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How to Choose Smart Car Leasing Solutions

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Car leasing is one of the choices of people who do not have their own car or those who want to use a bigger car for a particular event. There are different companies that can give the car leasing solutions to those who need it. You can look for one in your local area or you can just search on the Internet. When looking for a car to lease, you also have to consider different things in order to make sure that you will get the best deal. You will only be using the car for a certain period of time so you need to make sure that you can get the best out of it. With this, you should know how to choose the best car leasing solutions. When working on your car leasing solutions, here are the different things that you should consider: Determine the exact car that you need . Before closing the deal or before choosing a car, you have to make sure that you know the exact type of car that you need. With this, you have to make sure that the car's size and type can be perfect when you use i...

2012 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

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2012 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Base Price: $65,390 As-Tested Price: $71,485 Drivetrain: 6.2-liter supercharged V8; RWD, six-speed manual Output: 556 hp @ 6,100 rpm, 551 lb-ft @ 3,800 rpm Curb Weight: 4,209 lb Fuel Economy (EPA/AW): 16/15.4 mpg Options: Heated and vented Recaro high performance seats, metal pedals ($3,400); black diamond tricoat exterior paint ($995); 19-inch satin graphite wheels ($800); midnight sapele wood trim package ($600); suede steering wheel and shifter ($300) Buy a New Cadillac CTS at shopautoweek.com The 2012 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is world class and can compete with other 500-plus horsepower sport coupes out there especially when you look at the price. At $71k, this is a performance bargain. The supercharged powertrain is a delight, with smooth linear power delivered locomotive-like. The engine just keeps pulling to redline, then bang, grabs another gear and gets delighted all over again. I had no trouble with heel/toe shifting my onl...

Ford Flex 2013

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The Ford Flex, is, of course, the Taurus's wagony analogue, the glitzy, boxy companion to the D-segment sedan that the unlamented Freestyle never was to the Taurus's daddy, the Five Hundred. What this particular Flex is is the freshened-for-2013 version. While the basics remain the same, Ford's updated the styling of its boxy seven-seater, offering a front-end treatment more avant garde than that of the previous car--or even that of the 2005 Fairlane concept which spawned the Flex. The blue oval grille badge is gone, replaced by extra-width "FLEX" lettering spanning the hood's leading edge. Inside, Ford upgraded the materials and redesigned the dash, offering touch-sensitive buttons à la the Chevrolet Volt's center stack--though the look is decidedly 1970s Aston Martin Lagonda--minimal rather than the Volt's Starfleet hodgepodge. Furthermore, the new Flex ships with the updated version of the often-cursed MyFord Touch. Some 300,000 people are now using...

Chevrolet Camaro Convertible

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The numbers 6162cc, V8, RWD, 432bhp, 420lb ft, 22.0mpg, 304g/km CO2, 0-62 in 5.2secs, 155mph, 1920kg The verdict Brilliant-handling muscle car, but surprisingly expensive and terrifyingly heavy. Too easy to resist If our understanding of engineering is anything to go by, removing a car's roof tends to make the driving experience a bit... fluctuant. Especially if it's enormous and American. But the new Euro-spec rag-top Camaro's confounded us - it handles beautifully. Which is probably because it's not a dollar-driven afterthought. The convertible was designed alongside the tin-top, so a lot of the bracing's been massaged into the shell, not bolted on later - that keeps weight down, closing the dynamic gap between the 'vert and coupe. But at 1,920kg (125kg more than the fixed head) it's still very ponderous. Wrestling the mass are two engines, both 6.2-litre V8s. There's a 432bhp LS3 that comes with a six-speed manual 'box and a 405bhp L99 w...