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Were The Big Three. We Dont Need to Compete. [Pic]
treehugger.com — Funny picture, but it definitely speaks the truth.More… (Autos)
Maryland Students Use Speed Cameras for Revenge
thenewspaper.com — Because photo enforcement devices will automatically mail out a ticket to any registered vehicle owner based solely on a photograph of a license plate, any driver could receive a ticket if someone else creates a duplicate of his license plate and drives quickly past a speed camera. More… (Autos)
Bailout Chrysler When Its Parent Company is Flush with Cash?
forbes.com — Chrysler is the smallest of the Big Three automakers, but it stands apart from its peers in another crucial respect. While GM and the Ford Motor Company are public corporations, Chrysler is controlled by Cerberus, one of the world’s richest and most secretive private investment companies. Why is Cerberus begging for a bailout? Because they can.More… (Autos)
Doctor leaves secret £6 million Bugatti in his will
telegraph.co.uk — Relatives of an eccentric doctor received a dream bequest when he left them a garage containing a 1937 Bugatti.More… (Autos)
Chrysler closing all 30 plants for a month
chicagobreakingnews.com — DETROIT -- Chrysler says it will close all 30 of its manufacturing plants for a month starting Friday. The company needs to match production to slowing demand and conserve cash. More… (Autos)
Hyundai: Lost Your Job? Return Your Car, No Additional Cost
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Dubbed the Hyundai Assurance Program, the South Korean automaker said that people who finance or lease a new Hyundai during the next 12 months can return the car if they “experience an involuntary loss of income” within one year of the purchase date.More… (Autos)
Smart Speed Bump Flattens When You're Driving Slow
gizmodo.com — My car has a terrible suspension so I hate speed bumps. Even people with decent cars probably feel the same way. Wouldn't it be awesome if the speed bump flattened when you were driving slow?More… (Autos)
Angry Driver Kills Homeless Man for Trying to Wash Windows
nbcbayarea.com — A transient who was washing car windows outside a gas station in Salinas, CA died after on Friday being knocked down by a man buying gas, according to police.More… (Autos)
Are Speeders with Police Stickers Getting Away w/ Anything?
rd.com — You've seen those badge-like decals dot hopeful windshields across America—the ones that say something like Supporter, PBA. Typically, you make a donation to the group and you get a sticker as a “thank-you gift.” Then (wink-wink, nudge-nudge) the sticker goes onto a car window and becomes—you hope—an amulet against a $300 ticket....More… (Autos)
World's first flying car on the roads from next year
dailymail.co.uk — It's been a pipe dream for 30 years and now a company is taking orders for the world's first fully available flying car - to be delivered next year.More… (Autos)
Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss - First Look and photos
motortrend.com — Supercar from future for just 750,000 euroMore… (Autos)
The Foreign-Owned Southern Auto Industry and the GOP
newsweek.com — Less than two decades ago, Detroit's Big Three were the U.S. auto industry. But now there's a second auto industry: one that is nonunion, foreign-owned and Dixie-based. That's why Southern senators worked so hard to block the bailout.More… (Autos)
GOP on the Big 3 bailout: Don't blame us, blame the UAW
politico.com — As GM announced the temporary closure of 20 plants Friday, Republicans who fought a White House-backed bailout plan want Americans to blame the UAW and think about Blagojevich. The GOP strategy, previewed in an action alert sent by a Republican lobbyist and outlined by Republican aides, is based on the idea that the best defense is a good offense.More… (Autos)
Inside The Chevy Volt [pics]
fastcompany.com — Amid record losses, plunging sales, a stock that has sunk as low as its 1950 price, and awkward merger talks, the 100-year old carmaker is hoping that its new Chevy, due in 2010, can reenergize its image and its bottom line. Volt design director Bob Boniface says his team wanted to make sure the car looked better than other electric-car concepts...More… (Autos)
Radical design proposed for London bus
uk.cars.yahoo.com — Hugh Frost, an industrial designer, reckons he has an answer to London's (and other cities) pollution and congestion problems in one: a new vehicle that consolidates passenger and freight transportation.More… (Autos)
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