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Just in from the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The shockingly poor financial management of General Motors and Chrysler weakened their case for a government bailout, but officials feared letting the automakers collapse would severely harm the U.S. economy, the former head of the Obama administration's auto task force says... "We were shocked, even beyond our low expectations, by the poor state of both GM and Chrysler...

 AR Index     613.08  +1.46  (+0.24%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  80.31  +1.38 GM        0.65    -0.05 Ford      7.57   -0.05 Dow 10092.19  +206.39   (+2.09%) According to freep.com, Ford might show a 3rd quarter profit, if analysts at JP Morgan are correct. They say Ford is benefitting from an increase in Ford F-150 pickup sales, reduced incentive spending and a surge in sales sparked by the federal government's cash-for-clunkers program. So while this seems to be good news, I think we have to wait for the Cash For Clunkers effect to wear off before we'll get a truer picture of how things are

An experienced pickup truck driver is a person who's wrecked one. An inexperienced pickup truck driver is a person who's about to wreck one. A very inexperienced pickup truck driver doesn't even own a pickup but will probably be mistaken for a wild antelope by people jack-lighting pronghorns in somebody else's pickup truck...

From Gasgoo.com: Following a robust September when China's auto sales soared 78 percent from a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) now forecasts that auto sales in the country would surpass 12 million for the full year of 2009. Many global automakers are getting by in this economic crisis partly because of the continued sales boost the auto industry is experiencing in China. However, analysts fear that this interest may end as early as next year...

Commercial World (Singapore) Singapore Used Car Exporter Christmas Promotion Welcome to COMMERCIAL WORLD (Singapore) Commercial World is the largest commercial and used vehicle exporter in Singapore. We also deal in Singapore cars regardless if they are used car or new car, to be exported to other locations worldwide. We have been in the market since 2003 and have acquired many years of valuable experience in our field...

I live in an area that actually has winters, pretty much every year. And there's snow in the forecast coming up in the next couple of days. Now understand that I'm coming off an experience yesterday of dealing with what had to be the world's stupidest appliance installation guy, (Dub may deal with that this weekend)  so my tolerance for stupidity is at zero at the moment, but I'm going to make this wish list anyway...

AR Index     611.62  +39.17  (+6.84%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  78.93  +3.86 GM        0.70    +0.06 Ford      7.62   +0.57 Dow 9885.80  +286.05   (+2.98%)  The year-to-date chart is looking like things are moving in the right direction doesn't it? Not bad considering the anchor being dragged along that is GM.

For those readers too young to remember, a car used to be a simple piece of machinery, something like a very fast rider mower but better because you couldn't mow the lawn with it. You started this up, drove off at pretty much any speed you desired, and then exercised a variety of constitutionally guaranteed liberties.... No more--nowadays if a car cannot survive a drop from the Gateway Arch and emits any vapors more noxious than Evening in Paris, the federal government won't let you own it, and what they will let you own you can't really drive, because fifty-five miles an hour is the speed at which a spirited person parallel-parks, not motors to Chicago...

This looks like it's going to be the week to get out there and take some spectacular fall scenery drives here in the Northeast. We had to drive from State College to Pittsburgh yesterday and the colors are really starting to come out. With expected temperatures in the 40's for the rest of the week (I had to scape the windshield twice already) the colors should explode this week...

The Tokyo Auto Show is this month and auto shows mean concepts, which are one of the things I love about the shows. This 122 inch long, 43 inch wide two-seater is the Nissan Land Glider concept. You ride tandem-style in this electric vehicle and the body and tires lean up to 17 degrees into turns like a motorcycle...