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		<title>Build Your Own Corvette (Engine)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chevrolet (don&#8217;t call us Chevy) announced today a new program that will allow buyers of Corvette Z06 and ZR1 models to build the engine for their car! OK, they get to &#8220;help&#8221; build it, under heavy supervision. But still, how cool is it to have the opportunity to do this? I can tell you exactly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/07/build-your-own-corvette-engine/</link>
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		<title>Tesla, Toyota Team up on Electrics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toyota and Tesla jointly announced a new joint venture to develop and build electric vehicles (EVs). As part of the deal, Toyota will invest $50 million in Tesla, and Tesla buys the New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) factory in California. The NUMMI plant was previously a joint venture of Toyota and General Motors. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/05/tesla-toyota-team-up-on-electrics/</link>
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		<title>Ford Plans to Kill Mercury - Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg is reporting today that Ford plans to kill the Mercury brand - again. At least twice in the last decade, Mercury was on the chopping block, only to be given a stay of execution. The Ford family, specifically Elena Ford, has vetoed efforts by management to kill off the brand in the past.
Mercury was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/05/ford-plans-to-kill-mercury-again/</link>
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		<title>Chevy Agency Merry-Go-Round Continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, Chevrolet took some of the work from Campbell-Ewald, their ad agency for 91 years. Campbell-Ewald was Chevy&#8217;s partner for almost their entire existence, and was responsible for memorable ad campaigns such as &#8220;See the USA in Your Chevrolet&#8221;, &#8220;The Heartbeat of America&#8221;, &#8220;Like a Rock&#8221; and &#8220;American Revolution&#8221;.
Chevy gave the car and crossover work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/05/chevy-agency-merry-go-round-continues/</link>
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		<title>Jeep Releases Pix of New Grand Cherokee</title>
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Jeep released images yesterday of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which went into production this week atChrysler&#8217;s Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. This is the 4th generation of the Grand Cherokee, originally introduced in 1992. It is completely reengineered and redesigned for 2011 – with a new sculpted body, athletic profile, panoramic dual-pane sun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/05/jeep-releases-pix-of-new-grand-cherokee/</link>
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		<title>Building the Preproduction Chevy Volt - NatGeo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chevy Volt, due out late this year, is being produced in small quantities for testing and evaluation at the company&#8217;s Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit. Before it was even ready for that step, it was produced at the preproduction facility at GM&#8217;s Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. GM gave the National Geographic Channel full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/04/building-preproduction-the-chevy-volt/</link>
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		<title>Lexus Halts Sales of GX460 SUV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toyota&#8217;s image took another hit today, as Consumer Reports magazine recommended that customers avoid the Lexus GX460 SUV. The model was redesigned for the 2010 model, and that is the only model affected by the magazine&#8217;s recommendation. CR believes the problem is in the calibration of the electronic stability control (ESC) system. CR testing revealed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/04/lexus-halts-sales-of-gx460-suv/</link>
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		<title>2010 New York Auto Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the major introductions from the 2010 New York Auto Show:
2011 Mercedes-Benz R-Class gets a new front end, which makes it look better, but I still think this is an example of M-B thinking it can make anything and we will buy it.
2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sportwagon - 3rd time&#8217;s a charm, right? This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/04/2010-new-york-auto-show/</link>
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		<title>Toyota Releases Statement on &#8220;Runaway&#8221; Prius</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The runaway Prius that was the subject of so much media attention last week has been examined by both Toyota and the US federal government (NHTSA). NHTSA isn&#8217;t talking, at least not yet, but Toyota is. Toyota released a statement (see below for the full text) today that comes just short of accusing the driver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/03/toyota-releases-statement-on-runaway-prius/</link>
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		<title>Toyota&#8217;s Smoking Gun?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that among the documents Toyota has turned in to the Congressional committee investigating acceleration-gate is a potentially damning document that apparently describes as a win their success in lobbying the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) to limit the recall over sudden acceleration to only 55,000 units. The document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slandyreport.com/2010/02/toyotas-smoking-gun/</link>
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