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    <title><![CDATA[2013 Volvo S60 R-Design: The accountant with the soul of a racing car driver]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[There are many iconic things that come to mind when you think of Sweden, and Volvo is always on top.  From their safety features to their design, Volvo had been always considered the Accountant of the Automotive world.  But not with the S60 R-Design.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Brent Jamieson]]></author>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1286348!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[The 2013 Vovlo S60 T6 R-Design AWD is a sharp, athletic looking car. With its wide tires and all-wheel drive system, the S60 is ready for anything. (Bill Wang/CTVNews.ca)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[General Motors stock rises above US$33 initial public offering price for first time in 2 years]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, topping their initial public offering price of $33 for the first time in more than two years.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:22 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.934983!/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpeg"><![CDATA[Chevrolet Volt vehicles are shown on the assembly line at the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Wednesday, July 27, 2011. (AP / Paul Sancya) 
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    <title><![CDATA[4-month strike at Peugeot Citroen plant slated for closure ends]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:15:29 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1285950!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Striking workers of the French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen demonstrate and hold a banner that reads: "No to the Closure of PSA Aulnay", next to the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[China recalling Cadillac SUVs to fix problem with wheel nuts]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[China's product safety agency says General Motors Co.'s main Chinese joint venture is recalling Cadillac SUVs to correct a problem with nuts that hold their wheels in place.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:48 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1285959!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Robert Socia, Shanghai GM executive vice president, right, and Shanghai GM President Ding Lei stand next to the Cadillac new SRX after they unveiled the SUV at the Shanghai International Automobile Exhibition in Shanghai, China, on its opening day, Monday, April 20, 2009.  (AP Photo/Andy Wong)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[European car sales rise in April, ending 18-month streak of declines]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[European auto sales grew in April for the first time since September 2011, ending 18 consecutive months of decline, but the improvement was a technical one because of two extra work days last month, the European automaker's association said Friday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:53:03 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1285781!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[European auto sales grew in April for the first time since September 2011, ending 18 consecutive months of decline, but the improvement was a technical one because of two extra work days last month, the European automaker's association said on Friday, May 17, 2013. (dapd / Nigel Treblin)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Experts urging buyers to take precautions when buying used cars and trucks]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Online car classifieds can offer convenience and bargain prices, but experts recommend taking precautions to protect yourself from scammers and "curbsiders," full-time fraud artists pretending to be private sellers.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Alexandra Posadzki]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:05:08 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.163120!/httpImage/image._gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image."><![CDATA[About one in five Canadians who buy or sell used cars online encounter scammers or fraud, according to a recent report by the Automobile Consumer Coalition.]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Only 2 of 13 small SUVs perform well in IIHS front-end crash tests]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1284320!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[This undated handout photo provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows a side crash of a 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander. (Photo/IIHS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Honda returning to F1 as engine supplier for McLaren]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Japanese automaker Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to McLaren, recreating a partnership that was dominant in the 1980s and 1990s.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Jim Armstrong]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:54 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1283950!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito, right, poses with McLaren Group Ltd. CEO Martin Whitmarsh for photographers after their joint press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Grand Prix drivers increasingly worried Pirelli's tires wearing too fast]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tires shredded like paper, rubber flew everywhere and cars flitted in and out of the pit lane like supermarket shoppers in a car park.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[erome Pugmire]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:10:28 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1278778!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[A mechanic checks the pressures in a new set of Pirelli tires ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chrysler recalls 28,500 Jeep SUVs in Canada, 469,000 worldwide]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 16:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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