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Cash for clunkers! Step right up and get your free money! Did everyone forget we're talking about government bureaucracy here?..

I looked out my office window at Sierra Motors to spy a tow truck with a Chevy Chevette chained too its back. It seemed to be a rite of passage with all the changes coming to GM in the next couple of months this old dog just couldn’t take it anymore. It was at peace with the fact that all that rattling metal would probably make its way into about five new hybrids saving mankind from global warming...

Would you buy a new car on ebay? You may get your chance. From MercuryNews.com The new-car sales experiment between General Motors and San Jose e-commerce powerhouse eBay begins today in California, and both companies will be closely watching the results — particularly GM, which is hoping to increase its market share in the state...

By now you've all seen the seen the story I read at freep.com. GM said its Chevrolet Volt, slated to come to market next year, could be rated for an estimated 230 miles per gallon in city driving, and it also promised to launch 25 new vehicles by 2011. Just a month ago, GM emerged from 40 days in bankruptcy as a new company largely owned by the U.S...

AR Index     639.60  -28.05  (-4.20%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  84.78  -2.41 GM        0.96    +0.43 Ford      7.72     -0.61 Dow 9337.95  +51.39   (+0.55%) The recent runup in Ford & Toyota finally took a little breather and it appears investors actually took profits (imagine that) out of those stocks this past week. There are still a lot of games going on with oil and gas prices since demand is down, supply isn't, yet those prices keep creeping up, all for no reason other than speculation. Still, things seem a lot more stable than they were.

For years, people have neglected how helpful a Car Donation is.  Whatever shape the car is in you can still donate it, but a car donation is not an avenue that people like to take.  The impact of a car donation goes a long way in the lives of people who are less fortunate than we are.    At outreachcenter.com you can find the information to donate a car, but you’ll also see how they use every Car Donation that comes through Outreach  Center.  Things other than cars or vehicles can be donated like clothes or toys.  Whatever it is, however, lives are being changed.  We have the power to do that.  We just need to take that first step.

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG said it delivered 109,923 vehicles in July, 13 percent less than in the same period a year before. BMW saw a 0.3 percent increase in sales of its Mini-branded cars, whilst Rolls-Royce vehicle sales fell 56 percent...

Our fifteen member sales staff consisted of eleven men and four women. One of the reasons to have variety among your salespeople is for the variety of customers. Some salespeople match up well with certain types of customers...

Dear Dub, Well I thought about what you said last week and I think I'm going to trade in my not-really-a-clunker to take advantage of this free money they're giving out. No-Longer-Undecided Good luck with your new ride... and your new debt...

Film director Juhn Hughes passed away this week, and whil that might not seem to be automotive in nature, he did bring us some memorable car related moments on film. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - After all, Cameron's father DID leave the garage unlocked. Who wouldn't take the Ferrari out for a spin?..