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 |