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Yo Dub! Mah' wheels is great. Man!..

It's spring, or at least the calendar is telling me so as I look out at the snowflakes and get ready to scrape the windshield this morning. One sure sign of spring is that it's NY Auto Show time and that means concepts! The Honda FC Sport is a fuel cell vehicle dreamed up by Honda's Advanced Design Studio in Pasadena, California...

Almost nothing but questions. Will GM get their house in order on their own or will they finally be forced to restructure under bankruptcy protection? With the government insisting on a leaner company, will all models that don't turn a profit be dropped?..

Perhaps you've seen the story on Straightline about the collaboration between GM and Segway on a two-seat, two-wheel electric mobility pod called Project P.U.M.A, which stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. A 2-seater Segway. Yea that will solve GM's woes...

AR Index     448.09  +71.35  (+18.94%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  73.67  +10.14 GM        2.27        -0.43 Ford      3.77       +1.01 Dow  7975.85  +453.83   (+6.03%) After announcing GM and Chrysler's last, last chances, the market reacted quickly and ran away from auto stocks that first day. But in the days since, Toyota and Ford - which is not taking government money - have continued to rebound. We'll see how things go as we approach the end of the month and the deadline for Chrysler.

Here's your chance! Chrysler is on the block and even though Fiat is going to have the biggest piece (maybe), you, the American taxpayer can have your share of the automotive American dream as well. Think of it...

Dear Dub, My check engine light has come on and gone off a couple of times now. Any idea what  it might be? The car seems to be running OK, but right now would be a bad time for an expensive repair...

Have you wondered how hybrid vehicle sales are doing during these interesting days? John O'Dell has taken a look at those numbers on Green Car Advisor and at first blush it appears that hybrid sales have fallen off more than the average. It's no secret, hybrids haven't been doing well lately, on dealers' lots, in the media, or in a lot of political arguments...

Sometimes given the size of the object involved, changing directions requires a wide, slow turn to change direction. The auto industry certainly qualifies as "large" and won't turn around on a dime, but there are signs that a change of course is taking place. Auto sales fell by 37% in March, but that's an improvement from the month before and some are looking at it as a sign that things may be bouncing around the bottom...