Bailout Watch 51: Reverend Jesse Jackson Votes
Aye

post from The Truth About Cars on 17 September 2008 06:06:33 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Automotive News [sub] reports that JJ’s busy lobbying on behalf of Tthe Big 2.8, helping them secure $25b to $50b in low-interest federal loans. “‘Just how many cities will sink, how many small towns will sink, how many homeowners will be facing foreclosures, and how many kids will have to come out of school?” Jackson [...]

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Top Ten Ways to Prepare Your Car For Winter

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 17 September 2008 05:57:24 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Winter is on it’s way, and cold weather can be tough on cars. So here are a few simple steps you can take to help protect your car from the badness nature can inflict. They’re not all necessary, but they’re all helpful, so do what you can. 1. Change Your [...]

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2010 VW Rabbit TDI Will Hop [Sorry] Into The U.S.
Next Fall

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 17 September 2008 05:21:50 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

2010 Volkswagen Rabbit TDI Spy PhotoEagerly anticipated by environmentalists and Vee Dub fans, the 2010 eco-friendly, diesel-fueled VW Rabbit TDI will be introduced to the U.S. in the fall of ‘09. According the VW, the Rabbit TDI’s will be released in a limited number and are intended to measure the market’s receptiveness of compact, [...]

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Tesla Death Watch 39: California Dreamin

post from The Truth About Cars on 17 September 2008 04:06:56 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Tesla Motors says it’s secured 90 acres between San Jose and Santa Clara, CA to build its world headquarters. Oh, and production facilities for its (supposedly) upcoming Model S (nee White Star) sedan. The announcement is creating all kinds of excitement among the kind of people who use terms like “green [...]

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Question of the Day: Bought Any New Cars Lately

post from The Truth About Cars on 17 September 2008 04:06:55 PM. © The Truth About Cars

From time to time, even those of us on the inside of TTAC forget that one of our primary missions to help you make smart, informed purchases. Some of you might remember my friend who was torn between a slightly used Honda Accord and a slightly more used Infiniti G35 (she would up with [...]

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Honda Poo-Poos Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
(PHEV)

post from The Truth About Cars on 17 September 2008 04:06:55 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Up to now, it’s been a two-way PHEV cat fight. Within the last 24 hours, Toyota said GM’s lithium-ion approach sucks eggs and took on GM’s Volt-only $7500 federal tax rebate. GM Car Czar Bob Lutz retaliated with “Eat My Dust” comments on his FastLane Blog. And now it’s a three way, with Honda telling [...]

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Bailout Watch 50: In Lehmans Terms

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Ford Chairman Bill Ford is trying desperately to put some daylight between his industry’s bailout request and the ongoing mop-up of what’s left of the U.S. financial system. “People see this as a very separable issue,” Ford told Automotive News [sub] after an epic DC beg-a-thon. As gung-ho as Michigan reps are [...]

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2011 Jaguar XJ Spy Shots Revealed, Sir William
Lyons Turns In His Grave

Jaguar XJ ConceptSpy shots and concept photos published in British publication Car [which I came across via Autopia] reveal a Jaguar XJ that has been redesigned to ensure that Jaguar ultimately meets the same fate as Volvo: obscurity and unpopularity. Abandoning the traditional makeup WHICH MADE THEM LEGENDARY - ahem, excuse me - Jaguar’s design [...]

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Cimmawhat The Four-Pot Caddy Lives!

“You’ll see some V-8s in trucks and high performance cars in the future, but they’ll be priced to discourage people from buying them,” GM Car Czar Bob Lutz told reporters in a recent interview. “In 5 to 10 years, the 4-cylinder will be the predominant engine.” This maximum prognostication is hardly a shocker [...]

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Cerberus Swears Youll Want A New Chrysler Someday

There’s more news re: Chrysler’s mysterious-yet-overhyped 2010 model line, this time from former Treasury Secretary and current Cerberus bigwig John Snow. Despite earlier conflicting reports from John Campi and Jim Press on the number of 2010 model releases, Snow says there will be seven new Chryslers come the mythical year. The [...]

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