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  • GM's pickup problem
    By now, many industry watchers figured that General Motors would be showing better progress. The company took out about $7 billion in costs from…
  • Warding off Chrysler's bidders
    It’s not exactly a poison pill. But if anything might ward off the suitors who are scouting an acquisition of the Chrysler Group from German…
  • Will Toyota's profit growth really slow to a near standstill?
    Toyota delivered another set of bumper results today in Tokyo, comfortably beating targets set in February. The figures are startling. Sales for…
  • One bidder left for Chrysler?
    Ever since Chrysler has been on the block, my sources have cautioned that the company is not worth a penny if the buyer takes over Chrysler's…
  • Respect for the Minivan Please
    There's hardly been a vehicle more maligned in the new century than the minivan. It's not justifiable. Ask anyone with a couple of kids, and…
  • The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy
    So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. Wait Don’t Tell Me” this past Saturday. The GM product boss said the…
  • The new Mini starts to Roar
    April sales figures confirm the second-generation Mini is getting traction around the globe. Sales of the Mini brand in April jumped 19.2 percent…
  • Green Lexus Gets a Ticking Off in Britain
    Red faces all round for the advertising execs behind a campaign for Lexus RX 400h hybrid in the UK. Britain's advertising watchdog has banned…
  • Chrysler's Future in Russia
    Last year when Chrysler reported its third big profit blowout in five years, the question of the automaker's survival loomed again. And speculation…
  • The Diesel Armada
    Thinking of buying a clean-diesel car to get better mileage? You might want to wait until 2008. European and Japanese automakers are about to…

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