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Back on New Year's Day I noted a story where GM became the first automaker to sell one million vehicles in China in a single year. Now there's this item from Inside Line: SHENYANG, China — While General Motors awaits word from Washington on its request for a multibillion-dollar bailout, the cash-strapped U.S. automaker has just opened another assembly plant in China with local partner Shanghai Auto...

It's like the laws of physics, you can't defy them. Economics and supply and demand can be a real bear. If your cars aren't selling fast enough to match your production, you have to shut down your production to let the demand catch up with your supply...

 Since 2002, a brilliant design and a quirky nature have made the Nissan Cube one of Japan's top-selling cars. With its superbly sculptured boxy styling and ingenious asymmetrical rear door (reportedly inspired by a 1950s refrigerator), the Cube became a design icon in a land of design mediocrity. Inside Line's first test drive of the Nissan Cube proclaims, "Americans apparently are finally quirky enough for the Nissan Cube." It's based on the Versa platform, so with 40,000 miles on my Versa I know what to expect from the Cube...

In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye weighs important decisions and considers the consequences of different actions by thinking, "On the other hand..." Decisions being made about the future of Detroit have seemed to have a lot of "other hands" as well. The Congress couldn't get a bill passed to send money to the companies formerly known as the Big Three, so now the President is considering using part of the TARP money to provide bridge loans to the auto industry. On the other hand...

As those adage goes, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Consider this bit of an interesting article I ran across this morning about American Motors inthe mid '50's... In 1957, the U.S...

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. the second-biggest U.S...

It looks like General Motors is going to get their bridge loans to try and turn things around. It also looks like there's mounting pressure for Rcik Wagoner to not be at the helm for it. On Sunday, Sen...

As reported on the Green Car Advisor, Winnebago Industries this week unveiled the world's first full-size Class A hybrid concept recreational vehicle at the 46th Annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky. With last spring and summer's gas price spike, the motor homes piled up pretty high at a nearby dealer. I recall doing a calculation of what it cost for those folks who drive their RV's from the Philadelphia area to State College for Penn State football weekends when prices were at their peak...

I ran into an interesting article on Autocar.co.uk General Motor's groundbreaking Chevy Volt is on course to be built in the UK, after top-level intervention by the UK government. The project was given an initial green light in the last few days by business secretary Lord Mandelson. He is keen to see the revolutionary self-charging electric car being manufactured in the UK, report GM sources, and is said to have pledged outline Government support...

Seems that Nissan will have a seat at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show after all. In a swift reversal, the Japanese automaker said its local dealers would help staff the show in February. The company said Monday it would not attend due to financial constraints and a downturn in U.S...