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Pontiac G8: It came from a land down under
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Big Game: 700 horsepower, 2323 lb-ft of torque and... a Volvo badge
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The Biggest Loser: Chrysler Sales Fall 53-Percent for Month, 30-Percent for Year
MotorTrend MagazineJan 8, 2009
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2008: The Cars We Loved
MotorTrend Magazine"So, what was the best car you drove this year?" It's one of those questions that routinely crops up during holiday party conversations once folks find out what we do for a living here at Motor Trend. And it's a fiendishly difficult one to answer: The... -
Teutonic Two-Step: C63, CC Are Germany's Best in Power and Style
MotorTrend MagazineI recently spent long weekends in two German four-doors -- the Volkswagen CC, which I had driven briefly before at the 2009 Car of The Year program, and the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, which, alas, I'd driven not at all -- and my seat time got me pondering,... -
IS F: At Last, A Lexus I Could Love
MotorTrend MagazineThe original Lexus LS400 was a machine that changed the world. "...exquisitely engineered and painstakingly put together," I wrote in the January, 1991, issue of Australia's Wheels magazine. "...it is now the benchmark against which all other luxury... -
Spreading the Pain to Europe: Car Sales Fall 25.3% in November
MotorTrend MagazineIf you still think the depression in new car sales is limited to the Detroit Three, or even to the U.S. market, you're not paying attention. JATO Dynamics, a global automotive data and intelligence firm, reports that sales in Europe fell 25.3 percent in... -
The Bailout Collapse: What Do We Know That the Rest of the World Doesn't?
MotorTrend MagazineSenate Republicans have killed the bill to provide $14 billion in short term loan funding for the Detroit Three. The fate of America's auto manufacturing sector now hangs by a thread.It's true none of the Detroit Three were in great shape. All have been... -
Japan sales of imported vehicles drop to 15-yr low
Sales of imported vehicles in Japan plunged to a 15-year low in 2008 as consumers shied away from pricey foreign cars amid a deepening global downturn, an industry group said Thursday. The Japanese bought 219,231 imported vehicles in 2008, down 17.3...Tags: Honda, Sales, Chrysler, Automotive Equipment, Volkswagen
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Can Chrysler make it, or is it all over?
Even by the standards of battered automakers, Chrysler is in dire shape. Its sales in December were down a stunning 53 percent, far worse than Ford or General Motors, and analysts say it probably won't survive the year as an independent company —...Tags: Chrysler, Heavy Engineering, National Government, Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors Corp.
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Japan sales of imported vehicles drop 17 percent to 15-year low in 2008
TOKYO (AP) — Sales of imported vehicles in Japan plunged to a 15-year low in 2008 as consumers shied away from pricey foreign cars amid a deepening global downturn, an industry group said Thursday. The Japanese bought 219,231 imported vehicles in...Tags: Honda, Sales, Chrysler, Automotive Equipment, Volkswagen
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U.S. car sales in the doldrums to infinity until 2012 and beyond
Autoblog.comFiled under: Car Buying, Plants/Manufacturing, Earnings/FinancialsThere were about three million fewer cars sold in 2008 than 2007. Based on 2007's numbers, it would be the same as if Acura, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Lexus, MINI, Porsche, and Saab...
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