Auto April Fools' Round Up
by John Neff on Apr 1st 2009 at 11:58AM 
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This week has been no laughing matter for the auto industry, with President Obama and his Auto Task Force outright rejecting the restructuring plans of General Motors and Chrysler and giving the two ailing automakers new deadlines and ultimatums. Low sales, laid off workers and even an ousted CEO, however, can't put a damper on April Fools' Day, which just happens to occur this year in the midst of some very unfunny stuff.
Because there's so much real news to cover this week, we decided not to report on every auto-related April Fools' joke out there and rather compile them in this handy dandy Round Up. Click below to see what tomfoolery we found today and let us know of any others we may have missed in the comments.
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Taglane 12:04PM (4/01/2009)
Wow.... You guys just made my day a whole lot easier.
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Taglane 12:04PM (4/01/2009)
This one was great!
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f70/gmi-exclusive-bob-lutz-comes-out-retirement-77380/
jamie 12:13PM (4/01/2009)
Government planning: Obama and the Beast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7976128.stm
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Bryan 12:18PM (4/01/2009)
I can't believe you guys missed this one!
http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/04/michael-schumacher-back-in-formula1.html
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Robin.theurkauf 12:21PM (4/01/2009)
I have a small fleet of japanese cars. I have driven a prius for years and love it What would i buy from GM or Ford? I would buy a plug - in hybrid that could also serve as a source of electricity in the event of a power outage. A must have
Robin
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Farris 12:23PM (4/01/2009)
That's soooo cool!
Mel. R 12:21PM (4/01/2009)
And Top Gear will be reviewing only bicycles in the next season. http://www.bbc.co.uk.tscc.org.uk/pressoffice/stories/2009/1_april/30/topgear.shtml
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MajorGeek 12:32PM (4/01/2009)
Most are so over the top obvious, I lost interest in April Fools gags for the most part.
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Jason 12:57PM (4/01/2009)
My favorite blog also had one. Ditching Benz for BMW
http://www.benzinsider.com/2009/04/benzinsider-is-dead-bmw-insider-is-born/
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Jruhi4 2:05PM (4/01/2009)
This week's Autoextremist was great, in my opinion:
http://www.autoextremist.com/
And here's one from LexusF.com:
http://www.lexusf.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1430
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JWFisher 4:58PM (4/01/2009)
Surprise move - Ford establishes a technology alliance : http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-blog/2009/04/01.html#a2614
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Kumar 6:13PM (4/01/2009)
Here's another one....2009 Forester Green Roof Edition.
http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1019812_subaru-offers-new-green-roof-option-on-2009-forester-appropriately
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P.V. 7:59PM (4/01/2009)
The Nissan Altima SE-R wasn't bad, and the Hyundai i10 Popemobile was pretty good, but the other ones were either lame or overdone. :(
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/02/belated-april-foolery-fords-new-symbiosis-logo/
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/april-foolery-toyota-resurrects-oldsmobile-in-its-own-image/
How I pine for last year...
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