DEALERS EYE USED OVER NEW (New York Post)
During your next visit to a new-car dealership, don't be surprised if the salesman steers you away from that shiny, new 2009 model toward a four-year-old sedan once driven by a little old lady. The reason is simple: That's where the money is...
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Brazil's SUV-mania fuels fantasy for Detroit (Pioneer Press)
Here's a fantasy for Detroit: Keep the factories that make all those monstrous, once-wonderfully profitable sport-utility vehicles open and running. Then forget about packing up those SUVs and shipping them to U.S. auto dealers, where the few customers to be found spend more time comparing gas-mileage ratings than towing power.
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HISTORYON WHEELS (Akron Beacon Journal)
W endell McCrady's vintage car is one of a kind. The 91-year-old vehicle is so rare that it doesn't officially exist, according to automotive experts.
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Former Hawkeye charged with armed robbery in Detroit (The Des Moines Register)
An arrest warrant has been issued for a former University of Iowa football player charged with armed robbery last month in a Detroit suburb.
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Lewenza gets right to work as CAW president (Canada.com)
TORONTO -- Newly-elected CAW President Ken Lewenza has his first meeting with General Motors in Detroit Monday for a long-scheduled update on the precarious state of the industry from the second-largest automaker.
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Villegas gets first PGA win at BMW (Asbury Park Press)
Camilo Villegas gave golf fans a real reason to pay attention to him — a trophy. Villegas won for the first time on the PGA Tour with three big putts on the back nine at Bellerive in St. Louis on Sunday for a wire-to-wire victory in the BMW Championship. Villegas closed with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory over Dudley Hart, who birdied the final two holes to earn a trip to the Masters with ...
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Franchitti ready for IndyCar challenge (Sports Illustrated)
JOLIET, ILL. (AP) -- Dario Franchitti can hardly wait to get back in an IndyCar.
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Looking back with Alice Cooper (The Pantagraph)
Alice Cooper: Welcome to his ... well, you can't really call it a nightmare anymore.
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9/07 :: PEAK Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 Post-Race Transcript (Indy Car)
THE MODERATOR: We're joined by the 2008 Bombardier IndyCar Series Rookie-of-the-Year, Hideki Mutoh. The third driver in Andretti Green Racing history to win the league's Rookie-of-the-Year honor.
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An Obsession With Justice and Auto Parts (New York Times)
To get his movie about a feisty inventor made, Mark Abraham, a first-time director, had to be just as feisty.
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