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2010 Mercedes-Benz GL550: Learning to Love Dubs

Monday, August 10th, 2009

To be honest I was a little worried about the dubs. Giant 21 inch alloys and low profile tires seemed about the last thing Mercedes-Benz's comfortable and capable GL-series SUV needed; pointlessly expensive Beverly Hills bling that would surely prove as useful as a chandelier on the Space Shuttle. I like ...

Auto Task Force: We Won’t Tell GM/Chrysler What to Build

Monday, August 10th, 2009

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - General Motors, Chrysler and the auto industry -- not the banking industry -- continue to be the whipping boys for members of the far right who paint the Obama administration not as post-supply side Keynesians, but as unmitigated socialists. Ron Bloom, the new chairman of the ...

New Astra to Become a Buick? Managing Brand Isn’t Getting Any Easier

Monday, August 10th, 2009

DETROIT - Our European correspondent, Paul Horrell calls the 2010 Opel Astra "one of the best compact hatches the world has to offer." His story asks; will it come here? The answer is "yes," in a way. Buick's 2012 Cruze-based compact (on the Delta platform), designed to anchor the lower ...