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Cars More Affordable Than In 1980

Cars More Affordable Than In 1980

If you're in the market for a new car, take heart: a Detroit-area bank says new cars haven't been this affordable since early 1980. Comerica Bank's latest quarterly assessment for the affordability of new cars finds that it now takes 23.1 weeks of work for the average family, with an average income, to buy a new car. The figure is almost a week...

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What Next as Car Sales Collapse?

What Next as Car Sales Collapse?

08/04/08 9:30 AM

Reporting on the auto industry can be a bit difficult, these days, certainly if you're hoping to find something good to say. And the latest news is...

BAT 11 Out of Hell?

BAT 11 Out of Hell?

08/04/08 5:36 AM

By all rights, the BAT 11 simply shouldn't exist. The incredibly sexy sportscar, pictured above, is the work of the folks at Stile Bertone...

Nardelli to Chrysler Workers: All's Good, Sort Of

Nardelli to Chrysler Workers: All's Good, Sort Of

08/02/08 9:18 AM

Hard as it is to imagine, we're coming up on the first anniversary of Chrysler's takeover by the folks at Cerberus Capital Management. It's been a...

The V-8 Is Dead -- Long Live the V-8

The V-8 Is Dead -- Long Live the V-8

08/01/08 12:25 PM

The V-8 is dead. Long live the V-8. Probably nothing is more symbolic of America’s love affair with the automobile than the classic eight-banger...

GM Loses $15.5 Billion

GM Loses $15.5 Billion

08/01/08 8:03 AM

General Motors posted a massive $15.5 billion second-quarter loss, a widening deficit that underscored the mounting problems facing the giant...

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Cars More Affordable Than In 1980

Cars More Affordable Than In 1980

08/08/08 3:37 PM

If you're in the market for a new car, take heart: a Detroit-area bank says new cars haven't been this affordable since early 1980. Comerica Bank's...

Shelby Mustang Turns In 1.0g

Shelby Mustang Turns In 1.0g

08/08/08 3:17 PM

A tweak here, a tweak there--and all of the sudden the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR is turning in a full g on the track. Ford says the Shelbyfied...

2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Priced

2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Priced

08/08/08 2:59 PM

The 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is wearing something today aside from a big, snazzy grille and lots of "hybrid" graphics. Cadillac's sticker price...

Next Volkswagen GTI Drops R32, Gets "R"

Next Volkswagen GTI Drops R32, Gets "R"

08/08/08 8:57 AM

Autocar magazine also reports that Volkswagen is ditching V-6 power in its next hot edition of the Golf, and will use the occasion to meld the R32...

Porsche Rushing New Cayenne

Porsche Rushing New Cayenne

08/08/08 8:15 AM

  Porsche senses the tide turning against big SUVs--and it's rushing a greener Cayenne to market, according to a blog by Britain's Autocar. Autocar...

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