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Perhaps more R Classes will roll off dealer lots if only the rear wheels push the car, instead of all four. Auto Telegraaf reports that Mercedes will soon build the base R Class with RWD as standard, ... Tags: models, liter v8, rear wheels, prowess, merc, fortunes, flavors, ml, sport tourer, grand sport, auto telegraaf, 4 matic, gl 450 mercedes, will also have access
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Chrysler and Toyota gain while GM, Ford fall As you scan the interweb for news of April sales numbers today, be careful. There were two less selling days in April of this year compared to 2006 (24 vs. ... Tags: gmc, hummer, automaker, american operations, buick, jeep brand, acura, kudos, general motors, chrysler group, gm ford, sales numbers, fortunes, media outlets, april sales, raw numbers, biggest loser, interweb, bmw 8, dsr
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Any way you look at it, Toyota's foray into Formula 1 has not yielded positive results. Despite throwing unprecedented amounts of money at the effort, their F1 team has not produced the kind of result ... Tags: toyota, budget, money, f1 team, vice chairman, cologne, giant, shuffle, new boss, foray, fruition, fortunes, formula 1, corporate headquarters, fast paced world, f1 racing, unprecedented amounts, tomita, tsutomu
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Poor Jacques is all washed up. Where this writer was born and raised, JV was a homegrown hero who lived up to his family name by taking the checkered flag at the Indy 500 (and the CART championship) a ... Tags: nascar, salvage, grand prix, formula one, checkered flag, fortunes, f1 teams, nascar busch series, race fans, indy 500, french connection, juan pablo montoya, jv, dtm, jacques villeneuve, connection source, last ten years, stock cars, cart championship, defector
It's a sad state of affairs when the pure talent of a racing driver isn't enough to advance his career. In the case of Sebastien Bourdais, the top teams on the F1 grid have apparently been blind to hi ... Tags: contender, ferrari, formula one, schumacher, fortunes, willingness, champ cars, f1 grid, sebastien bourdais, state of affairs, frenchman, felipe massa, ferrari engines, talladega nights, consecutive title, Todt, sad state of affairs, arch villain, scuderia toro rosso, jean girard
Jim Press, the man at the helm of Toyota Motor North America, is set to become the first non-Japanese member of Toyota's board of directors. He is currently a managing officer of the company, but when ... Tags: toyota, desk chair, japan, north america, managing director, automotive news, toyota motor, fortunes, helm, s board, board of directors, red eye flights, japanese member, executive desk, appointment
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Steve Wilson, a reporter for WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit, has taken the President of the Americas for Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields, to task for the weekly flights the executive takes from Detroit to ... Tags: automaker, ford motor, wages, ford motor company, bill ford, henry ford, fortunes, gesture, sacrifices, ford family, hypocrisy, tip source, luxury hotel, company jet, wxyz channel 7, delray beach florida, trips home, trip costs, steve wilson, employment contract
Rick said it; General Motors does not need a partner to complete its recovery. According to an interview with Wagoner by Automotive News, the CEO of GM thinks 'It's not logical or responsible to say w ... Tags: gm, speculation, nissan, bottom line, renault, general motors, three months, gm ford, new vehicles, automotive news, fortunes, sails, new deal, small potatoes, investor kirk kerkorian, tracinda, billionaire investor kirk kerkorian, money source, easy sailing, partner rick
Our latest poll shows that the majority of you (51%, that's a mandate right?) believe that the CEO isn't the problem over at Ford Motor Company. However, Mr. Mulally should take heart in the fact that ... Tags: job, heart, ford, ford motor, ford motor company, ceo, bill ford, leadership, t ford, largest automaker, fortunes, profitability, poll results, mandate, Mulally, latest poll, time bill
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UPDATED - Ford has issued a press release announcing that Bill Ford will step down as CEO of the company his family founded over a century ago and that Alan Mulally, a man with a 37-year record at Boe ... Tags: ford motor, ford motor company, bill ford, fuel prices, customer satisfaction, fortunes, brink, president ceo, alan mulally, ceo of ford, complete press, executive chairman, boeing company, alan mullaly, press release announcing that, labor relations, commercial airplane, airplane manufacturer, plane business, commercial plane
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Color us confused. General Motors recently divested itself of the vast majority of its Suzuki stock, and the two have been severing ties left and right, including official word on Chevrolet of Japan's ... Tags: liter, gm, automakers, hybrids, suzuki, japan, chevrolet, forbes, general motors, north america, mold, bets, hybrid vehicles, fashion, crossovers, fortunes, nihon keizai shimbun, percent stake, zuki, severing ties
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DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche thinks that's the big question as the company readies the Smart ForTwo city car for sale in the U.S.In a German magazine interview, Zetsche openly said t ... Tags: mercedes benz, launch, small car, reuters, daimlerchrysler, dieter zetsche, city car, smart fortwo, fortunes, trike, german magazine, conundrum, scooter, luxury market, product portfolio, mercedes benz canada, distribution channel, retail partner, market positioning, magazine interview
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In a New York Times piece penned today by Micheline Maynard, the author charts the decline of the Detroit and the rise of Asian automakers as seen through the lens and fortunes of the Chevrolet Impala ... Tags: decline, chevrolet, glimpse, general motors, new york times, enthusiasts, mainstream media, fortunes, chevrolet impala, timeline, conundrum, asian automakers, micheline maynard
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We first showed you a sneak peak of Fiat's new Ducato commercial truck when a small photo first surfaced on the Internet back in mid-March. But with the official unveiling of the lineup, a brace of ne ... Tags: wheelbase, chassis, photo, photos, sneak peak, unveiling, fiat, fortunes, press materials, snapshots, fitment, link source, mid march, ambulance, van buyers
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DaimlerChrysler appears bullish on the overseas fortunes of its new Dodge Caliber. The automaker expects to move in excess of 20,000 units outside of North America in 2007. That may not sound like a g ... Tags: dodge, crossover, automaker, reuters, daimlerchrysler, north america, china, dcx, boston globe, fortunes, dodge caliber, western europe, future source, aggressive growth, linchpin, asia in the future
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Ford Motor Company’s Chairman and CEO Bill Ford is ruling out bankruptcy for the Blue Oval. The Henry Ford scion believes that the company’s ‘strong liquidity’ ($31 billion in ... Tags: scion, automaker, ford motor, ford motor company, bill ford, newsday, henry ford, market share, lips, fortunes, bankruptcy, downsizing, nyse, overseas operations, coffers, american auto industry, 6b, liquidity, blue oval ford, unprecedented challenges
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Iconic Italian design house Pininfarina is seeing red -- and it isn't the paint on one of its Ferrari concepts. The firm announced that it lost 8.1 million euros last year (that's $9.72M USD)... a fri ... Tags: models, ferrari, reuters, paint, pininfarina, 1 million, losses, bad news, fortunes, italian design, 9m
Japanese automaker Daihatsu is pulling outback out of Australia. The Toyota property had been struggling for some time to find Aussie buyers, particularly in view of the growing pool of discount entri ... Tags: toyota, korea, hellip, geneva, australia, japanese automaker, spokesman, outback, fortunes, pool, daihatsu, charade, new terios, mike breen, lifetime support
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Is General Motors’ embattled CEO, Rick Wagoner, close to resigning? The Car Connection is reporting that the GM water cooler rumor mill is crankingup, and we’ve got to admit that we heard ... Tags: gm, car connection, general motors, gossip, chicago auto show, fortunes, boardroom, rumor mill, positive signs, timetable, breach, trajectory, kirk kerkorian, right hand man, vacancy, golden parachutes, legal deadlines, systematic problems, office cleaning, water cooler
Today's installment in the ongoing will-they/wont-they saga that is Smart car's U.S. fortunes? Itza Definite Maybe. According to an interview in German newspaper Handelsblatt, DaimlerChrysler CEO Diet ... Tags: smart car, daimlerchrysler, ceo, dieter zetsche, s sales, quot, fortunes, saga, goldman sachs, investment bankers, american prospects, final word
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