Barriers limit China s growing auto industry (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Barriers limit China s growing auto industry (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
DETROIT China s rapidly expanding automotive industry faces so many obstacles it will likely be 10 to 20 years before Chinese automakers can compete globally in vehicle design, manufacturing and sales, according to a new report.

Automakers Are Lining Up Aid, But Just Don't Call It a Bailout (Washington Post)
Troubled U.S. automakers and their allies on Capitol Hill are seeking billions of dollars in aid from the federal government ranging from health coverage for their workers to extra tax write-offs for themselves.

Santa's Helpers (Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA -- Michael Kent works most days behind a desk, processing auto loans. But with the holiday season here, he's moonlighting as one of Santa's elves, assembling miniature Cadillac Escalades, bicycles and other complicated gadgets headed for the Christmas tree.

Banking On Consumer Loans (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
Good news has followed the bad. The fiscal and monetary crisis that crushed economies in South America and East Asia in the late 1990s came with a...

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Auto finance group lowers rates (The Des Moines Register)
An auto finance group will improve terms of loans to about 250 consumers who bought cars from the now-defunct Dan Nelson Automotive Group. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said Wednesday that Auto Receivables Trust will lower the interest rate on loans to 17.95 percent.

Top Sport Utilities on MSN Autos
The most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
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