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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Closing auto dealerships leave void | detnews.com | The Detroit News In recent years, Plymouth Road in Livonia had become something of an automotive hub in the city: new car lots line the busy thoroughfare, along with mechanic shops, an engine plant and fueling stations. It could soon be hit with a "quadruple threat," Mayor Jack Kirksey said. That is, the closure of the Livonia Chrysler-Jeep this summer. Follow that next year with the possible closure of two more dealerships -- Tennyson Chevrolet and John Rogin Buick -- and then the planned shutdown of GM's powertrain... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-31 06:03:53 Article Views Rating: 82 Main > Car Makers News > Aston Martin > Aston Martin DBS Volante: A beautiful idea | detnews.com | The Detroit News I understand the Aston Martin DBS Volante is not for everybody. Not everyone will care for a $300,000, 12-cylinder, open-top super car that looks like love feels and sounds like whiskey tastes. But if you are one of these people -- these nugatory finger-waggers, these buzz-killing harpies of righteous socialism -- please, sit next to someone else at dinner. I will stick a fork in your eye. Yes, of course it's a car for rich jackasses, preening showoffs and enviro-criminals. Really, what part of Aston... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-31 06:03:50 Article Views Rating: 93 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mercedes pleases diesel lovers | detnews.com | The Detroit News The argument for more diesels coming to America continues to fall on deaf ears. People have told me: They don't like the fuel's smell. They worry about breathing particulates. Diesel costs more than gasoline sometimes. There are a host of other excuses why America shouldn't have diesel cars and trucks. There are some diesel trucks available. American auto executives will offer another set of excuses, such as exhaust treatment kits, diesel powertrain markups and lack of consumer interest. I'm a consumer... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-31 06:03:46 Article Views Rating: 81 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Calif. car auction nets $14M from collectors | detnews.com | The Detroit News More than 800 car collectors spent $14 million at an auction in California, snapping up Duesenberg and Mercedes-Benz models and passing on a 1939 Auto Union racer that was estimated to fetch as much as $10 million. Jay Leno, the comedian and talk-show host, was among the selective crowd at the Bonhams & Butterfields sale in Carmel that had been forecast by the organizers to make as much as $35 million. Last year's event totaled $21 million. The Auto Union racing car had been expected to make the most... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:18 Article Views Rating: 70 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Equinox designed for comeback | detnews.com | The Detroit News As a taxpayer, I want General Motors Co. to do well. I own a piece of it, too. As a consumer, I want GM to build competitive vehicles: It raises everyone's game. As an employee in Detroit, I want GM to stay around: No one wants to eat at Lafayette Coney Island alone. Thank goodness Chevrolet introduced the 2010 Equinox. This compact crossover has "comeback" written all over it. Well priced, fuel efficient and nicely appointed, the Equinox sets a new benchmark for every automaker. It's high tech and... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:17 Article Views Rating: 80 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Germany invests millions in race for battery-powered car | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Forget that they're cramped, have a limited driving range and outstrip the average consumer's pocketbook. The race is on to create a viable electric car. Germany -- home to brands including Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW -- became the latest country to fast track development of electric cars, the government approving a plan Wednesday that aims to put 1 million of them on the road by 2020. The goal is ambitious. Of the 41 million cars in the country, only 1,452 are electric, and Germany is entering an... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:15 Article Views Rating: 69 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Marchionne makes himself at home with new condo | detnews.com | The Detroit News Sergio Marchionne is a man with two jobs and now two homes on two continents. The chief executive officer of Chrysler Group LLC in Auburn Hills and Fiat SpA in Turin, Italy, has purchased a condo in Metro Detroit, where he is spending a lot of time restructuring the ailing U.S. automaker. Purchasing a place to call home in Birmingham can be seen as a commitment to the area as well as to the automaker, which was not the case with the last man whose job it was to turn Chrysler around. Marchionne "needs to... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:13 Article Views Rating: 72 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > 2010 Subaru Forester a solid, but dull, compact SUV | detnews.com | The Detroit News For a year, I've been hearing about the 2009 Subaru Forester. It's gathered lots of awards, accolades and all-around praise. People love it, and the commercials I've seen always leave a little warm spot in my belly. I've been scheduled to drive it a few times, but the timing was never right. It was delayed at the car wash or I was out of town. Maybe I was subconsciously avoiding our first date. From a distance, I didn't understand any of the raving over this vehicle that has been having a gang buster... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:11 Article Views Rating: 46 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > SUV luxury with downsized guilt: the Audi Q5 | detnews.com | The Detroit News The most astonishing thing about my time in the 2009 Audi Q5 was that I actually took it off road, with dirt and everything. Granted, I was in West Los Angeles, where the creeks burble with Bollinger and raccoons wear rhinestone collars. Nonetheless, for most buyers in the compact luxury sport-utility segment, my little excursion on a home construction site might as well have been crossing the Gobi. You know these vehicles. Indeed, you cannot swing a rhinestone-wearing raccoon on the Westside without... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:08 Article Views Rating: 54 Main > Car Makers News > Other > How I claimed a (very small) part of Corvette history | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- It's a rare opportunity to drive a piece of history. But sure enough, sitting in a parking lot full of 2010 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport models was a white Corvette with 1,500,000 written across the top of its windshield. The once-in-a-lifetime machine will spend its days at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., not far from the assembly plant that puts it together. But on Wednesday, this beautiful ride was parked in Milford and Chevrolet officials said I could take this convertible for a... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:03 Article Views Rating: 30 |
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