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GM's Rick Wagoner could step aside

There's been a lot of "Fire the Bastards!" talk from a number of pundits and the media over the last few days, this in regard to the current domestic auto leadership. Rick Wagoner's GM's CEO, said if this were to be part of the preconditions for GM getting financial aid, that he woul...

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CARNIVAL OF CARS: Special Edition Update on Detroit Bailout

Want to see the future of the automobile industry worldwide? Check out the multitude of news from the LA Auto Show on the West Coast, comprehensively reported here on Straightline. Want to see the future of the Detroit Big Three? You gotta go to Washington, D.C. where the politicians, lobbyist...

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Hemmings on the Detroit situation

Stopped over at Hemmings.com (here) to see what they're up to these days. As you know, that's a site that lives in the automotive past--but in a good way. Much of what they write about pertains to vehicle brands that no longer exist, many of which used to be part of the American automotive lan...

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Microcar summer roundup

Okay, this event is planned for next summer. If, however, you have a microcar, and are planning to drive there you may want to start packing, as it may take you that long to get there. From the web site: Local microcar collectors and owner/curators of the Sm...

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2008 LA Auto Show: 2009 Bentley Azure T

Today's press conference for the 2009 Bentley Azure T at the LA Convention Center was like no other we've ever heard from a top-end manufacturer. With no warmup, Stuart McCullough, member of the board for sales and marketing, started in: "We expect the year-over-year decline to ...

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2008 LA Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz SL65 Black Series

We didn't learn much about the 2010 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series at today's press conference that we didn't' know already. There will be only 175 of them shipped to the U.S., it gives new meaning to the term "fender flares" and we'll never, ever be able to afford...

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