Delphi Exiting Bankruptcy

post from The Truth About Cars on 06 October 2009 06:06:31 PM. © The Truth About Cars

After four years in Chapter 11 protection, GM’s largest supplier Delphi is returning to the land of the living. For now. Along the way, though, Delphi racked up some impressive bills. Automotive News [sub] estimates that GM has spent $12.5b on Delphi during its bankruptcy, and has pledged a further $1b in debt assumption, $2b [...]

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2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus
Edition Debuts In Annual Christmas Book

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 06 October 2009 05:21:58 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

With September over and fall fast approaching, it’s time once again to prepare for the season of crushing debt. All too happy to accommodate is the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, which every year features an exclusive edition of the coming year’s hottest luxury vehicle. This year’s debutante is the 2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus [...]

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-in-annual-christmas-book/

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Honda CR-Z Version 2.0: Advanced Sensual Bullet

post from The Truth About Cars on 06 October 2009 05:06:33 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Honda has shown a new, near-production version of its forthcoming CR-Z hybrid sports coupe. According to this video, Honda is calling its design language “Advanced Sensual Bullet.” You feeling it? If not, research is already underway on modifications to make the neo-CRX look more like the ur-CRX. And styling aside, the contrast between the CR-Z [...]

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Tweets on Cars: Stupid iPhone won't work...

post from Karl on Cars on 06 October 2009 05:01:55 PM. © Karl on Cars

Stupid iPhone won't work with stupid European cell system, even though it's supposed to and the other U.S. iPhones on this trip do. Stupid!

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Toyota FT-EV II Concept Continues Traditional
Penchant For The Peculiar

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 06 October 2009 04:18:52 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Apparently there’s an unwritten rule in the automotive industry that in order for your EV to even be considered for widespread commercial success, it must be extremely weird and you presentation of it even weirder. Adhering perfectly to that design rule is the Toyota FT-EV II Concept, Toyota’s companion piece to the original Future Toyota [...]

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Toyota Hybrids Facing US-Market Ban

post from The Truth About Cars on 06 October 2009 04:06:33 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Bloomberg reports that the US International Trade Commission has launched a probe of alleged patent violations which could result in the banning of all Toyota hybrids from the US market. Paice LLC won a 2005 civil suit against Toyota, in which Paice’s founder Alex Severinsky sought a court order banning the sale of Toyota’s Prius, [...]

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Audi Approves R8 EV, A3 Sedan For US Market

post from The Truth About Cars on 06 October 2009 04:06:33 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Audi’s US market product plans have been spilled to Automotive News [sub], and there are a few surprises in the mix. The e-tron all-electric R8 has reportedly been given a green light for production within two to three years. Staying with Audi’s EV plans, there’s word that the Europe-only A2 could be brought back as [...]

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2011 Mazda RX-7

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Federal Trade Commission Orders Clear and
Conspicuous Disclosure For Blogs

The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised rules guiding advertisement, endorsements and disclosure for bloggers. These new rules will particularly affect car bloggers, due to the heavy influence that advertising relationships exert in editorial decisions by auto journalists. And the seemingly undying trend in mainstream auto “journalism” towards pimpatorials. Needless to say, they also validate [...]

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Swedish Gov Grants Saab $585M Loan, Leaves Volvo
To The Buzzards

Late yesterday evening, reports broke that the Swedish government had agreed to guarantee Saab’s request for a $585 million European Investment Bank loan apparently needed to secure Koenigsegg’s tentative bid for acquisition. Today, a spokeswoman for Swedish Industry Minister Maud Olofsson stressed that although the government has tentatively approved the disbursement of funds, the transaction [...]

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