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3 May 2007 posted in SUVs 9 views
Merc R-Class may come in RWD flavors 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, ...
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1 May 2007 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
By the Numbers: April 2007 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
27 April 2007 posted in Hirings/Firings 8 views
Toyota's F1-san calls it quits 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 ...
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26 April 2007 posted in Hirings/Firings 5 views
Villeneuve down but not out - still hopeful for hometown NASCAR debut 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 ...
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25 April 2007 posted in Hirings/Firings 7 views
Report: Toro Rosso gives Bourdais wings! 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
12 April 2007 posted in Hirings/Firings 9 views
Jim Press gains a seat on Toyota's board of directors 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 ...
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15 November 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 3 views
Mark Fields under fire for expensive flights home 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 ...
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28 September 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 3 views
Wagoner says we don't need a partner 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
7 September 2006 posted in Ford 4 views
POLL RESULTS: Leadership isn't Ford's biggest problem 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 ...
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5 September 2006 posted in Hirings/Firings 11 views
BREAKING: Bill Ford out as CEO of Ford, Boeing President/CEO Alan Mullaly in 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 ...
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12 June 2006 posted in Green 5 views
GM to co-develop and sell hybrids with Suzuki in North America? 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 ...
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8 June 2006 posted in Car Buying 6 views
Who will sell Smart in the U.S.? 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
3 June 2006 posted in Car Buying 7 views
Charting Detroit's decline on a Chevrolet Impala timeline 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
25 May 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 6 views
Fiat's Ducato officially released 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 ...
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6 May 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
Dodge Caliber seen as pivotal to DCX's overseas growth 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 ...
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6 April 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 9 views
Read Bill Ford's lips: No bankruptcy for Blue Oval 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 ...
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1 April 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 7 views
Pininfarina seeing red - again 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
14 March 2006 posted in Car Buying 6 views
The Charade is up: Daihatsu pulling out of Australia 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
6 March 2006 posted in Trends 15 views
GM CEO Wagoner readying his golden parachutes? 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
27 February 2006 posted in Trends 12 views
Once more, with feeling: Dieter Zetsche on Smart's American prospects 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 ...
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