New York Auto Show

Anyone with a car has seen the upward drift of gas prices, which have jumped an average of 17 cents in the past two weeks. And the auto industry is watching that trend closely, rolling out a variety of more economic, fuel-efficient vehicles.They're on display at the New York International Auto Show at the Jacob Javitz Center. Hybrids are getting a lot of attention this year, offering electric power assist for lower gas usage. And the other flavor of the moment is the crossover utility vehicle, or CUV. This is the fastest-growing sector in the United...

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New York debut of Saturn PreVue

The PreVue seems like a glimpse of a possible future design direction for the Saturn brand as it tries to broaden its appeal to include sportier vehicles notes the Auto Blog. Sharp-eyed readers will recognize the PreVue as a rebadged Opel Antara GTC concept from last year's Frankfurt Motor Show, more evidence, if any were needed, of General Motors'...

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Saving private US auto industry

The accelerating woes of Ford and General Motors and the ongoing crisis in auto parts have produced vows from Detroit that business-as-usual won't continue. Yet unless U.S. trade policy changes, too, and Washington imposes sweeping emergency tariffs on imports of manufactured goods, the American-owned automotive industry will soon disappear, and along with it much of the rest of America's core manufacturing. For a quarter-century, Washington has dodged the biggest trade problem plaguing domestic automotive producers: an import tidal wave of...

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Motorola in automotive electronics sale

Motorola Inc. said Monday it is selling its automotive electronics business to Continental AG.The German tire company will pay about $1 billion for Motorola's auto electronics business, which generates about $1.6 billion in annual sales.The unit will join Continental's automotive systems division, which has annual sales of about $6.5 billion.The deal is expected to close in the first half of this year, pending customary closing and regulatory conditions.Motorola's automotive unit currently is a component of its Networks & Enterprise business...

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