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Backstreet Driver: Thoughts on sitting in a stagecoach
Journal photographer Steve Szydlowski and I traveled up to Stow, Mass., the other day to visit the auto collection at the Collings Foundation. The trust is best known for its collection of WWII warplanes, most notably its B-17 Flying Fortress...
February 26, 2009 12:19 pm
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Backstreet Driver: A billion here, a billion there ...
The jury is out on whether it was late Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen who said, "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money." But that statement could not be more appropriate to today when tens of...
February 26, 2009 12:19 pm
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G.M. Loses $9.6 Billion as Its Struggles Continue
Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, is scheduled to meet on Thursday with members of the auto industry task force created by President Obama. DETROIT -- The automaker General Motors said Thursday that its cash reserves were down...
February 26, 2009 9:55 am
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Mercury? De Soto? Call It a Winner
IN a couple of months, when the last of the mountain snow melts away, Steve Heller, an industrial sculptor, furniture maker and winner of the second Collectible Car of the Year contest on nytimes.com, will begin work on his...
February 23, 2009 10:17 am
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Why Can't Cerberus Foot the Bill?
Finally we seem to be waking up to the odd entity that is Chrysler. Yes, it is a car comp-any but it is owned by a secretive financier and run by a controversial bean counter. As The New York Times...
February 23, 2009 10:11 am
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European officials go wild with new car incentives for buyers
European governments are giving price discounts directly to buyers of new cars, hoping to stimulate sales for troubled automakers, fuel national economies and replace older, more-polluting cars, according to USA Today. The explosion of simultaneous plans has astonished analysts. "Europe...
February 23, 2009 10:11 am
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Recession claims Newport Autocenter
MIDDLETOWN -- After almost 35 years of selling cars on Aquidneck Island, the Newport Autocenter will close in 30 days, according to The Newport Daily News Peter Capodilupo, a co-owner of the firm for the past 17 years, held a...
February 23, 2009 10:07 am
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