<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Autos</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/industries/transportation/autos?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><description>Autos</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[GM, Ford Bond Ratings Cut to Junk Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41573-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41573-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The two biggest U.S. automakers had their bond ratings slashed to junk status yesterday by Standard &#38; Poor's, as the rating service released a grim report on the business outlook for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Automakers' Sales Climb in U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35446-2005May4.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35446-2005May4.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DETROIT, May 3  --  Asia's top automakers Tuesday reported double-digit U.S. sales gains in April, further chipping away at the market share of leaders General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.]]></description><author> Sarah Karush</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automakers Put More  Women at the Wheel]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30345-2005May2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30345-2005May2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In her second year as a manufacturing engineer at General Motors Corp. in the early 1980s, Mary Sipes had to get a toolmaker to change some of his equipment. He replied that he was not going to take orders "from some little girl."]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Even Mom's Car Needs Love]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27242-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27242-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We all know what we're supposed to do, well brought up as we are. Mother's Day is coming at us next Sunday, and it's time to open up our wallets and pay attention to the retailers reminding us to be grateful. Buy a greeting card, don't forget the flowers, pick out a nice necklace. And if you're not there to take her out to dinner, you better call home.]]></description><author> Kathy Lally</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commuter Consumer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11169-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11169-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The daily ride has given rise to audio books, the travel mug and a 7-Eleven Inc. trademark, Dashboard Dining. The national motto has become grab and go, and legions of businesses work feverishly to fill a near-sacred space: the cup holder.]]></description><author> Kathy Lally</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older Riders Add to Rise In Motorcycle Fatalities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than 3,900 people died on motorcycles in the United States in 2004, up 7.3 percent from the year before, according to preliminary highway safety numbers released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Profit Plunges As SUV Sales Drop]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6218-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6218-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ford Motor Co. yesterday posted net income of $1.21 billion (60 cents per share) for the first quarter, down sharply from the corresponding period a year earlier but better than Wall Street expected.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Has $1.1 Billion Loss]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2396-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2396-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Poor sales and rampant health care costs continue to hammer the world's biggest automaker. GM is staggering under the same pressures that have weakened other industries such as steel and the airlines.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Efforts Left High and Dry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58272-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58272-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  President Bush had hoped that his strong mandate from voters last November, plus a strengthening economy, would give him the political climate necessary to push his free trade agenda through Congress. But events last week suggest his free trade campaign has yet to gain any traction.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices May  Push U.S. Toward More Efficient Cars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57260-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57260-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/transportation/autos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 6:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some good decisions hurt. DaimlerChrysler AG's recent announcement that it is scrapping the Smart ForMore SUV and delaying the introduction of the Smart car line in the United States is an example.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item></channel></rss>