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Obama’s Stupid Car Tricks
National Review ^ | April 14, 2011 | Henry Payne

Posted on 04/23/2011 6:59:00 PM PDT by george76

Fiat just earned 5 percent more ownership in Chrysler for creating a product no one has bought yet.

Payment for non-performance. If you suspect this is government’s benchmark for success, you’d be right. More precisely, this is how the Obama administration measures success.

Let’s rewind the tape. Under King Obama’s gift of 20 percent of Chrysler to Fiat in 2009, His Highness decreed that Fiat would assume another 5 percent of the company upon production of a 4-cylinder engine in the United States. Not selling it. Simply producing it.

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But wait, there’s more. The Italian automaker will gain yet another 5 percent ownership (35 percent total) of Chrysler later this year when it introduces a 40-mpg car. But, you might ask, surely the Fiat 500’s 1.4 liter, 100 HP, 4-cylinder mouse engine gets 40 mpg? Nope, it gets a mere 34 mpg.

Obama is transforming the U.S. auto industry as promised. Into what is anybody’s guess.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chrysler; fiat
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To: BigCinBigD
Is that the 500 HP animal?
21 posted on 04/23/2011 8:55:43 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun

No. It “just” has a V8. ;o)


22 posted on 04/23/2011 8:58:47 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: BigCinBigD
Local dealership had one for sale that turned up 500 or 550 HP. It was a V8..........Big V8 :^)
23 posted on 04/23/2011 9:08:17 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun
That's probably a Shelby. Close to 50k. A tad out of my price range.
24 posted on 04/23/2011 9:14:31 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: george76

The Yugo was a Fiat made in Yugoslavia lest we forget...


25 posted on 04/23/2011 9:15:12 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: BigCinBigD
I drive a 2006 Mustang with V-6.

It gets 30mpg @70mph on my weekly 160 mile round trip to church.

26 posted on 04/23/2011 10:48:06 PM PDT by troy McClure
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To: troy McClure

Nothing wrong with a good V6. How’s the head room?


27 posted on 04/23/2011 11:35:11 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: Bockscar

Fiat: “ Fix it Again Tony.” Alternatively, “Fix it alla Time.” The only cars that are worse than Fiat’s are Trablants (which can’t be imported here) and those old Renault Dauphines.


28 posted on 04/24/2011 12:27:46 AM PDT by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: wjcsux

One of the great innovations with the Yugo was that they ALL had rear window defrosters,,,,,that was to keep your hands warm when you were pushing it.


29 posted on 04/24/2011 2:35:53 AM PDT by Einherjar
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To: wjcsux
Do you remember the Yugo station wagon?
Here in the South we called it the Y'allgo.
30 posted on 04/24/2011 8:46:48 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: Pollster1

I practically cried when I saw some of those perfectly good cars destroyed. What a disgrace.


31 posted on 04/24/2011 3:31:19 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
I practically cried when I saw some of those perfectly good cars destroyed. What a disgrace.

Disgraceful is a good word. If one of my kids had an idea that disgusting, even the idea of destroying one old but good car of their own for entertainment, we would have a LONG chat about our responsibility to make the best possible use of what we have. Whether or not you can afford to destroy something of value, and the US government cannot afford that, it is immoral to waste the abundance that God has provided. I doubt that one of my children would even consider such a disgraceful idea - I raised them well.

32 posted on 04/24/2011 4:16:35 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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