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Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor | 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 no exception. Wrapping up the second quarter, General Motors announced a whopping $15.5 billion loss, the third-worst in its history, and nearly double the record loss reported by Ford Motor Co. barely a week before. Chrysler did announce it had found...
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By Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor | 06/02/08 11:41 AM
Slammed by the collapse of the American truck market, Ford Motor Co. is looking ways to ramp up production of its new Fiesta minicar. The subcompact, launched to much acclaim in Europe earlier this year, is scheduled to arrive in the States in 2010. Significantly, Ford will halt production of its now-struggling F-Series pickup at a plant in Cuautitlan , Mexico , to make room for the American...
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By Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor | 05/22/08 12:02 PM
With fuel prices soaring, car sales plunging, and the weak economy holding out little promise of a turnaround, the situation is looking increasingly bleak for Ford Motor Co. The troubled automaker revealed on Thursday that it no longer expects to return to profitability next year and will have to sharply scale back production in the meantime. During a conference call with reporters, CEO Alan...
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By Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor | 02/19/08 8:13 PM
For the fifth year in a row, Honda’s compact Civic GX has been named the “Greenest Vehicle” on the road by The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, or ACEEE. All-in-all, four Honda vehicles, including the Civic Hybrid , were listed among the consumer group’s dozen “greenest vehicles of 2008.” This marks the eighth consecutive year that a Honda vehicle topped...
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By 
Marty Padgett, Executive Editor | 02/14/08 11:01 PM
I wasn't really old enough to remember the first Ford Fiesta that jumped the ocean in the midst of the second 1970s oil shock--at the time, my family was still hip-deep in jade-green Thunderbird vinyl. But Ford's new Fiesta has me interested, if only because it's so close to the stunning Verve concept auto-show crowds applauded in Frankfurt , China and Detroit over the past six months. Now that...
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By Paul Eisenstein, Executive Editor | 01/11/08 12:43 PM
Green or mean? You’ll have your choice at this year’s Detroit Auto Show . With mounting concerns about global warming, never mind record oil prices, and with a tough new federal fuel economy law going into effect, the auto industry has suddenly gotten religion when it comes to the environment. From hybrids to hydrogen, alternative fuels to mileage-minded powertrains, the green machines are taking...
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By Marty Padgett, Executive Editor | 05/07/07 3:19 PM
Presidential candidate Barack Obama is making his way down the road of fully evolved campaign positions. Today in Detroit , he revealed he's no friend of American automakers - and seemingly, unsympathetic to their calls for a level playing field. Obama, the New York Times reports, told Detroit audiences that, essentially, their problems were entirely of their own making. “For years, while...
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By Marty Padgett, Executive Editor | 04/12/07 10:29 AM
What makes a gay car? Other than being parked in TheCarConnection.com's SE HQ driveway, a car becomes gay (unlike people, who're born that way) when it acquires a gaggle of fans in the rainbow community. It's taken the grey lady, the New York Times , just 38 or so years to realize there are "gay cars" in the world. This morning, they've canvassed the world of gay car writers and engineers in a...
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By Marty Padgett, Executive Editor | 07/11/06 1:12 AM
Maybe your own gaydar tells you that more same-sexers love the Mazda Miata, the Jeep Wrangler or Subaru’s Forester. But now, our colleagues over at Gaywheels.com say they have the definitive list of wheels that appeal to gay shoppers. Scanning their site for the ten most researched vehicles, Gaywheels says the top vehicles include the following: 1 Saturn Sky 2 Toyota Yaris 3 Dodge Caliber 4...
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