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Precipitous fifteen-year drop in US car sales; Need one? You probably can't get one

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Automotive News, GMC Truck, Americans, Saturn, Buick, Scion xB, Subprime Car Loans, Honda, Toyota Sales, Bentley, North Dallas Forty, Vw, Maybach, Palin, Original Equipment Manufacturer, General Motors, Bush/McCain, Bailout, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Peter Gent, US Senate, Nissan, Mini, Subprime Loans, Hummer, Hyundai, OEM, Saabs, Gm, Mazda, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Acura, Volvo, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler Cars, Pontiac, Cars, Rolls-Royce, Mercury, Bmw, Smart Car, Subprime Mortgages, Lincoln, Infiniti, New York Times, Lexus, Audi, Southeast, Alaska, CNW Research, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...

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Detroit's inferiority complex needs change before public will buy

Steve Parker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Hot Rod, Tesla Motors, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Three, Lotus, Cerberus, Ford Motor Co, Motor Trend, Chrysler Cars, Cars, Car Craft, Chevrolet Volt, Santa Monica Daily Press, Sen. Carl Levin, General Motors, West Los Angeles, Jeep, Whipnotic, Business News
Steve Parker

An observation, or two: Last week, General Motors rolled-out the latest version of their plug-in gas/electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt for the corporati...

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Major car-maker haps: Detroit gets their bailout, Daimler selling their last 20% of Chrysler, world's largest Chevrolet dealer group closes

Steve Parker | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, House of Representatives, Automotive News, Plymouth Prowler, Detroit Three, Dodge Viper, Chevrolet, Cars, Indian Carmakers, Ford Motor Co, Just in Time Manufacturing, Camaro, Chevrolet Volt, Chrysler, GMAC, Kanban, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Bailout, Electric Cars, Chinese Carmakers, President Bush, Business News
Steve Parker

Three major events involving the world of cars, politics and finance, both in the US and abroad. First, Automotive News reports, "Automakers and supp...

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Detroit Three Expect $25 Billion -- So Who Bails Out Americans' Missing Car Payments?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Automotive News, San Diego, Portland, Detroit Three, Mortgage Crisis, AIG Bailout, Cars, Washington DC, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Los Angeles, Denver, America, Ford Motor Co, Dallas, American Financial Services Association, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Aig, Seattle, Sen. Carl Levin, General Motors, Wall Street, Phoenix, Michigan, Home Foreclosures, San Francisco, Plug-in Hybrids, Us, Repossession, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

It used to be said that a house was the largest expenditure in any person's lifetime; but if someone buys five or more new cars over 40 or 50 years, those purchases could easily cost more, in total, than their home.

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NY Times Says: "Keep Your SUV"

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Suv Prices, Suvs, Green, Green News, Cars, Ford Suvs, Car Industry, Ford Motor Co, SUV Sales, Ford, Green News

Your neighbors may turn up their noses, but keeping your gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle, or buying one coming off a lease, may be a smart move. T...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Wind Power, Coal Plants, Co2 Emissions, Wolf Reintroduction, Yellowstone, Green Jobs, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Ford Motor Co, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Administration Torture, Kbr, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, General Motors, KBR Electrocution, Defense Contractors, Contraception, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, SUV Sales, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

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Ford Aims To Save Itself By Bringing Small European Cars To U.S.

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, Cars, Auto Apocalypse, Auto Earnings, U.S. Car Market, Suvs, Ford Motor Co, Business News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter. Th...

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Ford Recalls 225,000 Vehicles Again

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Recall, Detroit News, Ford Motors, Ford Motor Co, Wesley Sherwood, Ford, Business News

Ford Motor Co. said Saturday it is recalling about 225,000 vehicles that were already repaired as part of an earlier recall to address concerns about ...

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Ford Losses Not As Awful As Last Year

AP | Tom Krisher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Ford Motor Co. posted a third-quarter loss of $380 million on Thursday, a vast improvement over its $5.2 billion loss a year earlier. The latest resu...

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Ford Reaches Tentative Deal With UAW

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor Unions, Ford Motor Co, United Auto Workers, Business News

The United Auto Workers union said early Saturday it reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with Ford Motor Co., avoiding even the threat of...

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Ford, Mazda To Build $500 Mil Thai Car Plant

Reuters | Vithoon Amorn and Chang-Ran Kim | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mazda Motor Corp, Compact Cars, Mazda, Car Plants, Ford Motor Co, Ford, Business News

Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) said they will build a second, $500 million plant in Thailand to produce 100,000 cars a year to meet...

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