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Fresh from bedding a broke and busted GM, CNBC's Phil LeBeau now prepares to go deep inside lovingly, metaphorically caress deify Ford CEO and soon-to-be-patron-American-automotive-saint Alan Mulally. Watch him do it November 10th at 9 PM ET/PT on CNBC. More »
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BMW's South Carolina assembly plant runs primarily on electricity generated from trash dump methane emanations. Who knew trash could be so useful? We guess it's better than human methane emanations. More »
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Wait, what? Seriously? GM's ex-Vice Chairman — and CTS-V Challenge track star — "Maximum" Bob Lutz is a CNBC contributor? Does CNBC's Phil LeBeau know someone's muscling onto his turf? [via Business Insider] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5593938&view=rss&microfeed=true 25,000 jobs were lost in Detroit due to counterfeit auto parts. The rest? Real auto parts. [CNBC] More »
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CNBC auto industry reporter Phil LeBeau's job is to try to explain simple concepts to Mike Barnicle, so he's got a lot of pent up frustration. It explains why he so brilliantly scrum fucks this Fox Business Network reporter. More »
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Ford's EcoBoost engine line uses turbochargers and direct injection to match the performance of much larger engines while returning better fuel economy. Good luck getting that point across to Mike Barnacle and Morning Joe, Mr. LeBeau. More »
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Will CNBC's Darren Rovell end up kissing NASCAR's high horsepower rear end or will he point out the systemic problems the always-turning-one-way series is experiencing thanks to the Carpocalypse? Find out tonight at 9 PM EST on CNBC. More »
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OK, so CNBC's Rovell doesn't scream like a little girl, but if you want to see CNBC's sports reporter look scared out of his mind riding smokey-burnout-shotgun, here's a teaser for the network's upcoming documentary airing 9PM, July 9th. [Hulu] More »
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Yesterday, CNBC inter-spliced their GM bankruptcy coverage with happier moments from the General's past (i.e., the 1950s). Either they were mocking GM or Kudlow was having another coke-fueled fantasy of Erin Burnett in an apron baking lasagna. [CNBC] More »
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Either CNBC's Jeff Macke has lost his mind or he's making a desperate attempt at gaining the upper hand in contract negotiations with the financial news network. But what the hell do "car people" — his last words in the video — have to do with it? [Gawker] More »
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CNBC's brunette money bunny Erin Burnett's realized the final, horrifying end-game of the "Carpocalypse" — when the dust settles we'll be left with "the most boring, horrible choices of cars to buy." [CNBC] More »
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally, enraged after Dennis Kneale defamed 'merican automakers infotainment capabilities, is on CNBC's Power Lunch today at noon to beat the crap out of him and "sync" his Blackberry with an F-150. More »
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Dennis Kneale, CNBC's bespectacled lunchtime loud-mouth attacked American cars for not having an "iPod jack in every car." Kneale's obviously never heard of Ford's epic Sync system or the aux-in jack in every GM vehicle. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5234616&view=rss&microfeed=true CNBC's Phil LeBeau finally picks up the "GM kills Pontiac" story. Where's he been? [CNBC] More »
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The Carbon Motors E7 police car appeared on CNBC this morning after ringing in the opening bell at NASDAQ. More »
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Our Doctor-in-his-own-mind Ray Wert will be on CNBC's "The Call" today at 11:20 AM (EST) discussing a possible GM "surgical bankruptcy" to split the company into good and bad. Now it's time for your rules. More »
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GM's Troy Clarke, head of GM North America, just told CNBC March auto sales are at about the same levels as January and February. Which is to say they'll totally suck. [CNBC] More »
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If you watch this segment closely you can see our own Ray Wert blinking out "my name is Ray, not Roy" to CNBC's Larry "KUDLOW!" Kudlow in Morse Code. More »
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Today's Official Car Pundit Drinking Game is brought to you by the letters "G" and "M" and the number -$30 billion. See Wert on CNBC at 11:00 am this morning talking GM and the Carpocalypse. More »
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CNBC's "House of Cards" documentary finally proves what we've suspected for some time, Eddie Griffin crashing Daniel Sadek's Ferrari Enzo for Redline caused the sub-prime mortgage crisis. See, we told you to Save The Enzos. More »
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Last night Ray called us while "drinking to the end of the automotive industry" after yesterday's sad, strange and depressing news. Today he'll be on CNBC at 11:20AM EST discussing GM bankruptcy. Raise your glass. More »
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CNBC's Phil LeBeau reminds us this morning we'll be seeing Chrysler and GM's plans to the federal government revealed after 4:00 PM and probably before 6:00 PM EST. But what should we expect? More »
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As President Obama today addressed his desire for the fuel-efficient cars of the future to be built here, the following news flash shot across the bottom of the screen. Ironic? A bit, yes. [CNBC] More »
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We knew the Chevy Volt would increase global levels of smugness. Here's Matt Lauer, crowing about being the first to drive it to CNBC's Phil LeBeau — and that was only a test vehicle! More »
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This edition of the Pundit Drinking Game hinges on Ray's ability to make it through the blizzard to NBC HQ in Detroit. If he makes it, go to CNBC to see Q. WERTy dish. More »
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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) told CNBC this morning he's not happy with the auto bailout bill. The Senator from Vegas is so unhappy he's willing to gamble on a real bankruptcy occurring while he tries to figure out how to make a pre-packaged bankruptcy occur. But don't think Ensign's making his decision on high-minded principles. More »
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The first time CNBC tried "Saving GM" it didn't so much work. Now they're again taking us "Inside The Crisis" Monday night at 10 PM. We hope it doesn't feature Phil LeBeau giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Rick Wagoner. [CNBC] More »
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CNBC just dropped a poll into the field asking whether respondents would be willing or unwilling to buy a car from a bankrupt automaker. As we've long suspected, 52% claimed they're unwilling. That's not good. More »
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Our fearless leader Ray Wert will be on CNBC at 11:30 AM EST today to discuss the not-so-Big Three and their pending return trip to Washington, D.C., their plans and the various ways they plan to get there. More »
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Ray took some time out of his busy LA Auto Show coverage schedule to speak with CNBC reporter (and possible future deputy mayor of LA ) Michelle Lee about the not-so-Big Three's Washington, D.C. problem and Ford's presence as the only domestic automaker actually showing off new cars. Take a drink anytime that Ray says any variation of the world "capital" and it should be a good Thursday afternoon. [CNBC] More »
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Those of you who enjoyed our esteemed editor Ray Wert on The Coblert Report should get out the shot glasses as we have another round of the Official Car Pundit Drinking Game today at approximately 11:45 am (EST) on CNBC. The topic will be the LA Auto Show and Wert's challenge will be to try to talk about green cars, luxury convertibles and exotics within the frame of the automaker bailout. It'll be live from the floor of the show because we've been banned from using the Gawker private plane to travel. Tune in and drink up. More »
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The red rubber bull-biting bald man by the name of Jim Cramer had a mouthful to say about the Motor City today — making clear his belief that if Motown gets showed D.C.'s checkbook, then we've seen the lows of this financial downturn. I tend to agree. Right now, according to Cramer, the issue isn't anymore whether you think GM deserves or doesn't deserve to be saved, it's whether you're alright with massive unemployment and an economic downturn taking this nation further into the murky unknown depths. Sounds to us like someone thinks people need to buy some "Save GM" t-shirts. That sentiment's shared by Keith Crain's Automotive News, where we saw an opinion piece today the likes we've never seen — essentially refuting an idea I'd held up until the past week, that Chapter 11 could allow for reorganization. The Op-Ed's entitled "The cost of GM's death," and you can hit the jump for the excerpts. More »
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In between ads for CNBC's "Business of High End Prostitution" documentary airing tonight, we noticed the network's mega-mouthed Wall Street money mad-man says it's time for policy makers to "save GM" or else risk "10% unemployment" and the "Great Depression." We happen to think Jim Cramer's right. Is that Socialism? Who cares — we just read bankruptcy won't even be able to help GM because of their inability to secure financing after a declaration of Chapter 11. Yup, it'd be straight to Chapter 7 for the big automaker from Detroit. But, word on the street is that Pelosi's going to call for legislative help during the current lame duck session of Congress. Glad to hear it, because remember, the Financiapocalypse waits for no man, automaker or money maven! More »
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Speaking with CNBC's Phil LeBeau, who has spent today talking to more distressed people than Dr. Phil, GM CEO Rick Wagoner outlined how grim the news is for the troubled automaker, and mentioned the "domino effect" losing GM would have on the economy ( as an aside, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) claims 6.5 indirect jobs for each OEM job — whether that's supplier jobs or just the guy who runs the dry cleaners in the RenCen). The big concern is that GM will simply run out of the cash it needs to operate, which Wagoner said was between $11 and $14 billion. Though the company is currently losing $2.3 billion per month in cash, he thinks the company will lose something closer to the $1 billion a month it was losing in the first half the year and will try to offload assets. And bankruptcy? More »
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Our very own El Werto Dinero will be on CNBC at 11:30 am to talk about the GM-Chrysler merger and how quickly all of those important changes can be made to achieve some kind of cost savings to the companies. Unlike other recent appearances, we'll probably have more than 20 seconds to drink during this version of the Official Car Pundit Drinking Game. If you're in front of a TV and work at Sterling-Cooper, join the rest of us in raising an Old Fashioned and snark to autopunditry. More »
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