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Posted February 12 2008 12:02 PM by Todd Lassa
DETROIT - General Motors lost $722 million in the fourth quarter for fiscal 2007 losses of $38.7 billion. The deficit includes the $39 billion tax charge taken in the third quarter of '07. Excluding that tax charge, GM's...
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Posted February 12 2008 11:58 AM by Matt Stone
All motorsport is managed -- or -- to a degree. But none more than NASCAR. Over the weekend, I watched an event billed as "Qualifying" for the Daytona 500. It was more like "Kinda qualifying, well only...
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Posted February 11 2008 02:25 PM by Frank Markus
No, it's not a hybrid. The newly minted flagship of Toyota's fleet is the luxurious, go-anywhere Land Cruiser, and it's good for 120 mpg -- people-miles-per-gallon, that is -- when you click a person into each of the...
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Posted February 11 2008 02:10 PM by TT Editors
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has big plans to break the U.S. market, and plans to introduce a two- and four-door pickup stateside by summer 2009. We've reported on Mahindra's goals before, but recent...
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Posted February 8 2008 06:59 PM by Mark Williams
Day two of the Chicago Show is a lonely day. There are actually two separate and important press briefing in the morning.
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Posted February 7 2008 02:45 PM by Mark Williams
Suzuki bows its first ever pickup truck for the U.S. market. Called the Equator, it's designed to get people thinking about the small Asian car company as something more than a concern that makes motorcycles and also cars.
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Chicago Auto Show '08: The GMC Denali XT
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Posted February 7 2008 02:26 PM by Mark Williams
More big news from the Chicago Auto Show came from GM with the GMC Denali XT, a forward-thinking SUT that might someday replace the aging and overlooked Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon.
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Posted February 7 2008 01:22 PM by Mark Williams
Plenty of buzz around this year's Chicago show with the all-new Dodge Challenger ready to make its debut with the limited-edition 6.1-liter V-8 HEMI leading the charge. They've come out with the vehicle in limited-edition...
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Posted February 6 2008 03:09 PM by Matt Stone
Europe is crawling with small utility vans. They hold a lot of stuff, are cheap to buy and to run, and are even cool in their own way. Plumbers, florists, caterers, you name it, buy these things by the gazillions. I've...
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Posted February 6 2008 12:46 PM by Todd Lassa
CHICAGO - Volkswagen has come a long way from the New Beetle/Microbus concept days to the Chrysler-based Routan minivan. Back in 2001, VW was hot. It had proved what it could do with that New Beetle, an exuberant...
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Posted February 6 2008 12:42 PM by Todd Lassa
First came the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook, and now we have the Chevrolet Traverse, the fourth and apparently last big crossover SUV on General Motors' Lambda platform. While designers have managed to...
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Posted February 6 2008 12:38 PM by Frank Markus
With fuel prices squeezing small businesses, Ford reckons the time might be right to pry light-delivery customers out of their big, heavy V-6 or V-8 powered E-series vans and minivans, in favor of something smaller and...
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Posted February 6 2008 12:28 PM by TT Editors
General Motors is spending $69 million to renovate its DMAX plant in Ohio in preparation for a Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbo diesel engine that will meet 2010 emissions standards. The renovations, which include new...
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Posted February 6 2008 12:26 PM by TT Editors
Lately, when we've mentioned factory-customized vehicles, it's usually Scion we're talking about. Not the case here. Ford will debut a factory-customized version of its Edge mid-size crossover, dubbed the Edge Sport, at...
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Posted February 4 2008 05:26 PM by TT Editors
Toyota is contemplating a compact Lexus SUV that could go head-to-head pricewise against the Acura RDX and Infiniti EX35, according to an Automotive News report. Currently, Lexus lacks a small crossover SUV that competes...
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