Mar.05
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9-Year Auto Loans?! ‘Crazy’ But True!

Posted By:Phil LeBeau

Here’s something that should make you realize what crazy times we are living in: 9-year auto loans are popping up around the country. That’s right, it wasn’t a typo. Nine years! 108 months! Almost a third of the time used to pay off a [...]

Congress may ban dealer-mandated arbitration

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Harry Stoffer
Automotive News | March 5, 2008 - 10:00 am EST
 
 
 
WASHINGTON — Auto dealers celebrated a lobbying victory in 2002 when they got Congress and President Bush to ban mandatory binding arbitration of disputes arising from their franchise agreements with automakers. Now comes the hangover.
Spurred by consumer groups, lawmakers have [...]

Chrysler minivan plant reopens
 
CAW ratifies new contract at TRW plant in Windsor, Ontario
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Philip Nussel
and David Barkholz
Automotive News | March 5, 2008 - 8:05 am EST
 
 
 
The Canadian Auto Workers returned to work today at TRW Automotive Inc. after approving a contract agreement in Windsor, Ontario, late Tuesday with 96 percent of the workers voting [...]