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		<title>Acura prices 2010 ZDX crossover from $45,495</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Johnson</dc:creator>
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Acura&#8217;s new ZDX &#8220;four-door sports coupe,&#8221; as the company chooses to call it, will be priced from $45,495 plus destination when it goes on sale on December 15. Three trim levels will be available: The base ZDX, ZDX Technology Package and ZDX Advance Package. 
  
 The &#8220;four-door coupe&#8221; trend quickly spread throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Each Saab sale loses GM $5,100</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Johnson</dc:creator>
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It’s no secret that General Motors has never made a profit on its Saab brand, but the amount of money GM has lost on the Swedish brand is quite astonishing.  General Motors became the sole owner of Saab’s automotive operations in 2000.

General Motors’ part ownership helped Saab turn a profit in 1995 – the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM calling for 4th straight month of improved U.S. market share</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Johnson</dc:creator>
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With momentum on its side, General Motors is calling for its fourth straight month of increased U.S. market share.  GM’s market share has been on the rise since July, capped off by the automaker’s first year-on-year sales increase since January 2008 last month.

November is far from over, but Mike DiGiovanni, GM’s executive director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Ford employee arraigned over trade secret theft</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleis</dc:creator>
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After allegedly stealing trade secrets valued at $32 million and attempting to sell them to Chinese competitors, Xiang Dong Yu was arraigned today in a US District Court.

Xiang Dong Yu, who goes by Mike Yu, age 47, was arrested last month when he returned to America from Beijing China for the first time since leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former auto czar envisioned replacing Chrysler management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleis</dc:creator>
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Speaking at a forum about the global auto industry, former auto czar Steven Rattner said publicly for the first time that a major aim of Chrysler&#8217;s restructuring plans was to replace the management team. 

Rattner believed that Chrysler&#8217;s survival would depend on replacing the existing top management personnel as appointed by Cerberus Capital Management LP. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illustrated: Toyota FT-86 convertible</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Aziz</dc:creator>
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As reported a few weeks ago, Toyota is believed to be working on a convertible version of its FT-86, the long-anticipated Subaru joint-venture sports car unveiled in concept form at the Tokyo Motor Show. Our team has since put together an illustration of what such a vehicle might look like. 
  
 According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari readying high-performance 599 GTO?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Johnson</dc:creator>
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Any Ferrari model is top-performer straight from the factory, but the Italian automaker is reportedly readying any even hotter version of its 599 GTB Fiorano.  The high-performance model is said to be based on the 599XX show car that debuted at last year’s Geneva Motor Show.

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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG [Review]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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It’s fitting that we traveled to Half Moon Bay, California, home to a massive seagull population, to test a new type of gull. The 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, one of the most exotic, outrageous new cars to debut in recent memory, harks back to the days when Sir Sterling Moss piloted its spirtual father, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illustrated: 2011 Dodge Charger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Aziz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dodge News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future Cars]]></category>
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Expected to hit the market in late 2010 as a 2011 model, the redesigned Dodge Charger was previewed two weeks ago during Chrysler&#8217;s five-year product plan announcement. Based on the teaser image released by the automaker and information we&#8217;ve gleaned from insiders, our artist has put together two exclusive illustrations of the car. 
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		<title>Leaked: 2011 Ford Mustang partial option list</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ford News]]></category>
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With Ford finding itself trailing the Chevy Camaro in sales for the first time in a long time, they are understandingly keeping a tight seal on the upcoming 2011 revised Mustang information to avoid causing a dip in sales for the current model. However, an anonymous tipster has released some interesting finds on the new [...]]]></description>
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