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Another U.S. Car Division Bites the Dust: Mercury

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Oldsmobile, Hot Rod, Saturn, Alan Mulally, Hirohata Mercury, Bob Hirohata, Ford, Pontiac, Edsel, Bill Ford, Sam Barris, Henry Ford, Lincoln, Elana Ford, Mercury, George Barris, Hummer, Business News
Steve Parker

A lesson other car-makers have learned the hard way is that buyers want a car that makes a definite statement, which knows its place in the market. A perpetual question mark like Mercury has absolutely no chance of survival.

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Union Square Bomb Search: Bomb Squad Inspecting Suspicious Vehicle In New York City

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Cans, Nypd, Car, Police, Bomb, Subway, Terrorism, New York City, Union Square, Vehicle, Bomb Squad, Suspicious Vehicle, Bomb Scare, Oldsmobile, Evacuation, 1991, Cutlass Ciera, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City police evacuated part of an apartment building and blocked off some streets near Manhattan's Union Square after a Thurs...

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Is Toyota's Prius the New Buick?

Anne Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oldsmobile, Cars, Baby Boomers, Buick, Cool, Toyota Prius, Automobiles, Hybrid Cars, Carbon Footprint, Style News
Anne Hill

Prius owners are turning into the elderly, erratic drivers we used to see in Oldsmobiles and Buicks. They drive slowly, even in the fast lane. They brake for stoplights 500 yards away.

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Breaking - Tony George Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Barnhart, Oldsmobile, Championship Auto Racing Teams, Indy Lights, Indy Racing League, Indianapolis, JC Agajanian, Tony George, Nascar, Bernie Ecclestone, Cars, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, United States Grand Prix, Chip Ganassi, Indy 500, Tony Hulman, Formula 1, Charlotte/North Carolina, Roger Penske, Parnelli Jones, Indycar Racing, Carl Fisher, Troy Ruttman, Business News
Steve Parker

Roger Penske, Chip Ganassi and the other team owners of what was called Championship Auto Racing Teams have finally gotten their personal revenge. To...

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Long Beach Grand Prix - IndyCar combines for good race, few fans

Steve Parker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ashley Judd, Tony Kanaan, Michael Andretti, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Cars, Santa Monica, Howard Hughes, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chip Ganassi, Tiger Woods, Indycar Racing, Ed Alexander, Helio Castroneves, Belmont Shore, Dario Franchitti, Oldsmobile, Bixby Knolls, Indy Racing League, Queen Mary, Tony George, Danica Patrick, Champ Car, Raymond Chandler, Super Bowl, Philip Marlowe, Japan, Department of Homeland Security, Twin Ring Motegi, Indy 500, Daytona 500, Dan Quayle, Roger Penske, Naples, Torrance-California, Disney, AJ Foyt, Wll Power, Spruce Goose, Menards, Long Beach-California, Healthy Living News
Steve Parker

Dario Franchitti dedicated his victory to his wife, Ashley Judd, whose 41st birthday they celebrated together at Long Beach - kind of a boring proposi...

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GM's Own "Heritage Collection" Is Now Up for Sale

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Cars, Arizona, Cadillac Presidential Limo, Ford, Barrett-Jackson Auction, Reggie Jackson, General Motors, Pontiac GTO, Heritage Collection, Impala Ss, Petersen Automotive Museum, Detroit, Ventura Boulevard, Carousel Orange, French Government, Oldsmobile, Corvette ZR1, Tragic Kingdom, Gm, Motor City, Detroit Three, Pontiac GTO Judge, Washington DC, Tiger Shark, Gmc, Los Angeles, Camaro, Tokyo, Magic Kingdom, Louvre, No Doubt, Detroit Three Loans, Olds Aurora, Japan, Disney, Cadillac, Scottsdale, Dallara, Business News
Steve Parker

GM is selling off, one-by-one, piece-by-piece, memory-by-memory, the GM Heritage Collection. Finding out felt like I'd taken a punch to the gut.

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buick, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Auto Show, Home Depot, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Prius, Pontiac GTO, Plug-in Hybrids, Paris Auto Show, Energy, John McCain, Gm, Alan Mulally, Chevrolet, Beat, Volt, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Detroit Automakers, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Ford of Europe, Holden Commodore, Cadillac, Cruze, Pontiac, Camaro, Daewoo, Oldsmobile, Cobalt, Business News
Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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