DAILY: Japanese auto sales plunge in China | Honda dangles $3,000 gift card to buyers of natural gas Civic | Ford would have shut without GM, Chrysler aid, Rattner says

DAILY NEWSLETTER October 9, 2012

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Japanese auto sales plunge in China as territorial dispute festers Toyota and Nissan reported their biggest drops in China sales since at least least 2008 after consumers shunned Japanese cars amid a territorial dispute between Asia's two largest economies. ... >> story  Published: Oct 9 10:27 am U.S. Eastern time Advertisement In-House Inferno or Managed Chat Nirvana, which would you choose? With managed chat you could convert 25x more sales leads. Or with in-house chat, convert 310% fewer chats to leads. To see this fun infographic and figure out which is the right chat solution for your dealership, click here. Honda dangles $3,000 gift card to buyers of natural gas Civic American Honda, taking advantage of high gasoline prices in some parts of the country to pitch alternative fuels, is offering a $3,000 card to buyers of the compressed natural gas-powered Honda Civic. ... >> story  Published: Oct 9 3:52 pm U.S. Eastern time Ford would have shut without GM, Chrysler aid, Rattner says Ford, the only large U.S. automaker that didn’t receive a U.S. government bailout, would’ve failed along with General Motors and Chrysler if President Barack Obama’s administration hadn’t rescued the industry, said Steven Rattner, who headed Obama’s auto task force. ... >> story  Published: Oct 9 11:20 am U.S. Eastern time

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