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• Graham Nearn obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Caterham Cars founder and saviour of the Lotus Seven Graham Nearn, who has died aged 76, was one of the most imaginative and innovative motoring entrepreneurs of the postwar era, and the man who almost single- handedly kept alive the iconic Lotus Seven sports car design. The brainchild of the Lotus founder Colin ...
  9 hours ago

• Infiniti celebrates 20 years of inspiration and innovation

  
  AutoBeat — Authority: 140
  Since its inception, Infiniti’s goal has been to establish a new concept of automotive luxury, where a personal and rewarding driving experience is more important than the car alone. These words, which encapsulate the vision behind Infiniti’s Inspired Performance, could have been written last year, last month ...
  19 hours ago

• China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Passenger car sales peak in October/2009

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 127
  China ’s automobile market continued its robust growth in October, with passenger vehicle sales clocking a year-on-year growth of 79.6 percent, and provided enough indications that China is well on its way to occupy the top perch as the largest automobile market in the world. Sales of cars, sports-utility ...
  1 day ago

• VW overtakes Toyota as worlds No 1

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • German group benefited from stimulus packages • Volkswagen-Porsche has produced 4.4m cars this year Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the worlds largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe. The maker of the Golf, Polo and Boxster ...
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• $650 Ford!

  
  Greenlee Gazette — Authority: 142
  Bwahahaha! Ford Unveils New Car For Cash-Strapped Buyers: The 1993 Taurus http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url;=example.com&title;=TITLE&bodytext;=DESCRIPTION&topic;=TOPIC
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• REPORT: BAIC/Koenigsegg may produce Saab 9-5 in China

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 787
  Filed under: China , Government/Legal , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. (BAIC), announced as a minority partner in Koenigseggs deal to purchase Saab from General Motors two months ago, plans to produce the Saab 9-5 on Chinese soil next year. The involvement of BAIC in ...
  3 days ago

• Boy Howdy – the more things change the more they stay the same

  
  BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99 — Authority: 121
  The folks at the Onion seem to never run out of people to lambaste. I somehow think this commercial is too close to the real thing, to be sure. who knows - with the auto industry in the condition it’s in, this could be the future of america.  in anycase I just wish I had known two years ago;  before I got rid ...
  3 days ago

• meditation on de-automation

  
  The Laughorist — Authority: 121
  On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Election Day, I elected to become decarcerated, de-automobiled, vehicularly divested, unincarnated, car blanche, carnally challenged. You get the picture. Unwilling (and pretty darn incapable!) to pay $1,100 to $1,400 or more to repair the timing belt and valve(s), I chose to hand ...
  4 days ago

• Canada after 2008 election

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 133
  Our Democracy is Broken: How do we fix it? CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen moderates a head-to-head debate between Maclean’s Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells on the state of Canada’s democracy. Guest panelists … including former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, former prime minister’s chief of staff Eddie Goldenberg, author ...
  4 days ago

• Outrage: BAILED OUT COMPANIES SPEND $71 BILLION On lobbying against taxpayers Since being bailed out!!!

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  Obama Administration!!! Where are the Adults in the room?? WHY are you allowing taxpayers to get SCREWED??? yet AGAIN!! Twenty-five top recipients of government bailout funds spent more than $71 million on lobbying in the year since they were rescued, an extensive review of federal lobbying records by the Huffington ...
  5 days ago

• Leadng Chinese Automaker to Invest $879 Million Into Alternative Power Push

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 503
  Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., one of Chinas largest automakers, said it plans to invest 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in developing alternative-fuel vehicles and related technologies in the next two years. SAICs chairman, Hu Maoyuan, said the money would be equally divided among research, product development and ...
  5 days ago

• Porsche unveils lightweight Boxster Spyder with 320 bhp

  
  streetdrift.net — Authority: 122
  Porsche is introducing a new top version of the Porsche Boxster, a light mid-engined roadster making its world debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show in December. Weighing just 2,811 lbs, the Boxster Spyder - named after the classic 550 Spyder - is the lightest model throughout Porsches model range. The 6-cylinder 3.4 ...
  5 days ago

• Putin attacks GM for Opel and Vauxhall U-turn

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • Opel workers walk out in protest but relief at Vauxhall • Carmaker scraps agreement with Magna and Sberbank The row over General Motors decision to scrap a European sales deal supported by Russia and Germany escalated today, with Vladimir Putin accusing the car group of "scornful" behaviour. The Russian ...
  5 days ago

• Car industry: Scrappage scheme boost continues as new car sales up 31% on last year

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Car sales are expected to grow further in the final two months of the year, ending 2009 at an estimated 1.928m units New car sales in Britain jumped by nearly a third last month, their biggest gain this year, as the governments scrappage scheme continued to boost the market . A total of 168,942 new cars were ...
  5 days ago

• Toyotas return to profits fuels growing optimism in car industry

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Toyota trimmed its projected losses for the year to March 2010 to ¥200bn, from an earlier prediction of ¥450bn Hopes that the global car industry is easing out of its slump gathered pace today after Toyota said it had returned to profit in the last quarter and cut its forecast losses for the full year. The worlds ...
  5 days ago

• Kipper Williams: GM: The ugly face of turbocapitalism

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  News that General Motors is not selling off its European arm drew mixed reactions, with job losses likely
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• Video: BMW unveils M3 GTS 4.4 with 450 bhp

  
  streetdrift.net — Authority: 122
  BMW has unveiled the mysterious M3 with the large wing that was recently spotted lapping the Nürburgring. What was speculated to be the new M3 CSL turns out to be an "M3 GTS". BMWs press release quotes 450 bhp max. output, coming from the known M3 V8 engine which is enlarged from 4.0 to 4.4 liters in the GTS. The M3 ...
  6 days ago

• 10,000 jobs at risk at Opel and Vauxhall despite GM decision

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • GM pulled out of a deal protecting German jobs • Restructuring still likely due to 30% overcapacity General Motors turned the screw on workers at Vauxhall and Opel tonight by giving a clear warning that its decision to keep the European business could still result in 10,000 job cuts. Earlier trades unions in ...
  6 days ago

• Outbreak of optimism in Detroit as motor industry hopes the worst is over

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • Chrysler and Fiat join forces to launch smaller, greener cars • Monthly car sales in the US have stabilised It is too early to hang out any bunting but quietly, tentatively, a more upbeat mood is spreading in Detroits downtrodden, downsized motor industry. Chrysler set out ambitious plans today to use ...
  6 days ago

• Another New Record Level For Gold!

  
  Daily Pfennig — Authority: 122
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