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The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Car Buyer's Market? The auto industry keeps trying to tempt consumers with huge price breaks.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	GM Deal: Hitch Included General Motors seems finally to be making some steps toward producing a better line of products. Perhaps the company should continue to shift its focus toward producing more vehicles that are in demand and let the sales take care of themselves.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Revved-Up Auto Sales Auto manufacturers had a great month, with one glaring exception. Do Ford's investors need shock absorbers? They shouldn't -- the auto maker's results should really not surprise anyone.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 W.D. Crotty	GM: Sticker Price Dynamite GM lowers the sticker prices on 80% of its models. Will that move cars profitably? Changing marketing direction, especially after tens of billions have been spent on advertising over the years, doesn't quite make sense.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Welch	Autos: Those Price Breaks Are Habit-Forming Detroit's incentives may be here to stay, and now Japan is sweetening its deals, too
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BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 David Welch	Toyota's Risky Ride in the Incentive Lane Juicy deals help Toyota Motor Corp. win U.S. market share, but is its headlong grab for U.S. market share starting to take a toll?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Rich Smith	Toyota's Hot, Daimler's Not Toyota makes six out of the 10 fastest-selling autos in the U.S.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Detroit's Hot Rides The May U.S. sales numbers for the auto industry were released yesterday and they were impressive nearly across the board.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Rich Duprey	Little Value in GM's Low Price The slide in the car maker's share price doesn't make it a value investment, at least not yet.
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BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Welch & Kerwin	GM: Enough With The Come-Ons What General Motors Corp. needs now is sizzling new models -- not more discounts.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Changing of the Guard Toyota is set to displace GM as the world's largest auto manufacturer.
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The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Know Your Numbers: Auto Sales With the large contribution the automakers make to the overall economy in terms of employment and manufacturing output, data that provides insight on the auto industry can also be used to make inferences about the direction of the economy.
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The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Rich Duprey	Death of the American Car Saddled with seemingly insurmountable debts, faced with tough, nimble foreign competition, American car manufacturers might end up becoming the Edsels of the automotive industry. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Rich Smith	A December to Remember for Automakers For Ford and GM, some good deeds go unpunished -- and some don't.
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The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 David Lee Smith	GM in Kirk's Rearview Mirror What now for the troubled automaker? For now, GM's share price is about 50% higher than it was at the beginning of this year.
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The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 W.D. Crotty	GM: Company of Contrasts The automaker is sputtering in the U.S., but it's gaining speed internationally. GM has worked to improve its cost structure, and analysts see profits in the year ahead. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2010 Rich Duprey	GM's Buy-One, Get-One-Free Sale The automaker offers incentives that can cut new car prices in half, but at a big cost.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Rex Moore	GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps Optimism abounds for the Big Three in '04.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Detroit's Quality Pickle Hyundai wallops most everyone in the latest initial quality ratings by J.D. Power & Associates.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	U.S. Carmakers Sweat Sales Given recent industry results, none of the U.S. carmakers (not even GM with its sub-10 P/E ratio) looks like an attractive investment.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Rex Moore	Car Wars: Return of 0% Wait, what the heck is this? General Motors says it will once again be offering 0% financing or rebates on most of its new vehicles. The question is: Why?
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Popular Mechanics January 26, 2010 David Kiley	Are New Lease Discounts Bad News for Automakers? Depending on where you live, you might be seeing lease offers for a Chevy Mailbu for as low as $179 per month, with $2,000 down, and a Honda Accord for $249 per month and $249 down.
The Motley Fool Rich Smith	Trucks, Texas, and Toyota The Big Three can only lose market share and pricing power as Japan gears up to steal it from them.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Jennifer Schonberger	GM Slow to Cross Over A sluggish reaction to high gas prices may postpone a comeback for the auto giant. DaimlerChrysler, however, should continue to lead the domestic automakers, given its unique designs and spot-on timing.
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