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Nissan
The Best from the 2006 New York International Auto Show! Learn about the great new technology that Nissan automakers are incorporating into their 2007 models like the Quest, Versa, and Titan.

Speakpulp Episode #19
Brian and Wugga return from the Giltrap Prestige Porsche dealership in Auckland with their shiny old Ford Laser (the Wuggmobile) and Nissan Pulsar (the Brianemobile) vehicles of choice (the terms shiny and choice are used loosely here). Join them for yet another evening rendevous to talk about such topics as the Earth-shattering PAC-MAN news, and Wuggas addiction to buying Xbox Live Arcade games. Also, theres a tenuous link between the outro music and most of the proposed unlikely scenario. More emphasis on tenuous than link - whatd you expect? Its Speakpulp Episode #19(more&)Podcasts

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 04:40:50 EDT
Chrysler Group Awards $10000 in Scholarships to Kokomo Students - Autochannel (press release)
Chrysler Group Awards $10000 in Scholarships to Kokomo StudentsAutochannel (press release) - 4 hours agoKOKOMO, Ind., June 15 — Chrysler Group has awarded $10000 in scholarships to Kokomo-area students for the 2007-2008 school year. Ten students each received …

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:15:32 GMT
Chevrolet Vans, 1987-97 - on sale from $16.96
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

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Options include a segment-first locking rear differential, traction controls and roof rail side airbags. With all that refinement and extra content, GM could have a problem maintaining its margins in favor of stiff competition from the Ford Ranger and other competitors in today’s incentive-laden, price-sensitive market.

The new pickups, which replace the outgoing and aging Chevrolet S-10 and GMC Sonoma lines, benefit from significant investment resulting in a new stiffer frame, addition of rack-and-pinion steering and a standard equipment list that includes antilock brakes and dual-stage airbags.

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Options include a segment-first locking rear differential, traction controls and roof rail side airbags. With all that refinement and extra content, GM could have a problem maintaining its margins in favor of stiff competition from the Ford Ranger and other competitors in today’s incentive-laden, price-sensitive market.

But Mark Hogan, group vice president-GM Advance Vehicle Development Team, says GM is confident having a better pickup in showrooms will pay dividends.

Jim Queen, GM’s vice president for engineering, told the paper the moves have cut engineering costs by 48 percent in six years. The move will begin in May, bringing GM’s North American vehicle design and engineering staff into one center.

An avowed environmentalist (who nonetheless heads a company that sells its share of fuel-needy full-size SUVs), Ford says that by 2004 cars will run 99% cleaner and require half as much fuel as cars of the 1960s.

Indeed, the industry is in “an all-out incentive war,” says Ford.

Here’s his checklist on how the industry can do the wrong things:

He spoke at a J.D. Power & Associates’ conference along with two other top auto executives: Ford Motor Co. CEO and Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. and DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group COO Wolfgang Bernhard.

2007 Nissan Versa
Unlike many similarly worded personal ads, the above title remains true outside the author?s imagination, at least as it pertains to the 2007 Nissan Versa. As Nissan?s all-new offering for the US subcompact market, the Versa fits a …

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Toyota Camry 1997-01 - on sale from $14.59
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

An avowed environmentalist (who nonetheless heads a company that sells its share of fuel-needy full-size SUVs), Ford says that by 2004 cars will run 99% cleaner and require half as much fuel as cars of the 1960s.

Indeed, the industry is in “an all-out incentive war,” says Ford.

Here’s his checklist on how the industry can do the wrong things:

He spoke at a J.D. Power & Associates’ conference along with two other top auto executives: Ford Motor Co. CEO and Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. and DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group COO Wolfgang Bernhard.

“Fail to support government efforts to stimulate the economy.”

Cleaner cars offer a competitive advantage. They’ll be part of the industry’s “next big battle ground,” Ford says. “That will be a challenge for auo companies, but great for customers, and that’s the way it should be.”

He says that Ford Motor Co. in the late 1990s, as it sought growth in other areas, “took our eye off the ball,” allowing competitors to take advantage of that.