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(Newser) - Indian automaker Tata has 203,000 domestic orders for the Nano—the world’s cheapest car—which will start delivery in July, Bloomberg reports. The first editions of the $2,500 vehicle will go out to just 100,000 eager buyers, who will be chosen by lottery and must put... More »

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India • automaker • auto industry • Tata Nano • cars • thrift

'Cash for Clunkers' Plan
Hits Skids With Auto Experts

Critics call green scheme misguided, too narrow

May 2, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Cash for Clunkers,” a congressional effort to remove older, gas-guzzling cars from the road, is gaining traction on Capitol Hill, but remains controversial elsewhere, MSNBC reports. The plan would offer drivers a $4,500 voucher toward new, fuel-efficient cars in exchange for trading in their environmentally unfriendly vehicles.... More »

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environment • fuel efficiency • miles per gallon • vouchers • drivers • cars • US Senate • Cash for Clunkers

AUTO REVIEW

 Honda Ready to 
 Take On the Prius 

Insight cheaper, simpler than Toyota's hybrid king

Apr 28, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honda is rolling out a fresh—and worthy—competitor to Toyota’s Prius, king of the hybrid market, writes Joseph P. White in the Wall Street Journal. The 2010 Insight will sell for just under $20,000, some $2,000 less than the most popular Prius model, and gets “... More »

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Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • cars • Honda Insight • mileage

OPINION

 Pontiac Dies, 
 But Its Greats Live On 


Apr 27, 09 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - As General Motors' Pontiac line is phased out, Ben Wojdyla, on Jalopnik, remembers the truly great cars that bore the mark. If you've got one, keep your garage clean and await a payday.
  • 2009 G8 GXP: "GM should be saved for no other reason than to put
... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • recession • Pontiac • auto industry • cars

OPINION

 Five '70s Cars That Plain Suck 


Apr 19, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 1970s was "a decade of excess mediocrity in so many quarters it's hard to catalog it all," Tony Borroz writes in Wired. But you can start with the cars. Here follow five total flops.
  • Ford Mustang Cobra II: "An over-glorified Pinto" that made a
... More »

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Chrysler • Ford • AMC • Chevrolet • auto industry • Mercury • 1970s • cars

(Newser) - A Colorado woman who wanted to advertise her vegan diet with an ILVTOFU vanity license plate is out of luck, the Denver Post reports. The state’s DMV maintains a list of banned letter combinations, of which FU is one. “We don’t allow ‘FU’ because some people... More »

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Denver • censorship • Colorado • Department of Motor Vehicles • cars • license plates • vanity plates • tofu

Car Lovers Just Don't Get Keyed Up Anymore

Romance with Detroit's best is fading

Apr 4, 09 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where have all the car buffs gone? For many, the allure of that new car smell is fading: Figures show new-vehicle sales are down 38%, and despite warranties lasting 7 or 10 years, 40% of last year’s trade-ins were less than 4 years old. But recession is only partly... More »

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automaker • auto sales • cars

movie review


 Fast & Furious 
 Fast, Furious 

Fourth installment just what you expect

Apr 3, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fast & Furious, the fourth installment in the series that made Vin Diesel a star, is “exactly and precisely what you'd expect,” writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times—and his fellow critics agree:
  • “If you're in the mood for a lot of vroom, vroom, thump,
... More »

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film • movie review • movies • cars • Vin Diesel

 Sinking Car Sales May 
 Be on the Rebound 

Today's figures 'as low as it's going to get': analyst

Apr 1, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Figures to be released today are likely to show a third straight month of annualized new-car sales below 10 million, the Wall Street Journal reports—but there’s a chance those numbers have hit bottom. Considering the size of the American consumer market, today’s figure “is about as... More »

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auto industry • auto sales • cars • financial crisis • auto bailout

(Newser) - Relax, Rush Limbaugh: California is not going to outlaw your favorite car color. The California Air Resources Board said yesterday that it isn’t, and never was, planning to ban black rides to mitigate greenhouse gases, the LA Times reports. A report to the CARB about the advantages of... More »

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environment • California • greenhouse gases • Rush Limbaugh • cars

Auto review


 Critics Bowled Over 
 by World's Cheapest Car 

It's $2K, but the Tata Nano provides bang for your buck

Mar 26, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - India unveiled the world's cheapest car this week, and a few lucky drivers took the $2,000 Tata Nano for a test drive. Their reactions:
  • “A surprisingly smooth ride. Thrifty transport is not meant to be this comfortable,” writes Randeep Ramesh in the Guardian. “Built for
... More »

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reviews • Tata Motors • Tata Nano • cars

(Newser) - Car owners sideswiped by the economy have spurred a nationwide wave of arson and abandonment—last-ditch attempts to collect on insurance, the Wall Street Journal reports. Auto arson claims rose 6% nationally in 2008; in some particularly speculative states, the rate jumped as much as 18%. “Lots of desperate... More »

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crime • Las Vegas • recession • arson • insurance fraud • cars • economic downturn



 Why Thieves 
 Don't Care 
 About Your 
 Car Stereo 

New devices can't be transferred between cars

Mar 24, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million car stereos were stolen in 1994, but in the past 15 years, yearly thefts have plummeted by more than half, NPR reports. Why? Automakers now install good stereos from the start, and “there's no market for factory radios because they normally don't fit in any... More »

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radio • theft • cars • car theft • stereo

 India Rolls Out 
 World's Cheapest Car 

Tata Motors plans to take $2,000 car to Europe, US

Mar 24, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - India's Tata Motors rolled out its $2000 Nano car yesterday, six months late but with grander plans than ever, reports the Los Angeles Times. The company aims to sell the vehicle—10 feet long and less than 5 feet wide—not only to India's emerging middle class, but to the... More »

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India • auto industry • Tata Motors • Tata Nano • cars

 For April 1, an Ikea Car? 


Mar 23, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ikea says it’s unveiling a car March 31, but the day after that is—you got it—April 1, Jalopnik reports. The Leko, which is touted by its “designer” on a French website set up by the Swedish home-furnishing giant, will be modular, able to operate as a... More »

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Ikea • April Fools' Day • cars • modular • convertible • Leko

AUTO REVIEW

Muscled and Svelte, New Camaro Is No Meathead

Reworked car could be Detroit's savior

Mar 21, 09 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors hopes to muscle its way back from the brink of bankruptcy by reintroducing the Chevrolet Camaro, a macho stud-machine that is flexed to impress, Joseph Szczesny writes in Time. “The new Camaro goes well beyond the old-fashioned ‘Detroit iron’ of the 1960s and '70s,” writes... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • fuel efficiency • Chevrolet • cars

(Newser) - The US will provide $5 billion in aid to the nation’s auto-parts manufacturers, a sector struggling because of the tenuous financial situation of Detroit’s Big Three car companies, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Many parts makers face bankruptcy, as they have not been paid for product delivered.... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • recession • Ford • credit crisis • manufacturer • bailout • cars • auto bailout • auto-parts suppliers

 Recession Lifts 
 Auto Repair Shops 

People aim to keep cars running rather than buy new ones

Mar 17, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - For car mechanics, the recession has its perks: Americans are flocking to repair shops to ensure their vehicles run longer in tough times, CNNMoney reports. Automotive Service Association members have seen a 16% boost in sales compared to last year. “In relative terms, that $1,000 repair to keep... More »

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recession • auto industry • cars • repair shop • auto worker

Drive Past the Body Shop: Sun Will Repair Scratches

New self-healing coating will save you money, time

Mar 13, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sun will soon be able to help repair the scratches on everything from iPods to cars. Researchers have developed a polyurethane coating that heals itself when exposed to UV radiation, Wired reports. The coating, which should be available in a few months, could save consumers money and reduce waste... More »

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waste • iPod • sun • consumer spending • chemistry • ultraviolet light • cars • automobile

 Think Repo Men 
 Like Recession? 
 Think Again 

Victims 'hide' cars, 'fight over them'

Mar 10, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Repossession agents must thrive on recession, right? Wrong, reports the Wall Street Journal. “People are doing everything they can now to hold onto what they’ve got,” says the owner of an auto-recovery business, whose revenue plunged 23% in 2008. “Do you think they’re going to... More »

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recession • repossessions • economy • cars • financial crisis

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