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Bailout Watch 229: GM CEO: “Our Bailout Plan’s Ready”

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:22:42 +0000

Just hours after Washington legislators told Rick Wagoner to come-up with a more compelling case for bailout billions, GM’s CEO assured The Detroit News that he’s already ready to submit his new new new new new turnaround plan. “We’ve got the plans and are ready to go,” Wagoner told the hometown paper. “We’re not starting [...]

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Bailout Watch 229: GM CEO: “Our Plan’s Ready”

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:54 +0000

Just hours after Washington legislators told Rick Wagoner to come-up with a more compelling case for bailout billions, GM’s CEO assured The Detroit News that he’s already ready to submit his new new new new new turnaround plan to skeptical legislators. “We’ve got the plans and are ready to go,” Wagoner told the hometown paper. [...]

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Edmunds confused by J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction results

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:20:51 +0000

J.D. Power has released its latest Sales Satisfaction Index Study results. And once again, some people are confused by what this survey measures. Edmunds: “In an unusual twist, many Asian brands — including Honda, Toyota, Scion, Subaru, Suzuki, Hyundai and Mazda — ranked below the industry-average customer satisfaction score in the study, despite gaining [...]

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Detroit Three Saved? CEOs Get Another Chance — Fly Coach, Come with a Plan

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:11:30 +0000

DETROIT - House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) are willing to reconsider a $25-billion loan guarantee bailout for the Detroit Three. They’ve called for another…

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Detroit Three Saved? CEOs Get Another Chance - Fly Coach, Come With a Plan

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:11:30 +0000

DETROIT - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) are willing to reconsider a $25-billion
loan guarantee bailout for the Detroit Three. They’ve called for
another…

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Detroit Three Saved? Bi-Partisan Plan Brewing to Convert Fuel-Efficiency Money

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:11:30 +0000

DETROIT - Michigan’s junior senator, Democrat Debbie Stabenow is leading a bi-partisan compromise to provide $25-billion in emergency loan guarantees, to General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler. Joining Stabenow and senior…

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2008 LA Auto Show: 2009 BMW 750Li

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:19 +0000

We've already driven the 2009 BMW 750i and the redesigned 7 Series made its official debut in Paris. But we haven't yet driven the extended-wheelbase 2009 BMW 750Li, and BMW had one here at its booth in LA.
The 750Li is pretty much what you'd expect: It rides on a 126.4-inch wheelbase (5.5 inches longer than the 750i's) and has 44.3 inches of rear legroom (an increase of 5.9 inches). With the extra room, chances a 750Li will have more humans (and likely heavier ones at that) riding in back, so BMW equips a self-leveling rear air suspension as standard on the LWB 7 Series.
We walked by the BMW outpost at least a half dozen times and at no point were all four outboard seats in the 750Li vacant for longer than 10 seconds. (The same was true of the 750i in the booth until [...]

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2008 L.A. Auto Show: Scion Staffers Review the Nissan Cube

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:24 +0000

I put in a good 20 minutes ogling the 2009 Nissan Cube this afternoon. I wasn't alone. The Super Silver GT-R on the other side of the stage wasn't getting nearly as much attention.
Finally, some employees of Scion walked up and when I saw their badges, I couldn't resist asking them what they thought.
"I don't like it," said one. "We build cars that are more uniform looking, more, um…"
"Symmetrical?" I offered. (We were looking at the Cube's rump.)
"Yeah."
So what do you think? Can we allow the 2009 Nissan Cube to defy symmetry?

– Erin Riches, Senior Editor

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2008 SEMA Show: Scion Staffers Review the Nissan Cube

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:24 +0000

Erin Riches, Senior Editor

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LA 2008: Top 25 Desktop Wallpapers

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Filed under: LA Auto Show
Click above for a super high-res gallery of the 2008 L.A. Auto Show
When the press conferences have died down and most of the cars have made their debuts, we like to roam the halls of the convention center and simply enjoy the cars. This also gives us a chance to take photos of the cars away from the crowds of journalists, and we’ve put together the 25 best shots of the past few days in a super-high-res gallery meant specifically to adorn the background of your desktop. The photos are available at 1,920 pixels wide to accommodate even the largest of screens (they’ll download at that size and can be viewed in the gallery at that size by clicking the “Hi-res” button). Enjoy!

Gallery: LA 2008: Desktop Wallpaper

Live photos copyright (C)2008 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.
LA 2008: Top 25 Desktop Wallpapers originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, [...]

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