This Week in Cars: 02.14.2010 – 02.20.2010
February 21, 2010 by Colin Bird
02.15.2010
- 2011 Ford Mustang lineup priced: starting at $22,145 [link]
- Honda adds 437000 cars to global air bag recall [link]
- Hyundai dealers running short of new Tucson crossover [link]
02.16.2010
- Hyundai-Kia automotive going strong in European market [link]
- Ford confirms plans to cut shift at Michigan plant; 900 employees affected [link]
- GM saving $10.7 billion means cash for truck upgrades [link]
02.17.2010
- 2010 Nissan Patrol unveiled in Abu Dhabi [link]
- Reservations for Nissan Leaf starting in April; still no price [link]
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata gets Turbo and Hybrid reveals at New York Autoshow [link]
- Toyota uses Olympic ads to seek redemption (video below) [link]
- Ford gives back, donates 242 acres of wetlands [link]
02.18.2010
- Honda sells $1.36 billion of auto asset-backed bonds [link]
- Toyota boss reverses course, will address congress next week [link]
02.19.2010
- Honda says new hybrid system for big cars in sight [link]
- Honda’s U.S. retail market share tops Toyota [link]
- Toyota’s rental car problem [link]
- Brand loyalty rises among non-Toyota owners [link]
- Hyundai spending big to launch 2011 Sonata [link]
- Toyota RAV4 being scrutinized for transmission failures [link]
- GM plans to release production information on the Cruze [link]
- Toyota dealers have fixed 600,000 sticky pedals [link]
- Woman gets $23.4M in suit against Ford for paralyzing crash [link]
- Ford says F-150 Raptor sales top expectations: 5,300 ordered thus far [link]
- GM to pump $500 million into engines, create 550 jobs [link]
02.20.2010
- Chrysler buys back assembly plant in Sterling Heights [link]
- Hyundai Sonata Named Top Safety Pick in US [link]
- GM CEO to get $9 million compensation package [link]
- Former CEO Fritz Henderson now consults GM at $2,954 an hour [link]
- Mercedes-Benz F800 revealed (pictured above) [link]
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