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Updates from July, 2009

  • It turns out dealers will have to pay taxes on the thousands of dollars in rebates they receive under the federal cash-for-clunkers program, according to an IRS advisory bulletin issued today.
    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • The pension plan covering 10,770 employees of bankrupt auto supplier Metaldyne Corp. has been taken over by the federal government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the company said today.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • Honda Motor Co. said on Friday that it is recalling another 440,000 vehicles — including some of its best-selling Accord and Civic models — for a potentially lethal airbag defect.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • The National Automobile Dealers Association today cautioned members that they face risks if they go ahead with cash for clunkers deals before federal funding has been assured.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • Honda Motor Co said on Friday that it is recalling another 440,000 vehicles — including some of its best-selling Accord and Civic models — for a potentially lethal airbag defect.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • Brian Godfrey, general manager of Pat Milliken Ford in suburban Detroit, is glad he had plenty of vehicles in stock, especially Ford Fusions, Focuses and Escapes.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • Denso Corp. swung to a loss in the quarter ended June 30 as sales tumbled in the wake of vehicle-production cuts in its major markets. But the world's second-largest auto-parts maker also predicted its loss in the six months to Sept.
    2:50 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • A woman shops for a car at Springfield Auto Mart in Springfield, Vt. Above her is a car that was dumped in a dumpster as a visual promotion for the government highly-popular ‘cash for clunkers’ program.The House voted Friday to rush an additional $2 billion into the popular but financially strapped “cash for clunkers” car purchase program.


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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • The House passed legislation to inject $2 billion into the cash for clunkers program after the administration reported that the popular $1 billion federal incentive was running out of money shortly after it began.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009
     
  • The House passed legislation to inject $2 billion into “Cash for Clunkers” after the administration reported that the $1 billion federal program was running out of money shortly after it began.

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    7:28 pm on July 31, 2009