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IIHS Releases Small-SUV Roof Crush Test Results
The insurance industry-funded Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released its first roof-strength test results for small SUVs, and the results were mixed. Of the...
March 2009 Camaro News Roundup
The much-hyped 2010 Chevrolet Camaro pony car finally began production last week in its newly-refitted flexible manufacturing plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Sadly, what was to have...
Study Says Buyers Cross Struggling GM, Chrysler Off Their Shopping Lists
By Chris Haak 03.20.2009 Although as a rule I always take any research conducted by CNW Marketing Research with a grain of salt (after their Swiss cheese-porous argument that a...
Cash For Clunkers Bill Proposed in US House
By Chris Haak 03.19.2009 US Representative Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) has written a bill that gives consumers between $3,000 and $5,000 for buying a new vehicle that is more fuel...
GM Tells Government It Won’t Need $2B Loan Installment for March 2009
By Chris Haak 03.12.2009 In a very rare bit of good news for GM, the company has told the Obama Administration's auto task force (the Presidential Task Force on The Auto...
GM Shelves Innovative New 4.5 Liter V8 Diesel
GM had been expecting to begin production of its all-new 4.5 liter Duramax light-duty truck diesel (pictured at left) at its engine plant in Tonawanda, New York this fall, but has...
Chrysler Plans to Keep SRT Alive and Kicking
In spite of the recent news that GM was shuttering its High Performance Vehicle Operations team - the group that brought us the Cadillac V-series cars, among others - struggling...
California May Agree To Withdraw Its Emissions Waiver Exemption Request
By Chris Haak 03.10.2009 We've called the wisdom of granting an EPA waiver to California and the states that follow California emission rules into question a few times in the...
Auditors Raise Doubts on GM’s Ability to Survive
By Chris Haak 03.05.2009 We mentioned just last week in our "Check Your Mirrors" news summary that GM's auditors, Deloitte & Touche, were likely to slap the company with a...
February 2009 Sales Results Are In
By Chris Haak 03.04.2009 Surprising nobody, US light-vehicle sales in February 2009 were down 41.3% versus February 2009. The only make with a positive sales number was...