China Buys Naming Rights to U.S.
The deal was hailed today by Mr. Bush as a "win-win" for both countries. "We get 1.4 trillion dollars, and all we have to do is change our name to 'Panda Garden,'" he told reporters at the White House.
HuffPost's QuickRead
Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes
If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.
Deepak Chopra on Mumbai: Too Controversial for CNN?
Deepak Chopra went on CNN Wednesday night to give his take on the Mumbai attacks and how to prevent similar attacks in the future, but producers cut Chopra off when he started to get too controversial.
On Bailouts and Sports Cars
I own the number 16 production car of the Tesla, and I've been driving it for two weeks now. Anyone who owns the car can tell you that a) it is not "woefully immature" and b) that it is not a "concept car."
Los Angeles Auto Show - It's a wrap!
How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...
Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems
Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.
Los Angeles Auto Show -- Clean Diesels Clean Up
At this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the 205-mile per hour, $100,000, 2009 Corvette ZR1 is relegated to the very rear of the Chevrolet exhibit, like the "adults only" section in video stores.
Congress Bails out Those Who Shower Before Work, but not Those who Shower After Work
Detroit is a place where workers are unionized; Wall Street is not. And right-wing Republicans and conservative pundits have made it clear they want the union workers to suffer.
Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers
All the Shock Doctrine fanatics cheering to drive the the Big 3 into bankruptcy "restructuring," like Mitt Romney, might want to think about the implications of this.
The Media Myth: Detroit's $70-an-hour Autoworker
Make no mistake: The $70-an-hour claim represents a classic case of conservative misinformation. It's also a very dangerous one.
Get Your Head Out of Your Detroit
President-elect Obama risks making the first big mistake of his administration if he condones a $25 billion bailout with these corporate yahoos still at the wheel.
What Detroit Needs
We all make jokes about how lazy and lobby-driven Congress is, and as sad as the truths behind those jokes are, when times are good, we can afford to have government operate like that.
How To Save A Major Automobile Company
The Big 3 are looking for a bailout. They should only get it if they agree to stop building autos that contribute to global warming now.
Time to Change the Rules Rather Than Throw More Money at the Banks
The current lesson for the commercial banks is that if they want to survive, they should not do any of the things -- such as increase lending -- that the Treasury is trying to get them to do.
So You Want A Big Electric Car?
As people discover the many advantages of electric vehicles, their momentum will build. Not only are these cars green and responsible, they also enhance National Security.
Most Popular Cars Stories
Realtime conversations about
Cars
Cars
- Abundant1
less than 1 minute ago
- ceezjr
less than 1 minute ago
- joegreenz
about 4 minutes ago
- teddybutton
about 7 minutes ago
- CBamePR
about 8 minutes ago
Links From Digg, Delicious, and Google Blogsearch
Links
- KickingTires: Today's News From the Cars.com Family
- IIHS names safest cars for 2009 : Consumer Reports Cars Blog
- 24/7 Wall St.: A Century Of Cars: Does Detroit Deserve A Bailout?
- iTWire - Another study finds cell phone use in cars dangerous
- What cars do F1 drivers use on the road? | F1 drivers' cars | F1 ...
- Clean Green Cars
- Jason McCabe Calacanis: On Bailouts and Sports Cars
- European Parliament and Member States Reach Agreement on Cars and ...
- No Impact Man: The true cost of our cars
- New MTM Volkswagen Scirocco R Car Review | New Cars Review
- Retired Subway Cars Used For London Artists
- Recordpub.com - 60+ drive county-owned cars in Portage Keiper says ...
- Beijing Subway Cars Converted into Student Dormitories in Sichuan ...
- DVICE: Retired subway cars make perfect studios for London artists
- Volvo not interested in buying back Volvo Cars from Ford - Autoblog
- Gizmodo UK : BMW Using Microsoft Surface To Flog New Cars [Good Luck]
- Ford (F) plans to make small cars, about a decade too late ...
- Overview of 2009 model hybrid cars
- KickingTires: 2009 Acura TL vs. 2009 Audi A4: Part 2
- The Blitzen Benz Racing Cars: German Racer Set Land Speed Records ...
- Ford Plans Shift to Small Fuel-Efficient Cars, Cut CEO Pay
- Domestic Horses Abandoned Because of Hard Times
- Goodbye, jets: Ford CEO will make trip to D.C. in a Ford
- What Powerful Video Game Developers Dream Of — Literally
- Artist Creates Wireframe Lamborghini Countach
- Bootstrapping Our Way to the End of Human Aging
- 2009 Nissan 370z Fully Tested
- DUI High Score: 7 Cars, 1 Off-Duty Cop in 13 Minutes
- Badass Brits [PICS]
- 10% of All Vehicles in Ireland to be Electric Cars by 2020
Automakers' Future:
The Smaller 3 Or The Big 1?
Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to
The auto industry has survived on minor revisions for the better part of a decade, but America doesn't need a recolored cozy-coupe, we need a green cozy-coupe.
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=166&ArticleName=Ready%2c+Set%2c+Bailout%3f
It appears that UAW workers average 28 per hour. And thats for a much older work force than their competition.
Toyota workers recently at their largest U.S. plant made more and are a much younger work force.
If you convert to Average Wage for the same age group the comparrison would even be more in conflict with the idea that Autoworkers are still over paid by Big 3.
We pay Radiation Techs at our Cancer treament centers who are Highschool grades with 2 years of tech school training from $25-35 per hour. Its not as tough as working on an assembly line.
UAW starting wage is now 12 bucks per hour. Much lower than low end hospital staff. Lower than what a bartender makes
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_11/015760.php
http://www.aftermarketnews.com/Item/28594/uaw_losing_pay_edge_foreign_automakers_bonuses_boost_wages_in_us_plants_as_detroit_car_companies_struggle.aspx
Regards.
Yeah, nice BMW photo for a story about the Big 3.
The 3 auto companies merging into 1 --- noooooooooooooooooooo! Then it will take only one idi.ot to mess up the whole industry. Right now, it takes 3 id.iots. (Although, granted the boards of directors seem to be doing a good job of finding them). I think the longer term solution lies in the opposite direction -- breaking up these "too big to fail" companies into smaller entities that can be more competitive and be a breeding ground for innovation.
Really,
What part of
Too Big To Fail
Don't Conservatives understand?????