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Ford offers C-Max Hybrid owners rebates for overstated mpg

In the wake of Ford's decision yesterday to lower its fuel mileage estimates on the C-Max hybrid, the company says it will also offer a payment to C-Max hybrid owners and lease holders for the estimated average fuel cost between the new and former mpg figures. Owners will get a check for $550 while lessees will get $325. The window sticker on the C-Max hybrid will now read 43 mpg, instead of the originally promised 47 mpg.

BMW X3 (2010): first official pictures of the baby X5

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 15 July 2010 00:01 These are the first official pictures of the new 2010 BMW X3. At first glance, it's a shrunken X5 and looks smarter and larger than the outgoing, first-generation X3 which never quite lived up to its promise. It's all change with the new X3 in more ways than one.

Now your wheels can light up Christmas, too!

GloRyder By now, you've probably finished decking your halls with boughs of holly and pinning Christmas lights to the outside of your house, but have you considered illuminating your car's wheels, too? Well if an American company has its way, you could soon be doing just that. And better still, you could be able to control the lights from your smartphone.