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A car rammed into an ambulance on an emergency call at an intersection just blocks north of City Hall this morning, flipping the Fire Department vehicle on its side and injuring two medics. The crash also closed North Broad Street between Spring Garden and Vine Streets during the morning rush hour. Batallion Chief Eric Fleming said the injuries to the medics were not life threatening. The ambulance, Medic Unit 50, was northbound on Broad Street with its lights and sirens on when it was hit by a silver Chrysler sedan that was westbound on Callowhill Street about 7 a.m. The ambulance flipped onto the driver's side of the vehicle and the sedan, its front end smashed in, ended up facing toward the northeast corner of Broad and Callowhill.

The first-generation Acura Legend coupe was a very different automobile from the sedan. Thanks largely to its higher-performance suspension and tires, and the superior handling they engendered, the two-door was much more of a driver's car than the four-door. That same coupe/sedan differentiation has been preserved in the new Legend. The new coupe retains its superior athleticism. What's changed this time is that it is markedly better-looking than the sedan. Consequently, the decision on which to buy boils down to what you value more: Additional doors and rear-seat legroom or the yearbook captions that read "most personality" and "best-looking.

So you're looking for a nice family sedan. You want something that's reliable, roomy and even a little fun, but you don't want a payment book that's thicker than the heels on Sly Stallone's elevator shoes. Well, maybe we can help with a selected list of high-value four-doors in the $7,000-to-$12,000 range. The cars suggested here hardly constitute an exhaustive compilation of the good family automobiles available within these price parameters. But they do represent a manageable shopping list of solid values.

Oct. 23, 1998 Except for a little marching in place during the strike against General Motors this year,the Oldsmobile product renaissance has continued unabated. Oldsmobile's efforts to emigrate from Moribundia began with the Aurora, a solid and handsome large luxury sedan. That all-new car was followed in rapid order by several fresher vehicles, including the Intrigue, a delightfully refined, midsize sedan with European manners, the sophisticated Bravada sport-utility vehicle, and the upscale Silhouette minivan.

Surveillance video has provided police with an image of the getaway car used in the January slaying of Joseph Canazaro, 48, a businessman with a troubled financial past who was killed in his Hilltown home by two armed robbers. At a news conference, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler presented video from a business overlooking the Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center showing what authorities believe to be a red, four-door Nissan sedan pulling up next to the Lincoln pickup truck that the killers stole from Canazaro's home.

Surveillance video has provided police with an image of the getaway car used in the January slaying of Joseph Canazaro, 48, a businessman with a troubled financial past who was killed in his Hilltown home by two armed robbers. At a news conference, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler presented video from a business overlooking the Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center showing what authorities believe to be a red, four-door Nissan sedan pulling up next to the Lincoln pickup truck that the killers stole from Canazaro's home.

FIRST THEY were described as Middle Eastern. Then "possibly Hispanic. " The car was a "maroon sedan, possibly a Mazda," but turned out to be a green Toyota Camry. And initially four men were in the car. Now it's three. These changing details in the Jan. 14 beating death of Temple University grad Kevin Kless in the city's historic district might have made some people wonder: What the heck was going on? Yesterday, Police Homicide Capt. James Clark addressed the issue for the Daily News . Cops had little reliable surveillance footage, and witness information either changed or turned out to be erroneous, he said.

The station wagon version of the Peugeot 405 is being introduced this month, and the French automaker is hoping it will sell better than the sedan that preceded it. The 405 sedan came to these shores a year ago, carrying with it considerable credentials and corporate aspirations. The big European car- builder felt this handsome new mid-size touring sedan, Europe's Car of the Year in 1988, had the right stuff to brighten Peugeot's dreary sales picture in this country. It had more mainstream styling than Peugeot usually ships over here, for one thing.

2012 Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec sedan; 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T Premium: Two-headed monster. Price: R-Spec, $46,535. 2.0T Premium, $29,625. No options on either. Conventional wisdom: "Most dependable midsize premium car," J.D. Power and Associates said of the 2012 sedan. Marketer's pitch: Knocking pricier premium cars off their pedestals. Reality: I guess I still think 46 grand is a "premium" price. I paid that much for a house once. Two directions: The two versions of the Genesis that I tested work from such different playbooks one wonders why Hyundai gives them the same model name.

DETROIT - Just when Detroit seemed to be luring them away, Americans are embracing Japanese cars again. Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. lost ground last year after the Japanese earthquake limited their supplies. But July's U.S. sales show they've nearly regained what they lost, at the expense of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. GM sales fell 6 percent and Ford sales were down 4 percent compared with last July. Honda's sales were up 45 percent and Toyota jumped 26 percent.

Surveillance video has provided police with an image of the getaway car used in the January slaying of Joseph Canazaro, 48, a businessman with a troubled financial past who was killed in his Hilltown home by two armed robbers. At a news conference, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler presented video from a business overlooking the Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center showing what authorities believe to be a red, four-door Nissan sedan pulling up next to the Lincoln pickup truck that the killers stole from Canazaro's home.

Surveillance video has provided police with an image of the getaway car used in the January slaying of Joseph Canazaro, 48, a businessman with a troubled financial past who was killed in his Hilltown home by two armed robbers. At a news conference, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler presented video from a business overlooking the Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center showing what authorities believe to be a red, four-door Nissan sedan pulling up next to the Lincoln pickup truck that the killers stole from Canazaro's home.

The 2013 Buick Verano turbo marks the latest step in Buick's journey from a hopelessly dull brand into one that consistently delivers unexpected fun, features, and value. The turbo adds muscle to the likable but leisurely Verano compact sedan. With 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque, the Verano turbo overpowers and outclasses such small competitors as the Acura ILX and TSX, Audi A3, VW Jetta GLI, and Volvo C30. Prices for the Verano turbo start at $29,105, compared with $23,080 for the base sedan.

2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV: Better than the typical family sedan. Price: $26,415 as tested ($24,100 base) Marketer's pitch: "The most innovative Altima ever. " Conventional wisdom: "The most refined, efficient, and upscale Altima ever . . . with more character than the typical family sedan. " - Edmunds.com Reality: It's not bad for a sedan. Bare-bones package: I'm always impressed when a carmaker sends a fairly bare-bones model out for reviewers to test.

DETROIT - Just when Detroit seemed to be luring them away, Americans are embracing Japanese cars again. Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. lost ground last year after the Japanese earthquake limited their supplies. But July's U.S. sales show they've nearly regained what they lost, at the expense of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. GM sales fell 6 percent and Ford sales were down 4 percent compared with last July. Honda's sales were up 45 percent and Toyota jumped 26 percent.

2012 Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec sedan; 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T Premium: Two-headed monster. Price: R-Spec, $46,535. 2.0T Premium, $29,625. No options on either. Conventional wisdom: "Most dependable midsize premium car," J.D. Power and Associates said of the 2012 sedan. Marketer's pitch: Knocking pricier premium cars off their pedestals. Reality: I guess I still think 46 grand is a "premium" price. I paid that much for a house once. Two directions: The two versions of the Genesis that I tested work from such different playbooks one wonders why Hyundai gives them the same model name.

Do people who want luxury care about fuel economy? Lexus is betting that the answer is yes. Thus comes the unveiling of the 2013 ES300h hybrid. The entry-level luxury sedan will make the sixth hybrid in the Lexus lineup when it joins the fleet in mid-August. "There really isn't anything that competes with it that gets close to the mileage numbers," Lexus marketing vice president Brian Smith said during the recent East Coast unveiling of the entry-level luxury sedan's new look and new power train offering.

Scheduled to hit the showrooms around the end of June, the all-new, 2013 Dodge Dart is the latest addition to an avalanche of new and redesigned Chrysler vehicles that earned the recently bankrupt automaker nearly a half-billion dollars in the first quarter — more than it made all last year. And as good as this new compact sedan is, it ought to add even more to the bottom line of Chrysler and its partner, Fiat, the Italian carmaker that owns 58.5 percent of its stock. After all, compacts have 15 percent of the U.S. market and constitute the industry's fastest-growing segment.

A car rammed into an ambulance on an emergency call at an intersection just blocks north of City Hall this morning, flipping the Fire Department vehicle on its side and injuring two medics. The crash also closed North Broad Street between Spring Garden and Vine Streets during the morning rush hour. Batallion Chief Eric Fleming said the injuries to the medics were not life threatening. The ambulance, Medic Unit 50, was northbound on Broad Street with its lights and sirens on when it was hit by a silver Chrysler sedan that was westbound on Callowhill Street about 7 a.m. The ambulance flipped onto the driver's side of the vehicle and the sedan, its front end smashed in, ended up facing toward the northeast corner of Broad and Callowhill.

Visitors to the Philadelphia Auto Show will see many new offerings, including a pair of mid-$20,000s sedans from General Motors. I got a chance to try them on a few Philadelphia blocks. Here's what I learned in a couple of quick spins: 2013 Chevy Malibu Eco Price: $25,995. Arrival date: By the end of March, says GM vaguely. What's special about it: General Motors' eAssist system will give the fuel economy a Maliboost. The system is not exactly a hybrid; it uses a 115-volt lithium-ion battery and a 15-kilowatt motor to cut fuel consumption.