Buick is offering 60 month loans with no interest financing incentive during July. Buick is also offering buyers cash back rebates as high as $2,500. The 2011 Buick Enclave comes with a 0% interest rate financing incentive for 60 months during July. The 2011 Enclave is also on sale with a $2,000 cash back [...]

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Ryan Newman celebrates his second win at Stewart-Haas Racing and second victory of the weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday in Loudon, N.H. - Photo Credit: Chris Trotman/Getty ImagesLOUDON, N.H. (July 17, 2011) -Ryan Newman only saw the view from the front at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend, capturing the checkered flag...more»

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General Motors is spending $328 million to update a factory in Flint, Mich., where it will build the next generation of full-size pickups.

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Matt Crafton held off a charging Austin Dillon to win the NASCAR Trucks Series race at Iowa on Saturday night, snapping a 79-race winless streak.

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During July, Acura is offering $0 down payment leases, which makes an Acura the easiest luxury car to get into today. The Acura no money down lease deal is available on 36-month leases and will have 35 monthly payments since the first month’s payment is included in the down payment. This month, the 2011 Acura [...]

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR?s Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and more talk No. 19 at Loudon The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 will rev up on the1.058-mile oval with seven degree banking at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. TNT will televise the event at 1 p.m. this Sunday. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing [...]

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On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. Despite our slightly blurry photo, several of you recognized the car as a 1976 Lancia Scorpion. The first commenter to correctly identify it was February, who will receive a Save the Manuals [...]

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AUDI Motorsport Ingolstadt/Munich, July 16, 2011 - Edoardo Mortara is the winner of the day at the DTM debut in Munich - Italian defeats leader of the standings Bruno Spengler - Pole position for the Audi A4 DTM Fireworks for...

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Last week, an XKR press car we were supposed to receive was sidelined due to electrical problems. In a world full of reliable, competent machines, it?s somehow reassuring that life with a Jaguar is still always a little, um, eventful. With that in mind, Jaguar?s adding a bit more spice to the lives of vintage [...]

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Filed under: Concept Cars, China, Etc., Technology, Hyundai, India, Design/Style

One word: plastics. That's where the future lies for automotive glazing. Like the line from The Graduate, there's a great future in plastics as a replacement for glass, especially as pressure ratchets up on fuel economy standards.

Hyundai and GE Plastics demonstrated the new automotive possibilities for plastics back in 2007 with the Hyundai QarmaQ, and emerging markets are key to the continued rise of polycarbonates. If a Chinese or Indian automaker buys into plastic instead of glass on a large scale, it might spur the rest of the auto industry to make the switch, Venkatakrish Umamaheswaran, director of automotive products and marketing for Sabic Innovative Plastics, tells Ward's Automotive.

Sabic is short for Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, which bought up GE Plastics. GE Plastics and Bayer MaterialScience had previously formed Exatec, a subsidiary to develop polycarbonates for automotive use. Polycarbonate glazing is lighter, which saves fuel right off the bat. Heating and cooling loads can also be reduced by applying UV-blockers to the plastic, which reportedly saves as much fuel as the material's lighter weight. The biggest barrier? Cost.

Sabic hopes that it can deliver increased value to manufacturers to make its glass-replacement technology more attractive. One of the biggest advantages of polycarbonate windows is that they're injection molded, making possible all sorts of shapes that are not feasible in glass. To deliver more bang for the buck, a supplier could provide a manufacturer with an assembled module that includes not only the window, but also trim, lighting, handles and even badging.

It's not here yet, though. Umamaheswaran admits that while Sabic has been getting larger projects, no high-volume operations are underway. If expectations hold out, however, that should change by 2015.

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