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- GM Reins In Dealerships By Offering To Pay For Facelifts
- 2009's Best Green Posts: Urine! Muslims & Ethanol! Prius Perks!
- Geely Autos: Coming Soon To A Volvo Dealer Near You?
- Mercedes Plug-in, No More Quest: Today At High Gear Media
- Wireframe Lamborghini, Spyker's Plans For Saab: Today's Car News
- Video: Chrysler Focuses On Past (Because The Future Might Be Awkward)
- Rumor: GM Eyeing Apple Exec For Its New CEO?
- Mercedes-Benz Bringing A Hybrid Option To The S-Class
- Spy Shots: 2011 Hyundai Elantra
- Nissan: No 2010 Quest Minivan in the Plan
| GM Reins In Dealerships By Offering To Pay For Facelifts Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST  GM is nudging its dealerships along by offering them some direct money--paid out over five to ten years--to remodel and freshen-up, and meet some tighter standards. Anyone who's shopped around--in a major metro area, especially--knows that while dealerships are the 'face' of the automaker, they can vary in presentation like night and day. The sad ..
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| 2009's Best Green Posts: Urine! Muslims & Ethanol! Prius Perks! Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:23 PM PST  G'wan, admit it. We say, "green car". You think, "Ugh, Toyota Prius," and look away. Oh, but there's so much more! And so much of it is just so darn ... weird. Consider, for example, the 10 most popular posts last year on our sister site GreenCarReports.com. The list includes a piece entitled "Miles Per Gallon Is Just Stupid. No, Really, It ..
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| Geely Autos: Coming Soon To A Volvo Dealer Near You? Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:22 AM PST  While much of the auto world's attention has been focused on Geely's attempt to buy Volvo from Ford and what that might mean for the popular Swedish marque, there's another side to the story that's gotten far less coverage: the possibility that Volvo dealerships will begin selling Geely vehicles. Like BAIC, Sichuan Tengzhong, and other Chinese ..
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| Mercedes Plug-in, No More Quest: Today At High Gear Media Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:00 AM PST  Today's news is back into the swing of things after a quick holiday break, and there are a left over few gifts in the mix as well. Mercedes-Benz is expected to turn out a plug-in hybrid version of its S-Class, much like the concept shown last fall in Frankfurt. No precise details on date or pricing are known yet, but don't expect it before ..
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| Wireframe Lamborghini, Spyker's Plans For Saab: Today's Car News Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:00 AM PST  Due for sale in 2012, the next-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan will reportedly be offered with plug-in hybrid technology, and eventually this option will be offered across the automaker's fleet. [MotorAuthority] Since GM extended the deadline for potential bids for the Saab brand, renewed hope in an acquisition by Spyker has ..
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| Video: Chrysler Focuses On Past (Because The Future Might Be Awkward) Posted: 04 Jan 2010 07:40 AM PST  Dragging out archival footage is nothing new for advertisers, especially during the holiday season. (Best example from recent years: Macy's.) It's the sort of thing companies do to remind the public of their past, their place in the community, and often to gloss over more current, less warm-and-fuzzy events. Chrysler has taken that approach in ..
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| Rumor: GM Eyeing Apple Exec For Its New CEO? Posted: 04 Jan 2010 05:27 AM PST  On Christmas Eve, we reported that General Motors had just hired Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell to be its new chief financial officer, and that he was rumored to be in the running for the CEO desk. Now, some new and intriguing chatter says that GM may in fact be looking to one of Microsoft's biggest rivals -- Apple -- to fill the CEO spot: ..
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| Mercedes-Benz Bringing A Hybrid Option To The S-Class Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:46 AM PST  Just a couple of weeks ago, we discussed Mercedes-Benz's plan to retool its popular CL model into a new S-Class coupe. Now we've gotten word that the next-gen S-Class will offer even more features, including a hybrid option on the S-Class sedan. The system will be similar to that shown at Frankfurt last fall in the Vision S500 Plug-In Hybrid ..
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| Spy Shots: 2011 Hyundai Elantra Posted: 03 Jan 2010 06:09 PM PST  Hyundai is working on a brand new version of its Elantra sedan that's due to go on sale later this year as a 2011 model. These latest spy shots reveal a lot of the details surrounding the new sedan, including its overall shape and proportions which appear similar to that of the recently revealed 2011 Hyundai Sonata but on a smaller ..
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| Nissan: No 2010 Quest Minivan in the Plan Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:09 PM PST  Large SUVs and minivans have fallen on the hardest of times in the industry's late downturn, and casualties of the recession mount daily. Nissan today confirmed in an email to TheCarConnection that it would be bringing U.S. production of the Quest minivan to an end later this year, and will not sell a 2010 edition of the van. The replacement ..
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