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5:48 PM Fri, Jan 29, 2010 | Permalink |
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Toyota is sending new gas pedal systems to its factories rather than its dealership service departments, The Associated Press learned Friday. The move angered some......
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2:25 PM Fri, Jan 29, 2010 | Permalink |
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Kevin Clare is moving his Bristol County Chrysler Dodge dealership from Warren to the former Newport Ford dealership on West Main Road in Middletown, according......
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2:28 PM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
The largest used-vehicle auto auction association in the United States today recommended that its member auctions temporarily stop selling Toyota cars and trucks that are......
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1:47 PM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- The supplier that made the pedal modules fingered in a massive recall of Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles said today that it has a......
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1:03 PM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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Toyota, once the byword for reliability, forced to issue a massive recall of most of its key models and then halt production and sales across......
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10:27 AM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford, the only U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy court, clawed its way to a $2.7 billion profit in 2009 and expects to......
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10:16 AM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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TOKYO -- Toyota's massive recalls over problem gas pedals in the U.S. are being extended to China and Europe, the latest blow to the world's......
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3:56 PM Wed, Jan 27, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors agreed on Tuesday to sell its beleaguered Swedish unit to the tiny Dutch automaker in a complicated deal that involved the Swedish government.......
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11:46 AM Wed, Jan 27, 2010 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Toyota's suspension of U.S. sales on an unprecedented scale to fix faulty gas pedals deals a blow to the automaker's reputation for......
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2:23 PM Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- Saab got a new life Monday as General Motors agreed to sell the Swedish car brand to the small Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker......
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11:39 AM Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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Dutch sports-car maker Spyker Cars NV will announce within an hour its plans to purchase Saab from General Motors Co., a person familiar with the......
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10:04 AM Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors could sign a deal to sell Saab to Dutch luxury sports car maker Spyker Cars NV on Monday or early this week, according......
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9:45 AM Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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RICHMOND, Va. -- In what could be a potentially good sign for the used-vehicle industry, CarMax said late last week it looking for candidates to......
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9:41 AM Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- A person briefed on the decision says General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. will be named permanent CEO of the automaker, according to......
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11:41 AM Fri, Jan 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski British Motorcar Club of New England displays dozens of cars and motorcycles at the Northeast International Auto Show, at......
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9:52 AM Fri, Jan 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
NEW YORK -- Toyota Motor Corp. built its reputation in the U.S. as a maker of safe and dependable vehicles, but the quality of the......
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4:03 PM Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
The 2010 Northeast International Auto Show opens at the Convention Center in Providence on Thursday with a number of exotics represented on the floor in......
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1:22 PM Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Bob Tasca III said the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team that earned two race wins, one runner-up finish, 26 round wins and a place in the......
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1:14 PM Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
We watch the Super Bowl for the action and the ads, many of which debut on the unofficial national holiday. Indeed, the following day armchair......
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12:22 PM Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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I hope General Motors is going to jump on the bandwagon and make hay out of Scott Brown's black 2005 GMC Canyon pickup truck with......
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11:25 AM Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Talk about last gasps. Investment firm Genii Capital said Tuesday it remained hopeful about its chances of buying Swedish carmaker Saab despite last week's arrival......
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11:54 AM Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | Permalink |
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Reports out of Detroit reflect a sober North American International Auto Show this past week. But compared to last year's show, when fear was palpable,......
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11:54 AM Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | Permalink |
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Reports out of Detroit reflect a sober North American International Auto Show this past week. But compared to last year's show, when fear was palpable,......
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10:40 AM Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | Permalink |
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With the perceived recovery of the global economy as represented by the rise in stock market values, crude oil prices have been edging up and......
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1:45 AM Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau, Bishop Emeritus of Providence, will be celebrating the funeral mass for Bob Tasca Sr. this Saturday, according to the Diocese of......
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1:20 PM Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | Permalink |
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Ford swept the 2010 North American Car and Truck Awards at the Detroit auto show on Monday, marking only the third time in the 17-year......
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1:20 PM Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors may reopen some shuttered factories because it can't produce certain vehicles fast enough, its North American president said Monday, according to The Associated......
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1:20 PM Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors sent its clearest signal yet on Monday that none of the bidders for Saab had submitted an offer that would prompt the automaker......
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1:12 PM Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Gasoline prices on Monday continued their push toward $3 per gallon, according to The Associated Press. The only question now is when? Prices have been......
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9:13 AM Fri, Jan 08, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
BEIJING -- China overtook the United States as the biggest auto market in 2009 and automakers should see more strong growth this year, according to......
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10:48 AM Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM -- Prospective bidders in Sweden, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were making last-ditch efforts on Thursday to buy Saab, hours before a deadline set by......
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10:00 AM Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors' chairman expects the automaker will be profitable this year and says hundreds of the 1,350 GM dealers who lost their franchises last year......
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3:56 PM Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre says the company's new chief financial officer Chris Liddell is a candidate for the CEO post,......
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11:16 AM Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
Automakers ended a miserable year with some less bad sales figures, though the Ford Motor Company was the only one of the three domestic companies......
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2:42 PM Tue, Jan 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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The cost of filling up the car is rising in the wake of soaring crude and by this weekend, pump prices may race past the......
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2:31 PM Tue, Jan 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors says its December sales were down 10 percent and off 33 percent for 2009, a year that saw the top U.S. automaker go......
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2:31 PM Tue, Jan 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors says its December sales were down 10 percent and off 33 percent for 2009, a year that saw the top U.S. automaker go......
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