Auto News Roundup 6-18-09: 60 GM dealers reprieved, Cash for Clunkers survives, Chrysler plants reopen

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-- 60 of the 800 GM dealers who received letters stating their contracts would not be renewed were able to get a reprieve by showing financial and performance data used by GM were inaccurate, Detroit News

-- ‘Cash for Clunkers’ proposal survives attack; program heads to Obama’s desk. Detroit News

-- The 2009 SEMA show for the parts and aftermarket automotive industry names Ford as featured marque. Autoblog

V-Vehicle Co., the San Diego firm owned by T. Boone Pickens, is also backed by a venture capital firm employing former Al Gore. Bloomberg

-- After a two-month production hiatus, Chrysler announced on Wednesday that it will restart seven of its North American plants the week of June 29. Edmunds

-- Joni Gray