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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

The very first press car I ever received was a red 2008 Mercury Sable , so let's take a look at the same kind of car at the end of its 16-year career. As it turned out, Mercury was gone after 2011 , despite the best efforts of Jill Wagner , and the revived Sable existed for just the 2008 and 2009 model years before being terminated.

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Hagerty's 2024 Bull Market List Has a Few Surprises

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Get the latest news, features,& TTAC& takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by & subscribing to our& newsletter. Besides, as Hagerty notes, fun should be the primary goal with car buying, not necessarily making money. Image: Dave Goodman via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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You won’t believe who bought almost $1 million worth of Tesla Roadsters

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It appears that a Chinese company bought the Roadster back in 2011 with the hope of reverse-engineering them. Tesla ever only produced just over 2,000 original Roadsters between 2008 and 2011, making them rare in the first place. However, the shipment was blocked by customs in China and the vehicles never made it to the company.

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Chrysler Group withdraws its application for DOE Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan

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Chrysler had a great year in 2011 and posted a 44 percent increase in sales for January 2012 alone. billion in an ATVM loan as a unit of Cerberus Capital Management LP in 2008. The company is in much better financial health than it was in 2009 and to me appears to be a perfect candidate for a 136 loan from the DOE. —Rep.

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Ford hired former Tesla, Apple exec to create next-generation vehicle technology and services

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Before Tesla, he spent a little more than 5 years at Apple as the VP of Product design from 2008 to 2011 and then the VO of Mac Hardware Engineering from 2011 and 2013. Based on his job experience , Field doesn’t seem to play favorites with companies. .

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

The Truth About Cars

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. They considered it a natural evolution in an all-new market where the company could assert its dominance. Elon was glad too.

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2011 Smart Electric Drive: Will Fewer Dealers Cut Electric-Car Access?

All Cars Electric

Yesterday we heard the news that Mercedes-Benz will take over Smart car distribution in the United States from Penske Automotive Group. The independent dealer network had started distributing the Smart ForTwo in 2008 with a total of 77 dealers nationwide.

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