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2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Top 10 Production Cars. Editors' ten favorite production vehicles at the biennial show.

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Tax breaks approved for Delphi's Indiana upgrades. KOKOMO, Ind. The Kokomo City Council has approved in $160 million tax breaks for Delphi Corp., hoping that factory upgrades by the company will keep 3,000 jobs in the city.

Buddhadeb to meet Ratan Tata Oct 3. West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee Tuesday said a meeting would be held with Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata Oct 3 to discuss the ongoing land row over the Nano small car project at Singur.

Coast Guard chooses new patrol boat. Years after Congress urged the Coast Guard to speed up its patrol boat replacement program, the service finally picked a design and a shipbuilder for its new cutters.

Thor Industries 4Q Earnings Down Nearly 90%. Recreational vehicle maker Thor Industries Inc. said late Monday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings plunged almost 90% as it continued to weather a tough RV market.

Latest victims of the credit crunch: car dealers. A day after lawmakers in the House voted down the $700 billion financial bailout, the latest signs of the tightening credit markets was hitting Main Street.

Carmakers sound alarm at gloomy Paris show. Top automakers including General Motors Corp and Ford warned of tough times as the Paris Auto Show opened on Thursday amid concerns that slowing demand could force production cuts and job losses.

Japan's Nikkei stock index drops to 3-year low on worries that US will slide into recession. Japan's stock market fell to its lowest level in more than three years on growing fears that even a passage of the proposed U.S. financial bailout package can't stop the American economy from slipping into a..

Russian Machines cashing out of Magna. Russian magnate Oleg Deripaska is being forced to cash out his 20 million shares in Canadian-based auto parts maker Magna International Inc.

ATA asks US government to address fuel crises. ARLINGTON, Va. - The American Trucking Association has urged the US government to implement a comprehensive energy plan that will ensure an affordable supply of oil and limit the effect of rising fuel costs on..

Party primaries on Saturday in west Louisiana race. The fight for a western Louisiana congressional seat kicks off October 4th, as Republicans and Democrats hold party primaries in the race to replace outgoing GOP incumbent Jim McCrery.

ABX Air chief says company will survive. ABX Air President John Graber says his company will survive even if DHL switches carriers and drops ABX, but the real victims will be 7,500 ABX workers who will see their jobs disappear.

Trucker charged in fatal crash. September 23, 2008 08:03 AM - A Mississauga truck driver has been charged in a fatal crash that occurred yesterday on U.S. Hwy.

Trucksers' protest. Truck drivers protesting the high cost of diesel fuel -- it topped $5 this summer -- made a noisy splash in Albany back in June, with a caravan of dozens of trucks and other vehicles. But a similar protest last week in Washington, D.C., attracted fewer than 20 trucks. Organizers blamed the poor turnout on the focus of their protest: high fuel prices. "Truckers are just struggling to get by these days, and the high cost of fuel is killing them," Ron Wenger, co-director of Truckers and Citizens United, told the Washington Times after the Tuesday rally. But other truckers told the newspaper they were pleased by the support shown by onlookers as they drove through the city. The June protest in Albany brought politicians -- including Gov. David Paterson and then-Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno -- to the Capitol steps to speak to the crowd. Afterward, Bruno even showed off his truck-driving skills. Truckers are pushing for reductions in fuel taxes and for lower tolls on the state Thruway. At least diesel fuel has dropped somewhat in price, although at $4.426 a gallon in the Capital Region it still costs 70 cents more than a gallon of gasoline, according to AAA figures. The record, $5.074 a gallon, was set June 11.

For-hire operating ratio unchanged from '07. Expenses for the top 97 for-hire trucking companies in Canada were reportedly higher than revenue in the first quarter of 2008.

Truck driver who hit bus full of Alta oil workers says there were no lights on. A trucker on trial after his semi broadsided a passenger bus straddling a dark Alberta highway says there was no way to avoid the deadly collision.

May named ATA Driver of the Year. David May, a West Seneca, N.Y.based relay and city driver for Con-way Freight, has been named the American Trucking Associations 2008 National Truck Driver of the Year.

KIROTV.com Story Leads Detective To Rape Suspect. A story on KIROTV.com leads Lacey police to identify the man who officials say raped a woman near St.