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Regulators Probing Gear Shift Trouble With GM Cars

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 01.14.2012 | Detroit
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DETROIT — Federal safety regulators are investigating problems with the automatic shift levers on several General Motors cars because drivers ma...

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Why Chrysler's Turbine Car Was The Coolest Car To Come Out Of Detroit (PHOTOS)

Steve Lehto | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Steve Lehto

After World War II, Chrysler spent a couple decades and a boatload of money developing turbine powered cars. At one point, they built a fleet of them -- more than 50, and they were all the same color!

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American Car Reputation Moves Ahead Of Asian Autos

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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CINCINNATI — Buy American? That's suddenly a good idea again to more car buyers. Toyota's safety problems and a buffed-up lineup of offerings fr...

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Money Doesn't Buy Reliability

Scott Burgess | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Scott Burgess

An interesting tidbit came out of a recent Consumer Reports study: The more money a consumer spends on a car does not translate into a more reliable vehicle.

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Congress Scraps a Good Car with Bad Steering

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Dan Treul

No one - this Michigan resident included - is out to defend recent management of Ford, GM and Chrysler as "efficient." It doesn't take an industry analyst to determine the status quo broken.

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Detroit's Rebirth as the "Arsenal for America's Future"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Raymond J. Learsy

What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.

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