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		<title>Another American Brand Icon Axed by General Motors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[General Motors (GM) recently announced it will be ending another one of its popular American brands and icons.  This time it will be the Mr. Goodwrench and Goodwrench Service Centers.  As of February 1, 2011, there will no longer be any Goodwrench Service Centers in the United States.  However, the Goodwrench Service brand will continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is Now the End of the Pontiac Motor Division</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pontiac brand will be missed The end has finally come for the Pontiac Motor Division after 84 years filled with major strife and occasional success.  General Motors (GM) closed down the division officially on October 31, 2010, once all its contracts with dealers expired.  The Pontiac brand is one of several brands that GM has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/it-is-now-the-end-of-the-pontiac-motor-division/</link>
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		<title>October 2010 Nissan Recall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nissan North America announced a recall of 2.14 million vehicles on October 28, 2010.  This makes it the third largest recall in Nissan’s history.   However, this is just one of a long list of recalls for the auto industry this year.   There have been dozens of various makes and models recalled by several manufacturers, ranging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/october-2010-nissan-recall/</link>
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		<title>BMW: Would You Rent One If You Couldn’t Buy it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you rent a BMW vehicle if you couldn’t buy it for some reason?  For instance, what if you couldn’t afford a monthly payment for the BMW M6 sports coupe, which has a U.S. starting price of $102,350?  Would you be willing to short- term lease it or rent it by the hour whenever you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/bmw-would-you-rent-one-if-you-couldnt-buy-it/</link>
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		<title>James Bond Automaker Is Making a Car Especially Designed for City Driving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The James Bond automaker, Aston Martin, has announced it will be making a car especially designed for city driving.  The idea is to make a sub-compact luxury car that addresses the hassles of driving in congested cities like London, England.  Aston Martin’s CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, has announced that its 2009 concept car will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/james-bond-automaker-is-making-a-car-especially-designed-for-city-driving/</link>
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		<title>Do Consumers Really Want Driverless Cars?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Numerous people wonder what it would be like to have driverless cars.  Several people have depicted driverless vehicles in science fiction films, books, and cartoons.  General Motors (GM) planned to be ready to road test a driverless vehicle by 2015.  However, a company not even in the automotive industry has beaten GM to road testing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/do-consumers-really-want-driverless-cars/</link>
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		<title>Prius to Become Toyota’s Sub-brand by 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toyota recently held their annual U.S. dealership meeting in Las Vegas. At this meeting, CEO Akio Toyoda announced plans to turn Prius into a sub-brand of Toyota by the end of 2012. A sub-brand is usually a product or service brand that has its own name and visual identity to differentiate it from its parent’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/prius-to-become-toyotas-sub-brand-by-2012/</link>
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		<title>Visteon Bankruptcy: Auto Parts Supplier Gets another Chance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visteon, a former parts unit of Ford Motor Company, used to be the world’s second largest auto parts supplier. Then in 2000, Visteon separated from Ford. In 2005, the company took a downhill turn due to the decline in automotive production and other factors. In May 2009, Visteon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/visteon-bankruptcy-auto-parts-supplier-gets-another-chance/</link>
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		<title>Toyota Highlander: Revisions Included in the 2011 Models</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Similar to the immortal warriors in Gregory Widen’s story, The Highlander, Toyota’s Highlander has undergone numerous changes over the past decade.  This has included using an alternative name at times.  Due to Hyundai’s Terracan SUV trademarked trim line, Toyota had to use the name Toyota Kluger instead of Highlander in Japan and Australia.  Recently, Toyota [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/toyota-highlander-revisions-included-in-the-2011-models/</link>
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		<title>Brammo and Flextronics Announce Partnership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brammo and Flextronics announced their new partnership on September 15, 2010.  Brammo is an Ashland, Oregon based company that is known for its plug-in electric motorcycles.   Flextronics, which is based in Singapore, is an international manufacturing company well-known in the consumer electronics industry. Flextronics’ automotive segment will take over the manufacturing of Brammo’s motorcycles and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/brammo-and-flextronics-announce-partnership/</link>
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		<title>Is the Fuel Tank about to Fall Off your F-150 Pickup?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you own a 1997-2001 F-150 Ford pickup, you might wonder if the fuel tank is about to fall off.  Why would you be wondering this?  Perhaps you&#8217;d be wondering this because of the recent announcement made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). On September 13, 2010, NHTSA announced it will be investigating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/is-the-fuel-tank-about-to-fall-off-your-f-150-pickup/</link>
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		<title>Chevy Volt’s Stunning Price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[General Motor’s (GM) Chevy Volt’s stunning price tag has stirred up numerous conversations this week. Everyone is wondering if the $41,000 starting retail price and low-volume sales tactics will doom the car before it even has a chance to prove its worthiness. Even with the $7,500 tax credit added in, the price is still higher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/chevy-volt%e2%80%99s-stunning-price/</link>
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		<title>Driverless Electric Drone Vans to make 8,000 Mile Trip from Italy to China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vislab, a University of Parma systems lab researching artificial vision and intelligence, recently announced a proposed road trip test for two robotic alternative-fueled vans they have designed. The vans were originally scheduled to leave Parma, Italy on July 20, 2010 and arrive in Shanghai, China around the end of October, 2010. However, due to unexpected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/driverless-electric-drone-vans-to-make-8000-mile-trip-from-italy-to-china/</link>
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		<title>President Obama urges Americans to Invest in Automotive Industry’s Green Technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barrack Obama is currently encouraging Americans to take up the challenges of succeeding in the automotive green technology&#8217;s global market competition. One element of this competition is the market for advanced lithium-ion batteries and other components for electric vehicles. Other elements of the competition are manufacturing electric vehicles and charging stations for those vehicles. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auto-buying-tips.com/president-obama-urges-americans-to-invest-in-automotive-industrys-green-technology/</link>
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		<title>Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures Finance EcoMotor OPOC Engine Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a press release submitted by CEO Don Runkle, EcoMotors International has now obtained the necessary financing to complete the engineering and testing of its OPOC (Opposed Piston, Opposed Cylinder) engine technology. In an announcement made July 12, 2010, Mr. Runkle stated that Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures are now exclusive investors in the [...]]]></description>
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