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Oct
23rd

2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo CRD Review

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Living in the city and owning a Jeep is a bit of a paradox. And this active-lifestyle phenomenon is getting out of hand; it seems as though people who spend their weekends surfboarding, hiking, cycling and doing other outdoor activities live in the urban areas where congestion and pollution is high. Or at least, that's what manufacturers want us to believe. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Chrysler’s Press: ‘We’re going to be here’

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Chrysler LLC President Jim Press says he understands the frustration Chrysler employees and stakeholders feel about not knowing the future of the automaker, but he calls press reports about suitors speculation. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Options scarce if GM-Chrysler merger talks fail

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As General Motors pushes ahead with talks to acquire Chrysler LLC, uneasy suppliers and workers are bracing for a deal that would combine two struggling automakers and cost tens of thousands of jobs. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

VW plans supplier park for Tenn. plant

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Volkswagen AG wants more than 80 percent of the content of vehicles produced at its planned Tennessee factory to come from North America and is planning a supplier park for the plant site. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Nissan factory cuts spread to cars

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Four months after ratcheting up production of its hot-selling Altima sedan, Nissan North America Inc. is ratcheting it back down. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Fiesta MPV gets green light

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B-MAX will replace Fusion supermini. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Deep recession fear pushes Dow down 514 points

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Stocks tumbled to 5-year lows today as investors grappled with an increasingly dire outlook for the global economy following a raft of disappointing profits and outlooks from major U.S. companies. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 514. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Dealer lobbies for new tax credits for Detroit 3 vehicles

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Ron Tonkin battled U.S. automakers 19 years ago as a fiery president of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Now, he's offering ideas to save them. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Win Fernando Alonso’s helmet in F1 survey:

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Now is the time to have your say for the 2009 Formula One season. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

NASCAR penalizes Team Red Bull for illegal car:

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NASCAR issued huge fines and multiple suspensions after catching the No. 83 Toyota Camry of Team Red Bull with illegal sheet metal following last weekend's TUMS 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Saturn, CBS team up for Web series in effort to reach women

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General Motors' Saturn brand thinks it has found a novel approach to reaching women: partnering with CBS Interactive for an online drama that follows the escapades of four women in a book club. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Industry could get more money, fewer strings

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Growing political interest in another federal spending package to stimulate the U.S. economy is opening the door to more government aid to the auto industry. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

US: Federal-Mogul Q3 earnings down 71%

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Federal-Mogul has reported its third quarter net earnings at just US$4m, 71% down on the same period last year. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

UK: Stop-start set to jump in Europe – analyst

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European Commission proposals for lower average CO2 emissions from European car manufacturers are set to dramatically increase stop-start technology fitment in Europe according to Frost & Sullivan analyst Anil Valsan. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

CANADA: CAW remains committed to St Thomas plant fight

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The Canadian Auto Workers union is to continue to urge Daimler to keep its Sterling Truck plant in St.Thomas, Ontario open, despite the auto company seemingly being committed to closing the facility. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

SHORT STINT–2009 Ford Fusion SE:

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OUR TAKE: The Ford Fusion might be a Mazda 6 dressed up in a Ford outfit, but it's actually better because Ford took the liberty of adding even more stiffening properties to the Mazda chassis for the Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

McLaren’s new F1

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A legend is about to be reborn, as Brit firm gets ready to redefine the supercar class with new P11. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

Continental CEO predicts more supplier consolidation

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Continental AG CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann said today that supplier consolidation will accelerate in the current industry crisis, with Continental itself possibly being in that mix. Read more ...
Oct
22nd

2009 Ferrari California – First Drive

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2009 Ferrari California - First Drive
2009 Ferrari California - Ferrari Sport Coupe Review - Automobile Magazine
Corporate officials believe few 2009 Ferrari Californias will ever make it to a race track, but if this is the case the owners will probably never unearth its true talents.

Ferrari has recently shown environment-friendly concepts such as the Millechili (the 1000 kilo Ferrari) and the F430 E85 (with flexfuel capability), but the new Ferrari California is about as the green as the summit of Montblanc in winter. And that's fine by us. The California is a pleasantly and reassuringly old-school sports car, although there is plenty of sophisticated engineering hiding beneath the flashy, crowd-pulling skin. Says Amedeo Felisa, Ferrari CEO: "Less extreme than F430 and F599, the California still incorporates all the essential genes of the brand. It has style and presence, and it is fast and fun to drive. Unlike any other of our products, it is two cars in one, and it works equally well in coupe and spider mode."


Photo Gallery: 2009 Ferrari California - Ferrari Sport Coupe Review - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
22nd

GM puts ACDelco up for sale

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General Motors announced today that it has retained Merrill Lynch to explore the sale of ACDelco, GM's aftermarket parts unit. The move is part of GM's attempt to raise up to $4 billion by selling assets. Read more ...
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