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Why can't American firms make small cars?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/14/2008
Why can't American firms make small cars?
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Answer:  They can.  Meet the bestselling cars in Europe : 1st: Peugeot 207 (437,505, +105.5%) 2nd: Volkswagen Golf (435,055, +4.5%) 3rd: Ford Focus (406,557, -7.5%) 4th: Opel/Vauxhall Corsa (402,173, +41.7%) 5th: Opel/Vauxhall Astra (402,044, -7.9%) 6th: Renault Clio (382,041, ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/17/2008
Cars
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Jonathan Cohn has the best statement I've seen of the case for a rescue. No illusions -... these are companies that, to a large extent, drove themselves into a ditch. If the economy as a whole were in reasonably good shape and the credit markets were ... (more) Cars
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fueleconomy.gov - 11/7/2008
Most and Least Fuel Efficient Cars
— fueleconomy.gov — A no-frames version of the Find and Compare Cars Section is available at: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/byclass/byEPAclassNF.shtml... (more) Most and Least Fuel Efficient Cars

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In Cars
driftglass.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008
In Cars
— driftglass.blogspot.com — Following up on the overwhelmingly popular success of the driftglass plan to save the country from being... Eated by Toxic Mortgages comes the sequel: How to save the U.S. Auto Industry. In our last exciting episode we learned that trying to fix ... (more) In Cars
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