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Chrysler Suicide Watch 39: Partnership for
technology transformation

post from The Truth About Cars on 28 August 2008 11:07:13 PM. © The Truth About Cars

The following Q&A was published on Chrysler's Firehouse media blog. TTAC republishes it here in its entirety, without editing, to provide insight into Chrysler's call on the public purse, and the ailing automaker's plans for the future. Such as they are... "The campaign season is in full swing, with the Democrats holding their convention in Denver this week, and the Republicans meeting in Minneapolis-St. Paul next week. John Bozzella, Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy, will be at both conventions, hoping to win over Congressional support for funding the auto industry’s technology transformation to build a new fleet of fuel-efficient vehicles. We talked to Bozzella from Democratic Convention in Denver about the effort.

Q – Why are you in Denver this week and what are you hoping to accomplish?

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Cadillac Employee Pricing Huh

post from The Truth About Cars on 28 August 2008 10:07:16 PM. © The Truth About Cars

My time writing for TTAC is strictly limited. Farago asked me to pinch hit while he's otherwise engaged. As soon as this site's founder returns from his light bulb changing duties, I'm going back to my regular, better-paying job. So while I've got the floor, I'd just like to share a revelation…. I heard a [...]

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Bailout Watch 15: GM Car Czar Stops Making Sense.
Again. Still.

post from The Truth About Cars on 28 August 2008 10:07:16 PM. © The Truth About Cars

And the hits to GM's credibility keep on happening, courtesy of their Car Czar's inability to let discretion be the better part of valor (a problem not unknown to TTAC's crack cadre of cumudgeons). This time 'round, the AP reports that Bob Lutz predicts that GM will be back in black by 2010. Well, [...]

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Depreciation is Good! The V8 Impala SS

post from Car of the Day on 28 August 2008 09:33:13 PM. © Car of the Day

The 2006-2008 Chevy Impala SS came with a 303hp 5.3 liter V8. Sure the Impala isn’t the[...]

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New Volvo C30 Race Car

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 28 August 2008 08:11:37 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Volvo C30 Race CarFor a variety of reasons, Volvo has been given a ton of space on Ridelust recently. So I promise this will be my last Volvo post in awhile. But I just couldn’t resist reporting on the Swedish automaker’s new race car based on the C30 which is replacing the S60 in [...]

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Cloned and Resto-Mod Muscle Cars

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 28 August 2008 08:08:29 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

1968 Mercury CougarWhen new factory shells of Classic Mustangs and Camaros began production a couple of years ago, many thought that it would hurt the collectible car world; either by diluting the market with too many vehicles or by deceiving buyers into thinking they were getting an authentic classic car instead of a clone. [...]

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CarDomain Slams TTAC

post from The Truth About Cars on 28 August 2008 08:07:05 PM. © The Truth About Cars

After Captain Mike today posted that he was having a difficult time merely test driving a Challenger SRT8 before putting down his hard-earned cash to buy one, not everyone was sympathetic. In fact, Jen Dunnaway - the editor of the blog section over at CarDomain.com, described it as her "Sour grapes of the day." She [...]

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Bailout Watch 14: GM Car Czar Stops Making Sense.
Again. Still.

Speaking to Automotive News [sub], GM Car Czar Bob Lutz showed the world (or at least TTAC's Best and Brightest) why he has a lock on our annual Bob Lutz Award. "I do think the American automobile business is deserving of government loan guarantees because the financial institutions in the U.S. are so [...]

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