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...that you've always been a redneck at heart? My definition of [being a redneck] is a glorious absence of sophistication. In my job at IBM, I carried a tool bag and fixed machines. Doing comedy has made me a wealthy man, but I drive a Chevrolet pickup truck. I wear jeans and T shirts every day unless I have to be on TV. I said to someone not long ago, "Here's the problem that the media makes: They tend to think if you gave rednecks a billion dollars they wouldn't be rednecks anymore." Look at Elvis...
...qualified optimism is echoed by Ford chairman William Clay Ford. "In terms of our industry, I don't think I'll feel better until I see people going back to work. Clearly people without jobs aren't buying vehicles. But having said that, there are encouraging signs of a pickup," he told TIME...
...permitted to initiate the fight, German forces in July launched their biggest operation since World War II to clear Chahar Dara district, a Pashtun insurgent stronghold west of Kunduz city where hundreds of fighters travel openly in pickup trucks and demand money and food villagers. But, says local resident Abdul Matin, 28, the militants simply filtered back into the area when the Germans returned to base and police are nowhere in sight. The insurgent efforts accelerated ahead of the Aug. 20 presidential elections, which the Taliban had vowed to disrupt. President Hamid Karzai's running mate, Mohammad Qasim Fahim...
...parade of innovative new models could change Chrysler's tarnished image, but that's not happening anytime soon. The only near-term "new" product from Chrysler is a heavy-duty pickup truck that will debut in October. After that, the automaker's next big introduction comes in the first quarter of 2010, when the new Jeep Grand Cherokee debuts. Overall, however, Chrysler's new-product pipeline is thin, suggesting that the automaker will struggle until help from Fiat materializes, says Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with IHS Global Insight. Ron Bloom, President Obama's point man on the automotive task force...
Location was also probably a factor in Toyota's decision. It's very expensive to operate a plant in California, notes a senior executive with another Japanese automaker. Toyota can pretty easily shift production of the compact Corollas and Tacoma pickup trucks to other plants in Canada and Texas. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...