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9:50 AM Thu, Apr 29, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre appeared in an ad on TV recently to announce GM had "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five......
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5:41 PM Wed, Apr 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors will invest $890 million at five factories to make its V-8 engines more fuel efficient, preserving or creating roughly 1,600 jobs, according to......
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5:14 PM Wed, Apr 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
After a brisk March buoyed by incentives -- notably those from Toyota -- it will be April showers for auto sales, according to Edmunds.com. The......
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5:14 PM Wed, Apr 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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Ford had its best quarterly performance in six years, earning $2.1 billion, and now expects to return to profitability this year, according to The New......
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5:05 PM Wed, Apr 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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Data from Edmunds.com suggests Ford could return to being the number two automaker in the U.S. "Ford has demonstrated that the key to a turnaround......
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11:50 AM Thu, Apr 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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Fiat is bringing a 4-door version of its retro 500 design to North America, according to Automotive News. The timing has not been established, not......
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11:30 AM Thu, Apr 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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Ferrari introduced its 599 GTO at the Beijing Auto Show last week, according to Automotive News. It said the car is a limited edition of......
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11:20 AM Thu, Apr 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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China overtook the U.S. to become the world's biggest auto market last year, according to Automotive News. Actually it leapt ahead. Passenger vehicle sales in......
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11:50 AM Wed, Apr 21, 2010 | Permalink |
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NEW ORLEANS -- An explosion rocked an offshore oil drilling platform, sending a column of fire into the sky and touching off a frantic search......
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10:02 AM Wed, Apr 21, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- Chrysler lost $3.8 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection June 10 through the end of last year, but the automaker says......
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9:47 AM Wed, Apr 21, 2010 | Permalink |
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AC Cars, like many British sports car companies, has gone through a rough patch in recent decades. The famous maker of the AC Cobra has......
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6:01 PM Tue, Apr 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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Fiat Group announced a shake-up of its board of directors Tuesday that would elevate the young scion of the founding Agnelli dynasty to the head......
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10:05 AM Mon, Apr 19, 2010 | Permalink |
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I recently got this note from David Zapatka, president of the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse Inc: Today we delivered 1,202 orders for the Plum......
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2:01 PM Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | Permalink |
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It's been a while since I drove to New York, so I was surprised last weekend to find myself really not enjoying the tight driving......
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11:08 AM Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | Permalink |
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Ford today said its European new-car sales grew 16.1 percent in March, making it Europe's top-selling brand for the month -- but the automaker asked......
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1:44 PM Wed, Apr 14, 2010 | Permalink |
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Have you checked out the daffodil heart on Route 4? It's actually enormous, taking up most of a graded hill on the east side of......
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9:41 AM Mon, Apr 12, 2010 | Permalink |
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SHANGHAI - General Motors Co. said Monday demand in China is so strong that the company's annual sales may top 2 million vehicles this year......
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10:38 AM Fri, Apr 09, 2010 | Permalink |
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It can traverse rough terrain, accelerate quickly and negotiate sharp turns like other high-performance sports cars, but there's one thing that......
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11:47 AM Wed, Apr 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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Paul Masse has applied to take over the Buick and GMC franchises at the former Banner Buick Pontiac GMC Saab store on Route 1 just......
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10:35 AM Wed, Apr 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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General Motors says it lost $4.3 billion in the last half of 2009 as it struggled to emerge from bankruptcy protection, repay government loans and......
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2:52 PM Tue, Apr 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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Renault, Nissan Motor and Daimler unveiled a strategic partnership Wednesday under which they will share small-car technology and power trains, an agreement they said would......
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2:52 PM Tue, Apr 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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PARIS -- Renault and Nissan will unveil a wide-ranging three-way tie-up with German automaker Daimler AG on Wednesday aimed at bolstering their offerings in small,......
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1:05 PM Mon, Apr 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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For decades, the crowds expected flashy supercars and futuristic design studies from any self-respecting auto show. But between the still-shabby economy and the specter of......
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12:48 PM Mon, Apr 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- General Motors says it will install a new brake safety measure that can prevent unintended acceleration on all its new vehicles worldwide by......
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12:45 PM Mon, Apr 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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Gasoline and oil prices climbed to 18-month highs Monday as a batch of new economic reports provided more signs that the economy is back on......
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10:39 AM Thu, Apr 01, 2010 | Permalink |
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The Obama administration is setting tough gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and......
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9:47 AM Thu, Apr 01, 2010 | Permalink |
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Mr. Marchionne, speaking at an automotive forum on the eve of the New York International Auto Show, said the automaker had slightly more than $5......
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3:29 AM Thu, Apr 01, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Peter C. T. Elsworth Email
There's only one way to drive north and south in Rhode Island right now and that is to take Interstate 295. So long as Interstate......
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