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- Should You Dump Your Old Car?
- Now that President Barack Obama has signed the "clunker" law, drivers ares considering whether to repair their old cars or replace them. Here are some things to consider.
- Videos 2009-06-25
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- Auto parts: service groups hit vehicle scrapping plans. (US Environmental Protection Agency wants to scrap old cars to reduce pollution)(Trends)
- The Environmental Protection Agency EPA wants to rid the roads of old cars in an effort to reduce pollutant levels. Automobile manufacturers would receive pollution credits to offset against pollution levels of their operations. Unocal bought and scrappThe Environmental Protection Agency EPA wants to rid the roads of old cars...
- Research articles 1993-08-01
- Steel Firm's Tacoma, Wash., Plant Puts Old Cars to Rest.
- By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 20--Schnitzer Steel Industries' Tacoma plant has been the place old cars go to die since the early 1960s. Known as General Metals until 1997, two years after Schnitzer Steel...
- Research articles 2001-07-20
- Keeping old cars on the road - includes related article on AutoZone's advertising strategy
- My husband is car crazy. Not satisfied with a car that stops at red and goes on green, hes practically always looking for another car to fix up, speed up, or restore to its former glamour. Over the years, repairing old cars has cost us tens of thousands of dollars.
- Research articles 1997-07-01
- German goal: 1 million electric cars by 2020
- BERLIN - Germany launched a campaign Wednesday to put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2020, making battery research a priority as it tries to position the country as a market leader. The program, which draws on $705 million set aside in an economic stimulus package earlier this...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Collector cars.(Auto Monday)
- Byline: Jim Leman What old-car nut hasn't fantasized about going back in time in order to buy some old cars at old-time prices? Well, of course, that is impractical, based on our current understanding of physics and time travel. Even if we could go...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- NAMED: CARS THAT COST MOST TO KEEP ON ROAD
- BRITAIN'S most expensive cars to keep on the road have been named in a new survey. It reveals motorists spend pounds 200m a year on repairs after makers' warranties expire. Experts claim the worst models were found to cost THREE TIMES more than the...
- Research articles 2002-11-17
- Owners give luxury cars best scores
- Luxury cars, especially those from Japan, hold up best, according to a study of 3-year-old cars by auto consultants J.D. Power and Associates. Power surveyed 20,000 owners of 32 brands, who bought new cars in 1990 and still own them. Most-satisfied were those who purchased Lexus...
- Research articles 1994-02-23
- Popularity transforms IRL of old
- Like many other drivers, Felipe Giaffone had heard the horror stories --- many of them probably true --- about the early days of the Indy Racing League. When Giaffone entered the IRL ranks last season, however, he was pleasantly shocked. "I was very surprised when I...
- Research articles 2002-07-04
- Old cars & new ideas: Terry Elrich drives Hemmings Motor News to success
- Terry Ehrich publishes Hemmings Motor News, a hefty monthly advertiser of practically anything connected with collectible autos. Few would dispute its billing as "The bible of the collector-car hobby."Hemmings also issues Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac, a directory to dealers, clubs, museums, salvage yards and other specialists; a color photo calendar...
- Research articles 1994-11-01
- Clunker deals: old Ford pickups for new ones
- WASHINGTON - The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The...
- News items 2009-11-05
- Instead of rebuilding its fleet of 46 17-year-old Comet III trailer cars and cab cars , NJ Transit will exercise an option with Bombardier Transportation for 45 Multilevel cars, adding to the initial order of 234
- Instead of rebuilding its fleet of 46 17-year-old Comet III trailer cars and cab cars (35 trailers and 11 cabs), NJ Transit will exercise an option with Bombardier Transportation for 45 Multilevel cars, adding to the initial order of 234. NJT says it would be more cost effective and beneficial...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Cash for Clunkers is Cash for Auto Insurers
- Auto insurers should congratulate their Congressional representatives for approving that additional $2 billion for the "Cash for Clunkers" program. It could be just the cash infusion the doctor ordered at a time when at least some insurers are struggling to stem the bleeding. All told, taxpayers will...
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Art Popham Column.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
- TACOMA, Wash.--Jun. 18--MAYBE WE SHOULD USE OLD CARS TO LURE NEW CUSTOMERS DOWNTOWN MORE OFTEN: Downtown Tacoma keeps searching for ways to attract visitors on low-traffic weekends; maybe classic cars have enough appeal to provide part of the solutionTACOMA, Wash.--Jun. 18--MAYBE WE SHOULD USE OLD CARS...
- Research articles 1996-06-18
- BMW's Used Cars Help to Sell New Cars
- The BMW brand is a pioneer in emphasizing sales of "certified pre-owned" cars through its dealerships. Until the late 1980s, many luxury-car dealers didn’t sell used cars at their new-car dealerships. Instead, they sent trade-ins to wholesale auctions and made all their money from new car sales, parts and service....
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Cash For Clunkers: What Else Can It Be Used For?
- Just about everyone seems to like Cash for Clunkers, the United States government's offer to buy inefficient old cars if they're replaced with better models. Despite criticisms that the program doesn't achieve a huge environmental benefit and ultimately pays at least $237 per ton of carbon dioxide...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Honda Upbeat, Daimler Gloomy on Car Outlook
- By Chang-Ran Kim and Michael ShieldsTOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Japan's Honda Motor Co exuded optimism while Germany's Daimler AG DAIGn spread gloom about the outlook for car markets on Tuesday, highlighting the patchy nature of any post-crisis rebound.Honda has weathered the industry turmoil that drove two U.S. automakers to bankruptcy...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Honda Upbeat, Daimler Gloomy on Car Outlook
- By Chang-Ran Kim and Michael Shields TOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Japan's Honda Motor Co exuded optimism while Germany's Daimler AG DAIGn spread gloom about the outlook for car markets on Tuesday, highlighting the patchy nature of any post-crisis rebound. Honda has weathered the industry turmoil that drove two U.S. automakers to...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Centenary cars back on the road for re-run of 1895 race
- PARIS AFP — A total of 39 cars all over 100 years old take to the road this week to replay the world's first internationally-recognised automobile race in 1895, which saw the triumph of petrol-powered engines over steam-powered cars. The Bordeaux to Paris vintage car race, due to start...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Will the U.S. Start a Car Scrapping Incentive Program?
- David Hunkar submits: In a recent Washington Post article titled “Too Many Cars, and They’re Not on the Road," the author says that 57,000 unsold cars are piled up at the Port of Baltimore and many more are stored at the Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport. The big three US...
- External links 2009-04-16
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