Ford test-drive program pays area schools

February 27th, 2009 PartsHub.net Posted in Automotive News | No Comments »

As part of Ford Motor Co.’s “Drive One 4 UR School” fund-raising program, Ford and its local dealers are kicking in $20 for every test drive that students arrange. Schools can raise up to $6,000 a year, and many are finding it’s an easy and fast way to raise money.
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Senate OKs $25B loan for automakers

February 26th, 2009 PartsHub.net Posted in Automotive News | No Comments »

UPDATED AT 2:23 PM — WASHINGTON — The largest federal aid ever offered to the U.S. auto industry passed the Senate today, as a $25-billion loan program won final approval from Congress after a three-month industry blitz.
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Final vote nears on Pentagon bill, automaker aid

February 25th, 2009 PartsHub.net Posted in Automotive News | No Comments »

WASHINGTON — Senators removed a key obstacle today to passage of a spending bill that combines help for Gulf Coast disaster victims and loans for automakers with record spending for the Pentagon.
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Auto Review: A farewell to the 2008 model year

February 24th, 2009 PartsHub.net Posted in Automotive News | No Comments »

This has not been a good year for many investors and fewer car companies. Credit is hard to obtain, the financial markets have been the auto equivalent of crossing the Rubicon, and gas prices only sent the sales of Maalox higher.
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ECONOMY ON EDGE: Bailout talks creep forward

February 23rd, 2009 PartsHub.net Posted in Automotive News | No Comments »

WASHINGTON — Talks toward a $700-billion financial market rescue inched ahead Friday, as lawmakers and the Bush administration wrestled over how to revive Wall Street without enraging Main Street.
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