http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/Auto Industry News, Analysis and OpinionenTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:38:47 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noAuto Industry News, Analysis and Opinionauto_bloghttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/DpnJIPzWrjo/rick_haglunds_blog_is_moving_t.htmlBill Emkow | MLive.com Editor-in-ChiefTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:38:47 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3077605 ]]>Thank you for reading Rick Haglund's Auto Blog. Rick is taking his show on the road. He will have a permanent home at mlive.com/auto. You can read his blog and all of his columns on the Automotive News page here....http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/rick_haglunds_blog_is_moving_t.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/vI4DX2VjaoA/buick_aims_for_younger_buyers.htmlBreaking NewsMLive.com - Home Page - BusinessRick HaglundMon, 22 Jun 2009 11:06:27 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3069415 ]]>GM photo2010 Buick LaCrosse If I say "Buick," you probably don't think "hip, fun, gotta have this car." But the brand is trying to change the view that Buick is an old man's car with the 2010 LaCrosse, arguably the...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/buick_aims_for_younger_buyers.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/emRxrt2OAVs/idled_gm_chrysler_auto_plants.htmlBreaking NewsRick HaglundFri, 19 Jun 2009 12:09:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3050920 ]]>GM photo2010 Buick Enclave built in Delta Towship plant General Motors Corp. said today it would restart a second shift, bringing back about 900 workers, at its Delta Township assembly plant near Lansing in August. GM said the move was...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/idled_gm_chrysler_auto_plants.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/Y70hoFM5AaA/coolest_lowpriced_cars.htmlindustry newsRick HaglundFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:18:50 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3050689 ]]>Companies looking for publicity know a sure-fire tactic is to put out press releases with top 10 lists. We in the media are suckers for those things, especially when it comes to cars. A new one from Kelley Blue Book,...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/coolest_lowpriced_cars.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/qvP01eeWIss/girsky_to_represent_uaw_on_gen.htmlBreaking NewsRick HaglundThu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3044072 ]]>Long-time auto industry analyst Stephen Girsky has been named to represent the United Auto Workers retiree health care trust on General Motors Corp.'s board of directors....http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/girsky_to_represent_uaw_on_gen.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/WgMDv7PLNSw/cashforclunkers_bill_proceeds.htmlBreaking NewsRick HaglundFri, 19 Jun 2009 08:56:52 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3043624 ]]> Republicans in the U.S. Senate failed today to get the controversial, $1 billion cash-for-clunkers provision stripped from a $106 billion war funding bill. Senators voted 60-to-36 to keep the plan alive. The program is designed to stimulate auto sales...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/cashforclunkers_bill_proceeds.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/HQAN7oHR1f8/consumers_in_survey_want_ponti.htmlMLive.com - Home Page - Newsindustry newsRick HaglundThu, 18 Jun 2009 11:47:54 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3040316 ]]>GM photo1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Pontiac is the brand consumers would most like to see maintained by General Motors Corp., according to an online survey this week by CarGurus, an "online automotive community" in Cambridge, Mass. Nearly 1,700 consumers responded...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/consumers_in_survey_want_ponti.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/yV0wtffgvqQ/chrysler_gm_dealer_closings_co.htmldealersRick HaglundTue, 16 Jun 2009 08:57:36 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3022205 ]]>Two former metro Detroit Chrysler LLC dealers, who lost their franchises last week as Chrysler whacked 25 percent of its dealer body, will begin selling pickups from Indian truck manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra, the Detroit Free Press reports. A suburban...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/chrysler_gm_dealer_closings_co.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/fYu4sEJk-SE/gasoline_prices_falling_in_mic.htmlMLive.com - Home Page - Newsgas pricesRick HaglundMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:58:45 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3014632 ]]>Recent surveys by Kelley Blue Book show that consumers expect gasoline prices to rise this summer, reaching a "threshold" price of $3 a gallon. Nationwide, gasoline prices have risen for 48 straight days, hitting an average of $2.67 a gallon....http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/gasoline_prices_falling_in_mic.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/lE1uS0WuIEU/topselling_car_of_2008.htmlMLive.com - Home Page - BusinessMLive.com - Home Page - Newsauto salesRick HaglundMon, 15 Jun 2009 09:14:49 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.3013669 ]]>Can you guess the winner?...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/topselling_car_of_2008.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/J3lxJ_PCbmk/capturing_general_motors_new_s.htmlauto plantsRick HaglundFri, 12 Jun 2009 12:52:29 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2998176 ]]>General Motors Corp. may be looking for hundreds of millions of dollars in state government aid to locate its new small-car production in the United States, according to a story Friday in Nashville's Tennessean newspaper. GM has said it intends...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/capturing_general_motors_new_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/K0w3cYEEFU0/general_motors_purchasing_chie.htmlBreaking NewsRick HaglundFri, 12 Jun 2009 06:45:03 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2994978 ]]>General Motors Corp. said this morning that long-time purchasing chief Bo Andersson has left the company "to pursue other career opportunities." No replacement has yet been named. Andersson is the first of a number of GM executives who are expected...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/general_motors_purchasing_chie.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/OjpwkCFnYZk/happy_birthday_honda.htmlindustry newsRick HaglundThu, 11 Jun 2009 09:43:32 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2986595 ]]>American Honda Motor Co. photoHonda began selling motorcycles in the United States in 1959 from a California storefront. Honda motorcycles are shown here in the bed of a Chevrolet pickup. With all the news about the bankruptcies of General Motors...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/happy_birthday_honda.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/GMyN2tWQBLM/feds_own_part_of_gm_and_chrysl.htmlMLive.com - Home Page - BusinessrestructuringRick HaglundThu, 11 Jun 2009 08:25:47 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2986111 ]]>The Treasury Department owns 8 percent of the new Chrysler Group LLC and is taking a 60 percent stake in General Motors Corp. But when it comes buying actual cars and trucks, the federal government is favoring Ford Motor Co.,...http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/feds_own_part_of_gm_and_chrysl.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/n5N6zh0581c/general_motors_says_dont_buy_o.htmlMLive.com - Home Page - NewsfinancialsRick HaglundThu, 11 Jun 2009 08:24:45 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2985234 ]]>Speculators have been buying up General Motors Corp. stock, apparently hoping to make a profit on its shares while the automaker is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bad idea, say GM and financial advisers....http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/general_motors_says_dont_buy_o.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/auto_blog/~3/xfc0dkflsSQ/fomer_gov_james_blanchard_to_r.htmlBreaking NewsMLive.com - Home Page - BusinessMLive.com - Home Page - NewsNews - MuskegonRick HaglundThu, 11 Jun 2009 07:09:41 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/autoblog//1729.2981827 ]]>Former Michigan Gov. James Blanchard has been named to the new Chrysler Group LLC board of directors....http://blog.mlive.com/autoblog/2009/06/fomer_gov_james_blanchard_to_r.htmlnonadult