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Anyone who’s rolling in a 2007-2008 Chrysler Sebring or Dodge Avenger, take note. Chryslerberus is recalling all 181,000 of those vehicles sold during that time to fix an electrical defect that affects unused connectors on the tire pressure monitoring system. Apparently, corrosion can cause a short, and owners could experience their vehicles failing to start, stalling once underway, or some other affectations of the electrical components, including the cruise control. Formal notices are going to be sent out later this month, and dealers have been instructed to locate the problem and seal the affected circuits. Check your mailboxes, folks.

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People still prefer their cars

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I’m in Greenville, South Carolina this week to check out BMW’s all new X6 sport activity coupe.  Before we do that, we got to see a little bit on how the X6 is made at BMW’s Spartanburg factory.

BMW makes all its global supply of Z4s, X5s, and now X6s at its Spartanburg plant. Every variation, including left- and right-hand drive models, all custom orders, and high-performance iterations like the M coupe, are made here. In fact, BMW folks say if that they ran two 10-hour shifts a day, five days a week, it would take six months before they’d be able to repeat a duplicate of one model.  That’s a lot of cars and combinations, considering each shift creates between 300 and 330 vehicles.

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With a self-imposed deadline to deliver the Volt bearing down, GM is scrambling to clear remaining hurdles and squeeze 10 years of battery testing into two years to get the vehicle on the road by 2010.

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has unveiled an action plan to reduce stress among its 114,000 French workers.

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Porsche has officially filed a judicial review challenge against the London congestion charge increase. It follows TfL and the London mayor’s rejection of Porsche’s request for changes to the proposed £25-a-day charge.

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BMW’s big 7-series has been scooped by CAR Online, and we’ve got the first pictures of the interior. Our photographer has also taken the best shots yet of the exterior as the 7-series’ disguise is stripped away ahead of the car’s debut at this autumn’s 2008 Paris Motor Show. Visible in our pictures are production-spec rear lights, bonnet and front spoiler, and an interior that has gone conservative.

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