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Gas prices slow MN tourism, but don't stop it
Tourism officials say rising gas prices reduced the amount of travel by Minnesotans this summer, but not by as much as was once feared. The decline in the number of people from Minnesota and Wisconsin who traveled 50 miles or more from home during the...Tags: Minnesota, AAA, Iowa, Wisconsin
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Ky. automotive plant closing, over 550 losing jobs
Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automotive systems, announced it will close its plant in Cadiz that employs 559 workers as part of a restructuring plan. The closure at the plant that makes frames for car seats will be phased out and is...Tags: Plant Openings, Plant Closings, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees
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Chrysler Continues Sale; It's Still Confusing
KickingTiresWith its sales off 34% in August, Chrysler suffered the worst drop of any automaker last month. Nonetheless, it will continue its Shop ???Til You Drive sales event through the end of the month. While the sale didn???t help Chrysler???s......Tags: Sales
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A weekend for trailer queens and used cars
MotorTrend MagazineMONTEREY, CALIFORNIA - It's a high-school band member playing his snare drum on the cold, wet predawn 18th hole at Pebble Beach. No, it's an 1898 Leon Bollee 3.25-hp three-seater tandem, the Dawn Patrol discovers as it rolls down into sight toward the... -
Tech treasures on the Monterey Peninsula
MotorTrend Magazine1956 Firebird II TitaniumGM's Firebird series of turbine-powered cars fired the imaginations of all who saw them, but they also pushed the boundaries of research into turbine engine design, which at the time seemed like it might be the next big thing. The... -
Jekyll and Hyde: 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG
MotorTrend MagazineWhump! Thumbing the start button on the Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG shifter is like throwing a match into a pool of gasoline. The handbuilt 6.2L V-8 under the hood doesn't crank or spool or stutter into life. It's just suddenly there, all rumbling menace, like... -
Cars that Jumped the Shark: Mercedes-Benz SL
Edmunds.comThe first Mercedes-Benz SL I ever drove was a 1981 380SL, with the woefully underperforming 3.8-liter, 155 horsepower V8. Even then I knew enough about the model to know that "SL" stood for "Sport Light," so I remember being highly disappointed. "This... -
Nissan Executive Says Automaker Developing Plug-In Gasoline-Electric Hybrid
Edmunds.comA top executive at Nissan Motor Co. says the automaker is developing a plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, according to a Website that covers Japanese corporate news. The report, posted by JCNnetwork Tuesday, quotes Nissan Vice President Mitsuhiko... -
Smart Says Cobasys Hampering Work on ForTwo EV Fitted With Li-Ion Batteries
Edmunds.comIn early June we reported that General Motors won't sell as many hybrid cars as it had hoped this year due to 9,000 defective batteries supplied by Cobasys. Now the Michigan-based battery maker is being blamed for holding up the release of electric... -
Dashing Hopes, Honda Says Fit Hybrid is Not for U.S.
Edmunds.comEver since Honda CEO Takeo Fukui revealed that the carmaker is developing a hybrid version of its popular Fit subcompact, the widespread impression has been that the car will be introduced sometime around 2010 and will be sold in the U.S. alongside Honda'... -
Six Other Ways Auto Marketers are Taking it to the Internet
Auto ObserverBy Dale Buss Automakers are moving forcefully into the online-marketing arena using a number of innovations in which their industry, arguably, has become the leader. In Wednesday's part two of this three-part series on Internet marketing, Edmunds.com's... -
General Motors India lowers sales forecasts, but not expectations
Auto ObserverBy Nick Kurczewski KTALEGAON, INDIA - The next wave of small cars to come from General Motors could wear a "Made in India" label. GM India is rapidly expanding production capacity to build a new generation of small cars to meet consumer demand both at...
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