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So, Consumer Reports has finally lifted the “don’t buy” warning off of the Lexus GX 460, which is definitely good news for Toyota, who has been battling a myriad of problems over the past six months regarding safety issues. The Lexus, if you haven’t been following, was labeled as a safety risk by Consumer Reports [...]

Ford has recently posted their Quarter 1 2010 earnings, and they’ve beaten the estimates that top analysts have…well, estimated. Ford posted a whopping $2.1 billion in earnings this past quarter, reaping the benefits of a recovering automotive market and the dwindling competition from Toyota, which shot itself in the foot with all their safety problems. [...]

Apparently the auto industry is having a great time, and automobile transporters are as well, because sales are up, baby, way up!
According to numbers released for the first quarter of 2010, new vehicle sales hit 2,544,829 vehicles, which is up a whopping 15.7% from last year’s first quarter numbers. Experts are now saying that the [...]

Hey, here’s some good news coming out of Detroit – the first from Chrysler, anyway (Ford is doing well, I hear). Apparently, Chrysler’s numbers are up for the first quarter of 2010 – to the tune of $143 million, no less, which is no small feat coming from a company who had to be bailed [...]

Could be.
Every time I think of a car that drives itself I think of the 2004 rendition of “I, Robot,” starring Will Smith. I don’t know why, but I do, and this newest news article reminded me once again that I need to watch that movie. I liked it, I thought it was good. But [...]

And people say that the government doesn’t care.
This week, Congress is looking at the new Access to Repair Parts act, which supporters are claiming is great for consumers because original manufacturers (i.e. Ford, Toyota, General Motors) are trying to monopolize the market for aftermarket crash repair parts. However, automakers (i.e. Ford, Toyota, General Motors) are [...]

General Motors is now in bed with the “recall” camp by calling for a recall of 5,000 heavy-duty vans that were put out in the 2010 model year. Apparently, the 2010 Chevy Express, GMC Savana 2500, 3500 and 4500 models have all been recalled, but really only fleet vehicles have been affected as that’s where [...]

Maybe, maybe not, but you never know.
In their latest faux pas, Toyota’s Lexus brand put out their new GX 460, and only 5,000 were sold before Toyota released a stop work order on the vehicle after it received the rare “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” warning from Consumer Reports. The Lexus GX 460, as it turns [...]

This is kind of cool, I think: apparently, General Motors and the Department of Energy have teamed up to develop a biofuel crop filled with the jatropha plant. Jatropha is a weed which, when refined, produces an oil that can be used as biodiesel and that can power a vehicle. It withstands frost and grows [...]

Well, this is pretty cool news, if I do say so myself. The Chrysler Group is unveiling eight new models that will have dealer-installed live TV at the Denver Auto Show, including the Chrysler Town and Country and the Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500 trucks. The Jeep Commander and the Jeep Grand Cherokee will also [...]