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Meet Your Next Car At Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Last year’s Plug-In 2008 gave attendees an insider’s advantage on the Plug-In technology that will quickly replace today’s obsolete, planet-killing fossil fuel centric cars. Creative Greenius readers were right there with me as I live blogged from the event: Top Ten Things I Learned At Plug In 2008.

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Hagerty's 2024 Bull Market List Has a Few Surprises

The Truth About Cars

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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Mini Ends Production of the Clubman

The Truth About Cars

That’s down from a peak of roughly 54,000 units in 2008. With its departure, we look ahead to welcoming members of the new MINI family to our Oxford and Swindon lines, including a new convertible model which we will start to produce at the end of this year." Images: BMW Group] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Lexus Says ‘Yes’ to Accessory Catalog at SEMA

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For fun, Lexus is also displaying a few builds completed by private owners, including 2008 and 2009 examples of the GX. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our& newsletter. I’m still taking the ’24 GX, though.

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United Auto Workers Ratify New Labor Contract

The Truth About Cars

Contracts likewise restore cost-of-living adjustments and retirement benefits lost by the union after 2008. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter. Image: UAW] Become a& TTAC insider.

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UAW Announces Another Strike Expansion

The Truth About Cars

The worst of this took place in the run-up to the 2008 automotive bailout when the industry was financially crippled and laying off employees in large numbers.& Get the latest news, features,& TTAC& takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter.

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Union Bargaining Begins in Detroit

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Automotive News reported that the union head appeared on Facebook Live Tuesday evening to request members fill out support cards. Automotive News even released a report suggesting that Ford boasting more U.S. .& "Since the Great Recession, we haven't gained, really, anything," Fain explained to the media.

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