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Main > Car Makers News > Volvo > Video: Volvo S60 Concept Recently Volvo has made available information and photos of the latest concept vehicle showing its next-generation S60 saloon scheduled for production in 2010. It is set to make its introduction to the world in January 2009 at the Detroit Auto Show and unveils the most current development of Volvo’s latest design scheme.“The concept car’s exterior gives a clear indication of what customers can expect of the all-new S60. On the inside we’ve been even more daring - there the focus has been on... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:30 Article Views Rating: 217 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Commentary: Plug the hole; America can't risk another blow to its fragile economy | detnews.com | The Detroit News The arguments against an auto bailout are good ones. Now ignore them. For the first time in human history, I agree with Dick Cheney. According to the Los Angeles Times, the vice president warned Republican senators that if they refused to bail out the auto companies, "we will be known as the party of Herbert Hoover forever." The senators from the Herbert Hoover Party promptly fumbled, but President Bush seems poised to rescue the car companies anyway. Thank heaven! There's a practical argument that... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:29 Article Views Rating: 69 Main > Car Makers News > Pontiac > Pontiac Vibe and other small cars making strides in safety | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Small cars, which have become more popular with the fluctuation in gas prices, are becoming better equipped to protect motorists in serious crashes, according to tests by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave top scores on front-end crash tests for several 2009 small cars released Wednesday. Three vehicles -- the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, which share the same underpinnings and are considered corporate twins, and the Suzuki SX4 -- also received top... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:28 Article Views Rating: 249 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda slashes profit forecast amid global downturn | detnews.com | The Detroit News TOKYO -- Japanese automaker Honda slashed its profit forecast for the fiscal year and said managers will take a 10 percent pay cut amid a global downturn in the auto industry. President Takeo Fukui blamed the lower earnings forecast on declining demand set off by the U.S. financial crisis and the nose-diving dollar, which recently fell to a 13-year low against the yen. Japan's second-biggest automaker now expects 185 billion yen $2.06 billion in group net profit for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:28 Article Views Rating: 154 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 2009 Ford Focus RS: full details and pricing announced The forthcoming Focus RS sports hatch by Ford was initially unveiled in concept configuration last July at the London Motor Show, and once more at the Paris Motor Show, but the design phase is about to be concluded and sales are anticipated to begin early in 2009.With the release of some official photos of the ultimate production variant of the vehicle, fresh details have been unveiled. Although almost all of the specs have already been established by Ford, some of the latest particulars consist of a... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-15 07:23:50 Article Views Rating: 146 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Bush is last hope for Detroit | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- In the waning days of his administration, President George W. Bush is poised to temporarily rescue General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC -- an unlikely turn of events for a chief executive who's had a rocky relationship with Detroit's Big Three. GM and Chrysler are banking on the president to use his authority to direct the Treasury Department to provide up to $15 billion in emergency aid to help them continue their operations for the rest of this year and into early next year. The White... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-15 07:23:42 Article Views Rating: 110 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Politicians shoot Michigan the bird | detnews.com | The Detroit News You can't scream expletive deleted in the newspaper, but you can in the chambers of the U.S. Capitol. For most of the past two years, as the presidential campaign raged around us but rarely crossed our borders, we begged for national attention. We actually believed that if the politicians and policy makers would just come here, see the struggles of our sustenance industry, talk to our laid-off workers and drowning business owners, walk over our devastated landscape, the scales would fall from their eyes... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-15 07:23:42 Article Views Rating: 79 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Hybrid Cars Fisker Karma The Manufacturer Says... “An environmentally friendly car without compromise.” The Critics Say... “Despite its environmental focus, the Fisker Karma is gorgeous. The swooping body looks like the offspring of a tryst between a Corvette Z06 and Maserati Quattroporte.”—CarandDriver.com “The Fisker Karma looks poised to provide the driving excitement to match rival luxury performance sedans … a low, wide stance, combined with the drivetrain configuration... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-14 20:12:57 Article Views Rating: 490 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Saturn fans create online petition to tell GM to keep the brand While GM hasn’t officially made the announcement, GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner noted that the brand is under review at last week’s congressional hearings. He said the GM will not allocate any money on future Saturn products and said that the brand has performed below the company’s expectations. Wagoner said that GM will focus all of its resources on Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC brands instead.Not taking the news very well, worried Saturn fans have created an online petition to help... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-12 06:46:21 Article Views Rating: 156 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM offering more cash back and outstanding deals on Red Tag sale As car sales continue to decline, auto makers continue to offer year-end deals in hopes to move models out of the showrooms. GM’s Red Tag Sale has been going on since November and today the General said that it has upped the amount of cash back it will offer on a couple of 2008 models that are still stuck at dealerships.Of course most, if not all, of the deals focus on SUVs and pickups with rebates ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 cash back. Some deals that we found pretty interesting in our area New... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-12 06:46:20 Article Views Rating: 131 |
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