Lycée Georges Cisson

The across-the-board decline in car sales is certain to put more pressure on the fragile finances of manufacturers.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/06auto.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/06auto.html" border="0"//a/span

Each of the six largest automakers, including foreign and domestic brands, is expected to say that its sales in the United States fell at least 30 percent in December.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/business/05auto.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/business/05auto.html" border="0"//a/span

Renowned for their durability, the big Mercedes diesels built from the mid-1970s to the mid-’80s have made Tom Cucciniello a true aficionado.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/collectibles/04EGO.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/collectibles/04EGO.html" border="0"//a/span

Over the last year many consumers have experienced problems with defunct car dealerships.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04DEALER.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04DEALER.html" border="0"//a/span

Toyota customers seeking a fresh-feeling blend of style, comfort and practicality may find the Venza was worth the wait.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/autoreviews/04AUTO.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/autoreviews/04AUTO.html" border="0"//a/span

Three decades ago, General Motors developed a prototype powertrain under the hood of a Cadillac Eldorado.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04COAL.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04COAL.html" border="0"//a/span

One milestone of 2008 was the 50th anniversary of the window sticker, the now-ubiquitous price sheet that has helped to make new-car purchases a bit less confounding.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04MONRONEY.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04MONRONEY.html" border="0"//a/span

In a move to cut costs, the Bloomberg administration has asked city agencies to sell nearly 700 city-owned cars.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/nyregion/02cars.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/nyregion/02cars.html" border="0"//a/span

New York City has been offering reduced parking fines since 2005, but the discounts have gone unnoticed.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/nyregion/02parking.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/nyregion/02parking.html" border="0"//a/span

The day after an injection from the government, the financing affiliate of G.M. said it would immediately ease the conditions for borrowers to have access to its loans.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31auto.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31auto.html" border="0"//a/span

The midsize Fusion Hybrid is Ford’s strongest effort yet to break the dominance of Japanese automakers in hybrid passenger cars.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31ford.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31ford.html" border="0"//a/span

Kirk Kerkorian’s final pullout from Ford completed a costly retreat for the investor, who has a mixed track record with investments at all three Detroit automakers.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30ford.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30ford.html" border="0"//a/span

Automakers and their higher wage scales provided a route to the middle class for many African-Americans.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30detroit.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30detroit.html" border="0"//a/span

Ssangyong Motor Company and its Chinese majority shareholder, SAIC Motor Corporation, are seeking help from the South Korean government to stave off a collapse of the ailing automaker.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/worldbusiness/30won.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/worldbusiness/30won.html" border="0"//a/span

The Treasury Department took a stake of $5 billion in GMAC and agreed to lend $1 billion to to help it reorganize itself as a bank holding company.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30auto.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30auto.html" border="0"//a/span

The BMW X6, Ford Flex and Infiniti EX35, all offshoots of existing platforms, seem to present different ways of flirting with the concept of a station wagon.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28GENRE.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28GENRE.html" border="0"//a/span

Relatively few buyers have been swayed by the technical wizardry of the so-called two-mode hybrid from General Motors.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28MODE.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28MODE.html" border="0"//a/span

Next year may be worse, but when the perfect storm finally ends there will be better, more relevant cars to buy.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28COBB.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28COBB.html" border="0"//a/span

The disconnect between the auto companies’ balance sheets and the products they sell is the No. 1 thing that many citizens don’t grasp about the industry.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28ULRICH.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28ULRICH.html" border="0"//a/span

Business may be bleak now, but there is reason for optimism. There’s even hope for the internal-combustion engine.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28DYER.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=e6fe5cb455024fb0a38a83de04ff8b33u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/automobiles/28DYER.html" border="0"//a/span