Monday, November 9, 2009

Honda Accord Crosstour looks better than its picture

Scott Burgess: Don't look at the picture. The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour looks much better than any camera can capture. In person, the Accord Crosstour looks downright stylish. - 1:00 am

'Clunkers' sales point to challenges for Detroit's Big 3

The majority of Michigan residents buying a car through the Cash for Clunkers program chose a domestic, while less than half did nationally.

Michigan car buyers tend to purchase what their neighbors make, but that doesn't matter as much to the rest of the country, according to an analysis of data from the "cash for clunkers" incentive program. - 1:00 am

GM exec Forster may join Tata Motors

Carl-Peter Forster, General Motors Co.'s highest ranking executive in Europe, may join Tata Motors, according to a source close to the negotiations. Forster, whose departure from GM was announced Friday, has been in talks with the Indian automaker. - 6:22 pm

General Motors tries to restart deal with Magna in Russia

Opel workers demonstrate at the plant of automaker Opel in Kaiserslautern, western Germany, on Nov. 5 during a protest one day after General Motors' refusal to sell its European unit Opel.

GM hopes to salvage a key element of the collapsed plan to sell Opel -- a three-way production deal in Russia. - 5:07 pm

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Daniel Howes
Chrysler is in a race that already started

Time is not on Chrysler's side because the clock clearly favors crosstown rivals Ford and, yes, General Motors -- both of which have killer products... - 11/06/2009

Manny Lopez
Chrysler gives cause for hope

Chrysler has set for itself a definitive course and talked at length -- again -- about rebuilding reputation and fixing their issues. They have to. - 11/05/2009

Scott Burgess
Honda Accord Crosstour looks better than its picture

Don't look at the picture. The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour looks much better than any camera can capture. - 11/07/2009

John McCormick
Noise issue creeps up on electric cars

If you have driven a pure electric or hybrid car you will know the problem. - 10/22/2009

Neil Winton
Could GM retain Opel-Vauxhall after all?

General Motors' deal to offload its European subsidiaries has been about a week away from completion for about six months now, and it is still not... - 10/29/2009

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