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April 2008
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eBay Auction of the Day: ‘Intimidator’ Bumper Car
From Winding Road | April 29, 2008After countless years on the Santa Monica Pier in California spent ferrying the NASCAR dreams of bouncing youth in 90-second intervals... more
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Malibu Taking More Conquest Sales from Foreign Makes
From Winding Road | April 29, 2008It’s been well established that the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu has been a sales leader for General Motors, easily surpassing the popularity of... more
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QOTD: Should the Feds Bail Out GM?
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008It's been a frenetic couple of few news days, and most of it's been bad. Especially for GM. Thirty-two GM plants are off-line, high... more
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Welcome To Burnaby, Where The Europas And Beats Roam Free [Down...
From Jalopnik | April 29, 2008We saw the Chuck D-centric Olds 98 in Toronto a couple weeks back, and now the Canadian contingent is back with a whole bunch of seriously... more
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GM Cuts Truck Production, Big Style
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008The Detroit News reports that GM will be cutting one shift from its Flint, Pontiac, Oshawa, Ontario, and Janesville, WI factories by July... more
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Pork Advanced As Cure For Depression
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008While GM cuts through the hard times, in Washington DC a far more palatable (for the industry) cure for depression is being suggested: pork... more
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Drive over Water: Chinese Man Challenges Gravity
From Winding Road | April 29, 2008GM impressed its audience by debuting the Buick Invicta concept on hovering on water prior to the Beijing Auto Show, but that seems easy... more
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GMAC Loses $589m in Q1
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008GMAC is the lender underwriting the vast majority of GM dealers' loans, facilitating the finance that's been fueling GM sales. GMAC... more
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New Buick and Hummer Models Re-Think Small
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008AutoWeek reports GM's downsizing models to meet the new federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regs. Buick is thinking of a Corolla... more
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GM cutting shifts from truck factories
From Straightline | April 29, 2008While Honda and others are reaping the benefits from selling loads of smaller cars, the makers of big trucks an SUVs are taking it it on the... more
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You Wanna Drive A Cadillac CTS Convertible, Expect To Pay The Consequences...
From Jalopnik | April 29, 2008Retired? Living in Florida? Coach Builders Inc. has the car for you. Perhaps tired of seeing our treasured senior citizens driving around... more
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Toyota Inventories Swell, GM Cuts Truck Production
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008Jim Croce wouldn't like TTAC; we have no compunctions about tugging on Superman's cape. In fact, it's no big deal. But it is for... more
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Pics Aplenty: Keating SKR supercar
From Autoblog | April 29, 2008Filed under: SupercarsClick above for a high-res gallery of the Keating SKR.Last week saw the unveiling of the Keating SKR, a bespoke supercar... more
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GM Slashing Truck Production; Worse May be Coming
From The Car Connection | April 29, 2008Automaker forced to slash SUV and pickup production; potential strikes could cripple midsize and crossover lines.(TCC Blog) more
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In Iraq, air conditioning is No. 1 priority
April 29, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesVehicle owners facing repairs -- and scorching temperatures -- make sure the A/C is fixed before other problems... more
