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This time, Ford’s Taurus is really back

Ford’s venerable Taurus family sedan retired in 2006 from its sales wars with old rivals Toyota Camry and Honda Accord with all the decisiveness and conviction of Brett Favre walking away from the NFL.

Jury selection begins in Phoenix shooting spree

Jury selection began Wednesday in the murder trial of a man who is accused along with two accomplices of terrorizing the Phoenix area with a series of shootings that preyed on people, dogs and horses as he fired from his Toyota Camry.

Toyota, Honda cars outsell Ford pickups

U.S. auto sales in May brought the starkest signs yet that gas prices have dramatically shifted the market to smaller cars, as the top-selling Ford F-series truck was dethroned by cars from Toyota and Honda and as General Motors announced it was closing four truck and SUV plants after dismal results.

Investors Can't Avoid ETF Homework

Some of the newest exchange-traded funds seem to resemble their predecessors about as much as a svelte Toyota Camry looks like a lumbering Model T.

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Malibu Shows Road to Revival Is Bumpy
Source: Wall Street Journal

With his teenage daughter needing a car, Robert Neighbour expects to buy a Toyota Camry. Never mind that the new Chevy Malibu -- built just a few miles from his home -- bested the Camry in a recent reliability survey.

Flaming kamikaze squirrel torches car
Source: The Register (UK)

A New Jersey woman's Toyota Camry last week suffered a sciurine kamikaze attack during which a flaming squirrel fell onto the vehicle, slid into the engine compartment and provoked an explosion which destroyed the parked vehicle, the Jersey Journal reports.

The American Family Association celebrates the decline of the American worker
Source: dane101.com

The crux of the American Family Association email seems to ignore a basic understanding of "supply and demand" as well as the unwillingness of Ford to adopt innovation. The organization touts the drop in Ford's sales by 6.8 percent in May as proof that their boycott is working.

Chrysler set to recall some 2006 Dodge Rams
Source: Autoblog

There are cheap recalls and there are expensive recalls. Luckily for the Chrysler Group the current recall of 86,333 '06 Dodge Rams built between Nov. 7, 2005, and April 27, 2006 amounts to little more than adding grease to wheel bearings.

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