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Racing to Energy Independence, Q HORSEPOWER and 300 C Diesel

Race on Sunday fill up on Monday the American LeMans racing series touts energy independence and Washington DC gets pumped up on E85.

We all know the benefits of stability control systems .. But can it help you tow a trailer this summer season? One Manufacturers says yes We will investigate.

Can an oil give your car or truck more horsepower? Mark Ferner team Leader for Quaker State research and development will tell us about a brand new race tested product that just might have you pouring in the ponies. Q Horsepower

And we drive a big 300 C Chrysler with diesel power. How did we do in the MPG department? Your will have to stay tuned. All that and more as this edition of the Cruise Control Radio Pod cast.

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CRUISE CONTROL 6/23/07

Powertrain Offensive, Lighting the way and Drving with Ashley Force

Chrysler Announces a POWERTRAIN OFFENSIVE. Will it include Diesels, Hybrids
or redesigned engines with new technology? Perhaps its all of the above.

She is in her rookie season sitting behind a nitro eating monster and one of the stars of a popular reality show . Ashley Force driver of the Castrol GTX Mustang Funny Car will be our guest to tell us about life well over 300 MPH.

Seeing is Believing we will take a look at some ways you can improve what you see when you are driving. Fred Snow of Hella will be our guest to tell us new headlight tecnology and an aftermarket tire pressure system.

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CRUISE CONTROL 6/16/07

Spinning Rotars, Zoom Zoom and Diesels to the rescue?

Its' an all Mazda special on this weeks Cruise Control Radio with guest Mazda executives Jay Amestoy and Weldon Munsey. We take a look at the early development of the rotary engine

The Diesel Floodgates are set to open sending many new models to the US Market.
We will have the latest announcements from GM and Toyota.

All She loves to do is Eat Breath and Drive. Jean Jennings President of Automobile Magazine will be our guest this hour.Jean will have stories of driving the Demon or at least the concept version of the two seater Dodge might build.

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CRUISE CONTROL 6/10/07

Challenge X, Initial Quality and GM starts to E Flex

How did a group of students from Mississippi State university get an fuel economy increase of 45 percent out of the Chevy Equinox? We will have the details of The Challenge X including hydraulic hybrids and ultracapacitors.

JD Power and Associates has just released its Initial Quality Study for 2007and one domestic manufacturer is very happy. JD Power and Associates Executive Director Joseph Ivers will be out guest with a look at the studies results and trends. And he will answer the question if its a good idea to buy a first year of production vehicle.

GM reveals a hint about the future of its E Flex electric drive system. We will let you know why we think the Volt plug in is a go for production.

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CRUISE CONTROL 6/02/07

40 Years of HMMM,Tundra Trouble and Ethanol at speed

40 years of HMMMMMM. Mazda's pistonless engine makes a milestone.

Trouble on Tundra's horizon. Toyota's big pickup has a big problem we will tell you why some owners might be headed back to their dealers

Is Ford getting ready for a new rear drive car? A sedan from the land down under has been spotted in Motown.

Ethanol has been in the news lately from powering every car in last weeks Indy 500 to one solution for reducing our dependency of imported oil. Tom Slunecka Executive Director of The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council will bring us up to date on the latest developments for this renewable fuel.

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