Bob Lutz is perhaps America's best known auto industry executive, and a living legend in auto circles the world over. And at age 80, he is not done yet and offering to take over the recently failed Fisker Automotive and breathe life back into the car and company. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Fisker Automotive News
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The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Chrysler News, Ford News, GM News
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The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Auto Sales, Car Crashes
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General Motors has pulled and edited a commercial after complaints surfaced about its offensive content. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Car Commercials, GM News
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A rare car once used by Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill is being sold on the auction site eBay. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Weird Car News, Car Values, Famous Cars
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President Obama is set today to nominate Charlotte, NC Mayor Anthony Foxx, a man who is in process of bringing electrified street cars to his city, as the new Secretary of Transportation. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News
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Who in their right mind thinks suicide is funny? ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Car Commercials, Hyundai News
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Toyota held onto its status as the world's top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as The Japanese automaker's sales fall in China and Japan. ...
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Ford Motor Co. reported better-than-expected first quarter earnings thanks in part to a brisk business the automaker is doing with its Ford Fusion family sedan, which won AOL Autos Car of the Year honors for 2012. ...
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If you are one of the many Americans who think that voice-to-text applications on smartphones can make it safe to text while driving, think again. According to a research study released Tuesday, voice-to-text systems on handheld devices offer no measurable safety benefits to drivers over manual ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Automotive Technology, Driving
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For the first time, Lexus, one of America's most popular luxury car brands, will build cars in the United States. ...
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Ford marked one milestone with another Wednesday afternoon. ...
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A website posing as a car dealership scams 15 people out of thousands of dollars in New Mexico ...
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It's auto show time again as The New York International Auto Show gets underway this week. What grabs our attention usually is the hot new designs, especially of luxury brands like BMW, Porsche and Audi. But according to some new research, the thing that carries the most weight with the public these ...
CATEGORIES: Fuel Efficiency, Automotive News, Automotive Technology
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There is a new sherrif in town in Detroit, the home of America's home-grown auto industry. The Republican Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, chose Washington DC bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr as emergency manager of the nearly destitute city, pushing the elected Mayor and City Council aside to see if ...
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Back when there was a debate raging about whether the U.S. auto industry was worth a tax-payer financed bailout in 2009, one of the key arguments for the rescue were the jobs that would be preserved, protected and created. Almost four years later, the jobs are growing as consumers go back in droves ...
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A new survey shows consumers view Ford as the "Most American" company in the United States. But it might not even be the most American car company, says an annual study, let alone the most American overall company. ...
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The city of Detroit must have an "emergency manager," to solve the city's financial emergency, according to Governor Rick Snyder, who made the pronouncement today. The move will essentially over-ride Detroit's elected government, and could be a pre-cursor to a bankruptcy for the "Motor City." ...
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Danica Patrick is accustomed to hearing the word "first" attached as a suffix to her name. She's the first woman to win a race in the IndyCar series, first woman to finish among the top three in the Indianapolis 500, first woman to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole. ...
CATEGORIES: Automotive News
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General Motors' earnings and market share were down in 2012 despite a better year for car sales in the U.S., a combination that soured Wall Street on the automaker's fourth quarter and year-end earnings report. ...
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