2011/12/5-2012/1/10 [Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:54250 Activity:nil | 12/5 "Eight Ferraris wrecked in million-dollar pileup"
http://www.csua.org/u/uw3 (autos.yahoo.com)
"Police and video reports say the wreck began when a 60-year-old
businessman from Fukushima driving a Ferrari F430 attempted to pass a
Toyota Prius, but instead hit the guardrail. That set off a chain
reaction among the cars driving in a tight formation behind the lead
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2009/9/20-29 [Transportation/Car] UID:53381 Activity:nil | 9/20 Why does Toyota like to pair up a new model name with an existing
model name before using the new model name on its own? The Supra
started as the Celica Supra, the Tercel started as the Corolla Tercel,
and currently there is the Camry Solara.
\_ Marketing 101. Leverage existing brand names to build new ones.
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2008/11/20-27 [Transportation/Car, Reference/Tax] UID:52057 Activity:nil | 11/20 "Far from vanishing, many of GM’s assets would be quickly purchased
by competent foreign automakers eager to expand their capacity in what
is the world’s largest auto market. Happily, the list of well-run car
companies, from Toyota to Nissan to Porsche, is long."
big FAT LOLZ there. When GM closes up, GM's factories are going to
go idle and rust and provide excellent opporunities for hipster
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2008/11/19-23 [Transportation/Car, Industry/Jobs] UID:52041 Activity:nil | 11/19 Toyota to lay off temporary workers in US. are we screwed now?
\_ When GM goes under, they'll rehire them.
\_ HAN: (over speaker) Now let's blow this thing and go home!
\_ I know you don't believe in technical indicators, but today
the S&P 500 very nicely bounced off of its Oct 2002 low.
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