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0Government Wants 60-MPG CAFE - Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1281997740
Last year, when the federal government set Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards at roughly 35 miles per gallon by 2015, automakers squirmed uncomfortably. Though that should be an achievable target, it won't be easy. It means Americans will have to buy several million more small cars a ...
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Car Prices Will Climb For Years - Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1280521920
Have you've been watching car prices lately? They seem to go up every month. Forget everything you've been reading about sales incentives, bargain leases or low-cost financing. They just mask the fact that automakers are quietly bumping up MSRP's every chance they get. In other words, they ...
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Don't Laugh, The UAW Could Come Roaring Back - Autoline with John McElroy 1279047660
Back when I was a UAW member many moons ago, earning my college tuition by busting my ass in the factories, the union was an incredibly powerful labor organization. With nearly 1.3 million members, it had enormous political clout in Washington, D.C. And thanks to a monopoly on automotive labor, it ...
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Ethanol Booming, Despite the Drawbacks - Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1277238420
Just a couple of years ago American-made corn ethanol was vilified in the media. It was blamed for soaring food prices, and for causing food riots in Mexico. The UN even accused the U.S. of depriving the world of food. What a difference a couple of years makes! Today food production is soaring, ...
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It's Not Easy Designing Dirt Cheap Cars - Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1275679680
Some of the most famous cars in the history of the auto industry were some of the cheapest ones. The Ford Model T, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Citroen 2CV and the BMC Mini were so successful mainly because they were so affordable. Now the industry is trying to replicate that success by designing ...
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How GM Can Repay All the Taxpayer Money - Autoline with John McElroy 1272913080
General Motors can be pretty ham-handed when it tries to manipulate public opinion. The latest gaffe involves the company's newest advertising campaign, bragging to the public that it paid off its $8 billion in government loans. Listening to those ads you might be misled into believing that GM had ...
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Count the Pounds, Not Just the Ponies - Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1270677720
Gearheads the world over have always talked in terms of horsepower. The bigger the number, the better we like it. The type of engine and its output are always one of the first statistics covered in any test drive or car review, because we want to know! But our fixation on horsepower is kind of a ...
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Runaway Toyotas? What About Driver Error? - Autoline with John McElroy 1268427480
No one wants to touch it. Not Toyota, not NHTSA, not any politician. But the issue has to be raised. Driver error is most likely at the root of these sudden unintended acceleration incidents. Unintended acceleration is not a new issue for the auto industry. It's been around for decades and ...
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Unintended Accleration? Beware of TV Network Fraud - Autoline with John McElroy 1267027080
You've already seen the ABC News piece about a college professor rigging up a Toyota Avalon so he could induce a short circuit that would cause unintended acceleration. It's a frightening demonstration. And as detailed yesterday, it's also bad journalism. We've seen this sort of thing happen ...
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Autoline going LIVE at 12:30PM EST from Washington Auto Show, now accepting questions 1264524780
Click above to watch the webcast live at 12:30 PM ESTToday at 12:30PM EST, our friends at Autoline will be hosting a live webcast from the 2010 Washington Auto Show. Special guests include Ford CEO Alan Mulally, President of Audi America Johan de Nysschen and President of BMW North America Jim ...

