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Word of Lexus LFA Nürburgring track edition emerges from Japan
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2010 FIA GT1 World Championship contenders pose for the camera
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship Preview – Click above for high-res image gallery There are quite a few changes coming for the FIA GT this year. For starters, the GT1 series will become a true world championship, as the FIA has announced an expansion that includes races on four different continents. Unfortunately, the Canadian race has been dropped from the schedule, but Silverstone, N
Report: Congressional panel doubts GMAC business case, suggests breakup
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Government/Legal , Earnings/Financials “The panel is deeply concerned that Treasury has not required GMAC to lay out a clear path to viability or a strategy for fully repaying taxpayers.” This, according to a Congressional Oversight Panel that was created as a watchdog for the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds. The fix? Potentially breaking GMAC up into units and merging its auto lending business back into General Motors .
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Chevrolet to employ new "Excellence for Everyone" ad campaign
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Marketing/Advertising , Chevrolet , GM General Motors is working hard to improve the image of its core brands, and the largest GM division, Chevrolet , will be getting some fresh new marketing in the near future. The theme, “Excellence for Everyone” will debut in ad spots over the next two months. In a web chat yesterday, GM’s North American president Mark Reuss told the Detroit Free Press that Chevrolet will be using the Camaro and Corvette more frequently in its advertising to improve the brand’s overall image. “When have you ever seen ‘Vettes and Camaros in ads for Equinox and Malibu ?” Reuss stated.
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Video: Memory Jog – Revisiting the Mercury Tracer
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Classics , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Mercury Classic Mercury Tracer – Click above to watch the video after the break “It’s peppy,” the salesman said as an enticement to buy… It’s not that the Mazda 323/ Ford Laser-based first-generation Tracer was a bad car, but the Escort apparently called stronger for our own hard-earned dollar, so we drove home in a brand new 1989 wagon. Ford apparently figured this out with the second-generation Tracer, which was joined with the Escort as part of a comprehensive redesign in the early 1990s. Must have been a step in the right direction – that car managed to make it onto Car & Driver’s 10Best list
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Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , Ford , Racing Ken Block testing the Ford Rally Focus before last weekend’s Rally Mexico – Click above to watch video after the jump A snowy, icy and muddy Greystoke Forest in England probably isn’t the best place for a new rally driver to practice for the WRC’s Rally Mexico , but that’s where Ken Block had to get his testing done, and he had just one day to do it. Follow the jump to watch the DC Shoes maestro getting to grips with his steed. Having already seen the results of the race , it appears he didn’t do all bad. [Source: Monster World Rally ] Continue reading Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST.
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Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico