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2010 Top Safety Picks announced by IIHS, new roof strength rule shakes things up
Nov 18th, 2009 - Autoblog
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has once again announced the winners of its Top Safety Pick award – all 27 of them. This time out, 19 cars and eight SUVs made the all-important grade...
GM to start repaying debt to US
Nov 16th, 2009 - CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors said better results will allow it to start repaying government loans sooner than expected, although the company continued to lose money in its first quarter since emerging from bankruptcy.
GM to repay US early
Nov 16th, 2009 - Freep
General Motors Co. is expected to fully repay the $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans on its books by 2011, four years earlier than required, because its sales have exceeded expectations and its costs have been lower than planned...
GM Said To Repay US Government $6.7 Billion in Aid Sooner Than Required
Nov 16th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co., the largest U.S.automaker, will repay $6.7 billion of the $49.9 billion in aidit received from the federal government starting next month,more than five years sooner than required...
Toyota plans bigger Prius with new battery
Nov 13th, 2009 - azcentral
TOKYO - Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday. The new Prius, either a station wagon or SUV, is set to go on sale by the end of next year...

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Bush Announces Automaker Bailout
December 19, 2008
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Automaker Bailout? Memo to Congress: Keep on Truckin'
www.donharrold.net GM should borrow the money from GMAC. That way they could charge THEMSELVES 30% interest.
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Chrysler Is the First Automaker to Offer Live, Mobile TV
Live TV just got mobile. Chrysler Group LLC is the first automaker to mobile TV into Chrysler, Jeep®, Dodge Car and Ram Truck vehicles. Starting in late December, Chrysler, Jeep®, Dodge ...
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US Automaker CEOs Spend $60K to fly on $35M Private Planes to go to Washington to Beg for Bail Out
Each of the CEOs spent $60K to fly on $35 million private planes to fly to Washington, DC, to cry "poor" to US Congress with their hands out asking for an automaker bail out

Automaker from WikiPedia:

The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2008, more than 70 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.

In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific, 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America, 2.4 million in the Middle East and 1.4 million in Africa. The markets in North America and Japan were stagnant, while those in South America and other parts of Asia grew strongly. Of the major markets, Russia, Brazil, India and China saw the most rapid growth.

About 250 million vehicles are in use in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly.