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Obama admin. to end cash for clunkers on Monday

5:34 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days to......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers   Department of Transportion   Obama administration  

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Backseat Driver: Auto sales rebound in 2010?

9:19 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

J.D. Power sees U.S. auto sales rebounding by as much as 15 percent to 11.5 million vehicles next year, according to Automotive News. That's up......

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 Tags  Automotive News   U.S. auto sales  

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Toyota, Hybrid Innovator, Holds Back in Race to Go Electric

9:19 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

TOKYO -- Despite Toyota's image as the world's greenest automaker, the company that brought us the Prius -- totem of the environmentally conscious -- has......

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 Tags  Elecrtric cars   Hybrid cars   Mitsubishi   Nissan   Toyota  

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Administration plans to wind down clunkers program

9:19 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is developing plans to wind down the popular Cash for Clunkers program and could announce by Friday when the incentives......

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Backseat Driver: In the fast company of a race car driver

4:46 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Following the NASCAR Camping World Series East Mohegan Sun 200 at Lime Rock Park, Conn., track media man Rick Roso offered me a ride in......

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 Tags  Commentary   Lime Rock Park   Mazda 3  

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Oil prices jump on suprise draw down of US supply

12:49 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

NEW YORK -- Oil prices jumped above $70 a barrel Wednesday after the government reported a huge draw of crude oil from U.S. stockpiles, according......

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GM board to meet on Friday on Opel sale: sources

11:34 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

FRANKFURT - General Motors' board of directors will discuss on Friday the sale of its European business Opel, for which both Magna and RHJ are......

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 Tags  General Motors   Magna   Opel   RHJ  

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Survey shows US automakers making improvements

1:27 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

NEW YORK -- All three U.S.-based automakers are doing a better job of satisfying their customers than they were a year ago, according to a......

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 Tags  Chrysler   Ford   General Motors   University of Michigan  

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GM to boost output due to clunkers incentives

11:51 AM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- Higher sales from the government's Cash for Clunkers program have prompted General Motors Co. to boost production at several of its factories, according......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers   General Motors  

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Chrysler to make Fiat in Mexico: WSJ report

7:39 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
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NEW YORK - Chrysler is planning to produce Fiat's 500 subcompact at a Chrysler plant in Mexico, according to The Wall Street Journal which cited......

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 Tags  Chrysler   Fiat  

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Volkswagen global July deliveries increase 6.7 percent

7:36 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
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FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen said Monday its worldwide deliveries increased by nearly 7 percent in July despite the global recession that has ravaged the sector this......

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