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• Remembering the Yugo: Yugot To Be Kidding

  By Adam Fisher

  First, the jokes: A car that doubles in value when you fill the gas tank! Cutting-edge Serbo-Croatian technology! A bus schedule included with every car! A rear-window defroster — standard — so your hands will stay warm while pushing it! Yes, we’re talking about the Yugo, a car that’s mostly famous for being, in the opinion of many, (or at [...]

• Prius Problems: Toyota Strikes Back

  By Adam Fisher

  In a big press conference today in San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, Toyota struck back against Prius driver James Sikes’ claims that he was standing on the brake pedal, trying to get his out-of-control hybrid car to stop, but just couldn’t. Since then investigators from both Toyota and the Federal government have gone through the car. [...]

• BMW Motorcycle Stars in Million-Click Video

  By Jim Henry

  You won't believe it when you see a BMW motorcycle perform "the oldest trick in the world," but the BMW guys promise there's no trick photography involved.

• The Micro-Hybrids Are Coming

  By Jim Motavalli

  Micro-hybrid start-stop technology offers a lot of fuel savings for a very small investment, which is why it is being widely adopted in Europe and Asia. The highway driving in the U.S. makes it less effective--but still worthwhile--here.

• Aptera's EV: A Hot Car with Cooling Prospects

  By Jim Motavalli

  Aptera faces financial hurdles in getting its exotic airplane-like EV out in 2010, and it will announce future plans next month.

• Japan hopes to make EV recharging technology the global standard

  Auto News - 20 hours 18 minutes ago

  There are already 1,000 electric vehicles of various brands on Japanese roads and 150 quick-charging stations nationwide.Follow Automotive NewsTOKYO -- Japan's automakers aim to cement their lead in electric vehicles by making Japanese recharging technology the global standard and bringing it to...

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  • AutoWeek Magazine - Japan hopes to make EV recharging technology the global standard:

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  Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

• US: Prius driver's account "inconsistent" with Toyota's study

  Just-auto - 4 hours 53 minutes ago

  The accelerator pedal was tested and found to be working normally with no mechanical binding or friction. The Prius is not subject to a recall for sticking accelerator pedals and the component used is made by a different supplier than the one recalled. The front brakes showed severe wear and...

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  • BNET Auto - Prius Problems: Toyota Strikes Back

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  Toyota Motor Corp.

• Doomed Saturns, Hummers make assembly line curtain calls:

  AutoWeek Magazine - 2 hours ago

  Two doomed General Motors brands--Saturn and Hummer--are getting their last hurrahs on the assembly line. GM assembled 1,037 Saturn Outlooks last month after not making any Saturns since October. “We are building out a few Saturns to utilize existing material,” GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter...

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  • Auto News - Doomed Saturns, Hummers make assembly line curtain calls

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  General Motors Corp.

• US: Union agrees "tentative" deal on NUMMI closure

  Just-auto - 2 hours 41 minutes ago

  The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reached a tentative agreement with New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI) on the closing of the Fremont, California, factory next month. The pact covers approximately 4,500 UAW members. The union said the agreement would be presented to members...

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  • Auto News - Toyota, UAW reach tentative deal on NUMMI plant closing

  Companies Mentioned:

  UAW, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Toyota counts mounting recall costs

  Economictimes - 2 hours 47 minutes ago

  How expensive? Depends on who you ask. With new developments emerging almost daily, predicting a final pricetag for the Japanese automaker is a daunting calculation that only some analysts have attempted. The sole figure from Toyota itself came on Feb. 4 along with the company's...

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  • News 1130 - Recall woes to cost Toyota cash, but analysts expect eventual recovery

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  Toyota Motor Corp.

• Pay czar to limit top GMAC execs' compensation

  Detroit Free Press - 8 hours 45 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's pay czar is limiting 2010 compensation for top executives at GMAC because the auto-finance giant continues to lose money and can't yet repay its $16.3-billion taxpayer bailout, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Only one of the top 25...

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  • Minnapolis Star Tribune - AIG closes $452 million public offering of Transatlantic Holdings
  • Minnapolis Star Tribune - Pay czar restrains top salaries at GMAC as auto finance giant loses money, relies on bailout

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  Chrysler LLC

• Daimler and Renault in equity talks

  Financial Times - 14 hours 40 minutes ago

  By John Reed in London andDaniel Schäfer in Frankfurt Daimler and Renault are in discussions to acquire mutual equity stakes as part of a possible alliance that would go beyond their current talks on small cars, two people briefed on the matter told the Financial Times. If the talks are...

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  • Just-auto - FRANCE/GERMANY: Renault and Daimler in alliance talks
  • Financial Times - Daimler and Renault in talks on taking cross-shareholdings
  • Financial Times - Renault deal has attractions for Daimler

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  Daimler, Renault

• Japan’s Stocks Fluctuate Before BOJ Outcome; Honda Falls on Yen

  BusinessWeek - 11 hours 44 minutes ago

  March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fluctuated ahead of the Bank of Japan’s decision on monetary-easing measures and before the U.S. Federal Reserve announces its rate policy. Honda Motor Co. fell, while builders gained.Honda, which gets about 85 percent of its sales abroad, declined 1.1...

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  • Financial Times - Nikkei falls as investors remain cautious
  • BusinessWeek - Asia Stocks Rise on Speculation BOJ Will Raise Aid; Yen Gains
  • BusinessWeek - Japan’s Stocks Fluctuate Ahead of Rate Decisions; Honda Falls
  • BusinessWeek - Japan’s Stocks Fall Before BOJ Outcome; Exporters Drop on Yen
  • BusinessWeek - Japanese Stocks Advance on Expectations for Monetary Easing
  • BusinessWeek - Most Japanese Stocks Rise on Expectations for Monetary Easing
  • BusinessWeek - Japanese Stocks Fluctuate on Shipping Fees, Deflation Concern

  Companies Mentioned:

  Honda Motor Co.

• Toyota Questions Case of Runaway Prius

  New York Times - 16 hours 10 minutes ago

  DETROIT — Toyota said on Monday that the account given by a San Diego man who claimed his Prius hybrid car accelerated out of his control for 30 miles was “inconsistent” with the findings of its initial examination of the car.The company statement followed a similar one from the National...

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  • Detroit Free Press - Toyota goes on the defensive

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  Toyota Motor Corp.

• Ford says European car sales rose in Feb. despite rivals' discounts

  Auto News - 1 day 1 hour 41 minutes ago

  Ford Motor Co. said its new-car sales across its main 19 European markets rose by 1.8 percent to 93,200 in February, compared with the same month last year, despite heavy discounting by rivals. With western European new-car sales forecast to fall by between 1 million and 1.5 million units in...

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  • Detroit Free Press - Ford rivals add incentives in Europe

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  Ford Motor Co.

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