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		<title>Fortune&#8217;s Alex Taylor&#8217;s Mea Culpa; Ford as Sacred Cow</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fortunes-alex-taylors-mea-culpa-ford-as-sacred-cow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Inside baseball alert. If you&#8217;re more interested in Metamucil than meta memes, this post&#8217;s not for you (I recommend any of the 1,345,483 website dedicated to bowel health). Otherwise, check out Alex Taylor III&#8217;s &#8220;Readers revolt over Ford.&#8221; Fortune&#8217;s carmudgeon apologizes for the grievous sin of suggesting that Ford&#8217;s product quality may be middling. &#8220;As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Flu Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve just spent five fun-filled days looking after two flu-filled sprogs whilst suffering from the selfsame porcine virus. And on the sixth day, I took my wife to the ER to stop, well, you don&#8217;t want to know (nor does she want me to tell you). Although I&#8217;ve managed to avoid buying a &#8220;I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the Best and Brightest: Wave Disc Engine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Next big future? How many times have we heard that before? [Thanks to MMH for the link]
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		<title>Maryland: Politicians, Judges, Bureaucrats Drive Toll Free</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/maryland-politicians-judges-bureaucrats-drive-toll-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Among the 15,000 Maryland state employees who drive on area toll roads without paying are judges, lawmakers and powerful bureaucrats. The Maryland Politics Watch website used a freedom of information request in August to discover that 128 of 188 legislators took advantage of a perquisite giving officials a scrutiny and bill-free E-ZPass transponder—despite already receiving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Car Sales Down in October—To 80 Percent Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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So used has the MSM become to China’s red hot car growth, that Reuters headlines the October sales report “Chinese car sales dip in October, but still robust.” China&#8217;s passenger vehicle sales clocked-in a year-on-year growth of 79.6 percent in October. In September, the growth was 83.62 percent, which serves as the reason for Reuter’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porsche and Ferrari: As Smart As They Come?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Ferrari singled out their Swedish dealer Autoropa at the brand&#8217;s 60th anniversary in Maranello, lauding their high sales stats. A reporter asked CEO Filip Larsson how they managed to sell so many cars in such a small country. “Easy,” Filip said. “We sell two cars instead of one.&#8221; Enkel. Unless you pay WAY over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Really Grinds My Gears: Gas Pumps Without A Locking Feature</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/what-really-grinds-my-gears-gas-pumps-without-a-locking-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/what-really-grinds-my-gears-gas-pumps-without-a-locking-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
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I have no idea when someone somewhere decided that there was some kind of safety problem with gas pumps offering a locking clip at the end of the nozzle. You know, the little metal doo-hickey that lets you take your hand off the pump while the car fills with gas, then kicks back to let [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fisker: Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s Prius Was the Inspiration to Start Company</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fisker-leonardo-dicaprios-prius-was-the-inspiration-to-start-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fisker-leonardo-dicaprios-prius-was-the-inspiration-to-start-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
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Never underestimate the impact of your choice of car, especially if you&#8217;re Leonardo DiCaprio, who I&#8217;m sure doesn&#8217;t. The high-profile early Prius adopter can now take credit for inspiring the creation of Fisker Motors. That comes straight from Henrik Fisker&#8217;s mouth. The former designer of gas-guzzling Aston Martins and BMWs told the Reuters Auto Summit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida: Early Data Suggest City Traffic Cameras Ineffective</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/florida-early-data-suggest-city-traffic-cameras-ineffective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/florida-early-data-suggest-city-traffic-cameras-ineffective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
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An early look at the performance of the red light cameras in Temple Terrace, Florida shows that they have done nothing to improve safety. Instead of merely repeating city claims on the topic, investigative reporters for the Tampa station WFTS ordered accident reports and checked the data for themselves. Although the program has been operational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curbside Classic Outtake: What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-outtake-whats-wrong-with-this-picture-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-outtake-whats-wrong-with-this-picture-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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I was torn about whether to use this Firebird for a Curbside Classic, until I saw a terrific &#8220;Screaming Chicken&#8221; T/A the other day. Only problem: I didn&#8217;t get any shots. But it made me determined to hold out for the real thing. I hear that Trans Ams are in demand now, fetching up to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Onward &amp; Upward&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-onward-upward-or-downward-backward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-onward-upward-or-downward-backward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel J. Stern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
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What can we learn about GM&#8217;s R&#038;D from the direction of the arrows in the departmental graphic identity…?
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tradewar Watch 7: More Shots Fired</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tradewar-watch-7-more-shots-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tradewar-watch-7-more-shots-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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China&#8217;s Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced it would formally launch an investigation into subsidies on imports of some automobiles from the United States, Reuters reports. With all the bailout money sloshing around, China won’t have a hard time coming up with evidence.

The announcement is seen as a tit-for-tat after the U.S. imposed anti-dumping duties [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ford&#8217;s Inflatable Seatbelts: Progress or a Bridge Too Far?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fords-inflatable-seatbelts-progress-or-a-bridge-too-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fords-inflatable-seatbelts-progress-or-a-bridge-too-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Horner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Media outlets around the globe are regurgitating Ford&#8217;s Press Release on its latest safety gizmo: Rear seat air bag seatbelts. Next year&#8217;s redesigned Explorer gets the optional new belts first with worldwide rollout expected someday. According to Ford, its all about the children: &#8220;The advanced restraint system is designed to help reduce head, neck and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>SLS AMG Another Mercedes Death Car?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sls-amg-another-mercedes-death-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sls-amg-another-mercedes-death-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
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You may remember Mercedes&#8217; last attempt at a &#8220;price no object&#8221; supercar: the Mercedes McLaren SLR. It was a thundering achievement, but the big Merc&#8217;s brakes were as touchy as an seventy-year-old Argentinian security officer at a Truth and Reconciliation hearing. That&#8217;s a guardrail of not good. There were other &#8220;issues&#8221;: leg room, trunk space [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the Best and Brightest: Have the Feds Done Too Much or Too Little for Detroit?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-have-the-feds-done-too-much-of-too-little-for-detroit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-have-the-feds-done-too-much-of-too-little-for-detroit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Diners at the Motown bailout banquet are back at their tables, their plates groaning under the weight of federal &#8220;investment.&#8221; They&#8217;re just now beginning to tuck in, spending your hard-earned money on various plans to achieve what Oliver called &#8220;that full-up feeling.&#8221; The reluctant chefs (70 percent of American opposed GM and Chrysler&#8217;s second bailout) [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>More GM-Euro Double-Trouble-Speak: Double Chevrolet Sales!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/more-gm-euro-double-trouble-speak-double-chevrolet-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/more-gm-euro-double-trouble-speak-double-chevrolet-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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If the managers at Opel are feeling a little queasy today, this should have them running for the Alka Seltzer (or whatever Germans use). As if to throw (more) gas on the conflagration raging at Opel, Brent Dewar, vice president of Chevrolet, announced at the Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit that GM is targeting sales [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Don&#8217;t Be Such a Pussy Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-dont-be-such-a-pussy-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-dont-be-such-a-pussy-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Breaking: Bob Lutz To Be New Chairman of Opel</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/breaking-lutz-to-be-new-chairman-of-opel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/breaking-lutz-to-be-new-chairman-of-opel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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Spiegel Online reports that Bob Lutz will be named Chairman, and head of the Supervisory Board of Opel. Carl-Peter Forster, who threw in his hat with the Magna buy-out, resigned on the news that GM intends to keep Opel. Forster, the first German to head Opel in decades, was seen to be more independent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiat 500: The Littlest Bailout Baby</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fiat-500-the-littlest-bailout-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fiat-500-the-littlest-bailout-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Chrysler is in desperate need of quick fixes. New versions of old nameplates (300, Grand Cherokee) and quick &#8216;n dirty refreshes, and modifications of existing, moribund nameplates are not going to keep showrooms busy while new, Fiat-based products wend their way to market over the next five years. And so, Fiat is bringing its 500 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Cole: Ford&#8217;s Debt Adds $1500 to Cost of Every Vehicle</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/david-cole-fords-debt-adds-1500-to-cost-of-every-vehicle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/david-cole-fords-debt-adds-1500-to-cost-of-every-vehicle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
We tore David Cole a new one the other day, when the leader of the manufacturer and union-supported Center for Automotive Research suggested that trimming GM and Chrysler dealers wasn&#8217;t such a good idea&#8212;based on some schmoozing with his pals. Never let it be said that I won&#8217;t trot-out a dubious source when it suits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: The Old Ennui Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-the-old-ennui-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-the-old-ennui-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
So what about this, then? Or this? I guess some brands are meant to be broken.
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hammer Time: Chrysler&#8217;s Retro Halo</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hammer-time-chryslers-retro-halo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hammer-time-chryslers-retro-halo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hammer Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=334331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s heartbreaking. To see a major company that literally carried a healthy portion of America&#8217;s heartland go up in Euro-flames. I remember the beauty of it. The 1990&#8217;s minivans that completely obliterated their competition. LH sedans that were state of the art for their time. Cloud cars that had more power and road feel than [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>Made in China Saab 9-5?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/made-in-china-saab-9-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/made-in-china-saab-9-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
If the GM-SAAB-Koenigsegg-BAIC deal ever closes, Beijing Auto (BAIC) would be interested in taking the current generation Saab 9-5 and produce it in China once the 2010 Saab 9-5 is launched in Europe in April next year, Chinese media reports via Gasgoo.

Last September, BAIC had agreed to take a minority interest in the Koenigsegg-owned Saab. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opel: Germany Definitely Wants Its Money Back</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/opel-germany-definitely-wants-its-money-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/opel-germany-definitely-wants-its-money-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
What happened two days after GM blindsided most of Europe, including Russia, with their decision not to sell Opel after all? As announced the next day, Opel workers in Germany laid down their tools today. Tomorrow, workers in Opel plants in the rest of Europe will follow.
Yesterday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel picked up the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hummer To China: Same Player Shoots Again</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hummer-to-china-same-player-shoots-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hummer-to-china-same-player-shoots-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bertel Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUMMER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tengzhong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=334298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
With all the noise about GM’s interruptus of the Opel sale, we could forget that there is a brand GM wants to sell, badly: Hummer. Since June  it had been announced that the sale of Hummer to little-known Tengzhong in China is as good as done. Except that it wasn’t.
Still ain’t.

A few weeks ago, China’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chevy Branding Blanks Out</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chevy-branding-blanks-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chevy-branding-blanks-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you can see from this screen cap of Chevrolet&#8217;s website, the brand&#8217;s American Revolution is no more. The ridiculous catchphrase&#8212;applied as it was to Korean, Canadian and Mexican imports&#8212;has been replaced with . . . nothing. Niente. Nada. The big goose egg. Oh sure, there&#8217;s the &#8220;May the Best Car Win&#8221; tag line lurking [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM CEO Fritz &#8220;Transparency&#8221; Henderson: We&#8217;re Beating Secret Targets</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-ceo-fritz-transparency-henderson-were-beating-secret-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-ceo-fritz-transparency-henderson-were-beating-secret-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Transparency. It&#8217;s what GM CEO Fritz Henderson promised taxpayers in sworn testimony in front of Congress, post $52 billion bailout (and the rest). As TTAC pointed out previously, bullshit. After not releasing the dead dealer list promised to Senator Jay Rockefeller, the nationalized automaker is now proud to announce that it&#8217;s beating its targets&#8212;without revealing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sergio&#8217;s Plea For Optimism</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sergios-plea-for-optimism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sergios-plea-for-optimism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
There are plenty of reasons to believe that Chrysler will not survive, let alone thrive the way the firm&#8217;s five-year plan foresees, but one of them does not appear to be Sergio Marchionne&#8217;s leadership. Though there&#8217;s doubtless a good deal of hubris in his plan, Marchionne&#8217;s depth of knowledge, personal experience and legendary workaholism seem [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<itunes:subtitle>There are plenty of reasons to believe that Chrysler will not survive, let alone thrive the way the firm's five-year plan foresees, but one of ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>There are plenty of reasons to believe that Chrysler will not survive, let alone thrive the way the firm's five-year plan foresees, but one of them does not appear to be Sergio Marchionne's leadership. Though there's doubtless a good deal of hubris in his plan, Marchionne's depth of knowledge, personal experience and legendary workaholism seem to indicate that, if nothing else, Chrysler's leadership is lightyears away from the Bob Nardelli years. Considering he oversaw a turnaround of Fiat that was only slightly less improbable than his current turnaround mission, he's about as qualified to take on the mess in Auburn Hills as anyone else. Here are his closing remarks from the seven-hour product and business plan event.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Hybrid and VW Diesel Sales Analysis: Prius Outsells Insight 8 to 1, Jetta TDI 4 to 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hybrid-and-vw-diesel-sales-analysis-prius-outsells-insight-8-to-1-jetta-tdi-4-to-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hybrid-and-vw-diesel-sales-analysis-prius-outsells-insight-8-to-1-jetta-tdi-4-to-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Hybrid sales in October outpaced the market, increasing 11.4% over October 2008. The heavy lifter as usual, was Toyota, up 15%; Toyota&#8217;s hybrids now represent 77% of the total US hybrid market, which is 2.9% of the total market. The Prius continues to dominate the whole hybrid sector, with a 55% market share, and sales [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chrysler: The Powertrain Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-the-powertrain-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-the-powertrain-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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One of Chrysler&#8217;s major problems in the powertrain department is a mass of V6 engines of varying ages and displacements. The lack of interchangeability between engines contributes to Chrysler&#8217;s unprofitability, and the advanced age of some hurts overall fuel efficiency considerably. The debut of a brand-new Pentastar V6, arriving with next year&#8217;s Grand Cherokee, will [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Real Deal: Never Knowingly Undermisrepresented</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-never-knowingly-undermisrepresented/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-never-knowingly-undermisrepresented/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Clay Wolfe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I just drove by a Tractor Supply Store. The owner festooned the store with a huge banner: “NEVER UNDERSOLD.&#8221; In certain states, the price claim must include the word &#8220;knowingly.&#8221; Which is another way of saying &#8220;We say we&#8217;ve got the lowest price but it&#8217;s your job to find out. If YOU can show us [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the Best and Brightest: Why Is the Ford Taurus Selling So Well?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-why-is-the-ford-taurus-selling-so-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-why-is-the-ford-taurus-selling-so-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Best and Brightest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
“Consumers increasingly are noticing that the Ford difference is our great products, our strong business and our leadership in quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart technologies and value.” So sayeth Ken Czubay, Ford’s vice president of U.S. marketing sales and service. Am I reading too much into it, or is &#8220;strong business&#8221; a euphemism for non-teat-suckler? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>112</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stimulated Toyota Posts Unexpected 2Q Profit, Lower Annual Loss; Denies Floor Mat Cover-up</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulated-toyota-posts-unexpexted-2q-profit-lower-annual-loss-investors-unipressed-denies-floor-mat-cover-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulated-toyota-posts-unexpexted-2q-profit-lower-annual-loss-investors-unipressed-denies-floor-mat-cover-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=334239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Thanks largely to stimulus programs in the US and Europe, Toyota announced that it has eked out an operating profit of 58 billion yen instead of the average estimated loss of 63 billion yen from five analysts. Toyota now is forecasting a lower operating loss of 350 billion yen ($3.9 billion) for the year through [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>California Toll Road: Penalties Were Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/california-toll-road-penalties-were-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/california-toll-road-penalties-were-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
California motorists hit with massive fines for minor, alleged toll infractions won a settlement last month from the Orange County Transportation Agency (OCTA) and Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA). The toll road operating entities agreed to pay $1.4 million in restitution and waive $41 million in unpaid toll penalties after admitting the fines were &#8220;excessive&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>NHTSA to Toyota: Stop Lying About Floormatgate</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-to-toyota-stop-lying-about-floormatgate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-to-toyota-stop-lying-about-floormatgate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Brits have an expression for this situation: &#8220;When you&#8217;re in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.&#8221;
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a statement today correcting inaccurate and misleading information put out by Toyota concerning a safety recall involving 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles:
A press release put out [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chrysler&#8217;s Financial Plan: Leveraged Assumptions</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chryslers-financial-plan-leveraged-assumptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chryslers-financial-plan-leveraged-assumptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=334227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Chrysler&#8217;s financial plan is where the rubber hits the road for Sergio Marchionne&#8217;s turnaround. It starts with a break-even projection for 2010 on net revenue of about $42.5b, which is more than double the projections for 2009 of $17b net revenue. As the previous sales projection chart and product plan analysis indicates, a short-term turnaround [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Porsche Boxster Spyder, with Added Fast Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-porsche-boxster-spyder-with-added-fast-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-porsche-boxster-spyder-with-added-fast-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
[Thanks to Porsche986 for the link]
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Planning Sales Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-planning-sales-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-planning-sales-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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This graph is representative of a major assumption underlying the entire Chrysler Group turnaround plan: namely, that 2009 is a trough year and that (despite the lack of new mass-market product until 2012) 2010 will see Chrysler not only holding the line on plummeting sales, but actually increasing them dramatically. Where does this optimsim come [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chrysler: Refresh And Market Like Crazy</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-refresh-and-market-like-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-refresh-and-market-like-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Are you seeing a pattern here? Although Olivier Francois is in charge of the most damaged brand in the Chrysler Group (and yes, that&#8217;s saying a lot), at least he&#8217;s been here before with Fiat&#8217;s problem brand Lancia. So it&#8217;s no surprise that Francois&#8217;s branding video for Chrysler is remarkably similar to a Lancia ad: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Death Of A Chinese Car Salesman: European Brilliance Importer Crashes</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/death-of-a-chinese-car-salesman-european-brilliance-importer-crashes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/death-of-a-chinese-car-salesman-european-brilliance-importer-crashes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Did we mention that China’s Brilliance hasn’t been doing so, well, brilliantly? The joint venture partner of BMW, and maker of supposedly homegrown Ersatz-BMWs (the sight of which makes any BMW engineer reach for a bottle of Jägermeister) had racked up losses to the tune of 9b Chinese Yuan ($1.3b) in the first half of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Curbside Classic Clue</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-clue-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-clue-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curbside Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Last but not least, it&#8217;s time to play CC Clue. Nothing like blogging to make the time fly by. Daniel J. Stern identified the Volvo 122 on the second guess of that round. Can he do it again? Do I need to make them harder?
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chrysler&#8217;s Cash Claim: A Cruel Con?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chryslers-cash-claim-a-cruel-con/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chryslers-cash-claim-a-cruel-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Sergio Marchionne stunned the mainstream media&#8212;literally&#8212;with his revelation that Chrysler has improved its post-C11 cash position from $4 billion to $5.7 billion. “&#8217;Some of you have been surmising we&#8217;re burning through cash,&#8217; he said in brief remarks opening the company&#8217;s presentation of its five-year plan. &#8216;This is not true.&#8217;” Uh, yes, it is. Can you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Positive Post of the Day: Chrysler Has Cash, Will Produce Diesel Wrangler</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/positive-post-of-the-day-chrysler-has-cash-will-produce-diesel-wrangler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/positive-post-of-the-day-chrysler-has-cash-will-produce-diesel-wrangler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Future Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Post Of The Day]]></category>

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Surprise! There&#8217;s some good news coming out of Chrysler&#8217;s five-year plan presentation. Okay, the really surprising part first: Sergio Marchionne has revealed that Chrysler has $5.7B in cash, up from $4B when it exited bankruptcy in June. The somewhat less surprising part: Jeep is bringing a stop-start-equipped, diesel-powered Wrangler. How niche-tastic is that?
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dodge Versus Ram Case Study: Nitro</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-versus-ram-case-study-nitro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-versus-ram-case-study-nitro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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The problem with branding exercises like Chrysler&#8217;s decision to split Ram from Dodge, is that they tend towards abstraction. Luckily, the back-from-the-dead Nitro is a good case study for how this split will play out. You might think that based on its aggressive styling and upright stance that it would make sense as a Ram-branded [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hi, My Name Is: Ram</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hi-my-name-is-ram/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hi-my-name-is-ram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Ram is brand. According to the new Ram CEO Frank Diaz, the Ram was &#8220;overshadowing&#8221; Dodge&#8217;s non-truck products&#8230; never mind that Dodge&#8217;s truck-cued car styling made that phenomenon unavoidable. There&#8217;s not much to say about the new Ram brand, except that it will include pickups, heavy-duty trucks and commercial vehicles (read: no SUVs), marketed with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dodge Marketing Explained. Sort Of.</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-marketing-explained-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-marketing-explained-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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This is the interior of the Dodge Caliber that&#8217;s currently on sale in the US market. Not particularly attractive, is it?

Dodge&#8217;s plan is to introduce a number of interior trim levels to widen the appeal of its products to a number of &#8220;lifestyle segments.&#8221; Or, to water down whatever brand attributes Dodge actually has left.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Piston Slap: I’m Pickin’ Up Good Vibrations Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-i%e2%80%99m-pickin%e2%80%99-up-good-vibrations-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-i%e2%80%99m-pickin%e2%80%99-up-good-vibrations-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sajeev Mehta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piston Slap]]></category>

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Chris writes:
I have an &#8216;04 Chevy Silverado 2WD pickup with the 4.3 6cyl and auto tranny. Between 1100 @1300 rpms I get a strong vibration that you can feel in the floor of the truck. It happens mostly while coasting or decelerating. It feels like the vibration you get driving a manual transmission in a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dodge: Refresh and Market Like Hell</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-refresh-and-market-like-hell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/dodge-refresh-and-market-like-hell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=334072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Dodge brand boss Ralph Gilles has made his presentation on the future of the Ram-head brand. First up: it&#8217;s not the Ram-head brand anymore. Beginning next year, Dodge will be represented by the word &#8220;Dodge&#8221; in black with red accents. According to Gilles, the de-Ramification of Dodge was due to the fact that trucks were [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM wins the incentive race in October</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-wins-the-incentive-race-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-wins-the-incentive-race-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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Edmunds, the site that&#8217;s so not going to be sleeping in Lincoln&#8217;s bedroom, has revealed their estimates for October sales incentives. Not surprisingly, the automaker that&#8217;s been hogging Honest Abe&#8217;s pallet and has been missing saying, &#8220;we&#8217;re number one [globally],&#8221; can claim this number one spot. GM spent $4,277 of somebody else&#8217;s dollars per unit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whats Wrong With This Picture: Surrender Fiat/Chrysler Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-surrender-fiatchrysler-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-surrender-fiatchrysler-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[














Edward caught this flying over the skies of Detroit this morning.
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Autoextremist: Die, UAW! Die!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autoextremist-die-uaw-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autoextremist-die-uaw-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union News]]></category>

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There&#8217;s no love lost between carmudgeon Peter Delorenzo and GM&#8217;s failed Car Czar, the exec whose singular inability to create compelling branding or class-leading products helped transform the world&#8217;s largest automaker into a nationalized welfare queen. No wait. Sorry. The self-styled Autoextremist hates the United Auto Workers (UAW). And now that the UAW has rejected [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Toyota: Floor mats absolutely, positively, 100% certainly the problem</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-floor-mats-absolutely-positively-100-certainly-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-floor-mats-absolutely-positively-100-certainly-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Not taking a page out of Audi&#8217;s playbook, Toyota has decided that the best defense is a strong offense. The risk of the accelerator getting jammed is strictly a problem of unintended loose or ill-fitting floor mats, according to Toyota Bob Carter, general manager of the Toyota-brand division of Toyota Motor Sales USA. Letters are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>Opel Workers Set to Strike, Germans Recalling $2.2B Bridge Loan</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/opel-workers-set-to-strike-germans-recalling-2-2b-bridge-loan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/opel-workers-set-to-strike-germans-recalling-2-2b-bridge-loan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
GM&#8217;s last minute (i.e. post-German election) decision to pull out of a deal to sell its European Opel division to a consortium lead by Canada&#8217;s Magna Corporation has left chaos in its wake. The Associated Press reports that Opel workers throughout Europe are planning to strike GM on Thursday, protesting the automaker&#8217;s planned &#8220;rationalization&#8221; of  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Texas, Ohio: Voters Reject Photo Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/texas-ohio-voters-reject-photo-enforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/texas-ohio-voters-reject-photo-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Voters in three cities sent a clear message to local lawmakers yesterday by adopting charter amendments that ban photo enforcement. In addition to kicking two camera supporters from the city council, 72 percent of those voting in Chillicothe, Ohio approved a total prohibition on the use of red light cameras and speed cameras. In College [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Homework Assignment: Analyze October sales details (Links provided)</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/homework-assignment-analyze-october-sales-details-links-provided/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/homework-assignment-analyze-october-sales-details-links-provided/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

We&#8217;re a little short-staffed right now (always?), the boss is on the road, and I&#8217;m a little bleary from my first day at the helm, so instead of staying up all night building spreadsheets,I&#8217;m going to give all you number junkies the links to the various companies&#8217; press releases and their own detail tables and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why TTAC doesn&#8217;t do SEMA (anymore)</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-ttac-doesnt-do-sema-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-ttac-doesnt-do-sema-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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We tried, last year. And Edward gave it a good shot. But this year, we have our priorities straight. Instead of gazing admiringly at the world&#8217;s largest production pickup truck (32 feet long), Ed is in Detroit peering into Chrysler&#8217;s crystal ball. Depending on how that all works out we may be back at SEMA [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Non-Quote of the Day: &#8220;I&#8217;m Sonata going to comment on that&#8221; Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/non-quote-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/non-quote-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></category>

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&#8220;I have to be careful on what I say, I don&#8217;t want you guys writing a story saying, &#8216;This Toyota guy thinks the Hyundai Sonata is a great car.&#8217;&#8221;
—Toyota&#8217;s Group VP and General Manager, Bob Carter, responding to a request to comment on the strength of Hyundai as a competitor.
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		<title>Breaking: GM Does a 180; Decides to Keep Opel</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/breaking-gm-does-a-180-decides-to-keep-opel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/breaking-gm-does-a-180-decides-to-keep-opel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Two days ago, TTAC&#8217;s Bertel Schmitt wrote: &#8220;GM may not have to sell Opel after all&#8221;. How right he was. In the latest twist on the endless Opel saga, GM&#8217;s Board of Directors has canceled the planned sale to Magna and Sberbank. With references to an an improving economy (and an uptick in US sales?) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: Oops We Did It Again Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-oops-we-did-it-again-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-oops-we-did-it-again-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></category>

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&#8220;I don&#8217;t think people here really understood that the work we had been promised was contingent on ratification,&#8221; Sterling Axle UAW member Brian Pannebecker told the Detroit News re: the union&#8217;s rejection of a new Ford contract. As my step-daughter Sasha is wont to say, &#8220;Wow.&#8221;
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		<title>German Brands&#8217; October Sales: Mercedes, Porsche, VW Up; BMW Down; Smart Hit Hard</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/german-brands-october-sales-mercedes-porsche-vw-up-bmw-down-smart-hit-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/german-brands-october-sales-mercedes-porsche-vw-up-bmw-down-smart-hit-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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VW posted a 7% increase in October over the same month a year ago. The Rabbit&#8217;s fade-out led the negative column, with a 44% decline. The Jetta posted a solid 25% increase. The Passat, down 41%, is giving way to the CC, which is way up at +256%. The CC now outsells the Passat almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piston Slap: On a Sunny Day You Can See a Dodge Caliber in Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-on-a-sunny-day-you-can-see-a-dodge-caliber-in-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-on-a-sunny-day-you-can-see-a-dodge-caliber-in-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sajeev Mehta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piston Slap]]></category>

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A TTAC reader who wishes to remain anonymous writes:
I have to buy a 2nd car to be used mostly in the city with short highway trips, my problem is that I have a budget of $7,500.00 since a car payment is not an option at this time.
Clear title, no accident, reasonable mileage and low maintenance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyundai Biggest Winner in October: Up 47%!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hyundai-biggest-winner-in-october-up-47/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hyundai-biggest-winner-in-october-up-47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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The Hyundai knockouts continued unabated in October. Sales in October were up 47% from &#8216;08. Year-to-date totals are up a solid 5%. Total sales for the month were 54k, which is starting to get precariously close to Chrysler&#8217;s 66k total for the month. Post to be updated as soon as details for Hyundai and Kia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota, Honda, Nissan OK in October; Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki Not [Updated]</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-honda-nissan-ok-in-october-mazda-suzuki-less-so/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-honda-nissan-ok-in-october-mazda-suzuki-less-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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We&#8217;ll give you the quick top-line October ’09 vs. ’08 results, and get the details as soon as I catch my breath:
Toyota and Honda sales were both less than 1% changed. Nissan had a 6% boost. Mazda slid 8%. Suzuki was off 50% (in the middle of major product cycle changes).
Stabilization is the word of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM breaks 21 month losing streak; sales up 4% in October</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-breaks-21-month-losing-streak-sales-up-4-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-breaks-21-month-losing-streak-sales-up-4-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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In its first year-over-year sales increase since January 2008, GM posted a 4% increase in October, and estimates a 21% market share. The four core brands (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac), which now account for 95% of GM sales, were up 11.6%.  Year-to-date totals are down 34%.
Cadillac led the way with a 22% increase, reflecting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler October sales crash 30%; YTD down by 39%</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-october-sales-crash-30-ytd-down-by-39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-october-sales-crash-30-ytd-down-by-39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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Chrysler&#8217;s implosion continued unchecked in October, with sales down 30% from October 2008. Here are some of the details: Sebring: -32%; 300: -15%; PT Cruiser: -96%; Aspen: -95%; Chrysler brand Total: -36%.
Jeep fared only slightly less badly: Compass: -62%; Patriot: -65%; Wrangler: -16%; Liberty: -30%; Grand Cherokee: -42%; Commander: -47%; Jeep Brand Total: -37%
The (non [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subaru defies gravity; up 41% in October</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/subaru-defies-gravity-up-41-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/subaru-defies-gravity-up-41-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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Continuing its recession-defying act, Subaru posted a 41% climb in October sales over last year. That makes it the fifth straight month of sales increases, and a stellar 13% increase year-to-date. AWD traction for the win! Subaru does tend to do well well with the highly educated demographic, which has been proportionately less impacted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford Sales up 3% in October; Taurus triples retail sales</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-sales-up-3-in-october-taurus-triples-retail-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-sales-up-3-in-october-taurus-triples-retail-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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The first number are in, and Ford has posted a 3% increase over last year&#8217;s miserable October results. Year to date, Ford is still down 21%. But the good news is that Ford has posted increases in three of the last four months. Taurus more than doubled and deliveries to retail customers almost tripled from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Cities Create School Zones for Speed Camera Use</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/maryland-cities-create-school-zones-for-speed-camera-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/maryland-cities-create-school-zones-for-speed-camera-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Maryland cities will create brand new &#8220;school zones&#8221; in an attempt to issue speed camera tickets on roads that previously had no need of the designation. When the state legislature authorized speed cameras six months ago in response to a $690,506 lobbying campaign from photo ticketing and insurance companies, lawmakers mandated that the cameras could [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Honda Crosstour Still Ugly; ABC About to Kick Toyota&#8217;s NSFW on Floormatgate</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/honda-crosstour-still-ugly-abc-about-to-kick-toyotas-nsfw-on-floormatgate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/honda-crosstour-still-ugly-abc-about-to-kick-toyotas-nsfw-on-floormatgate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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&#8220;First question: Is the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour as unattractive in the flesh as it is in photographs?&#8221; Automotive News [sub] asks itself. &#8220;Answer: Pretty darned close. Directly from behind &#8212; and directly from the side &#8212; Honda&#8217;s new crossover-meets-wagon looks appealing. But from any other perspective, the Crosstour&#8217;s confluence of angles is visually jarring, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jerry York: 2010 GM IPO &#8220;The Dumbest Thing in the World&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/jerry-york-2010-gm-ipo-the-dumbest-thing-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/jerry-york-2010-gm-ipo-the-dumbest-thing-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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You can certainly understand the feds&#8217; desire to make GM&#8217;s nationalization look like a temporary measure rather than the economic quagmire that is was, is and will be. But anyone with half a brain knew that the not-so-dynamic duo&#8217;s suggestion of a 2010 share offering was about as believable as the idea that the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ford EV Transit partners disconnect; New Partner Plugs in</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-ev-transit-partners-disconnect-new-partner-plugs-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-ev-transit-partners-disconnect-new-partner-plugs-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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The dance of  EV partners has a new breakup: in a sign of the quickly changing and consolidating EV landscape, Green Car Congress reports that Ford and Smith Electric Vehicles  have terminated their partnership to build the electric Transit Connect for the US. UK based Smith, which is gearing up production of its [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the Best and Brightest: Is There Life After a &#8216;94 Camry?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-is-there-life-after-a-94-camry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-is-there-life-after-a-94-camry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Best and Brightest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Back in 1994, supremebrougham helped one of his old high school teachers shop for a car. [NB: "she's really not old, she's a vibrant and elegant 50-something that hasn't changed a bit since the early 90's."] She ended-up buying a new Camry LE (not shown). And now she&#8217;s looking for another whip. She lives in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calgary Auto Sales: Gratuitous Much? Again</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/calgary-auto-sales-gratuitous-much-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/calgary-auto-sales-gratuitous-much-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]></category>

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I know I &#8220;raised&#8221; expectations with the previous post on the beautiful Charlene. And so I feel obliged&#8212;obliged I tell you&#8212;to provide the denouement to what could well be the sleaziest sexploitation perpetuated by anyone even remotely connected to the automotive industry. I think we can all learn a lesson here: lock up your daughters. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Italy: Speed Camera Accuses Motorcyclist of 383 MPH Blast</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/italy-speed-camera-accuses-motorcyclist-of-383-mph-blast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/italy-speed-camera-accuses-motorcyclist-of-383-mph-blast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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According to a speed camera citation that landed in his mailbox on October 10, motorcyclist Paolo Turina blasted past a speed camera at 616km/h (383 MPH). Last month, Turina had been riding his Moto Guzzi motorcycle in the municipality of Cernusco Lombardone in Lombardy when a Telelaser Ultralyte device recorded him passing by. The letter [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Want To Start Your Own Little Car Factory?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/want-to-start-your-own-little-car-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/want-to-start-your-own-little-car-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bertel Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nano]]></category>

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I’m thinking about opening a car factory. A really small one. Tata would sell me their Nano in kit form. I’d have it assembled (using cheap Chinese labor, of course) and sell it as the Bertel car. Entirely possible. Tata may allow small car assemblers to put together its Nano and sell it under their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$13.6 Billion Remaining in GM&#8217;s Bailout Escrow Account</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/13-6b-remaining-in-gms-bailout-escrow-account/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/13-6b-remaining-in-gms-bailout-escrow-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delphi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[\
GM was given its last $30B of taxpayer money as it entered bankruptcy in early June of this year. By the time GM exited Chapter 11 protection on July 10, there was only $16.4B left in its bailout escrow account. According to an 8-K form filed today with the SEC, GM now has only $13.6B [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: We&#8217;ll Always Be Together Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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And by the way, as Eddy reported back in July 2008, it&#8217;s not illegal.
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		<title>Bailout Watch 569: Exit Strategy? What Exit Strategy?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-569-exit-strategy-what-exit-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-569-exit-strategy-what-exit-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Next up in today&#8217;s series &#8220;Selections from the GAO report on the auto bailout which closely resemble TTAC editorials of a year ago&#8221; we have the report&#8217;s discussion of a possible exit strategy. Or rather, the report&#8217;s disclosure that there&#8217;s so not an exit strategy it hurts. From the report&#8217;s conclusions:
While Treasury has stated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 568: Cash For Clunkers Hurt Bailout Exit Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-568-cash-for-clunkers-hurts-bailout-exit-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-568-cash-for-clunkers-hurts-bailout-exit-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cash-for-Clunkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>

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More new information from today&#8217;s GAO post:
Moreover, whether enough time has passed for the impact of the structural changes to be seen is unlikely, especially given that the automakers have not completed restructuring, the economy is still recovering, and new vehicle purchases remain at low levels. For instance, although the federal Car Allowance Rebate System [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 567: Feds Mandate Chrysler Green Car</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-567-feds-mandate-chrysler-green-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-567-feds-mandate-chrysler-green-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiat]]></category>

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From the just-released GAO report (PDF) on the auto bailout:
Chrysler’s shareholders, including Treasury, have agreed that  Fiat’s equity stake in Chrysler will increase if Chrysler meets certain benchmarks, such as producing a vehicle that achieves a fuel economy of 40 miles per gallon or producing a new engine in the United States. Treasury officials stated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 566: Bailed Out Automakers Must Meet US Production Quotas</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-566-bailed-out-automakers-must-meet-us-production-quotas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-566-bailed-out-automakers-must-meet-us-production-quotas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Well, it turns out that October sales won&#8217;t be released until tomorrow, but luckily we have a hot-and-sweaty-fresh report by the Government Accountability Office (PDF) to keep things interesting. And we&#8217;re learning all kinds of new things about the auto bailout. To wit:
Chrysler must either manufacture 40 percent of its U.S. sales volume in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TTAC Throws Down to AutoBlog: Out-Landau This</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ttac-throws-down-to-autoblog-out-landau-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ttac-throws-down-to-autoblog-out-landau-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housekeeping: The Busy Week Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/housekeeping-the-busy-week-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/housekeeping-the-busy-week-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Best and Brightest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auburn hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob lutz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housekeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ian callum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaguar]]></category>

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As we wait for October sales to come rolling in, I&#8217;d like to take advantage of the calm before the storm to update our faithful readers on the wild week to come. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll be flying to Detroit to cover Chrysler&#8217;s five-year product and business plan. Luckily though, the trip will not be limited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curbside Classic Clue</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-clue-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-clue-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curbside Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Kudos to Steve-O, who was able to distinguish between fake vomit, grandma&#8217;s fridge, and naugahyde to identify the Dodge Aspen. And his was the first guess, of many. Regrettably, today&#8217;s clue is small, but don&#8217;t let that discourage you.
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		<title>UAW Rejects &#8220;No Strike&#8221; Ford Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/uaw-rejects-no-strike-ford-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/uaw-rejects-no-strike-ford-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union News]]></category>

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Who in their right minds thought that the United Auto Workers (UAW) rank and file would ratify a contract that included a no-strike clause? That would be like cutting off your balls to spite your penis. And so they haven&#8217;t (ratified the contract that is). Sure, Chrysler has one of them no-strike deals, but they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford Posts $997 Million 3Q Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-posts-997m-3q-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-posts-997m-3q-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Ford turned a profit in the second quarter of this year, thanks to a share offering and other debt-reduction actions which covered a $424M pre-tax operating loss. In the third quarter, however, Ford&#8217;s profit needs no such qualification. Pre-tax operating profits were $1.1B, including a $357M from North American operations. For the record, this marks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota to Kill Mid-Cycle Refreshes</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-to-kill-mid-cycle-refreshes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-to-kill-mid-cycle-refreshes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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Automotive News [AN, sub] reckons it&#8217;s got the inside line on Toyota&#8217;s &#8220;new U.S. plan.&#8221; They&#8217;re so chuffed with the scoop that their article presents the bulleted battle plan in both the body text and a little gray box. And here it is: &#8220;Review and possibly trim the lineup of full-frame trucks; Skip midcycle vehicle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MA Gov. Patrick: Lower State Deficit with Red Light Camera Revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ma-gov-duvall-lower-state-deficit-with-red-light-camera-revenue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ma-gov-duvall-lower-state-deficit-with-red-light-camera-revenue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) on Thursday outlined his plan to reduce the state&#8217;s $600 million deficit and help struggling municipalities by, among several other revenue raising measures, installing red light cameras. The governor&#8217;s proposed fiscal year 2010 budget amendments would eliminate an existing state law forcing police officers to issue traffic citations personally. Under [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Piston Slap: Pounding the LaCrosse Super with Too Much Air?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-pounding-the-lacrosse-super-with-too-much-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-pounding-the-lacrosse-super-with-too-much-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sajeev Mehta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piston Slap]]></category>

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Jim writes:
I just got new wheels and tires on my 2008 Buick LaCrosse Super, 245/45R19s to replace the stock 18s. The tire dealer put in 40 lbs of air, and when I said &#8220;is that a little high?&#8221; they pointed to the sidewall and said &#8220;look, it can take up to 51 lbs.&#8221; I&#8217;ve never [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ford CEO Alan Mulally Taunts the UAW; Lincoln Kuga?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-ceo-alan-mulally-taunts-the-uaw-lincoln-kuga/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-ceo-alan-mulally-taunts-the-uaw-lincoln-kuga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union News]]></category>

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By last Friday, it was clear that the United Auto Workers rank and file found their new, no-strike contract rank, and filed their objections during voting. In other words, the union&#8217;s members rejected the deal. Which left Ford CEO Alan Mulally&#8217;s rep seriously dinged. After all, Big Al&#8217;s been talking-up Ford&#8217;s return to profitability ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Really Thought This Through Edition: Onstar To Invade China</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/have-your-really-thought-this-through-edition-onstar-to-invade-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/have-your-really-thought-this-through-edition-onstar-to-invade-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bertel Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OnStar]]></category>

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Nannification makes a great leap forward: OnStar services will be activated and fully operational in China in December 2009 on some Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles, PRNewswire reports. The system will be operated by OnStar Telematics Company Limited, a joint venture between  GM and SAIC. According to the blurb, “this is OnStar&#8217;s first venture outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Car Market Likely to Remain High on Stimulants</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/china-car-market-likely-to-remain-high-on-stimulants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/china-car-market-likely-to-remain-high-on-stimulants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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While other countries are weaning off their auto markets from the amphetamine injections, China is set to increase the dosage. Already the world’s largest auto market, the Middle Kingdom is hell-bent on turning its working masses into mega motorists.

For 2009, the sales tax on cars that displace 1.6L or less was halved to 5 percent—with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMW Flirting With SAIC. Happy Couple May Produce 7-Series</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bmw-flirting-with-saic-happy-couple-may-produce-7-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bmw-flirting-with-saic-happy-couple-may-produce-7-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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BMW is talking to China’s 800 lb gorilla SAIC about producing BMW’s luxo-barge, the 7-series in China. This according to Bloomberg who has it from Dongfang Daily, who heard it from an unnamed source at SAIC.
BMW and SAIC had been talking about a joint venture three times in the past, says the Chinese paper, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kodak, IBM, Xerox, Goldman Sachs: Corporate America Big in Photo Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/kodak-ibm-xerox-goldman-sachs-corporate-america-big-in-photo-enforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/kodak-ibm-xerox-goldman-sachs-corporate-america-big-in-photo-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Some of America&#8217;s most recognized corporations are growing increasingly involved in providing equipment and services to the automated ticketing industry. In many cases, these Fortune 500 firms play a behind-the-scenes role, without actively seeking publicity for their connections to controversial programs. Imaging giant Kodak did announce that it would be demonstrating a new CCD image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autoblog&#8217;s &#8220;No-Nonsense&#8221; Nunez Nails It: Landau Tops Rock!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autoblogs-no-nonsense-nunez-nails-it-landau-tops-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autoblogs-no-nonsense-nunez-nails-it-landau-tops-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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I read the Autoblog headline&#8212;&#8221;Make it stop: Bad landau tops&#8220;&#8212;and I just knew Alex Nunez was the man responsible. Mr. Nunez earned my eternal admiration with his Knight Rider live blogging posts. I certainly don&#8217;t agree with his assertion that some Landau tops are acceptable. The phrase &#8220;a bad Landau top&#8221; is about as redundant/repetitive [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunday Concours: Cadillac CTS-V Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sunday-concours-ctsv-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sunday-concours-ctsv-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Images courtesy: Tommy Yoo Photography
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		<title>Editorial: Keep The Kids Carless</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorial-keep-the-kids-carless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Welch</dc:creator>
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While allowing children as young as 15 years old to drive is not the worst idea we’ve had, it registers fairly high on the stupid meter. It also happens to be a problem we can do something about without too much difficulty, if we choose to do so.

When 8-year-old Vaclav Hajek was struck by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magna’s Demel Ready to Take Opel Helm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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The sale of GM’s Opel to Magna/Sberbank  is being mulled-over in Brussels (decision by November 27, maybe.) Sperbank’s Oligarch Oleg Deripaska finally was allowed to enter the United States after his visa was denied because of mob-related suspicions. He finally met Fritz Henderson, and some FBI agents. There is talk that GM doesn’t want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Almost Die While Waiting for AAA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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A sense of humor will get you through anything . . .
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Adventures In Road Testing Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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After another week of digital dedication to automotive truth-telling, TTAC West is going undercover to explore the &#8220;hybrid lifestyle.&#8221; A hybrid and a yurt? Smug alert! 
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