The other caution is that credit scores are an important factor auto lenders use to approve or disapprove a loan, but not the only factor.
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That could cause significant collateral damage to many auto dealerships that use LIFO.
Banks like Ally and like TD Bank, the parent company of TD Auto Finance, the former Chrysler Financial, can use deposit accounts to originate auto loans and leases.
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Market leaders Nissan, Toyota and Honda use the auto show to reveal their wackiest concept cars.
The SL605 offers standard definition, VGA video recording and also features Samsung's intuitive and easy-to-use Smart Auto scene recognition technology.
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Magna unit Cosma International will manufacture Skyline's systems at a metal stamping plant that is still in use for auto parts work.
During the height of the financial and economic crisis, Ford was the only U.S. auto company that did not use the government bridge loans provided by TARP.
Steel also cited ideas in the marketplace that there is a continuing shift in which auto makers are trying to use more palladium in catalysts, whenever possible, rather than more-expensive platinum.
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Analysts cited an expectation that automotive sales will pick up in the key markets of China and the U.S. Both markets tend to rely upon gasoline-powered vehicles than can use palladium in auto catalysts, whereas the European market relies more upon diesel-powered vehicles that need more-expensive platinum.
The main industrial use for palladium is auto catalytic converters.
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Carmakers can pay less tax on imports if they do more engineering work in Brazil and use mostly Brazil-made auto parts in their local factories.
The largest single industrial use for platinum group metals is auto catalysts.
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Typically located under the dashboard, auto technicians and insurance companies such as Progressive use it to access selected data, but no one has taken a big picture view of this significant resource.
Companies can use RFID chips to keep tabs on auto and aircraft parts and hospital equipment among other things.
By early 2003 Wang envisioned not only a share of the wealth from China's auto industry but also tantalizing synergies: BYD could use its expertise to develop rechargeable batteries for electric cars.
All this networking was made possible by a 1999 grant from Congress to the auto industry of 75 megahertz of radio spectrum for safety use.
While the feature is in beta, there's also no limit to how much storage space you use up, and there's no auto-delete function after any amount of time, so feel free to upload to your heart's content.
As executives at auto makers expect the current strong appetite for the subsidies to use up the budget before autumn, car companies are bracing for a sales drop when the program comes to an end.
The suppliers will also be permitted to use their Windsor operations to do side jobs for other auto companies--something that Chrysler would never allow in a traditional factory.
In addition to the advanced functions that will satisfy experienced photographers, the LUMIX GH2 is easy enough for beginners to use comfortably because of Panasonic's iA (Intelligent Auto) mode, a popular setting in the LUMIX point-and-shoots that automatically engages features and settings for optimal image quality by detecting the shooting environment.
Even if the plan to electrify the U.S. auto fleet is achieved, it will be many years before our national use of 20 million barrels a day is meaningfully reduced.
Any discontent with Auto's results will lead you to the second easy-to-use mode, known as Smart.
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The automaker will use the stand- or parts of it- at 10 other auto shows around the world this year, including the Shanghai Motor Show in China in April and Geneva show in March.
Major auto manufacturers are already heavily invested in developing advanced technologies that can significantly reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions beyond the existing model year 2012-2016 targets.
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Since 1997, the EPA has granted a dozen exemptions to the rule for specific auto manufacturing facilities across the U.S., which has considerably increased the use of aluminum in the automobile industry.
The Foreign Office recently updated its advice for women visiting India, saying they should use caution and avoid travelling alone on public transport, or in taxis or auto-rickshaws, especially at night.
Users can lock-on to fast moving subjects throughout the frame using 3D tracking to create sharp images of fast action, or use one of the other modes including single point AF, Dynamic AF and Auto-Area AF.
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The two biggest U.S. auto makers have agreed to jointly develop a nine-speed and a 10-speed automatic transmission for use in their portfolios of cars, crossovers, sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
The most severe reactions require the use of an injection of epinephrine to subside, which is why many people with food allergies carry auto-injectors for emergencies.
Car sharing proponents say the idea of maximizing the use of existing cars will encourage fewer people to buy new cars and reduce the environmental impact of the auto industry.
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