– Prices for the 2007 Hyundai Accent two-door hatchback start at $10,415 for the GS model with standard manual transmission. The Accent SE hatchback is $13,915 with manual. Automatic transmission adds $1,000 on both models. Freight adds $580. Standard equipment includes seat-mounted side air bags and roof-mounted side-curtain bags and a 1.6-liter, 100-horsepower 4-cylinder engine.
– Chrysler Group would have to sell the compact Dodge Hornet in Canada, Mexico and elsewhere abroad to justify its development, according to Chief Operating Officer Eric Ridenour. Chrysler is talking to Volkswagen and China’s Chery Automobile Co. about sharing the Hornet’s development costs.
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Quick Trips are compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, and from Tribune news services.
