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Monday, December 1, 2008

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn

By Associated Press
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive...

Philly race car museum is pit stop for auto fans

A visitor admires a Porsche 917, left, on display in the ‘pit road’ section at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 in Philadelphia.
By Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA - For more than 20 years, Fred Simeone kept his priceless collection of vintage racing cars in a nondescript...

Automakers’ debt may be obstacle to federal loans

By Associated Press
DETROIT - They’ll park some corporate jets, cut executive pay and serve up concessions from the United Auto Workers, but Ford Motor Co., General Motors...

Car dealers see sales slide as inventory shrinks

By Associated Press
AVON, Ind. - No customer voices competed with the harmony of "Silly Love Songs" flowing from the showroom speakers at Danville...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Cheap hubby bangs on bad fuel pump

By Tom & Ray Magliozzi / Car Talk
Dear Tom & Ray: My husband and I have been married for two months. Recently, I found out that his 1997 Dodge Dakota has been having a problem. He...
Friday, November 28, 2008

VW: Plant work goin’ full throttle

Heavy construction equipment prepares the site of the Volkswagen $1 billion auto assembly plant being built at Enterprise South industrial park in Chattanooga, Tenn.
By Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - With huge dirt movers shaping the site of Volkswagen’s $1 billion assembly plant at Chattanooga,...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

VW building Tenn. assembly plant during hard times

By Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - With huge dirt movers shaping the site of Volkswagen’s $1 billion assembly plant at Chattanooga,...
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Cerberus, Daimler in Chrysler dispute

By Tim Higgins / Detroit Free Press
DETROIT - Cerberus Capital Management and Daimler AG engaged in an extraordinary public spat Wednesday over their talks for...
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Rally in support of automakers will replace caravan to D.C.

By Brent Snavely / Detroit Free Press
DETROIT - A planned caravan of fuel-efficient domestic vehicles to Washington, D.C., in support of aid for Detroit automakers was too popular to be practical...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

GM ends 9-year endorsement deal with Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods.
By Tim Higgins  / Detroit Free Press
DETROIT — General Motors Corp., racing to shore up its finances, announced Monday that it had reached a mutual...

Congress expecting more sacrifices from automakers

By Associated Press
DETROIT - A list of job cuts, shuttered factories, canceled bonuses and commitments to fuel-efficient cars won’t be enough next week when U.S. automakers...

Daimler trucks won’t cut German production hours

By Associated Press
STUTTGART, Germany - The head of Daimler AG’s truck business said it does not plan to cut working hours at its German plants in the immediate future,...

Judge: automakers cannot block RI emission rules

By Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal judge has ruled that automakers cannot sue to block Rhode Island from enforcing tighter standards...
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