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Hybrid sales dip as more 'green' cars are to be offered - Trading Markets (press release)

March 18th, 2009 by Buying Guide

Hybrid sales dip as more 'green' cars are to be offered
Trading Markets (press release), CA
Because development times for new cars are at least three years in most cases, there was virtually no way that carmakers could have anticipated the current doldrums now gripping the hybrid market. There are many new hybrids coming out in the next two

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50 years later, Chacon Autos remains in the game
Dallas Morning News, TX
Used cars generally return much greater profits than new cars – particularly if a dealer also provides financing. "It has always been a pretty good business," said William Chaney, 85, who founded the business in 1958 with partners Howard Conway and

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Bernanke May Need to Ramp Up Fed’s Asset Purchases
Bloomberg
The rate on 60- month loans for new cars climbed to 7.32 percent, close to a seven-year high, as of March 13 from 7.08 percent when central bankers last gathered. “The more they expand, the better markets are going to be,” said Richard Schlanger,

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The Sun
£2000 trade-in plan for old bangers 'will not revive car industry'
Times Online, UK
A note from the Treasury to the audit committee said: “Those who are able to purchase new cars after scrapping an old car may have planned to do so anyway. A scrappage scheme is likely to have a large deadweight cost.” Analysis by the Department for
Scrap scheme 'won't help UK' Autocar
Sun's scrap heap challenge The Sun
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Research and Markets: New Cars in Italy 2009
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
DUBLIN, Ireland (Research and Markets) Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ed3d38/new_cars_in_italy) has announced the addition of the "New Cars in Italy" report to their offering. The New Cars in Italy industry profile is an

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Fixing The Car Industry By Fixing Cars
TIME
There are several reasons this may not happen and they will make being in the business of making and selling new cars less attractive even when the recession ends. The US car companies will have to augment what they do now to become profitable and

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Examiner.com
AJC Auto Show revs up with 600 new cars, trucks and SUVs
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
Organizers are expecting to showcase more than 600 new cars, trucks and SUVs from 35 different manufacturers in Building B of the World Congress Center, an area that covers more than 500000 square feet. The show will feature everything from luxury
Muscle cars make return at Virginia International Auto Show Richmond Times Dispatch
Auto show parks in Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.com
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Economic slump drives used car sales, prices up
USA Today
With new cars, they often have to take an automakers' slow sellers if they want more of the hottest models. Plus, used cars can carry good profit margins. AutoNation is seeing gains in sales of "certified" used cars, the newest pre-owned models that

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Better than nothing Council authorizes purchase of five police cars
The Hudson Reporter, NJ
Councilman Ted Connolly believe that might have occurred even if we had authorized the purchase of 20 new cars.” He said he realizes that this is not city taxpayer money being used, and appreciates the donation from IMTT, but the city needs to set an

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A heap of stimulus: 'Cash for clunkers' bill could jumpstart new
DetNews.com, MI
The bill aims to boost car sales in the midst of the recession, help struggling consumers buy new cars and cut pollution by taking some of the oldest, dirtiest cars off the road. An earlier version of a so-called "cash for clunkers" incentives ran into
Legislation seeks to boost US auto sales Reuters
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