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Kicking the tires, with Chinese flair

tom on Aug 21, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

BEIJING -- Salesman Wang Haokui takes his post -- casually, yet purposefully -- near the main door of his Buick dealership.

Within a few minutes, a customer walks in. Wang is friendly,...
GM deal aims to rev up finances

tom on Aug 20, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

General Motors Corp. is extending warranties offered on certified used vehicles, one in a series of short-term moves detailed Tuesday aimed at shoring up the automaker's sagging finances, boosting sales...
Business fights new rules for imports

tom on Aug 20, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

Automakers and major business groups are mounting a spirited effort to convince the Bush Administration to soften a proposal that would require the collection of detailed information about imports to the...
Super 'Vette: It's out of this world

tom on Aug 20, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

Times are tough. Gas prices are high. Housing prices are low. And the car market is collapsing faster than a Jenga tower after six vodka shots.

America needs a superhero.

And...
GM Style event a victim of cuts

tom on Aug 19, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

General Motors Corp. is scrapping its GM Style event, the celebrity-studded soiree that takes place just before the North American International Auto Show.

The cost-cutting move follows...
Fewer buyers are satisfied with Big 3

tom on Aug 19, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

Detroit's automakers lost ground this year to their Japanese and German rivals in the latest customer satisfaction survey by the University of Michigan, marking a reversal for U.S. manufacturers.
Dodge makes its own luck with the Journey

tom on Aug 19, 2008 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com)

“The harder I practice, the luckier I get,” basketball legend Michael Jordan once famously quipped, and some skeptics might ascribe the timely arrival of the Dodge Journey to plain old good luck. After...
Police investigate bicyclist struck by car

tom on Aug 18, 2008 (http://www.qctimes.com)

Davenport police were investigating an accident Sunday in which a bicyclist was struck by a car.

The accident happened shortly before 6 p.m. at 4th and LeClaire streets, police said. The...
The rise and fall of John DeLorean, dashing, maverick automaker

tom on Aug 17, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

The DeLorean was immortalized in the 1985 hit film "Back to the Future" -- it's the cool car that was transformed into a time machine by the kooky scientist. The man behind the machine has a story of his...
GM's best and baddest

tom on Aug 16, 2008 (http://www.detnews.com)

General Motors Corp. has been reinventing the car for 100 years now.

From the time Billy Durant helped eliminate the crank starter to when The General helped the world clean up its act...