Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Scott Burgess
Super ‘Vette: It’s out of this world

MILFORD — Times are tough. Gas prices are high. Housing prices are low. And the car market is collapsing faster than a Jenga tower after six vodka shots.
America needs a superhero.
And when the next caped crusader arrives, he will screech onto the scene in a [...]

 
Escape up, Wrangler down in crash tests
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Harry Stoffer
Automotive News | August 20, 2008 - 12:15 am EST

ENLARGE

The Ford Escape was among four vehicles getting a top pick for safety from the Institute for Highway Safety.
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GM boosts used vehicle warranties to help residuals
Certified coverage includes 12 months, 12,000 miles ‘bumper-to-bumper’
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Arlena Sawyers
Automotive News | August 19, 2008 - 4:37 pm EST
 
 
General Motors is making major upgrades to warranties of used vehicles it sells in the U.S. under its GM Certified and Saturn Certified programs.
Brian McVeigh, general manager of GM’s fleet [...]

In case you missed this opinion article that appeared in the Columbia Daily Herald on August 7, 2008, here it is…
 
 
 

Reuther & Norquist: Strange alchemy in Labor’s lament
Bill Andrews
Recently as I was driving to an Amish farrier for a horse-shoeing
appointment, I passed the pickets at Johnson Controls (JCI) along
Highway 43.
When I returned, the strikers were [...]