by Chris Sawyer on January 16, 2010
For a number of years, the combination of a January time slot, official “International Auto Show” status, and good economic times made Detroit one of the “must see” auto shows. Automakers both domestic and foreign came to Detroit’s aging Cobo Center to hawk their latest wares. That was especially true when the Los Angeles Auto [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on June 22, 2009
Word is that Chrysler is casting about for a suitable replacement for its mid-size Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger sedans. Because Chrysler’s new owner (forgetting the UAW and federal government for a moment) Fiat failed in its bid to acquire Opel and its new mid-size platform, that option is off the table. This leaves Chrysler [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on May 19, 2009
The blogs, airwaves and newspapers are awash with the news that the Obama administration, the states (i.e., California), and automakers have agreed to an historic reduction in vehicular emissions and increase in fuel economy. The standards call for a fleet-wide average–cars and trucks combined–of 35.5 mpg by 2016, with passenger cars averaging 39 mpg and [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on February 5, 2009
What worries the financial markets the most about the Fiat-Chrysler strategic alliance isn’t the financial health of the two partners. It’s the fact that Chrysler’s last suitor, Daimler-Benz, never could come to grips with marrying the two disparate cultures. Instead, the Swabians approached the task of merging the two companies much as the Wehrmacht approached [...]
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