Archive for March, 2009



Ford, GM to Make Car Payments If You Lose Job (Fox News)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 12:03 pm

Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it is offering a payment protection plan to help reassure consumers who may be putting off buying a new car because of worries about losing their job.

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Man arrested for DUI crash into parked car (Richmond Register)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 am

A Richmond man was charged early Sunday morning with driving under the influence and three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment after Richmond police say he struck a car stopped along Interstate 75 with a flat tire.Evan P. King, 24, of Campbell Branch Road, was weaving back and forth while driving northbound on I-75 near mile marker 89 around 2 a.m. Sunday, Richmond Police Department …

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Falling tree clips freshly parked car at First and Willow in Hoboken (El Nuevo)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 am

Ouch! According to photographer Joe Shine, the driver of this car had just parked on First Street , off Willow Avenue , this afternoon when the tree across the street pulled out from its roots.

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Car sales expected to drop 16% across Canada (CBC Toronto)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 am

British Columbia and Alberta are on track to post huge drops in car sales for the first two months of 2009 with Canada expected to see auto purchases fall by 16 per cent for the entire year, according to a new report released Monday.

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Porsche first-half profit soars to 5.5 billion euros (TODAYonline)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 am

The German luxury car maker Porsche said Tuesday that its profit leapt fourfold to 5.5 billion euros (7.3 billion dollars) in the first half of its 2008/2009 fiscal year owing to the market value of its holding in Volkswagen.

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Porsche first-half profit soars (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 10:03 am

German luxury car maker Porsche said Tuesday that its first-half profit leapt fourfold owing to its stake in Volkswagen, but that sales were down and that it could not give a full-year forecast.

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Car dealers, shoppers ponder changes for General Motors, Chrysler (Los Angeles Times)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 9:03 am

Obama’s promise to back new car warranties comforts shoppers. Dealers hope the automakers restructure before it’s too late. Car dealers said Monday they hoped General Motors Corp. and Chrysler would be spared a trip to the wrecking yard, while shoppers were comforted by the Obama administration’s promise to back new car warranties in case the auto giants failed.

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Mechanic wins £400000 after cutting finger on knife in police car (Daily Telegraph)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 8:03 am

The Metropolitan Police have been left with a £500000 bill after a civilian technician was left in fear of HIV after cutting his fingers on a knife left behind in a squad car.

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The world’s cheapest car, P188 Cebu plane fare a myth (The Manila Times)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 8:03 am

The Tata Nano has been unveiled. It is the world’s cheapest—and probably smallest—car. It will be on sale, first in India, beginning this July. Next year, the Nano could be sold in Europe and after that, who knows, in the rest of Asia.

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First Baptist of Phenix City having car wash (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

Friday 27 March 2009 @ 11:03 am

The children’s department of First Baptist Church of Phenix City will sponsor a car wash Saturday from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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