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“If you were planning on going to buy a car this weekend using [the federal 'cash for clunkers'] program, the program continues to run,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters this morning, according to the New York Times. “If you meet the requirements of the program, the certificates will be honored.”.
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In the U.S., Suzuki is primarily known for motorcycles, and forgettable small cars that offer good value, but never seem to compete with the best of the class. It’s the 11th largest automaker in the world, but its image in the U.S. trails well behind some smaller companies that have had more success here. The Japanese automaker is out to change that, however, with a premium midsize car for the 2010 model year, the Kizashi. The automotive press has now seen the car for the first time, and is cautiously optimistic that Suzuki may have come up with something worthwhile.
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Americans are warming up to Chinese and Indian cars, according to a new survey.
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The Wall Street Journal reports, “German luxury auto makers including BMW AG and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz are close to benefitting from a U.S. concession that will allow them and a few other foreign makers to keep selling cars that emit more greenhouse gases than those made by mass-market rivals such as General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.” The Obama administration plans to enact tougher emissions standards for automakers as part of a package of rules designed “to enforce the administration’s mandate that makers boost the average fuel efficiency of their fleets to 35.5 miles mpg by 2016.” However, “the Obama administration has proposed to set less stringent standards for car makers that sell fewer than 400,000 vehicles a year in the U.S..
