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Mon, 14 May 2012 12:02:11 EDT 10 http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/magazines/fortune/motorworld/?section=money_motorworld http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/images/cnnmoney_logo_144x30.gif 144 30 From CNN and Money magazine, CNNMoney.com combines business news and in-depth market analysis with practical advice and answers to personal finance questions. http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/05/11/autos/volvo-240-curse.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/05/11/autos/volvo-240-curse.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld It became huge news recently when Volvo Cars signed an endorsement deal with Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin to cash in on the booming market for upscale cars in China. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:44:03 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/04/20/autos/cadillac-lincoln-california.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/04/20/autos/cadillac-lincoln-california.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Cadillac and Lincoln are two of America's most storied car brands, with more than 200 years of automotive history between them. But in the country's largest and highest profile luxury car market -- California -- they are regularly trounced by Europe's upscale automakers and even the Japanese. Both domestic brands are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to catch up, but they have a long way to go. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:19:54 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/04/12/autos/global_auto_dominance.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/04/12/autos/global_auto_dominance.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld They aren't selling like iPads or Hunger Games tickets, but global auto sales are enjoying a nice run. They have grown 18% since 2005 to more than 75 million cars and trucks, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch is expecting the industry to tack on another 3.9% increase this year. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:08:10 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/02/23/autos/us_automakers_trouble_china.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/02/23/autos/us_automakers_trouble_china.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld No one can be blamed for forgetting Big Trouble in Little China, the 1986 adventure-comedy flop starring Kurt Russell. But U.S. automakers may be starring in its soon-to-be panned sequel: Big Trouble in Big China, with Dan Akerson, Alan Mulally, and Sergio Marchionne in leading roles. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:06:37 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/02/10/autos/fisker_karma_hendrik.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/02/10/autos/fisker_karma_hendrik.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld The Fisker Karma is rolling onto the world automotive stage as car writers in the U.S. and Europe examine the car in person for the first time and take their initial laps behind the wheel. They could certainly be excused for seeing the car and its creator through rose-colored glasses. Both have been the recipient of more advance publicity than a Donald Trump presidential endorsement. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:13:05 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/23/autos/super_bowl_vw_ad.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/23/autos/super_bowl_vw_ad.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld January, the longest month of the year, is winding to a close and that means it is time for MotorWorld to start handicapping the Super Bowl. No, not the Patriots vs. the Giants -- the Super Bowl of auto advertising. It's Volkswagen vs. the rest of the auto industry. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:15:52 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/19/autos/mondo_agnelli_clark_marchionne.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/19/autos/mondo_agnelli_clark_marchionne.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld In 2008, Mitt Romney wrote a New York Times op-ed titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." He argued then that if the auto companies got a bailout, "you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye." Lately, however, the Republican frontrunner has begun to favorably compare the government-imposed structured bankruptcies to his work at Bain Capital. "What the president has done overseeing GM and Chrysler has been reminiscent of what people in the private equity industry do," he said a few days ago in South Carolina. "To try and save the business, you have to cut back to a core that matches the revenue of the business." Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:41:58 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/11/autos/detroit_auto_show_hits_misses.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2012/01/11/autos/detroit_auto_show_hits_misses.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Detroit's big auto show that opened on Monday is being called a big success. Exhibits at the show went through a model change and are all-new; more new cars and concepts are being unveiled for the first time; and statuesque female presenters, deemed to be in poor taste during the recession years, have returned in numbers to display stands to attract male buyers. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:58:26 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/28/autos/auto_predictions.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/28/autos/auto_predictions.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Every year brings new uncertainties to the car business, and 2012 will be no different. The devil will be in the details. With the U.S. economy expanding, pent-up demand growing, and the Detroit Three earning, the survival of the industry is not in question so much as is its composition. Will buyers be looking for big trucks or small cars, import brands or domestics, gasoline-power or electricity? Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:26:21 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/20/autos/saab_general_motors.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/20/autos/saab_general_motors.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld The news that Saab Automobiles filed for bankruptcy has spurred the usual round of breast-beating, finger-pointing, and name calling. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:51:08 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/16/autos/bill_ford_lincoln.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/16/autos/bill_ford_lincoln.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld This will be an especially buoyant Christmas season for Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor, and he radiated every bit of his good fortune when he appeared at a Ford holiday party in Manhattan this week. He's pleased with plans for CEO succession, he's restored the dividend on Ford stock for the first time in five years, and the automaker is making progress on the environmental front, repurposing an old assembly plant as an alternative energy park. Even the Detroit Lions, long the doormats of the National Football League, are enjoying a winning season. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:24:37 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/07/autos/sergio_marchionne_chrysler.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/07/autos/sergio_marchionne_chrysler.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld While the rest of the automotive world was wrestling this week with the question of who would succeed Alan Mulally as Ford CEO, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne slipped into New York City to accept an award from a group promoting international business -- and made some news of his own. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:58:57 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/01/autos/ford_CEO_succession_mulally.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/12/01/autos/ford_CEO_succession_mulally.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld The guessing game about who will succeed Alan Mulally as Ford CEO moved into the late innings this week with a front-page article in Automotive News. In a story headlined "4 top CEO candidates emerge inside Ford," it speculated on whether Mulally's successor would be an outsider like him or someone already working at the company. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:15:03 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/22/autos/bmw_sales_future.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/22/autos/bmw_sales_future.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Amid this difficult economic environment, sales of import luxury cars in the U.S. have actually improved. One manufacturer in particular stands out -- not just for its performance today but also for its development of future strategies. That company is BMW Group. Instead of merely indulging in its prosperity, it is investing in new structural technologies and venturing ever further into the post-oil world. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:43:39 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/28/autos/maybach_mercedes_shut_down.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/28/autos/maybach_mercedes_shut_down.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Ending almost a decade of losses, Daimler is shutting down its super-luxury Maybach brand. It would not make sense to develop a successor model," chairman Dieter Zetsche said to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "The coming S-Class is in such a way a superior vehicle that it can replace the Maybach." Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:38:17 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/21/autos/john_smale_obituary.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/21/autos/john_smale_obituary.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Former Procter & Gamble chairman John Smale, who died over the weekend at 84, will forever be remembered as the man who saved General Motors for a time -- and then unwittingly sowed the seeds for its final decline. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:14:57 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/16/autos/detroit_compact_sales.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/11/16/autos/detroit_compact_sales.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld For all the talk about the Detroit Three's big revival, October sales in two key segments --compacts and subcompacts -- show that imports still reign supreme. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:38:38 EST http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/31/autos/lexus_design_dull.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/31/autos/lexus_design_dull.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld They may not rank with "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you," or "The check is in the mail," or "I'll respect you in the morning," but promises over the years from Lexus that it will make its mechanically impeccable vehicles more daring and emotional in their design are beginning to have an empty ring about them. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:55:43 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/27/autos/ford_turnaround.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/27/autos/ford_turnaround.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld FORTUNE -- Disenchantment with American institutions like big business seems to be at an all-time high. So what is a Ford Motor retiree doing spending $15,000 of his own money to praise his former employer and its top management? Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:18:40 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/25/autos/slovakia_automaking_volkswagen.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2011/10/25/autos/slovakia_automaking_volkswagen.fortune/index.htm?section=money_motorworld Historically-ignored, Slovakia made its presence known on the international scene a few days ago when it became the sole EU member to vote to block the expansion of a bailout fund, thus delaying any decision to aid the collapsing Greek economy. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:14:10 EDT