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  • Weekend warmup: Bruins and Trojans on the hardwood

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    It’s an even-numbered year — 2008 — in the race for the Lexus Gauntlet, and USC has won it in each even-numbered season. Troy is leading so... more

  • It's Rivalry Time

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    The Trojans are leading the Bruins 25-10 in this year's Lexus Gauntlet, but a lot of points are on the line this weekend. USC will host the... more

  • Hyundai takes luxury route with its Genesis

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    Hyundai Motor Co. launched its rear-wheel drive Genesis luxury sedan Tuesday, a car the South Korean company sees as its ticket into the ranks... more

  • Don't like car names? 2BAD

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    Last November, Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co.'s executive vice president, took the stage at the L.A. Auto Show. He was there, he told the standing... more

  • Daring to be different

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    MY favorite piece of recent movie dialogue comes from the animated tour de force "Ratatouille." The ruthless food critic Anton Ego has just... more

  • Fire sweeps through carport of Pasadena condo complex

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    Thirteen cars, including several high-end models such as a Porsche, two Lexuses and a Pontiac Solstice, were destroyed or severely damaged... more

  • Dealers get best marks ever from car buyers

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    Auto dealers nationwide are getting better at serving their customers, collectively scoring at a record level this year in a survey of new... more

  • Surgeon's family wins settlement

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    In a wrongful-death trial, a Ventura County jury awarded $12.5 million Friday to the family of a Thousand Oaks dental surgeon who was killed... more

  • A 'green' solution for a parched, car-crazy region

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    To the list of marketing oxymorons -- the sunless tan, cheeseless pizza, soap-free detergent -- add this: the no-water carwash. Lisa and... more

  • From C to shining C

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    ON average, the angriest e-mails I get are from former Mercedes-Benz owners on the occasion of my saying something nice about the company... more

  • Toyota loses lead in race for reliability

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    In a blow to the company that is poised to be the largest automaker in the world, Toyota Motor Corp. fell so far in Consumer Reports' annual... more

  • Another Toyota executive moves to rival

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    Toyota's advertising slogan is "Moving Forward." Its U.S.-based executives keep moving out. Jim Farley, head of the automaker's Lexus... more

  • HEY, BIG SPENDER

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    IF you're a big spender at Neiman Marcus, you qualify for a white-gold credit card that comes with a rewards program, InCircle, that's ridiculously... more

  • Singular vision of Monocle's founder

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    The death of print is often lamented among media types these days, in the era of Google ads and the mad exodus of advertisers from dreary... more

  • Lexus and Buick top survey on reliability

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    Buick tied with Lexus as the highest-ranking brand in a closely watched study of vehicle dependability, marking the first time in 12 years... more

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