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Hyundai: The Only Major Car Brand To Grow In The U.S. This Year

Oct. 20, 2009 | Chris Isidore | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota, General Motors, Chrysler, Hyundai, Honda, Cash for Clunkers, Kia, Ford, Business News

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In a year of unprecedented turmoil for the U.S. auto industry, one major car maker has emerged as a winner. And that compan...

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WATCH: Honda Unveils Electric Unicycle U3-X (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Honda u3x, Honda u3-X, Honda Electric Unicycle, Electric Unicycle, Honda Unicycle, Honda, u3x, Slideshow, Segway, Technology News

**See photos and video below** Honda Motor Co. has just unveiled the U3-X electric unicycle, a silver, futuristic device that looks like a cross be...

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GM's New TV Commercials -- Do They Grab You?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automotive News, White House, Bob Lutz, Ed Whitacre, General Motors, Hyundai, Honda, Detroit, Lexus-es350, Cars, Cadillac SRX Crossover, Buick Lacrosse, Business News
Steve Parker

I like the fact that GM, having suffered from a terrible inferiority complex for the past 20 years (often based, in truth, on some pretty bad product) seems, at least for its latest commercial, to have gotten some guts back.

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Harley-Davidsons Hit India's Potholed Streets

GlobalPost | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Motorcycle India, Indian Middle Class, Harley-Davidson, Guy Kawasaki, Yamaha, Harley Davidson Exported to India, Harley Davidson India, Suzuki, Harley Davidson Indian Streets, Mango-Motorcycle Deal, India, Harley, Harley Davidson, Honda, World News

BANGALORE �" Imagine a motorcycle designed for cruising on U.S. highways traversing through potholed roads while dodging quick-footed street vendors...

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"Clunkers" Boosts Ford, Toyota sales; GM, Chrysler's Sales fall

AP | Kimberly S. Johnson and Dan Strumpf, AP Auto Writers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Toyota, Ford, Gm Chrysler, Honda, Business News

DETROIT (AP) -- The Cash for Clunkers program boosted sales at Ford, Toyota and Honda in August as consumers snapped up their fuel-efficient offerings...

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Cash For Clunkers' Top-sellers, Top-Trade-ins

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Cars, Cash for Clunkers, General Motors, Cash for Clunkers Report, Ford, Prius and Clunkers, Ford F-1500, Honda Civic and Clunkers, Toyota, Toyota Corrolla and Cash for Clunkers, Honda, Detroit, Home News

Auto dealers reported 690,114 sales under the federal government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers rebate program, according to final data released Wedne...

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690,000 Vehicles Sold Under Cash For Clunkers

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Gm, Cars and Trucks, Car Dealerships, Ford, Congress, Clunkers, Toyota, Honda, Ray Lahood, GM and Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Chrysler, General Motors, Transportation Department, Nissan, Cars Sold Under Cash for Clunkers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

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Honda Airbag Recalls: 440,000 Accords And Civics Could Have Lethal Defect

Reuters | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Honda Recall, Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Airbag Defect, Honda Airbag, Honda, Business News

DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said on Friday that it is recalling another 440,000 vehicles -- including some of its best-selling Accord and Civic...

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This Weekend's Radio Show Line-ups

Steve Parker | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: The Car Nut Show, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Www.TalkRadioOne.Com, General Motors, World Racing Roundup, Jesse James, Www.SteveParker.Com, Honda, Cars, Dodge Dakota, Business News
Steve Parker

This weekend on Steve Parker's, The Car Nut Show, we'll cover road test week, big shake-ups in GM's executive suites -- and at Porsche, too.

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Auto Giants Reposition Globally

Diane Francis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Germany, Government Bailout, Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Daimler Benz, Porsche, Auto Sector, Toyota, Honda, Ford Motor Co, Nissan Renault, Frank Stronach, Opel, General Motors, Kia, Fiat, Auto, Detroit Bailout, Magna International, Detroit, Hyundai, Volkswager, Business News
Diane Francis

Cars are not longer just big business; companies have to build vehicles, but also be able to create multilateral partnerships which include workers, politicians, civil servants and investors.

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Hitler Praised by Formula 1 Chief

Steve Parker | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, Oswald Mosely, Nazi, Toyota, Third Reich, Honda, Bernie Ecclestone, Cars, Times of London, White Power, Ferrari, Formula One, Bmw, USA Today, Adolph Hitler, Sadomasochism, Formula 1, Kkk, Max Mosley, Hermann Goering, Business News
Steve Parker

This isn't the first time Ecclestone and minion Max Mosley have been seen as cheerleaders of a sort for the Third Reich.

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What Moves a Man to Go Minivan?

Trevor Traina | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Automakers, Cars, Minivan, Honda, Fatherhood, Living News
Trevor Traina

Forget about premature balding or a dating-age daughter -- few things terrify most married men more than the idea of getting a minivan.

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Hot Ticket Hybrids Bring Green To Carmakers

Yahoo! News | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Carmakers, Cars, Hybrids, Green Cars, Toyota, Honda Hybrid, Body Paint, Body Painted Model, Toyota Prius, Honda, Japan, Green News

Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybrid leade...

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A Clunky Way to Spend Billions

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: 111th Congress, Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Kfi, Kgo, Green, Motorcycles, Huffingtonpost, Honda, Politics, Scooters, Alternative Transportation, Kngy, Gas Mileage, Tata, Piaggio, Vespa, Entertainment, Mana, Karel, Tim Buche, Yamaha, Aprilia, Advocate, Gay, Motorcycle Industry Council, Mpg, Hybrid, Radio, Cash for Clunkers, Environment, War Funding, Knx, Green News
Charles Karel Bouley

The recent Cash for Clunker legislation passed by Congress as part of the $106 billion war funding bill is a complete and total waste of a billion dollars short term, four billion long term.

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Chrysler & GM: What Happens if Your Car Blows Up?

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Injury Victims, Trial Lawyers, Ford Pinto, American Bar Association, Uaw, Toyota, Bankruptcy, Tort Reform, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, Honda, Bailouts, Kentucky, Don McNay, Ford, Buick, Structured Settlements, American Association for Justice, Insurance, General Motors, Product Liability, Richmond Ky, Hyundai, Traumatic Brain Injury, Lexington KY, Aaa, Detroit Bailout, Detroit, Aaj, Personal Responsibility, Auto Bailout, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

I know I'll never forget that horrible sight, I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right. Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve. -Jan a...

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IndyCar's Danica Patrick Makes Time's 100 Most Influential People

Steve Parker | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media

Read More: The Car Nut Show, Miley Cyrus, Honda, Cars, Kcrw, Pope Benedict XVI, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant, World Racing Roundup, Formula 1, Tiger Woods, Indycar Racing, Shape, Robert Scheer, Dalai Lama, John McCain, Www.TalkRadioOne.Com, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Bloomberg, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, President Barack Obama, Monaco, NASCAR Support, Jim Nabors, Danica Patrick, Bernie Madoff, Christopher Poole, Jim Cramer, Twin Ring Motegi, Rafael Nadal, Oprah Winfrey, Indy 500, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin, Dallara, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Steve Parker

Here's some good automotive news for a change: The Danica Patrick IndyCar racing juggernaut keeps rolling along. And just in time for the biggest auto race of the year.

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New Honda Insight Takes On Prius

New York Times | HIROKO TABUCHI | Posted 04.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Hybrid Cars, Honda, Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, Green News

The road is about to get a little more crowded for the Toyota Prius. Starting Tuesday, the Honda Motor Company will offer American consumers what it b...

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Honda's hybrid Insight sells briskly Japan

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Economy, Cars, Honda, Hybrid Cars, Green Cars, Japan, Green News

TOKYO — Orders for the hybrid Insight have totaled 18,000 since it hit the Japanese auto market about a month ago, outpacing Honda's target and ...

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Auto Sales Nosedive To 26-Year Low

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, Toyota, Honda, General Motors, Auto Sales, Economy, Ford, Auto Industry, Business News

DETROIT — Consumers frightened by the prospect of losing their jobs stayed away from auto showrooms again in January and sent U.S. car and truck...

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Honda's US Sales Fall In January

Reuters | Chang-Ran Kim | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Honda, Honda Sales, Asia, Business News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co's U.S. sales in January fell by a similar margin to the 35 percent drop posted in December, and it will take several ...

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Honda Cuts Managers' Pay As Sales Slump

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Honda Sales, Honda Cuts, Honda, Auto Industry, Honda Salaries, Business News

TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. said Monday managers' salaries would be slashed 5 percent starting next month to cope with sliding sales. The cut comes ...

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New Honda Hybrid Challenges Prius, Promises To Revolutionize Market

Wired | Keith Buglewicz | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Honda Plug in Car, Honda Insight, New Honda Hybrid, Honda, Honda Electric Car, Detroit Auto Show, Green News

The new Honda Insight hybrid promises to revolutionize the hybrid market by making gas-electric cars affordable. But the five-door hatchback with a ro...

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Some Good -- and Fun -- Automotive News for the Holidaze

Steve Parker | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones, Tarp, Automotive News, Good Sam Club, Chevy Volt, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Tata Motors, Honda Accord, Rose Parade Committee, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Federal Reserve, Cars, F1, The Oscars, Ford, FCX Clarity, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Gmac, Representative Sandy Levin, Senator Carl Levin, Jean Shepherd, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Suburban, Hyundai, Christmas, Pasadena Rose Parade, Nobuhiko Kawamoto, GMAC Bailout, Jaguar, Hyundai Excel, Toyota, Chevrolet, Washington DC, American Honda, Land Rover, Red Ryder Bb Gun, Floorplanning, Formula One, Chevrolet Cruze, Asimo, Daisy Red Ryder Bb Gun, Landline Phones, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Honda Super Cub, Pasadena, Santa Claus, Subaru, Hawaii, Business News
Steve Parker

Really wish there were better news to post about, but the auto industry is reeling worldwide, and there's no better example than Toyota.

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Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: National Review, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, $700 Billion Bailout, Honda, Diet, Big Three, Toyota Republicans, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Aig, Auto Bailout, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Sen. Thad Cochran, Nissan, President Bush, Great Depression, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Germany, Washington Mutual, Gm, Sen. Richard Shelby, United Autoworkers, Ford, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Sen. Bob Corker, House of Councillors, Japan, Economic Policy Institute, Chrysler, Bmw, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, South Korea, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Johnny Isakson, New York Times, Bear Stearns, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Uaw, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

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Bush Punts Auto Industry to Team Obama; UAW Concedes Even More

Steve Parker | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Automotive News, Msnbc, Wall Street Bailout, Union-Busting, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Chrysler, Right to Work, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Cars, Detroit News, Ford, Automaker Viability Plan, Auto Bailout, GM VP CFO Ray Young, General Motors, Richard Shelby, Two-Tier Pay, Chrysler Viability Plan, President Bush, Foreign Transplant Factories, Ford Viability Plan, Detroit Bailout, Bob Nardelli, Automaker Bailout, Uaw, Robert Reich, Managed Bankruptcy, Default Car Czar, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, GM Viability Plan, Clinton Administration, Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow Show, Alabama, Asimo, Bush Administration, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Auto Supplier Companies, Big Three Viability Plan, Secretary of Labor Reich, Henry Paulson, Car Czar, Treasury Secretary, Jobs, Unemployment, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Unions, Business News
Steve Parker

This "agreement" is just another part of the recent "Bush/Cheney Revisionist History Farewell Tour." It was created to fail, just as long as that failure didn't happen while Bush was still president.

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