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Jun 25, 2012

AUTOMAKERS NEWS * USA

* Michigan - Consumer Reports gives thumbs down to Scion iQ

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Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News -June 25, 2012: -- Consumer Reports tested Toyota Motors Corp.'s tiny Scion iQ and found it to be slow, uncomfortable and noisy — and no bargain... It assigned the model, new to the U.S. market, a score of 29, ranking it among of the lowest-scoring cars Consumer Reports has tested in recent years... Its testers complained the iQ's rear seat was small and the driving position uncomfortable... Among the pluses, however, the car has an "amazingly tight" turning circle, making it easy to park, and combined city/highway mileage of 34 mpg...


* DC - Supreme Court won't hear appeal in Kia brakes suit 

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Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 25, 2012: -- The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a $5.6 million verdict against Kia Motors Inc. in a class-action suit over allegedly faulty brakes in Sephia sedans... The high court decision announced without comment Monday ends an 11-year legal battle... The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last December upheld a decision that awarded $600 — $5.6 million total — to 9,400 owners of 1997 to 2000 Kia Sephias in Pennsylvania that had brakes that allegedly wore out much faster than normal... The Pennsylvania suit was first filed by a Kia owner that had gone to a dealer five times to get the brakes repaired on her 2001 Sephia between January and October 2000... Kia changed the brakes beginning in the 2001 model year...

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