The Jalopnik Morning Shift

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• The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! Rick, Alan, Tom — batten down them hatches! [Car and Driver]
• The Freep highlights a MILF in a Hummer. And this is news why? [Freep]
• Ohio thinks keeping Maumee plant open is all about the size of the incentive package, and less about how the plant's being used. [Detroit News]
• Paul Tracy is, quite literally, a Jackass. What kind of a race car driver tries to jump sand dunes in a golf cart? Oh, right — a drunk one. [MSNBC]

• So who's gonna win the 500m Aston Martin challenge? Permira and Alchemy Partners from the UK — or US buyout firm Texas Pacific Group? We're putting our money on the Brits. [The Independent]