This Maverick stands out from the rest of the herd - Contra Costa Times

11 Oct 2008 at 7:18pm  SAN RAMON ? If someone were to ask you to name three very successful Ford Motor Company cars, you might respond with Mustang, Thunderbird and the Ford Country Squire wagon. You would be right, of course, but you would have missed the car that ...

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Cheaper gasoline lures travellers to cars - Gulf News

11 Oct 2008 at 7:18pm  Chicago: So far, US airlines have coped well with a painful economic downturn, but a sharp decline in gasoline prices soon may lure travellers off planes and into cars for short-haul trips. That would be a departure from a long-held public perception ...

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Tiger Stadium?s 2nd life may be in new cars, roads - Holland Sentinel

11 Oct 2008 at 6:49pm  Going to a baseball game in Detroit used to mean heading to Michigan and Trumbull, the intersection that became shorthand for Tiger Stadium. Go there today, and all that remains is a small slice of the arena that once drew throngs of fans to see ...

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Gibson dealership sold - Spartanburg Herald-Journal

11 Oct 2008 at 6:42pm  A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the sale of Joe Gibson Auto World to Wakefield Pontiac Buick GMC for about $2 million. The final price tag on the Suzuki franchise on West Main Street was $1 million less than an "approximate purchase ...

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N.H. program puts low-income workers into new cars - Portsmouth Herald

11 Oct 2008 at 6:20pm  CONCORD -- Every other month Trina Robinson was pouring money into repairs for her 10-year-old Chevy Lumina: $200 here, $300 there for failing ball joints, wheel bearings, struts. The costs ? $3,000 in one year alone ? were eating into her ...

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With Gas Below $3.00, Will We Return To 'Gas-Guzzling?' - WTOV 9

11 Oct 2008 at 4:54pm  Experts say that's unlikely because most drivers assume the dip in prices will be short-lived, and motorists have adjusted their habits accordingly, by either continuing to drive less or by switching to more fuel-efficient cars. NEWS9 cameras joined ...

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Zag Adds Another AAA Group (socalTech.com)

6 Oct 2008 at 8:04am  Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. According to Zag, AAA Mid-Atlantic has just unveiled a auto buying program which is powered by the firm's software. Zag has developed a software product which allows users to fully configure and price cars for car buying programs and affinity groups; the firm's software ...

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