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2008 Audi Q7 4.2 Premium Review

Nov 30, 1999
Full disclosure: I really like Audis. I own two of them: an A4 Avant and an A4 Cabriolet. So when Audi offered me the chance to review a Q7, Ingolstadt's answer to "how late can you be to an SUV party and still not wonder why you bothered to show up in...

2008 HUMMER H3 Alpha Review

Nov 30, 1999
There I was, minding my own business on the Internet, when HUMMER sauntered up and threw me against a locker. “Alpha stole your virtual girlfriend.

2008 Pontiac G8 GT Take Two

Nov 30, 1999
When it comes to cars from General Motors, I’m always prepared for disappointment. No matter how promising the new vehicle is (Corvette!), GM finds a way to let me down (Corvette seats!)

2009 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI Review

Nov 30, 1999
In the past five years, Volkswagen has had its pants around its ankles. Gas tripled in price, Al Gore invented the environment and the brand once known for frugality didn't have U.S. products that could compete on fuel economy.

Chrysler Creates RAM Brand in Preparation for Chapter 7

Nov 30, 1999
As Colonel George Taylor would say, they’ve finally done it. Chrysler, the formerly bankrupt, federally-financed, Italian-owned carmaker has created a fourth automotive brand: Ram. As the company can’t come out and say they’re hiving-off Ram...

GM Buys Out Suzuki In Canada

Dec 4, 2009
What, GM actually has the money to BUY companies? Suzuki says they want sell the whole shebang in their 50:50 joint venture in Canada to their JV partner, General Motors, says the Nikkei. That would be the end of a more than 20-year...

Ka-Ching! BAIC Has The Funds To Buy Saab

Dec 4, 2009
China’s BAIC has received a $2.93 billion line of credit from the Bank of China, says Reuters. The question of course is: What for? BAIC, the car company owned by the city of Beijing, has said before it might still be interested in buying Saab from...

GM Sells Its Future To China

Dec 4, 2009
And so it happened. Xinhua (translation via Gasgoo) has put on the wire that General Mayhem will “transfer half of its Indian operations to SAIC Motor by setting up a 50-50 joint venture there with the Chinese partner.” As expected, “GM and SAIC...

GM Out Of Control In China, India

Dec 3, 2009
China  and the world are waiting for a press conference to be held at 5pm local time (0900 zulu,) for which GM is promising “some important GM news,” relating to SAIC, says Reuters. Nick Reilly will take time off from restructuring Opel, and will...

Ask The Best And Brightest: Will Ed Whitacre Hire Himself?

Dec 3, 2009
If there’s a word to describe the feeling inside GM right now, it would be “nervous.” Though nobody was surprised that Fritz Henderson would leave at some point, it’s clear that his ouster was strangely timed and indicative of Ed Whitacre’s desire for...


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