Auto Industry Expert Gifts

Diesel fumes from VW car turn into snake

"Take me to your mechanic."

'So, a bailout is like a Ponzi scheme for automakers?'

"This baby gets such horrible miles per gallon, you actually save on gas because nobody can afford to drive it!"

Electric car

'What the … ? How did those thugs get into my car?'

Professor Freely's new alternative fuel source did have its drawbacks.

"I hope you don't mind, but I stuck in a little prayer for General Motors."

Natural gas

A world choked with people mindlessly on the move

"I've solved our chip shortage."

'Things are going from bad to worse in the auto industry.'

Peak oil and the limited future of petrol cars.

OBSOLETE: Any state of the art vehicle you bought last week for mega bucks.

Road kill - Foreign competition beating US auto domination.

'The brakes have gone, body's shot to bits and it leaks, Are you still giving ?2000 trade in on your old model'

'Those Japanese have gone too far this time!'

'Around here, Fenwick, we always use the word, 'remember' instead of 'recall'.'

"Cash for clunkers 2.0"

"Hey, this says 'Made in Japan.'"

'Just came in. It's a repo.'

800 Billion Dollar Bailout.

"Staff, we're having a Cinco de Mayo sale this year!"

"It's our new electric car. We call it the 'Volts Wagon'."

"I like everything about the car except it's expression."

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