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Speeders, beware: That innocent-looking Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Fusion or SUV you’re about to blow past just might be the law. (more)

No, it wasn’t the biggest whopper Obama’s ever told.  Last time I’ve checked, Obama has done nothing about sea levels.  It wasn’t his first embellishment about job creation during his “summer of recovery” tour.  All week Obama claimed to have saved GM and Chrysler?  Given the flagrantly un-American way in which Obama seized the two companies, it’s a tall-tale worth taking a moment to investigate. (more)

Chicago, Illinois (CNN) — President Obama will display his administration’s high hopes for the U.S. auto industry when he visits a Ford plant in Chicago on Thursday. (more)

It’s August, the time of year when demand for gasoline spikes as Americans hit the road in high numbers. Summer means road trips and joyrides, which translates into lots and lots of fuel. (more)

While Jim Treacher searches for rare specimens to add to his butterfly collection, other people will be trawling. Like David Burge: David blogs at Iowahawk.  (more)

(CBS/AP)  The president wants you to know Detroit’s Big Three are in the black again. (more)

In the golf section at Play It Again Sports in Dedham, behind rows of slightly worn soccer cleats and bins of brand-new baseballs, Finbar Ford of Walpole admired a used, $30 left-handed wedge. (more)

There has been much grumbling from the left and exultation on the right this week on Harry Reid’s decision to drop cap-and-trade provisions from a scaled-back energy bill.  Is the Senate Majority Leader running scared and caving to midterm jitters?  Or is he playing his cards very carefully?  Either way, don’t bet the farm that the senior senator from the Silver State is ready to cash out on this issue just yet. (more)

Ford reported a second quarter profit of $2.6 billion today, marking the automaker’s best quarterly performance in six years and easily beating Wall Street expectations. (more)

If The Daily Caller’s ongoing exposé on the Journolist conspiracy has shredded any doubts you may have had about a left-wing media conspiracy, imagine just for a moment what the world could look like if these folks were left unchecked in their drive to control the politics and public discourse of the country.  Imagine a world where the conceits of Keith Olbermann become real. (more)

President Obama visited Holland, Michigan on Thursday to celebrate a potential success story for both the stimulus package and his auto bailout — the groundbreaking of a factory that will produce the lithium-ion batteries necessary to power thousands of new green vehicles built by Ford and General Motors. (more)

Most right-minded people agree that the Ford Raptor is a sweet ride. (more)

My friend Matt Lewis recently authored a thoughtful column about General Motors.  As he pointed out, regardless of how one feels about the government bailout of GM – which he and I both vigorously opposed – there is reason for optimism about the company’s future. (more)

Forget the G-20, the BP oil spill, the World Cup, forget even S.E. Cupp. (more)

Ford broke into the club that imported cars have dominated for the past 24 years, becoming the fifth highest-ranked brand in initial quality by J.D. Power and Associates, according to USA Today. (more)

Ford owners with Sync-equipped vehicles will be able tap into Google Maps to download directions to their cars before month’s end. (more)

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin is so enamored with the No. 11 Toyota he won in Sunday at Pocono that he’s asked team owner Joe Gibbs if he can keep it when it’s finally taken out of the rotation. (more)

People who work in or follow the car industry have been predicting the demise of Ford’s Mercury division for years. So it is no surprise to hear today that Ford will kill its middle-of-the-road brand by year’s end. (more)

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, who plans to retire next month, defended the 2007 concession allowing Chrysler, Ford and General Motors to pay new workers about half as much as their veteran line mates, saying, “We did what we had to do to get to tomorrow.” (more)

May 24 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co., working to make a quarter of its vehicles run at least partly on electricity, plans to invest $135 million and add 220 jobs at three Michigan facilities to help it introduce five such models by 2012. (more)