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Suzuki giving away spending money on relaunched site

American Suzuki, hoping to promote itself so people think of it as a car company that possesses "the power of engineering" instead of just a cool maker of motorcycles and bikes, relaunched its Web site Friday morning to make it faster, easier to use and more informative, so people are ready to buy when they hit the showroom floor.
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Saab production restarts at Trollhattan with 1,300 car order from Chinese distributor

The assembly lines are rolling again in Trollhattan as Saab restarted production after a month and a half of sitting idle, thanks to an influx of cash from a 1,300 car order from Pang Da Automobile, the current Saab suitor from China.
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GM to invest $331 million in Arlington plant, add 110 jobs

General Motors has announced yet another multi-million dollar factory investment – this time spending $331 million on their Arlington, Texas SUV plant to prepare for the production of future models.
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines get their own license plates

For the first time military veterans in Michigan can buy license plates beginning next week that promote the branch of the armed forces that they served in.
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NHTSA considering mandating "black box" recorders in all cars

Every airliner you fly in contains a "black box" which records every conceivable detail about the aircraft, including its vital signs, its location, direction and flight path, and what is being said in the cockpit. These black boxes (which are actually bright orange) are designed to survive the most extreme of impacts and are waterproof as well as fire resistant to almost 2000 degrees
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Author: Roman Rosa
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NCSR looking for the most dangerous intersections in the U.S.

The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) has issued a call to drivers asking them to submit dangerous intersections as part of a national movement to make our worst intersections safer. It is estimated there will be more than 400 traffic fatalities and 39,400 injuries from motor vehicle collisions over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Author: Don Bain
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Chrysler's Ram brand delivers its first plug-in hybrid pickups

Chrysler announced over a year ago that they were working with the Department of Energy to put together a demonstration fleet of plug-in electric hybrid Ram 1500 pickups and yesterday, the Ram brand delivered the first 10 PHEV Ram 1500s to the municipal services group of Yuma Arizona.
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First Quarter auto sales buoyed by expanding loan policies

Auto manufacturers across the board have been claiming sales increases in the 10 to 30 percent range in the first quarter of 2011, as compared to the same period last year. Now Experian Automotive has reported the share of loans to credit-challenged new vehicle shoppers grew by 11.1 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 2010.
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Author: Don Bain
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Emissions from traffic congestion cause 2,200 premature deaths annually

It’s known that the air near major intersections where traffic stagnates is highly polluted with particulate matter. Now a study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) at the School of Public Health projects the additional emissions from traffic congestion in the nation's 83 largest urban areas lead to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the U.S. last year.
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Author: Don Bain
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