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...always a sweet bit of fiction in the notion that Ford (F) was so much better financially than GM (GM) or Chrysler that it could weather the global economic downturn no matter how brutal it turned. All of that magical thinking came to an end as the No.2 American car company said it would have to "restructure" its balance sheet, which has always been short-hand for finding a way to remain in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was Inevitable: Ford Can't Dodge the Financial Bullet | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Hyundai's U.S. car arm is a tiny piece of a Goliath of a company based in South Korea. The firm owns mines, petroleum assets, machinery manufacturing operations, and electronics factories. It also builds commercial tankers that are as long as several football fields. Hyundai Motors has simply out-marketed its competition in the U.S. It builds good cars, at least based on auto reviews. The company's flagship, a four door war-wagon called the Genesis, was named the North American Car of the Year. The beast only gets 17 miles per gallon in city driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...genius behind the Hyundai approach to selling cars is that it has caught on to a way to get people into showrooms during the worst recession in decades. Every other auto company of any size has a line of vehicles as diverse as Hyundai's and all of its competitors have more recognized brands. But when Hyundai did a bit of research about car buyers it found that 50% of people thinking about buying a car or truck were resisting the urge because they might lose their jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...shame that the most effective car marketing program in America comes from a Korean company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...used to listen to him in the car...I'd notice that I disagreed with everything he was saying, yet I not only wanted to keep listening, I actually liked him." - NPR's Ira Glass, The New York Times Magazine, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservative Radio Host Rush Limbaugh | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

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