While the attention of the public was focused on the bailout hearings the House approved a $25 Billion “loan” to rescue General Motors and Ford from fiscal doom today after weeks of aggressive lobbying by automakers for their own piece of the taxpayer pie.
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Electric Roadster by Tesla Motors
The electric car that made a lot of people do a double-take (in a good way). Yes, it’s expensive, and yes, it’s only a two-seater, but it can make people want it like few other green cars, and someone has to pay the early-adopter ‘tax’. Our first post about it was [...]

There’s just far too few American vehicles that show off the good, and so many that show off the bad. Frankly, we could do a list of the five cars that make us not want to buy American, but we’re much more interested in helping our automakers help themselves by pointing out what’s ailing them. [...]

Recently the BS-o-meter of many forum members was tripped by a guy claiming to get 110 mpg out of his 1987 Ford Mustang. Though the claim seems a little ridiculous, and I think most people would be quick to dismiss it, the fact that it’s getting some media attention warrants a debunking. The first thing [...]

DETROIT — Toyota acknowledged Thursday that, like its rival automakers in Detroit, it misjudged the drastic swing in the American market away from larger vehicles. With sales of pickups and big S.U.V.’s tumbling, Toyota said it would shut down truck production at two United States plants for three months and consolidate its pickups into one [...]

DETROIT — Toyota acknowledged Thursday that, like its rival automakers in Detroit, it misjudged the drastic swing in the American market away from larger vehicles. With sales of pickups and big S.U.V.’s tumbling, Toyota said it would shut down truck production at two United States plants for three months and consolidate its pickups into one [...]

I think that there is no need in reminding you that greenhouse gases are affecting the air which is more and more polluted. Due to this problem, car manufacturers are forced to design greener cars that will not have negative impacts on the environment.