Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition, 2007-08-18 09:30:33 At this year's Woodward Dream Cruise Chrysler presented the third limited edition PT Cruiser dedicated to famous highways, the Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition. ...Bookmark tags: sports, chrysler, pt, street, cruiser, sunset, boulevard, edition, automotive, cars Battlefront-the "Sedate" Sedan, 2007-08-21 16:30:47 Midsize sedans such as the Honda Accord are the Wonder Bread and butter of the U.S. car market -- sedate but steady sellers. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, motors, motor-trends, autos, honda, gm, detroit, chrysler, toyota UAW Strikes Again, 2007-10-14 12:00:55 The United Auto Workers union has ground vehicle production at a major U.S. car company to an unnerving halt. Chrysler, this time, is the source of the UAW's ire as negotiations over new four year contracts for employees broke down.
...Bookmark tags: business, cars, strike, chrysler, uaw, uaw-strikes When pickup sales dived, automakers changed plans - Yahoo! News, 2008-06-29 23:00:37 DEARBORN, Mich. - Every morning, just after getting coffee, Mark Fields fires up his laptop to pore over a computer model showing real-time U.S. auto sales figures.
ADVERTISEMENT ...Bookmark tags: business, economy, cars, ford, fuel, chrysler, general-motors Smart's tiny proportions defy expectations, 2008-07-10 16:30:33 While the smart fortwo is inexpensive, flexible and fuel efficient, surprisingly it's not the most frugal choice available to those that want to save on gas. MotorHead, by Dan Carney. ...Bookmark tags: business, msnbci, cars, ford, autos, chrysler, general-motors, automakers, motorhead, detroit-automakers Green Highlander blazes the hybrid trail, 2008-07-10 23:30:27 Toyota's Highlander Hybrid is roomy, fuel-efficient and comfortable, but the green SUV is certainly no Prius. MotorHead, by Dan Carney. ...Bookmark tags: business, msnbci, cars, ford, autos, chrysler, general-motors, automakers, motorhead, detroit-automakers Dodge makes its own luck with the Journey, 2008-08-19 09:30:22 The affordable, fuel-efficient Journey looks tailor-made for this period of pricey gas and consumer wariness about the state of the economy. MotorHead, by Dan Carney. ...Bookmark tags: msnbci, motorhead, autos, business, ford, general-motors, chrysler, cars, detroit-automakers, automakers Ford's Flex brings high style to the masses, 2008-09-18 14:01:10 The Flex is a new direction in terms of styling for Ford, but the price of gas could stall the public's embrace of the daring new crossover. MotorHead, by Dan Carney. ...Bookmark tags: business, msnbci, cars, autos, ford, chrysler, general-motors, automakers, motorhead, detroit-automakers Detroit must die / American cars are still uniformly god-awful. Why save them?, 2008-11-15 00:00:19 This is what I think whenever I see someone plodding along the freeway or struggling through the city streets in some older and terminally bland or even brand new and yet still terminally bland Malibu or Cobalt or Taurus, Sebring or Nitro or Mustang or Corvette or Neon or hell, a … ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, ford, bankruptcy, gm, detroit, toyota, honda, chrysler, automotive-industry How to Fix a Flat: Problems with the Auto Industry Bailout, 2008-11-15 00:00:24 Last September, I was in a hotel room watching CNBC early one morning. They were interviewing Bob Nardelli, the C.E.O. of Chrysler, and he was explaining why the auto industry, at that time, needed $25 billion in loan guarantees. It wasn't a bailout, he said. ...Bookmark tags: business, congress, government, cars, bailout, automobiles, chrysler, auto-industry, detroid Health deal for Detroit could spark more, 2008-11-15 00:00:31 As the labor contract negotiations between the major U.S. automakers and the United Auto Workers reach a critical stage, a historic restructuring of the auto industry's benefit costs is now at the center of the complex talks. ...Bookmark tags: business, msnbci, cars, ford, chrysler, general-motors, automakers, the-drivers-seat, detroit-automakers Mitt Romney: "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt", 2008-11-19 09:00:03 If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, romney, automotive-industry, gm, ford, chrysler, detroit, economy, cars Seeking $34 billion from Congress, automakers promise electric cars | csmonitor.com, 2008-12-04 01:00:05 Excellent summary of the US Auto Makers request to congress for over 34 Billion $US. Emphasizes the plans that Ford, GM and Chrysler have to make more eco-friendly cars in the next 1-3 years. ...Bookmark tags: business, congress, cars, ford, gm, automobiles, chrysler, bail-out Editorial - Reality Check for Detroit - NYTimes.com, 2008-12-05 12:00:06 Congress should ask for more. There are solid grounds to mistrust Detroit's Bit Three. As the price of gasoline drifts back below $2 a gallon, they face a powerful incentive to slip on the drive for better mileage and new fuels and to fall back on the gas-guzzlers they know. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, ford, gm, chrysler, bailout, automotive-industry, cars, fuel-economy, detroit, big-three Quick Solution to a Detroit Auto Bailout, 2008-12-07 21:00:03 In reading all the discussion about the possibility of a bailout of GM, Ford and maybe Chrysler, it appears to me that no one has asked and answered the fundamental questions behind the issue. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, bailout, ford, gm, detroit, toyota, chrysler ABC News: Bailout Dead, Automakers in Search of a Lifeline, 2008-12-12 06:00:02 us-news, money, finance, cars, auto, bail-out, auto-makers00 Corker's Plan: Trickle Down Economics For The Big Three9 hours ago - By Scott IsaacsSenator Bob Corker has, according to numerous stories, leaped to prominence in the Senate despite being one of the most junior senators because of his "innovative" plan to "save" the Big Three. ...Bookmark tags: politics, cars, auto, ford, gm, chrysler, general-motors, automakers, big-three Bush Gives Emergency Loans to Automakers, 2008-12-19 14:00:03 President Bush announced $13.4 billion in emergency loans on Friday to prevent the collapse of General Motors and Chrysler, and said another $4 billion would be available for the hobbled automakers in February. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, general-motors, chrysler, ford, gm, auto-bailout, bailout, recession, auto-industry, us-treasury Cars Didn't Cause the Crisis, 2008-12-31 05:00:03 WITH car sales at a crawl in 2008, and worse numbers projected for 2009, the auto industry is a depressing place. It's worse for the domestic companies, whose leaders should have driven to Washington in the Joads' Dust Bowl truck to plead their poverty case. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, ford, gm, automobiles, chrysler, credit-crisis, economic-crisis, auto-industry, f150-truck The auto industry's future - THE WEEK, 2009-01-13 14:00:16 With America's Big Three automakers on life support, this year's Detroit auto show was supposed to be a "glitz-free, austere" affair, yet Mercedes, Bentley, and other luxury brands flew the flag with lobster risotto and skinny fashion models as if nothing had changed. ...Bookmark tags: business, the-week, week, auto, cars, detroit, ford, gm, chrysler, big-3 Obama to let states set auto emission rules, 2009-01-26 10:00:02 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fourteen states will be able to mandate greater auto fuel efficiency than the federal government requires under a plan that President Obama will announce on Monday, a senior administration official said. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, cars, ford, gm, epa, state-government, chrysler, federal, auto-industry, big-three U.S. to give Chrysler, GM new aid, 2009-04-21 16:00:04 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will make about $500 million available to Chrysler LLC through the end of this month as it seeks to reach an alliance with Fiat, and up to $5 billion through May to help General Motors Corp restructure outside of bankruptcy, an inde … ...Bookmark tags: business, obama, cars, chrysler, bailouts, fiat, auto-makers, auto-workers, car-companies, chrysler-daimler |
