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Posted in auto news on Jun 7th, 2010
Chrysler announced Friday it is recalling about 25,000 model year 2007 Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass vehicles due to sticky gas pedals. Now the Detroit automaker has two more recalls, and almost 600,000 vehicles total are affected.
The recalls involve five models in the United States, Reuters reports. Chrysler informed the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
Posted in auto news on Jun 4th, 2010
Chrysler is recalling about 25,000 model year 2007 Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass vehicles due to sticky gas pedals. In the affected vehicles, part of the gas pedal assembly can fall off, causing the pedal to come out of alignment and become stuck, CNNMoney.com reports.
CTS Corp., the supplier that made Toyota’s problem accelerator pedals, also [...]
Posted in auto news on Jun 3rd, 2010
Armando Galarraga, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, is all over the news headlines today, thanks to a bad call by an umpire who ultimately ruined Galarraga’s perfect game.
Galarraga shouldn’t be sad though. Chevrolet just gave him a brand new 2010 Corvette convertible, saying they wanted to recognize his outstanding performance on and off the field.
GM [...]
Posted in auto news, car shopping on Jun 2nd, 2010
Ford announced Wednesday it will end production of its Mercury brand in the fourth quarter of this year, and will expand and enhance its Lincoln brand with seven all-new or significantly refreshed vehicles in the next four years.
Ford said in a statement it is discontinuing its Mercury brand “to fully devote its financial, product development, [...]
Posted in auto news on Jun 1st, 2010
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is warning owners of 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans there could be a problem with all-weather floor mats becoming stuck under accelerator pedals. The gas pedal could become stuck if the all-weather floor mats are stacked on top of the cars’ standard carpeted mats, CNNMoney.com reports.
“Any Ford [...]
Posted in auto loans, auto news, car loans, car shopping, incentives on May 28th, 2010
Ford is planning to wind down the Mercury brand, created in 1939 by Edsel Ford, after sales plunged 74 percent since 2000, said two people familiar with the plan. Exactly when Mercury will die depends on how fast Ford executives can convince Mercury dealers, who also sell Lincoln vehicles, to close or merge with Ford [...]
Posted in auto news on May 24th, 2010
Scion launched its new online competition, “Unlock the tC Road Trip”, today, where players can compete to win a new 2011 Scion tC. Scion says the competition is designed to launch the next-generation 2011 tC and give consumers a fun and engaging way to get to know the new sports coupe and Scion culture.
The game [...]
Posted in auto news on May 21st, 2010
Toyota announced Friday it is recalling about 3,800 Lexus LS sedans in the U.S. to fix a problem with the car’s steering system, the AP reports. This recall comes after a recall of 4,500 of the same models in Japan earlier Friday. About 2,750 more LS sedans are affected by the recall worldwide.
The recall affects [...]
Posted in auto news, car shopping on May 18th, 2010
The auto industry is going to come back strong beginning in 2013, according to global management consultants A.T. Kearney. The company issued the prediction in a report Tuesday, USA Today reports.
The consulting firm said that not only will potential buyers get off the fence and buy new cars, but those who put off the decision [...]
Posted in auto news on May 17th, 2010
General Motors says it earned a profit of $865 million in the first quarter of this year. This is GM’s first quarterly profit since the second quarter of 2007, when it earned $891 million, the AP reports.
Just one year ago, GM reported a $6 billion loss in the first quarter in 2009, so this profit [...]