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11 Rides to Scratch Off Your List

Consumer Reports says don't waste your money on these wheels

Mar 9, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but performance isn't. Here are the 11 vehicles Consumer Reports rates the worst in this year's testing:
  1. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited: Handles like a tank
  2. Hummer H3: Poor visibility, fuel economy
  3. Jeep Liberty Sport: Noisy, poor finish, fuel economy
  4. Chevrolet Aveo5:
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list • auto industry • Mercury Grand Marquis • Jeep Wrangler Unlimited • Hummer H3 • Jeep Liberty Sport • Chevrolet Aveo5 • Dodge Nitro SLT • Toyota FJ Cruiser • Toyota Yaris • Suzuki Forenza • Jeep Patriot • Chevrolet TrailBlazer

Porsche Speeds to $225B
Euro Empire

VW acquisition would create Europe's biggest car & truck company

Mar 4, 08 2:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The map of Europe's car and truck industry is set to be redrawn with Porsche's likely takeover of Volkswagen, the Financial Times reports. Porsche's board voted to boost the sports car manufacturer's stake in Volkswagen to more than 50% yesterday, only hours after Volkswagen said it would buy a controlling... More »

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Europe • merger • Volkswagen • auto industry • Porsche • auto sales • Scania

US Car Sales Sink in Slow Economy

GM, Ford, Chrysler,
and Toyota saw
sales fall last month

Mar 3, 08 9:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A tumbling US economy hit Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, and Toyota today as all four posted declining sales for last month, Bloomberg reports. Chrysler fell 14% as Ford dropped nearly 7% and GM suffered almost a 20% drop in light truck sales. "Primarily it's driven by the weak economy,... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • Ford • US economy • gas prices • auto industry • auto sales

Are Car Roofs Tough Enough?

US regulators consider stricter strength-to-weight standard

Mar 3, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Three-quarters of vehicles on the road today would fail a proposed tougher standard for automobile roof strength, reports the Wall Street Journal. The current standard, unchanged since 1973, requires that car roofs withstand a force equivalent to 1.5 times the vehicle’s weight, but it exempts those more than... More »

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car crash • auto industry • car safety • SUVs • car roof strength • rollover • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration • roof crush • cars

Auto Worker Powerhouse Doug Fraser
Dead at 91

Ex union boss helped save Chrysler from ruin

Feb 25, 08 2:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Former United Auto Workers president Doug Fraser, who played a vital role in saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, died yesterday at age 91. The cause of death was unknown, but Fraser had been suffering from emphysema, the Detroit Free Press reports. As UAW president during the ’70s and ’80s,... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • Detroit • unions • obituary • labor unions • auto industry • Ron Gettelfinger • Douglas Fraser • Wayne State University

Isuzu Says Sayonara to America

Japanese automaker bailing as passenger sales fall to nearly nothing

Jan 31, 08 1:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Japanese automaker Isuzu, which brought the US such treasures as the SUV and fictional car salesman Joe Isuzu, is closing up shop in the US, thanks to its nearly non-existent sales. Of the 16.1 million cars sold last year, just 7,098 were Isuzus. Said actor David Leisure, who... More »

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auto industry • SUVs • Isuzu • Joe Isuzu

Ford Trims Q4 Loss to $2.75B; Plans Job Cuts

Eying weak economy ahead, will offer new round of buyouts

Jan 24, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Ford Motor Co. said job cuts and plant closings helped slash its fourth quarter losses to $2.75 billion, Bloomberg reports, less than half of what they were a year ago. But, adds  the Wall Street Journal, the company plans to reduce its workforce by at least another 13,... More »

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Ford • corporate earnings • US economy • auto industry

Toyota, GM In Tie for
Top Automaker

Tie highlights two companies headed in opposite directions

Jan 23, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota has finally caught up with GM, after years of growing roughly five times as fast. GM’s sales rose 3% in 2007, to 9,369,524 vehicles, but it was only enough to tie Toyota, which last week announced sales of approximately 9.37 million, ending GM’s 76-year... More »

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Toyota • General Motors • automaker • auto industry • auto sales

OPINION

Mitt Outplayed Mac in Michigan

Pundits rush in before polls even close

Jan 15, 08 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - With Great Lakes State voting booths not quite closed—and polls tied—pundits are already writing post-mortems on the two-Republican race, and giving Mitt Romney the campaigning edge. The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn and Henry Payne in the National Review agree that Mitt hit his stride, convincing Michiganders he’... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • environmentalism • auto industry • Michigan primary • job

Romney Gets Personal in Michigan

Will candidate's more emotional touch save his campaign?

Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - You can go home again, Mitt Romney is finding in Michigan, where the GOP presidential candidate has adopted a softer approach as he vies for a badly needed primary victory in the state where he was born and raised and his father was governor. Voters are responding to the more... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Michigan • US economy • auto industry • Michigan primary

Malibu Wins Car of the Year

Mazda CX-9 wins best truck at Detroit auto show

Jan 13, 08 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - General Motors' goal of taking on the Camry and Accord got a boost today as the Chevy Malibu won North American Car of the Year at Detroit’s auto show, CNNMoney.com reports. Its Corvette-inspired twin-cockpit design, and a body shape similar to European luxury cars, has already won media... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • Mazda • Chevrolet • auto industry • auto show • Chevy Malibu • Mazda CX 9 • Detroit Auto Show • cars

Battery Is Burning Issue
for Electric Cars' Future

Manufacturers racing to make batteries that won't burst into flame

Jan 11, 08 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - One main obstacle is holding back the electric car, the Wall Street Journal reports: its unfortunate tendency to burst into flames. Lithium-ion batteries, the only kind small and light enough to power the industry’s designs, have a history of overheating in laptops and other consumer electronics. You can’t... More »

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Toyota • electric cars • auto industry • Chevrolet Volt

India's Tata Debuts $2,500 Car

Tata Motors' Nano could add millions of cars to India's already congested roads

Jan 10, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - It has no radio, air conditioning, or passenger-side mirror and only one windshield wiper; but what Tata Motors' newest offering, the Nano, does have is a price tag that could help millions of people become car owners: $2,500. The tiny 4-door sub-compact, the world's cheapest car, was unveiled at... More »

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pollution • India • miles per gallon • auto industry • Tata Motors • Nano • Ratan Tata • sub compact

Ford Sales Slump in December

Light-vehicle sales down 9% over Dec. '06, and off 12% for all of 2007

Jan 3, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Ford Motor Co. reported a 9% dip in US sales of cars and light trucks between last December and December 2007, capping off a dismal year for the company and the auto industry, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ford, which is third in US auto sales behind Toyota and leader... More »

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vehicles • Ford • US economy • auto industry • auto sales • cars

Cars Get Gadgety Makeovers

Vegas electronics show will preview next wave of tech upgrades

Jan 2, 08 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Cars could be the next must-have gadget, the Wall Street Journal reports, with Ford making Microsoft's Sync system standard issue on many models just a sign of things to come. Bringing the comforts of the digital age to the road will be a major theme of this year’s Consumer... More »

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Microsoft • auto industry • Ford Focus • Consumer Electronics Show • Microsoft Sync • Toyota Corolla • gadget

Toyota Poised to Overtake GM

Plans to build 9.95 million vehicles, widen lead as largest automaker

Dec 25, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota, the most profitable automaker in the world, says it will increase production by 5% to a record 9.95 million vehicles in 2008, opening up a lead over General Motors, Reuters reports. Toyota, which sold 9.36 million vehicles in 2007, also expects sales to increase 5% in 2008... More »

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Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • sales • auto industry • auto sales

Chrysler Faces Cash Crunch

Struggling automaker looks to sell assets to raise cash in a hurry

Dec 21, 07 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - With an auto industry novice as CEO, a product line trailing the rest of the industry, and an inadequate cost-cutting strategy, Chrysler is scrambling to sell assets to climb out of a deep financial hole. Four months after Cerberus Capital Management took the automaker private, the Wall Street Journal finds... More »

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Chrysler • Cerberus Capital Management • Stephen Feinberg • Robert Nardelli • auto industry

Feds Block California's Tougher Emissions Law

EPA refuses waiver with 16 states waiting in the wings

Dec 19, 07 11:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bush administration has refused to allow California and 16 other states to set their own strict standards on tailpipe admissions. EPA chief Stephen Johnson yesterday declined to grant California a federal waiver to impose its own standards on greenhouse gas admissions from vehicles. The other states were poised to... More »

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California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • auto industry • Jerry Brown • emissions standards

GM Offering Buyouts to 5,200 Workers

New round aims to slash labor costs

Dec 19, 07 5:59 AM CST
(Newser) - General Motors is offering to buy out another 5,200 hourly workers, the Detroit News reports. The automaker, worried that the slowdown in auto sales will carry into next year, is keen to get veteran workers out the door and lower-paid new workers in. Over 34,000 blue-collar workers left... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • labor • buyout • auto industry • Rick Wagoner

Calif. Clears Hurdle on Emissions Law

In blow to automakers, judge rules state can set standards on greenhouse gases

Dec 12, 07 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - California is one step closer to being able to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles after a federal judge today rejected the auto industry’s challenge to a state law, the Los Angeles Times reports. The state still needs a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency to implement its standards,... More »

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California • greenhouse gases • Environmental Protection Agency • fuel economy • auto industry

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