AutomoChatter - Car Forum http://www.automochatter.com/forum Auto Industry News, Reviews and Rumors en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:32:19 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.automochatter.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg AutomoChatter - Car Forum http://www.automochatter.com/forum Car companies race to innovate http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25923&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:10 GMT http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...W=120&MaxH=120Ford, Chrysler Group LLC and other car companies are counting on Silicon Valley to help boost sales and shake off their image as slow adopters of innovations.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25923 Ohio assembly line shows off first Cruze subcompacts http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25922&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:10 GMT http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...W=120&MaxH=120Lordstown, Ohio -- Chevrolet's first Cruze subcompacts -- red, followed by white, then blue -- rolled off the assembly line Wednesday.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25922 <![CDATA[In webcast, GM'S new CEO talks about vision]]> http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25921&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:10 GMT http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...W=120&MaxH=120Detroit -- In his first major address to his company's global workforce, General Motors Co.'s new CEO, Daniel Akerson, urged employees Wednesday to "be on the attack" against rival auto companies.

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More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25920 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, an AW Drivers Log: http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25919&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:10 GMT MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: I like this Camaro, but I don't love it, and that bums me out. I want it to be everything I hoped for, but it just doesn't quite satisfy me or provide the exact type of driving thrill I look for.

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More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25918 <![CDATA[Obama's tax credits may boost auto industry]]> http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25917&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:22 GMT While many businesses and economists are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Obama administration's plan to pump up to $200B into business spending, the auto industry's chief lobbying arm enthusiastically embraced one part of it.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25917 Consumer Reports chooses Mustang over Camaro in face-off http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25916&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:22 GMT http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...W=120&MaxH=120True believers won't care about the Consumer Reports muscle car face-off. If they already are in the Mustang lot or Camaro corner, wild horsepower couldn't drag them away from their favorite.

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More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25915 Paris auto show: Opel releases details of its Astra coupe concept: http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25914&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:22 GMT Opel/Vauxhall has released pictures of a concept for an Astra coupe that will be unveiled at the Paris auto show later this month. More...... Opel/Vauxhall has released pictures of a concept for an Astra coupe that will be unveiled at the Paris auto show later this month.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25914 Paris auto show: Sporty Chevrolet Aveo debuts : http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25913&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:22 GMT Chevrolet has given its new Aveo subcompact car a sporty look aimed at capturing young buyers. More...... Chevrolet has given its new Aveo subcompact car a sporty look aimed at capturing young buyers.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25913 Report: China passenger car sales up 18% in August http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25912&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:57 GMT Shanghai -- Sales of passenger cars in China -- the world's biggest market -- rose 18 percent in August from a year earlier, a report said Tuesday, as government subsidies and price cuts by dealers helped spur demand.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25912 Auto parts plant blast hurts 9 near Toledo http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25911&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:57 GMT An explosion at an auto parts plant in northern Ohio injured nine people this morning. More...... An explosion at an auto parts plant in northern Ohio injured nine people this morning.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25911 Bentley reveals all-new 2012 Continental GT http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25910&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:57 GMT http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...W=120&MaxH=120Volkswagen AG's British carmaker Bentley unveiled the successor today to the elegant Continental GT coupe that revitalized the luxury brand when it was introduced in 2003.

More... ]]> Auto Industry RSS AutomoChatter News http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25910 Bentley reveals new Continental GT, 4.0-liter V8 set to debut for 2012: http://www.automochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25909&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:57 GMT Bentley will add a 4.0-liter V8 model to the Continental GT range after it retools its elegant coupe for the 2011 model year. More...... Bentley will add a 4.0-liter V8 model to the Continental GT range after it retools its elegant coupe for the 2011 model year.

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