According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the automobile industry spent a record $70.3 million lobbying Washington in 2007. The $70.3 million figure represents nearly a 20 percent increase over 2006 numbers.  That comes in a year when the industry faced challenges on several fronts.
It was the year that might be looked at in hindsight [...]

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admin on April 26th, 2008

Can the price to value ratio of the hybrid car gas savings hold up if tax incentives are removed from the equation?  That depends on how long will it take you to cover the $3-5,000 up front cost difference in what you save at the pump.  Or actually, a little less than that, when you [...]

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admin on April 21st, 2008

If the taxman left a present for you in the form of a refund, you may want to consider investing it in a new car.  Most financial advisers would tell you a car is a horrible investment because it loses so much of its value the minute you drive it off the lot… or at [...]

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