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The auto industry has been in a state of flux for the last year, however, in the last 6 months things have really heated up as you can read from my previous report on the state of the auto industry. It isn't all bad, especially with people like Chris Kilcullen who are starting up campaigns like Test Drive America, a promotion focused on getting American buyers to buy American again (read more here). Unfortunately, some of the news coming out of the

It is no secret that the economy has been rough on many industries. It is also no secret that the automotive industry, especially the American car companies, have been hit pretty hard. Consumers and the automotive press has been taken on a wild ride and with that we have seen the bankruptcy of two of the “Big 3” and more negative press for GM in an eight-month period than they have probably seen in their 100 years as a company. So how does “Test Drive America” fit in?

Test Drive

Thursday, the Rocky Mountain Auto Press held a membership luncheon with a featured guest speaker. This particular speaker is no stranger to the automotive industry or politics. No, Tim Jackson, President of the Colorado Auto Dealers Association (CADA), spends his day fighting for dealer rights and equality in the auto industry. This gives Tim and insiders look at the industry and a different perspective from the average Joe on the street. Since this is AllSmallCars.com, the

Tuesday morning, the President of the Colorado Auto Dealers Association (CADA), Tim Jackson, was on a local radio station KCOL – 600 AM talking about the state of the automotive industry. The topic was focused primarily on Chrysler and GM’s recent dealer closings. So what did the hosts Keith and Gail have to ask Tim Jackson?

The first topic was about Chrysler’s dealer closings. Some of you might have heard that some dealers around the

Fiat 500C

With the rampant acquisition streak Fiat's embarked on, the Italian automaker has clearly emerged as a power-broker in the global automotive industry. The auto group has always been strongest in its home market, but with the ink on the Chrysler deal still wet and more mergers and acquisitions looming on the horizon, Fiat has reached a new milestone: for the first time in the company's history, it's sold more of one model outside of Italy than within.

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Chinese-spec Buick Regal

According to an unnamed source from the 21st Century Business Herald in China (via Gasgoo), Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) has been in talks with General Motors since last March to purchase the Eplison II platform (as used by the latest Opel Insignia and the Chinese-market Buick Regal) for its next Roewe 750 midsize sedan. The fact that SAIC is GM's Chinese partner may seem to lend a bit of credibility to these rumors, though SAIC and General Motors have both

Better Place, a Silicon Valley based company that hopes to take a leading role in the charging infrastructure for EVs, has developed a unique method to replenish electric cars when the batteries become depleted. Rather than time consuming charging, Better Place believes that battery swapping will make EV use both more convenient and extend their range making them capable of traveling much further on a daily basis.

Better Place CEO Shai

The car experts at TuningTruck.com studied a wide range of road tests of the 2009 Honda Civic to compile this definitive review. TuningTruck.com's editors also drove the new Honda Civic to help you decide which reviews to trust where opinions differ, to add more impressions and details, and to provide you with the best information.

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It is no secret that yesterday was Earth Day and there were many initiatives going on around the world to punctuate green measures that will help protect our natural environment. So, it is appropriate that this was also the day that our partner site AllCarsElectric.com was invited out to Detroit to test drive the new 2010 Toyota Prius. What could be better than rolling out on the boulevard on Earth Day than doing it in one of the green

Rolls-Royce is flashing back to its own past for the name of its new sedan--the "Ghost," according to CEO Tom Purves.

Purves announced the name for the new small Roller at the Shanghai auto show today. It's the first use of the name, though there have been Silver Ghosts in the Rolls lineup. (Then there's the silly movie from 1990 that inexplicably earned Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar.)

The car has been under development under the code letters RR4. Using some mechanicals