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The auto industry has been a backbone for the US economy for decades. The big three auto manufacturers: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler were part of 41% drop in sales in 2009, due in large part to still floundering economic conditions.

Despite economic fluctuations, the worldwide production of cars in 2007 was more than 73 million. During 2007 the auto markets in North America and Japan fell flat while Russia, Brazil, India and China saw the most growth in auto production and sales. Canada is the 9th largest auto producer in the world; during 1918 to 1923 it was ranked as the number two producer of automobiles.

Auto blogs have made a huge impact on the way consumers buy new cars, obtain auto industry information and shop for all auto services including repairs, towing and insurance. Autoblog was ranked by Forbes as one of their 2009 favorites. Autoblog includes five or more articles on the auto industry, aftermarket information and ranking and informative reviews on cars, engines and touring/racing cars worldwide.

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• Paint-Dripping Cars - BMW Krink Mini Gets Street Wise With Street Art (GALLERY)

  
  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 684
  (TrendHunter.com) If you were looking to update your car’s exterior and thought, “Perhaps dousing it in paint would do the trick,” then take a look at the BMW Krink Mini. That’s the way it’s done, my friends. First, you…
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• Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky [La Auto Show]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 737
  The 6th Annual Design Challenge winner will be announced at the LA Auto Show , picked from this selection of six radical concepts designed for sale in thirty years to appeal to the cell phone, internet and Guitar Hero generation. Most of the concepts have pretty regular wacky shapes and smart grid communications ...
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• Boat-Tracking Blogs - MarineTraffic.com is a Tracks Ships Anywhere on the Globe (GALLERY)

  
  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 684
  (TrendHunter.com) The website MarineTraffic.com is the most fascinating of sites as it allows you to track ships all over the world. You might be wondering, “Why would I want to track marine vessels all over the world?”…
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• Total Croc: Porsche suing popular shoe company over naming rights?

  
  Tech News Today — Authority: 539
  Filed under: Etc. , Europe , Government/Legal , Porsche , Humor Porsche AG is known for vigorously defending its intellectual property. It’s understandable, as the company has spent more than half a century building its performance-oriented automotive brand around design patents, logos, and the ...
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• What is a dead car worth?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 638
  I own a 1997 VW Golf that threw a rod in 2004 and has been sitting (inside a garage) ever since. Donating it to charity has no tax benefit for me. It needs to go. Does it have any cash value at all? If so, how much? Ive been looking on Craigslist, and there have been some 97 Golf "parts cars" listed recently in ...
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• Nike Holiday 2009 Auto Force 180 Mid

  
  Highsnobiety.com — Authority: 738
  The Nike Auto Force 180 Mid was very well received, especially in the New York Knicks colorway that recently came out. For Holiday 2009 the sneaker comes back in a black colorway with blue and yellow accents, white outer sole and matching lining. Look out for a release December 2009. © 2009 Highsnobiety for ...
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• Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year" [Blogging The Auto Bloggers]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 737
  The 2010 Volkswagen GTI nabbed the title of "Automobile Of The Year" for the second time in five years because of its "blend of athleticism, practicality, and performance." Talk about VeeDub fan-boys. [ Automobile ]
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• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Grand Theft Auto IV Patches

  
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  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition v. 1.1 Patch http://www.filefront.com/14900751/Star-Wars-The-Force-Unleashed-Ultimate-Sith-Edition-v.-1.1-Patch/ This patch will update the PC version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to version 1.1, and includes general performance improvements and additional ...
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• Free car media - get paid to drive your car

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New York, Nov 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Free Car Media has come out with an interesting idea and it asks people to drive cars that have large advertisements emblazoned on them, and then it pays them for the same. It makes good business sense as the advertisers are willing to pay an obscene amount of money [...]
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• Glimpse at Alias Sketch for AutoCAD 2010

  
  Between the Lines — Authority: 122
  Here is a interesting project in the works in the labs, Alias Sketch for AutoCAD 2010. This is an AutoCAD add-on application for sketching and experimenting with creative concepts in AutoCAD. You may be aware of the great Autodesk SketchBook Pro product for both Mac and PC as well as the new SketchBook Mobile ...
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• NASCAR - Camping World Truck - Lucas Oil 150 Preview

  
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• Michael Schumacher’s 1994 title-winning F1 car on sale for £2.3m (Pictures)

  
  F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog — Authority: 440
  The car Michael Schumacher won his first championship in is up for sale The Benetton-Ford which Michael Schumacher won his first world championship with in 1994 is up for sale on eBay . According to the seller it is the very car which Michael Schumacher used in the last race of the season, when he infamously ...
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• Renault Takes on Tata Nano, Competing on Price

  
  Auto Observer — Authority: 629
  French automaker Renault will take on Tata Motors Nano, currently billed as the worlds cheapest car, with "an ultra low-cost" car designed by Renault and built by its partner in India, Bajaj Auto beginning in 2012, a year later than originally planned. "The cost of this car will be lower than any other car made ...
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• Grand Theft Auto: The Lost And Damned Coming To PC? [Rumor]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 820
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• EcoBoost: Ford’s Near-term Answer to Lowering Emissions Without Forfeiting Performance

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 587
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• Bliss in, Cook out at HT Motorsports

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 838
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• SEMA 2009: JUN Auto Nissan GT-R Stroker Kit

  
  MotorworldHype — Authority: 133
  There weren’t many Japanese companies at SEMA but JUN Auto was among the few to make the trip across the pond to show the American market what they had to offer. Even though their booth was small they had a ton of cool stuff to offer but what stood out to me the most was [...]
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• Hyundai Wins Battle Over The Ubiquitous Twitter Spambot

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 138
  As many a high-profile social networker has since discovered, if you lacked the foresight to snap up your domain early on it’s probably been commandeered by an overzealous fanboy or, more likely, a lady of ill-repute. Perhaps the most publicly upset about this trend is Hyundai, who only recently started Tweeting and ...
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• Report: Twitter Squatters are the Ire of Hyundai, GM and Volkswagen

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 587
  I’ve got to say, this story strikes home with me; I’ve been repeatedly ignored by Twitter’s “customer service” every time I’ve tried to engage them about parked twitter handles. Now it appears that some major auto manufacturers are considering legal action to get Twitter to deal with username squatters in ...
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• 2011 BMW 5 Series teaser

  
  Easy Fast Cash — Authority: 165
  BMW announces the reveal date of the new generation of the 5 Series…. [...]
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