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Junkyard Find: 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 Mystery Machine

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series launched, but I managed to avoid it for my entire Generation X childhood (though I was heavily influenced by Simon Bar Sinister's brain-reprogramming Phoney Booths in "Underdog" at that time). Ford and GM stuck with their B-Series competitors for similar spans. The build tag says it was built at St.

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CleanFUEL USA Expands Propane Engine Products With IMPCO

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Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. 2008 and 2009 3.5L Tags: Brief. Chevrolet Impala.

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Tesla Prepping IPO

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automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). General Motors. Ford posted the first year-on-year 2009 sales gains of any major OEM in the US market in July, with total sales climbing 2% to 158,838 units. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury retail sales increased 9% versus a year ago. over July 2008.

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EPA Reports Fifth Consecutive Annual Increase in US New Vehicle Fuel Economy; Up 9% Since 2004, Back to Levels of Early 1980s

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For 2008, the last year for which EPA has final data from automakers, the average fuel economy value was 21.0 The MY2009 light truck market share is projected to be 49%, based on pre-model year production projections by automakers. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers. mpg US (11.2

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938. The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point.

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Vehicle Electrification a Key Strategic Initiative for Magna; Steady Increases in Capabilities and Technology Portfolio Over Past Few Years

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Canada-based international auto supplier and contract assembler Magna International, now with a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of Opel from General Motors ( earlier post ), sees vehicle electrification as one of its key strategic initiatives. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Vehicle Manufacturers.