Romney silent after claiming credit for auto industry comeback - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
GM announced that they were discontinuing the Oldsmobile brand in 2000 and the last car rolled off the assembly line in 2004. The automobile industry and the bailout represent a tricky matter for Romney in Michigan, where he grew up and where his ...
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Detroit Free Press

Toyota chief heading auto industry body promises to keep production in Japan - Washington Post

Washington Post
President Akio Toyoda took the helm at Japan's auto industry group Thursday with a promise to keep production and jobs at home to help along the country's recovery from last year's tsunami disaster. Toyoda also sharply criticized government plans to ...
Mainichi Daily News

Mitt Romney's claim that 100000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama - Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)
On the president's watch, about 100000 jobs were lost in the auto industry and auto dealers and auto manufacturers, so he's hardly one to point a finger.” — Mitt Romney, interview on Hot Air, May 16, 2011 The 100000 jobs is back!
Media Matters for America (blog)

Auto industry legend Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra, dies at 89 - Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press
In this March 23, 2005 file photo, Carroll Shelby stands next to the 2006 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 at the Auto Show in New York. Shelby, the legendary race driver and Shelby Cobra sports car designer, has died at age 89. Shelby's company Carroll Shelby ...
MarketWatch (press release)
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Automobile Magazine

Mitt Romney: 'I'll Take A Lot Of Credit' For Auto Industry Recovery - Huffington Post

Huffington Post
Despite his 2008 call to "let Detroit go bankrupt," presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would "take a lot of credit" for his impact on the US automobile industry's comeback. During an interview with WEWS-TV in ...
BusinessWeek
ABC News

Biden raps Romney over auto bailout comment - CBS News

CBS News
Updated 4:30 pm ET (CBS News) MARTINS FERRY, Ohio -- In what is likely to become a recurring theme for the Obama campaign, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday ridiculed Mitt Romney's assertion that he deserves some credit for the auto industry's ...
CNN (blog)

Year-to-date car sales up on 2011 levels, but evidence of cooling - Creamer Media's Engineering News

Creamer Media's Engineering News
New-vehicle sales in March improved by 10.5% to reach 42 617 vehicles, compared with the 38 583 units sold in April last year, reports the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). Healthy gains were made in new ...