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SportingNews.com – Mar 23, 2008
Tommy Houston finishes second and Butch Miller third in the 200-lap 100-mile race. March 251956: Curtis Turner opens the inaugural Convertible Series with his third straight win taking the checkered flag in a 100-lap race at the nine-tenths of a mile dirt track of Orange Speedway in Hillsboro N. Turner finishes the season with 22 wins but places second in the points standings to Bob Welborn who wins three races but finishes in the top five in 32 of his 45 races.
New York Auto Show Thinking Outside the Cube
New York Times – Mar 23, 2008
Students of Martin Skalski a professor of industrial design at the Brooklyn-based art and design school customized the vehicles inside and out to emphasize the primary styling theme: the assignment was to express “cubeness. ” Skip to next paragraph Related.
‘Green’ cars boost Thai auto industry
Economic Times – Mar 23, 2008
Tax breaks for automakers andcar buyers were unveiled last year as the government worried that Thailand’sposition as the world’s biggest maker of light pickups might not be enough toguarantee the future of its auto industry. The kingdom churns out 900000one-tonne trucks every year — about three-fourths of global output. But amid soaring oil pricesand concerns about greenhouse gas emissions the government expressed concernthat the global market for gas-guzzling trucks could weaken as consumers turn tomore fuel-efficient cars. Solast year Thailand announced incentives to encourage automakers to set up localproduction bases for “eco-cars” that meet the most stringent European emissionstandards and run on fuel with a 20 percent ethanol component.
Asian European makers race to US auto market
Akron Beacon Journal – Mar 23, 2008
auto market Economy cars SUVs pickups from foreign factories might jockey for sales if they can overcome regulations By Larry P. Vellequette The (Toledo) Blade Published on Sunday Mar 23 2008 Seth Vineyard knows that the day is coming when he will sit at a busy Toledo intersection in his Chevy pickup and be surrounded by unfamiliar vehicles from the far-off reaches of the world. ”It makes me mad” said the 31-year-old skilled trades worker who is laid off from General Motors Corp. ’s Toledo Powertrain plant. ”I don’t think a lot of people understand how much money they’re taking out of our local economy when they buy one of these foreign cars. ” An invasion is coming over the next few years to American shores as a weak dollar entices manufacturers from around the world to bring their vehicles to the United States.
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