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Youve got. the car with muscle out there. >> 355, its a rear wheel drive car, a very comfortable ride by handles well, a big sports sedan thanks to the police department. >> and can i get in this one? >> lets try it. >> and okay, this is one of the-- this is the only one of the three where they have not moved the gearshift from the floor up to the column because obviously, if we have to park and we need all of this equipment. a computer is pretty much standard equipment in any cop car, if you wa...

Mclaren mp4-12 c. it was developed by the same people as the same behind the mclaren formula one team and technology so effective much has been banned from competition. built around a lightweight carbon tub. 92 horsepower twin turbocharge, v-8 twin club transmission accelerated from 0 to 125 miles per hour in less than 10 seconds on the way to a top speed in excess of 205 miles per hour. active suspension offers the ride after luxury car on the road and performance on the track. stability contro...

shook up. the bachmann campaign pressing on with a new man at the helm. big changes at the top and the questions theyre raising about the congresswomans campaign. >> im carol costello. president obama offering up one hint about his highly anticipated jobs plan. his proposal to put americans back to work on this "american morning." all right. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 6th. welcome to "american morning." >> whats going on with the weather? >> i know. from earthqu...

Own sexual conquest? a stunning investigation just ahead. welcome back. for the first time in years, no small cars have been found unsafe in new tests by the insurance institute for highway safety. in fact, several small cars are among the safest now on the road. cnbcs phil lebeau joins us now with the details. quite a list there and some interesting information in that this is the first that were not seeing these small cars as unsafe. >> reporter: it used to be if you bought a small car, it w...

Less. its pretty good for protection in a crash and has stability control. thats really, really important when youre looking at a car. >> jamie: stability, curtain air bags. a lot of older folks right now might be looking for cars, some are going back to work. didnt think theyd have to. what should they look for? "consumer reports" has some suggestions. >> absolutely. on-line, we compiled a bunch of cars for older people. if youre an older driver, youre considered whats going to be easy to get i...

♪ ♪ potential problems with your little red corvette. general motors recalling 40,000 of the iconic cars over a possible steering problem. repeated readjustments of the tilting and telescoping steering wheel could mess up the electronic stability control. it applies to 2005 and 2006 vets. >> walmart is writing a big check to settle a hass douse waste investigation in california. $27.6 million, all of the companys california stores allegedly dump stuff like fertilizer, paint and pesticides ...

Its already stopped selling the 2010 gx 460. and it reports its debating whether to recall it. "consumer reports" indicate the test drive of the suv found a problem with stability control that could cause a rollover. toyota reports its trying to duplicate those tests to figure out what went wrong. still a few hours left to file your taxes. all this week we have been showing you how the government spends your money. tonight, a look at how it may be able to save you some cash. and its your chance ...

Oversee safety with six and such, this car was approved and okay under their eyesight, an independent agency, consumer reports, does this and now you cant purchase it for safety reasons. >> yeah, nhtsa actually doesnt test these luxury cars, high-end cars. they allow the automakers to do the test under their own guidelines. if there is a problem like this, then they go ahead and do their own testing, which they announced they would do yesterday as well. so within 24 hours the government also mob...

All right. theres a new development involving toyota, and its a new blow for toyota, which is still struggling to restore the trust of drivers after recalls involving 8 million vehicles. this time, though, the concern is focused on a luxury suv from its lexus division. brian todd is working this story for us. and it involves a "consumer reports" dont-buy rating. >> right. >> but now theres a new development apparently. >> there is, wolf, the associated press reporting that toyota is going to tem...

Need to be teszing these vehicles for everyday possibility that consumers would run into before letting that car released to the consumer. "consumer reports" will do everything the average consumer will drive. when theyve have problems on their test track they report them. they have no pressures either way so they have no reason but to tell the truth. for you as a consumer you need to test drive these cars in your everyday world. if youre having these problems, lexus needs to repair them. if tha...