GM to build hybrid cars in China in 2008

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Alysha Webb
Automotive News | November 28, 2007 – 12:01 am EST

SHANGHAI — General Motors will produce a hybrid car in China beginning in 2008. The model will be available for the Beijing Olympics in [...]

Chrysler could cut beyond buyouts
November 28, 2007
BY TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Chrysler officials have not ruled out the possibility of layoffs at the Auburn Hills automaker if they fail to get enough salaried workers to leave with voluntary buyouts over the next month.
Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Bob Nardelli has warned employees to expect a tough [...]

Ethanol issue clogs fuel bill
Industry credits emerge as key sticking point in congressional talks

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Ethanol mileage credits have become a key sticking point as negotiators from the House and Senate work to craft a 35-mpg energy bill acceptable to both houses of Congress, the White [...]

First wave of Chrysler workers taking buyouts exit Friday

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Eric Morath / The Detroit News
Friday will be the final day at work for hundreds of Chrysler LLC employees, as the first group of white-collar workers taking buyouts under the automaker’s latest downsizing plan exits the company.
Their departures are part of a plan Chrysler [...]

Toyota to recall 215,020 Lexus, other cars in Japan
Some cars in U.S., Canada and Britain included

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Automotive News | November 28, 2007 – 1:15 am EST

TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp said today it would recall 215,020 units of the Lexus GS, Crown and [...]