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Mar 5, 2007
CONFIRMED: Ford Fiesta coming to America, hope for Mondeo

Ford of Europe chairman Lewis Booth confirmed today that the next-generation Ford Fiesta for the European market will be brought to us folks in small car-starved North America. In truth, we're not actually starved for small cars in North America, we're just starved for good small cars like the Ford Fiesta and other European B-class models. The current model is well received in its native market, while the next generation model will be based off of the same platform used by the new John Neff

Mar 5, 2007
Holden drops 600 workers from Commodore assembly plant

Looks like the sometimes-suicidally-prone manufacturing robots at General Motors are taking jobs away from some real people. The Australian is reporting that up to 600 Holden employees will be getting their pink slips in the company's Elizabeth plant in South Australia. The Elizabeth plant is where the Holden Commodore, among other vehicles, is manufactured. The explanation is that the company

Frank Filipponio
Mar 5, 2007
Geneva Motor Show: Autoblog invades Geneva searching for cocoa and cars

Mmm... what could be better than sipping an authentic cup of Swiss Miss while taking in one of the largest auto shows in the world. For one thing, Swiss Miss is owned by multinational mega-company ConAgra Foods, and the delectable chocolate drink was actually invented by a Sicilian. This doesn't change the fact that Geneva Motor Show is one of the largest auto shows in the world, and the 77th iteration of the Geneva Motor Show

John Neff
Mar 5, 2007
U.S. Rep. Inglis: "We can benefit by building a hydrogen highway"

Representative Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) has got the prescription for the hydrogen blues. Think building the hydrogen economy is a waste of money and energy? Inglis sees it as "innovation jobs springing up nationwide." Think making ethanol is already a losing prospect, energy-wise? Inglis want to further refine cellulosic ethanol (made from things like switchgrass) into hydrogen. Think the decades it will take to turn America onto hydrogen mean we should perhaps temper our excitement of the H2 future?

Sebastian Blanco
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