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The best- and worst-selling vehicles of 2007

John Teahen, senior editor at Automotive News, agrees that sales of large, gas-guzzling pickups will keep sliding downward, because with sustained high fuel prices, fewer people will be buying them for personal use. This has likely affected sales of ...

Japanese automakers score with minicars

Power Asia Pacific, an automotive consulting company. The basic flat tax on a minicar can run around $96 a year, compared with more than $830 for high-end performance cars. Yet the class got its biggest boost in 1998, when government loosened ...

Stocks Rally Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

Poor outlooks for high-tech companies and the automotive sector reminded Wall Street that the troubles have the potential to become widespread. There is also likely fear on the Street about upcoming second-quarter earnings reports and companies ...

Hard times costing many people their homes

Automotive industry cutbacks in the state have led to the nation's highest unemployment rate as well as a declining population. When people fall on hard times, so too do their homes. Cyman said money disputes with her husband, from whom she's separated ...

Ford Flex fails to wow at car show

When Ford’s Flex rolled onto the stage last week at the New York auto show, the reaction from the automotive journalists gathered to witness its debut was decidedly mixed. The boxy, six-passenger crossover is being positioned as Ford’s more ...

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