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Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertibles, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Ford Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Mustang When the 2005 Ford Mustang debuted, it thoroughly reinvigorated the pony car segment that it created four decades earlier. After 25 years of being assembled on the archaic rear-wheel-drive Fox platform, the Mustang finally had an all-new platform and styling that hearkened back to the late 1960s. Known as the S197, this Must
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Filed under: Sports/GTs, Supercars, Chevrolet, GM, Toyota, Rendered SpeculationIt's usually fun to speculate on what the future might hold, but this is one case where we're not so enthused. First of all, nobody in their right mind really wants to see GM fold (at least they shouldn't), regardless of the fact that it has been mismanaged for a good portion of its 100-year run. There have been some seriously cool machines that have rolled out of GM's
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Filed under: LA Auto Show, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Ford Click above for high-res pics of the 2010 Ford Mustang (plus the official order form) var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/2010_Ford_Mustang_revealed_early_on_Ford_s_own_website'; Everyone here at Autoblog has been patiently counting down the seconds until 12:01AM EST tonight when Ford's embargo lifts on the 2010 Mustang. At that time we can tell you all about the new 'Stang as well as share
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Auto companies would be able to receive emergency aid within a month under a Senate proposal for a $25 billion loan package that circulated here late Monday.

Filed under: GM, Earnings/FinancialsFrom November 28 to December 11, GM is holding back incentive payments to dealers, including dealer cash and customer cash. Why? in the words of Mark LaNeve, GM's VP of North American sales, because "Anytime you can delay any kind of a payment, it helps cash flow" And cash is probably the most important four-letter word in any GM dictionary.The withheld payments don't cover all the monies that GM sends to deale
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Filed under: Trends, Government/Legal, LifestylePresident-Elect Barack Obama thinks we have an oil addiction and he wants to do something about it. That something is developing a plan for energy independence. While that might have seemed easier to discuss when oil was at $147 a barrel, Obama thinks it's even more important to talk about now, with oil hovering around $60. "It may be a little harder politically, but it's more important," Obama told
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Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM, Earnings/Financials"Thick and fast." That's the phrase that describes the opinions, pleas, advice, denunciations, and WTF? going on around the U.S. auto industry right now. Enter Congress, which is trying to figure out how to give Detroit automakers the $25 billion they were promised a few months ago. Congressmen are sounding off almost daily on what kinds of stipulations they want to attac
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Production ended in 1988 for the Pontiac Fiero, but that hasn"t stopped kit car companies from resurrecting the mid-engine sports car into various supercar imitations.

Filed under: Euro, Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes-BenzA master mechanic and two clerks, among others, are being investigated for intentionally sabotaging Mercedes cars being built at the Sindelfingen factory. Allegedly, repair shops in the area that weren't part of the Daimler corporation were bribing workers with gifts, trips, and cash to alter the cars so that the repair shops could get the contracts to fix them.The sabotage included scratching
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, CelebritiesRocker Neil Young has managed to create his own electric car out of an old Lincoln convertible. That's awesome, and we congratulate Young on the amazing accomplishment. But as far as his ideas on how to fix Detroit, it seems that the singer's plan has a few loose screws. Mr. Young suggests that the Feds give Detroit the money it needs to survive on the condition that the three
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, LLC.One door closes, another one opens. Just as Chrysler is working to extricate itself from its deal with Getrag, the Pentastar people are about to announce a deal with ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Chrysler is erecting a plant in Marysville, Michigan that will build axles and employ 900 workers, but word is that the deal will involve ZF signing a long-term commitment to operate the plant. As far back as Sep
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Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Economy, Tech, Hatchbacks, Audi Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi S3 Sportback Audi's five-door S3 and its Sportback sibling will now be able to benefit from the S tronic dual-clutch transmission. Mated to the 2.0-liter TSFI, you'll seamlessly shift from first all the way to sixth, with 265 hp on tap and 258 lb-ft. available from just 2,500 rpm. You'll also get even better gas mileage, with both cars
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