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The Chrysler 700 C concept van is displayed on the final press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit

Chrysler Reports Full-Year Profit on Strong U.S. Sales

U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC swung to a full-year net income of $183 million on Wednesday, and made the bold prediction that profit would be eight times higher in 2012, on strong sales in its main U.S. market.
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$132.9 Billion Owed to Taxpayers from Bailout, Some Won't Be Recovered: Report

U.S. taxpayers are still owed $132.9 billion by companies that benefited from the financial bailout and haven't fully repaid. Some of that money will never be recovered, a government watchdog said. Christy Romero, the acting special inspector general for the $700 billion bailout, has said the bailout that began in September of 2008, could actually last for several more years.
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Ford Accounting Change Signals Profit Outlook

Ford Motor Co is poised to report its biggest annual profit in 13 years on Friday after an accounting change that signals the No. 2 U.S. automaker's belief it can remain profitable.
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Chevy Volt Passes Battery Test: Saves the Electric Car

The Chevy Volt got a regulatory boost Friday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that Chevy Volts - and electric vehicles in general - did not pose additional fire safety risks, thereby saving the emerging auto market from becoming roiled in red tape.
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U.S. Stock Futures Point to Higher Open

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.02 to 0.2 percent.
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China's 4Q GDP Growth Slowdown to 8.9% Won't Affect U.S. Automakers

China's GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2011 dipped to 8.9 percent, down from 9.1 percent in the prior quarter, but the Chinese government will likely take steps to ensure that a slowdown does not harm global manufacturers that increasingly look to China for new consumers.
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Detroit Auto Show 2012: A Revitalized Detroit Leads to a Revitalized Auto Show

DETROIT -- As Marc Harlow walked around Detroit's Cobo Center during the first day of the 2012 North American International Auto Show, he saw a different scene from recent years. To Harlow, one of the members of the show's public relations team, the buzz of the Detroit Auto Show had returned amid a brightening global outlook on the automotive industry.
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Via Motors Markets Electric Vehicle Transformation to Fleets from Companies, U.S. Government at Detroit Auto Show

DETROIT -- Five years ago, Bob Lutz stood in front of a curious crowd at the North American International Auto Show and introduced a radical concept car to the world. Lutz, then the vice chairman of product development for General Motors, revealed the first electric plug-in concept car from a major automaker: the Chevrolet Volt. He still calls it the most important car the company has ever made.
The Volkswagen E-Bugster concept car is introduced on the first press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 9, 2012.

VW Reports Record Car Sales for 2011

The car group reports selling 8.16 million sales last year, more than Toyota. Car group sales in India more than doubled, but General Motors could outshine the German automaker.

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