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Obama Takes Action to Boost Biofuels
Obama Takes Action to Boost Biofuels

5 Feb 2010, 08:50 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that the Americans decided to become energy independent, especially after seeing that oil is getting harder and harder to get. Action has been taken, as President Obama announced a series o...

 
Toyota Will Give Money to Dealers
Toyota Will Give Money to Dealers

4 Feb 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Though Toyota is in a lot of trouble, the Japanese keep an open mind and think about all repercussions. The automaker decided to help out its dealers in these tough times. And what better way of hel...

 
Hyundai Reports January Sales Increase in the US
Hyundai Reports January Sales Increase in the US

3 Feb 2010, 13:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s not a secret that Hyundai had a great year in the US. The Korean manufacturer managed to top its 2008 sales and continue growing, thanks to its new line up and affordable prices. Though 2...

 
Toyota January US Sales Drop
Toyota January US Sales Drop

3 Feb 2010, 10:13 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Due to the problems Toyota managed to get itself into, its report of the January US sales is quite an interesting piece of information. Everybody already knows about the recall and the faulty accele...

 
Hyundai Sonata Gets Listed in ACEEE’s “Green Choices 2010”
Hyundai Sonata Gets Listed in ACEEE’s “Green Choices 2010”

25 Jan 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nowadays, any car manufacturer who wants to get one of its models recognized as an environmentally friendly car has to think about hybrid technology. Though batteries become more and more popular, m...

 
Chevrolet Volt Heading to Washington D.C.
Chevrolet Volt Heading to Washington D.C.

25 Jan 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced that Washington D.C. will be one of the lead retail markets for the upcoming Chevrolet Volt, which means the USA capital will join California and Michigan in the fi...

 
Chrysler Presents "What Can You Do With a HEMI?" Museum Exhibition
Chrysler Presents "What Can You Do With a HEMI?" Museum Exhibition

8 Jan 2010, 12:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, will be the host of a very interesting and unique exhibition called “What Can You HEMI?”. The exhibition will be on display from January 1...

 
Think Announces US Factory
Think Announces US Factory

6 Jan 2010, 11:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Scandinavian electric vehicle constructor Think is set tot take over the world. They have announced for some time now that they were considering building a manufacturing plant in the US, but unt...

 
GM to Repay Government Debt by June
GM to Repay Government Debt by June

16 Dec 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors decided to pay its debt to the US and Canadian government by June. "We intend to pay the debt," chairman and acting chief executive Ed Whitacre said in his first meeting wit...

 
Rare Lamborghini Reventon Auctioned on eBay
Rare Lamborghini Reventon Auctioned on eBay

16 Dec 2009, 13:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If extremely expensive and rare supercars should or shouldn’t be driven, that’s a really long discussion. But the fact is that most rare cars, like the Lamborghini Reventon, spend most o...

 
Mercedes USA to Handle Pre-Delivered BMWs
Mercedes USA to Handle Pre-Delivered BMWs

12 Dec 2009, 16:11 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In order to save time and money, BMW of North America signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz of USA concerning pre-delivered BMWs and MINIs. The agreement in question regards having the BMW cars be ...

 
smart Gets Saturn Former General Manager
smart Gets Saturn Former General Manager

9 Dec 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motor’s decision to close the Saturn brand affected a lot of people, but now we know at least one of them found a new job. Saturn’s former general manager Jill Lajdziak, was recr...

 
Subaru Reports US Sales Growth
Subaru Reports US Sales Growth

30 Nov 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Things are looking better for Subaru owner Fuji Heavy Industries, as the auto brand has improved its US sales by 20 percent. This is the only US sales rise this year, apart from Korean rivals Hyund...

 
Official: Toyota Recalls 3,8 Million Cars in the US
Official: Toyota Recalls 3,8 Million Cars in the US

25 Nov 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is official. Toyota Motor Corp will reshape or replace the accelerator pedal on 3.8 million vehicles. The company’s biggest recall will involve reconfiguring the shape of the pedals in orde...

 
Koenigsegg to Close 81 Saab US Dealerships
Koenigsegg to Close 81 Saab US Dealerships

13 Nov 2009, 08:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Saab’s future owner, Swedish super car producer Koenigsegg, will reject 81 Saab dealerships from the US, out of a total of 218, as cost cutting measure. Koenigsegg is thus facing now the ...

 
Mercedes Considers Building the C-Klasse in US
Mercedes Considers Building the C-Klasse in US

13 Nov 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mercedes-Benz did not have a good year in the US, as sales went down 20 percent. But better times seem to be ahead, as they posted a 21.3 percent rise in US sales in October, making it the best mont...

 
BMW Plans to Bring Four-Cylinder Diesels to the US
BMW Plans to Bring Four-Cylinder Diesels to the US

12 Nov 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that recession brought a lot of new things in America, and now it is about to bring one more. Inside Line says BMW plans to bring out the four-cylinder diesels to the US market in order to ...

 
VW Bus Stolen 35 Years Ago Returns to Owner
VW Bus Stolen 35 Years Ago Returns to Owner

10 Nov 2009, 11:57 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / In 1974, a Washington State hippie got sad as his 1965 Volkswagen Type2 love van was stolen. Nothing happened until October 19 of this year, when during a routine check in the Port of Los Angeles, c...

 
Fiat 500 in Chrysler Showrooms from 2010
Fiat 500 in Chrysler Showrooms from 2010

6 Nov 2009, 11:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Americans have a new reason for joy, as Fiat decided to sell its funky little town car in Chrysler showrooms across the U.S. After the success of both competitors MINI and the New Beetle, the Italia...

 
smart fortwo Gets Parking Discount in New York
smart fortwo Gets Parking Discount in New York

13 Feb 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / The more we think, the more we realize parking fees should be given according to the size of the car. It's not fair to pay the same amount as an SUV owner, let's say, if you happen to have...