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December 2009 Archives
10:45 AM Tue, Dec 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here are Automotive News' top 10 stories from a year of blockbusters: In first place, the leading industry news magazine listed the bankruptcy and government......
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9:54 AM Tue, Dec 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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While some readers responded to my blog about Jacqueline Saburido, who was badly burned in an accident, with reflective comments about her stark example of......
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10:08 AM Mon, Dec 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
COLUMBUS, Ohio - With hard times in the auto industry and car dealerships closing around the country, the gleaming showrooms that once featured next year's......
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12:06 PM Thu, Dec 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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I would imagine many sales folks would like to forget about the atmosphere in their showrooms this past year. But for those with the bug,......
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11:53 AM Thu, Dec 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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I recently visited a local showroom which shall remain nameless to check out a 2010 car that was featured in an advertisement in The Providence......
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10:05 AM Thu, Dec 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
General Motors is moving ahead with plans announced last week to wind down Saab absent a deal to sell the brand, a person with knowledge......
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3:23 PM Wed, Dec 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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A couple of weeks ago, I noted the Rhode Island State Police's video alerting us this holiday season that while drunk drivers might have all......
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10:31 AM Wed, Dec 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ford moved closer Wednesday to selling its loss-making Volvo unit to China's Geely Group, saying a final deal is expected early next year if financing......
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10:43 AM Tue, Dec 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Spyker Cars pressed ahead with efforts to cut a deal for Saab with General Motors, with talk of possible backing from a Dutch billionaire fanning......
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11:00 AM Mon, Dec 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The ignition was in the floor. It had a rear hatchback, not a trunk. The hood was hinged at the front, so it opened away......
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11:00 AM Mon, Dec 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
The Swedish government and Saab officials held crisis talks about a threatened closure of the iconic auto brand as a Monday evening deadline loomed on......
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10:25 AM Fri, Dec 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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Unable to find a buyer for Saab after a year-long search, General Motors said Friday that it would begin shutting down operations at the Swedish......
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12:07 PM Thu, Dec 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Don MacNeil took me for a spin in a Tesla Sport Roadster Wednesday and I was mighty impressed. The all electric car is wicked fast......
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7:09 PM Tue, Dec 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
A highpoint of my year at Columbia University's School of Journalism was an address that the film producer David Brown (Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy, Angela's......
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4:12 PM Tue, Dec 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- When Edward E. Whitacre Jr., the new chief executive of General Motors, really wants to make a point, he tends to repeat himself,......
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12:25 PM Tue, Dec 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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General Motors plans to pay all of its $6.7 billion in government loans by the end of June, Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said......
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12:17 PM Tue, Dec 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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MUNICH -- Saab believes that a deal it announced today to sell some valuable but non-essential assets to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings is a major......
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11:08 AM Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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General Motors' restructuring plan for its German Opel and British Vauxhall operations likely will be delayed until January, the car maker's top European executive says,......
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10:39 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Reading between the lines of reports from last week's Los Angeles Auto Show I sense a continued struggle between moving full bore into the electric......
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10:39 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
If you are thinking of asking Santa for a second-hand vehicle this holiday season, avoid these 10 that Forbes.com recently called "the worst clunkers on......
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10:39 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Better watch out when on the roads this holiday season. Not only for other drivers who may have made too merry, but also for the......
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10:39 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Here's an interesting take on the value of items based on their provenance, a fruity word used in the auction world to reflect the previous......
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11:40 AM Tue, Dec 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
LOS ANGELES -- You can hardly turn around at the auto show here without bumping into a green this, eco that, alternative-power something else. That's......
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11:26 AM Mon, Dec 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Martin Cooper, who developed the first portable cellphone, recalled testifying before a Michigan state commission about the risks of talking on a phone while driving.......
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11:23 AM Mon, Dec 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Germany's Volkswagen AG says it has purchased an initial 49.9 percent stake in fellow car maker Porsche AG - carrying out a move that it......
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1:14 PM Fri, Dec 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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General Motors and its main Chinese partner announced a venture Friday to sell vehicles in India, uniting in the two fastest-growing car markets in a......
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1:07 PM Fri, Dec 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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While November sales of new vehicles were mostly the same as last November, the lack of widespread declines was seen as a positive sign. General......
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1:04 PM Fri, Dec 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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I am initially taken aback when visiting Britain to see the cops driving BMWs and Range Rovers. It's hard to imagine any town in......
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9:50 AM Fri, Dec 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. said Friday he is putting engineering chief Mark Reuss in charge of GM's North American operations in a management......
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11:43 AM Thu, Dec 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
The big news this week was the sudden resignation of General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson on Tuesday, just a day before he was to be......
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10:07 AM Wed, Dec 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
GM's board and CEO Fritz Henderson parted ways Tuesday, the board upset that the automaker's turnaround wasn't moving more swiftly and Henderson frustrated with second-guessing,......
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10:01 AM Tue, Dec 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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More people were late with their auto loan payments in the third quarter as job losses continued, but amid rising delinquencies there are positive signs......
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