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Earl Lucas, Designer, 2010 Ford Taurus | | 2009 | 7/1/2009 |  | At the press conference for the 2010 Ford Taurus, On Wheels Media's editor-in-chief Lyndon Conrad Bell had the good fortune to spend some time with Earl Lucas, lead exterior designer for the automobile. A Dallas native, the affable Lucas has been drawing cars since he was three years old. | |
President Signs Cash For Clunkers | | 2009 | 6/29/2009 |  | President Obama has signed into law the Car Allowance Rebate System (also known as Cash For Clunkers) under which consumers can get up to a $4,500 credit for their trade-in toward the purchase of a new vehicle that gets at least 18 miles per gallon. | |
The Other Michael Jackson | | 2009 | 6/26/2009 |  | Near the end of the first week of Michael Jackson's infamous child molestation trial in 2005, a large group of African-American community activists and leaders gathered at a community center in Los Angeles to talk about Jackson, the trial and whether he was a target because he was a rich, successful, and famous African-American. | |
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GM Finds a Buyer for Saab | | 2009 | 6/16/2009 |  | The third of General Motors' orphaned brands may have found a home this week, as a preliminary agreement with Swedish investors Koenigsegg Group AB was struck for the purchase of Saab.
Koenigsegg Group AB is led by Koenigsegg Automotive AB, a manufacturer best known for its 240-mph CC series of supercars. In recent years the... | |
Mitsubishi's Electric i-MiEV Going Into Production | | 2009 | 6/16/2009 |  |
It's fitting that Mitsubishi chose World Environment Day to make a major electric-vehicle announcement. The Japanese manufacturer has been quiet on the auto show circuit this year, largely due to the continuing economic crisis, but the folks at the Diamond-Star brand haven't been idle by any means. Mitsubishi announced Friday that... | |
Chrysler/Fiat Deal Moves Forward | | 2009 | 6/14/2009 |  | Worries that a glitch in Chrysler's bankruptcy reorganization would threaten a proposed partnership with Italian automaker, Fiat, were allayed last week as the Supreme Court chose not to hear a challenge to the bankruptcy settlement. | |
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OnWheels Long-Term 2009 Jeep Liberty | | 2009 | 6/12/2009 |  |
Broken window replaced,
On Wheels' long-term Jeep Liberty has rolled past 14,000 miles now, and
it's got a few more states under its belt. It's traveled from the
urban wilderness of Texas back into the Midwest, as we headed up to
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin,... | |
Flight of the Incorrigible: New Shoes! | | 2009 | 6/12/2009 |  |
Ensuring that your car's tires are in good repair is a vital part of
proper maintenance, of course. It's even more important for an RV, for
two reasons. First, the higher weights and tire pressures involved due
to the size of the vehicle mean that your motorhome's tires are less
tolerant of poor care. Additionally, RV... | |
