Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Honda is aiming at Japanese consumers who love their dogs with a new website called Honda Dog."
There's definitely a need there that wasn't being met," said Teruhiro Murai, an Internet marketer at Honda who came up with the idea seven years ago to fulfill his own needs as the owner ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
It's a sign of the times. GM is probably going to cut production on SUVs and Trucks as Americans balk at paying $4.00 per gallon for gasoline.
"We probably need to trim back some truck and SUV capacity,'' Mark LaNeve said. "We need to add on the cars and crossovers ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Hyundai has announced pricing for their new Genesis model, which will be the first luxury car the company has sold in the United States. The United States is the world's largest luxury car market, and Hyundai will face stiff competition. The company has set the base price for ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The Kia Rio and Kio Rio5 have been named to the "Top 10 Best Small Cars" list by Gayot.com.
"Rio and Rio5 are the vehicles of choice in today's car-buying market as fuel prices hit record highs and budgets become increasingly tighter," said Tom Loveless, vice president, sales of Kia Motors ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The nearly constant GM labor woes might be at an end as GM settles with labor at the last remaining plant to be on strike against them.
United Auto Workers union local 31 said on its website that picketing would continue until "all votes had been counted" by workers at a ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Jerry Flint seems to think that GM doesn't have much interest in running Saturn anymore. According to him, the company has never really cared for doing business the Saturn Way, and might even be ready to starve the brand to death.
Over the past few years, Saturn received an entire ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Toyota has sold over one million of their popular Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles. Toyota started offering the Prius ten years ago, and the move was considered risky because "green" cars hadn't take off yet. The fact they've now sold one million of the vehicles seems to validate their ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Chrysler has been luring in new customers with promises of locking in their gas prices at $2.99 a gallon. Chrysler's auto sales have been down 17% in 2008, but the company says the recent "Let's Refuel America" initiative is driving new car sales.
The Chrysler incentive, introduced two weeks ago, ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Renault is quite happy with recent news that they've won the Environment Award from the 2008 Fleet World Honours.
“The environment is becoming an increasingly important factor for Fleets when selecting vehicles, and Renault has consistently demonstrated its commitment by offering a wide range of low emission models. This ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The IS F series by Lexus is designed to compete with the "M" series sedan from BMW. The car is built primarily for high performance, despite its' four door form factor. This car sounds like it's made for street racers.
It still has four doors and comes in an ...
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