?  Isn&#8217;t losing millions of dollars per day while your factories sit idle as thousands of dealers repair faulty accelerators bad enough?  Now comes word that the feds are investigating the Japanese giant because of numerous consumer complaints of &#8220;unintended veering&#8221; on 2009-2010 Corollas.  83 complaints have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Buggy debuts at Super Bowl</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/08/punch-buggy-debuts-at-super-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/08/punch-buggy-debuts-at-super-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punch buggy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punch dub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a nine year absence from Super Bowl advertising, Volkswagen returned with this great spot, created by their new ad agency Deusch/LA.

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		<title>Auto Show News from Volkswagen</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/06/auto-show-news-from-volkswagen/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/06/auto-show-news-from-volkswagen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Concept Coupe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SportBlue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[up lite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leogibbons.com/blog/?p=840</guid>
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These are the cars of tomorrow making their debut at various auto shows worldwide in order to guage public reaction.  These are some of the offerings from Volkswagen that you&#8217;re likely to see on the road soon.
1.  SportBlue -- sporting a TDI diesel engine with an estimated 54 mpg, this leaves the hybrids behind with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Sluggy Patterson inventor of the Punch Dub game</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/06/meet-sluggy-patterson-inventor-of-the-punch-dub-game/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/06/meet-sluggy-patterson-inventor-of-the-punch-dub-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punch buggy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punch dub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sluggy Patterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagen]]></category>

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		<title>Five Things you MUST Do Before Buying a Car</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/01/five-things-you-must-do-before-buying-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/02/01/five-things-you-must-do-before-buying-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a new car]]></category>

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1. QUALIFY YOURSELF

 
Want to save yourself a lot of time and aggravation? Before you begin to look for a vehicle, spend the time necessary to review your budget. Determine a target and maximum payment, and match it to the price of a vehicle that will fall within these ranges. Generally speaking, you&#8217;ll spend $20 a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if your car accelerates out of control</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/01/30/what-to-do-if-your-car-speeds-out-of-control/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/01/30/what-to-do-if-your-car-speeds-out-of-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accelerator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[runaway Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toyota recall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Bottom Line:  Put it in NEUTRAL!
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		<title>Toyota slams the brakes on sales</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/01/27/toyota-slams-the-brakes-on-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2010/01/27/toyota-slams-the-brakes-on-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toyota recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toyota safety]]></category>

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Toyota Motor Corp.&#8217;s unprecedented decision to halt sales on its most popular models in the U.S. underlines the biggest question dogging the world&#8217;s No. 1 car maker: whether it has sacrificed quality in its quest to capture global market share.
The Japanese car maker, which long has been viewed as the leader in automotive quality, told [...]]]></description>
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