<![CDATA[Jalopnik: auto industry bailout]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: auto industry bailout]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/autoindustrybailout http://jalopnik.com/tag/autoindustrybailout <![CDATA[Ford CEO To Drive To Washington, D.C. For Not-A-Bailout Hearings]]> Finally aware of how bad the not-so-Big Three looked for flying to D.C. for the previous round of "bridge loan" hearings in fancy corporate jets, Ford promises CEO Alan Mullally will be taking a car for the eight-hour trip to Washington, D.C. for the next round of talks. There's no word yet on which Ford product he'll drive, leading to the inevitable question: what will Mullally drive to D.C.?

We're pretty sure it won't be a Volvo and, to be fair, we don't know if Mullally will be driving himself. Our best guess is Mullally will take a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, which allows the company to show off an attractive, fuel-efficient vehicle people may actually want to buy and that supposedly will get 5 MPG more than the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Additionally, it's a lot more comfortable for a long trip than a Fiesta.

Remember, this follows mere hours after GM received more negative attention for trying to shut down public tracking of their leased jets in an attempt to avoid more negative attention. We're not sure how GM or Chrysler will be traveling to D.C., but we're hoping it's in coach.

[Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, Source: The Crypt]

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<![CDATA[Detroit News' Danny Howes Needs To Quit Stealing Wert's Lines On Big Three "Bailout"]]> The Detroit News' own most original, free-thinking business writer, Danny "Boy" Howes, has managed to say exactly what Wert said on CNBC the other day without actually saying anything about Wert. Whether Howes was inspired while watching CNBC Friday or his opinions came to him in a dream, carried forth perhaps by dragon-messenger, we'll never know, but it's now conventional wisdom to those in the know that the Detroit Three's requested governmental cash assistance is not, in fact, a bailout — but will likely be spun as such by the rest of the media landscape. So, when your blowhard relatives start screaming about "another Detroit bailout," just remember to mumble "Bear Stearns" under your breath while clearing your throat. [Detroit News; Photo Credit: Markfive]

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