| GM will increase truck discount |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Washington - General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson said Friday the company will respond to hefty incentive spending by its competitors on trucks."We were interested in the way some of our ...
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| NHTSA wants black box mandate |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Washington - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday proposed to require all vehicles built after September 2014 to have event data recorders.The so-called black boxes capture ...
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| Auto dealerships owner buys Detroits Lafayette Towers |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Detroit - A Detroit investment firm bought the landmark Lafayette Towers Apartments from the city for $5.8 million.The 22-story, 584-unit apartment tower in the Lafayette Park neighborhood's ...
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| Ford recalls Fusion for second time in two weeks |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Ford Motor Co. is recalling 19,106 2013 Fusion sedans in the US to replace faulty headlamps, The Chicago Tribune quoted federal safety officials as saying. Ford said in documents filed with the ...
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| GM facing tough choice on trucks in Dec. |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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General Motors, the only domestic automaker whose pickup sales dropped in November, faces a difficult choice in December: boost incentives or risk losing sales during one of the biggest pickup sales ...
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| GM Michigan Tech students develop hand cycle for injured veterans |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Michigan Technological University senior engineering student James Cook with the Tomahawk racing hand cycle he helped engineer. / Sarah Bird/Michigan Technological ...
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| NHTSA to require vehicle recorders |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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WASHINGTON -- Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride.The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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| Honda Fit Sedan, Hatchback, and Crossover Built at Mexico Facility Starting in 2014 |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Honda is planning on building three different forms of the Fit subcompact at the automaker’s assembly facility in Mexico. The new facility is still being built, but is expected to be fully operational by 2014. Surprisingly, Honda plans on building a sedan variant as well as a crossover based on the Fit, both of which [...]
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| Chrysler Baiting Volkswagen Owners with $1,000 Rebate to Trade in Vehicle |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Fiat has been rather feisty over the past couple of weeks. Earlier last month at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Fiat head of product marketing, Matt Davis, claimed that the Nissan Leaf is “visual pollution.” Nissan returned fire quickly with a simple, yet effective tactic of repeating of the insult back to Fiat. Now, it [...]
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| Thread of the Day: Which New Cars Would Look Best with Lamborghini-Style Doors? |
Dec 8th, 2012 |
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Although most cars offer front-hinged doors that swing out horizontally, there are a few exotic and luxury cars that offer unique door opening mechanisms. For example, the DeLorean DMC-12 and Mercedes-Benz SLS both feature gull-wing doors, while older Lincoln Continentals and the Rolls-Royce Phantom offer rear-hinged suicide doors. But the most recognizable alternative door system [...]
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