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A tiny touch of the brakes was applied to the intensity of the coverage of the Detroit story. ABC mentioned autos only in passing; CNBC's Phil LeBeau filed a brief stand-up for NBC from a Chevrolet dealership in Illinois. Only CBS' Sharyl Attkisson filed a full package on the Capitol Hill negotiations over a proposed $15bn federal loan to the domestic automobile industry. Republicans want guarantees that the loans will be repaid and are "unhappy that automakers would have to drop fuel-efficiency lawsuits they filed against states."
In a lighter vein, CBS' Hari Sreenivasan found a fuel-efficient classic car customizer in Kansas. Jonathan Goodwin's firm, H-Line Conversions, has taken a hundred golden age gas guzzlers--including a '64 Impala and Arnold Schwarzenegger's '84 Jeep--and retrofitted them for high-performance plus high-mileage. Check out singer Neil Young's '59 Lincoln: 2.5 tons, 19-feet long, 160 mph top speed and zero greenhouse gas emissions for its first 100 miles of cruising.
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