Listed here are several articles pertaining to the auto industry that appeared recently in newspapers and other media outlets across the nation.

Dealers Buy $1 Million Worth of GM Stock

Despite Auto Trends, Local Dealers Driven to Grow

GM Opens Cutting-Edge Green Dealership Near Detroit

Suddenly, '08 Campaign Spotlight Finds Detroit 3

Oil down more than $1 a barrel on stronger dollar

The Detroit News, July 14
Oil prices fell Monday as the dollar rose on expectations U.S. moves to shore up two ailing mortgage financiers will help avert a worsening of the credit crisis.

• Auto Dealers Add Own Sales Incentives, Deepening Their Losses on Trucks, SUVs
  The Wall Street Journal, July 14
  Some car dealers are reaching deep into their own pockets to extend auto makers' already hefty rebates and other incentives to sell pickup trucks and sports-utility vehicles.
  
  
• Gas Prices Spur Drivers to Cut Use to Five-Year Low
  The Wall Street Journal, July 10
  As average gas prices hit a record high of $4.108 a gallon this week, the government released new data showing that drivers have cut back their use of the fuel to levels not seen in five years.
  
  
• Wagoner Says GM Won't File For Bankruptcy or Reduce Brands
  The Wall Street Journal, July 11
  General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Rick Wagoner dismissed the notion that the auto maker may soon file for bankruptcy, and he also said the company has no plans to sell or shutter more of its brands.
  
  
• Chrysler plans electric vehicles, Could be ready in 3-5 years
  The Free Press, July 11
  Chrysler LLC's answer to the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt could be three to five years away, the Free Press has learned.

  The Auburn Hills automaker launched a special division within the company last fall called ENVI -- pronounced like "envy" -- to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market.

• GM, Ford should merge, says veteran auto dealer
  Buffalo Business First, July 11
  Over the decades, Culligan, 77, watched the U.S. auto industry evolve from a monopolistic force in the world to what it is today - threatened and intimidated by foreign rivals, and seemingly lost in its direction.

  Culligan, who sold his Pontiac and GMC Truck franchises two weeks ago, said a drastic overhaul is needed for his old company and the industry to rebound and survive.

• That '70s Show: Detroit
  The Wall Street Journal, July 8
  Nobody seems to be laughing at bankruptcy jokes in Detroit right now, especially after Merrill Lynch used the "B word" publicly last week to describe what might happen to General Motors. Nor was it particularly reassuring when a GM official replied that the company has enough cash to last at least through the end of the year. It was like a doctor trying to assuage a sick man's family by saying he's sure to last until the end of the week.