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Cheaper Beemers?

BMW said today it will expand its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., to make the X3 and X5 sport-utility vehicles.
Another model destined for the plant is the X6 coupe.

The cost of imports has risen as the value of the…

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Lucy, footballs and General Motors

For a long time, General Motors has told us its newest model would drive back the Germans, Japanese and
more lately the Koreans.

Those who believed, of course, must feel like Charlie Brown after Lucy yanks away the football.

Now GM is getting…

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Bud Wolf Chevrolet a goner

The Wolf family has thrown in the towel on its Chevrolet dealership at 5350 N. Keystone Ave.

One of the owners, Andy Wolf, says the closing was forced because property tax increases shocked customers
into pulling back from spending. Another reason…

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Toyota’s quality problems

The luster on Toyotaâ??s reputation for putting out highly reliable vehicles is beginning to tarnish.

The Japanese carmaker is taking it on the chin for a series of quality issues, and the Tundra full-size
pickup truck made near Evansville is causing…

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