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- DaimlerChrysler Confirms Chrysler Talks
- Associated Press/AP Online (4/4/2007)
- BERLIN - DaimlerChrysler AG is confident a turnaround program at its Chrysler unit will return the beleaguered American brand to profitability, but Chairman Dieter Zetsche said Wednesday the automaker is in talks with unidentified buyers about a possible sale."As announced on Feb. 14, we are open to all options for future collaboration with Chrysler," he told some 9,000 shareholders crammed inside Berlin's exhibition center. Zetsche stunned the automotive world on Feb. 14 when he said that continued losses and fierce competition in the United States meant that the German-American automaker was considering all options for its Chrysler unit, and did not rule out a possible sale, saying only that all options were being considered.
- Lincoln's Prince of a Navigator
- Business Week (4/3/2007)
- The guys at Lincoln but really hate the guys at Cadillac. Over the past decade Cadillac has rolled out one successful new product after another and watched its sales climb year over year, while Lincoln continues to come out with yawners like the MKZ and its perennial sales champ, the solid yet boring Town Car.Even when Lincoln comes out with a winner, as it has with the redesigned Lincoln Navigator, Cadillac still steals the show.
- Fuel Forward
- REMODELING Magazine (4/1/2007)
- After researching alternative fuels, Craig Kersemeier, president of K-tech Kleening, in Schofield, Wis., chose to switch from diesel to soy-based diesel. He chose this fuel because it does not require any engine conversions.
- Interlocking Ideas
- UPSCALE REMODELING MAGAZINE (4/1/2007)
- Effective product-selection management can make remodeling jobs snap together as easily as puzzle pieces.
- Pickup Kings
- Hispanic (4/1/2007)
- It's been decades since rednecks and construction workers comprised the bulk of the pickup truck owner base. Moreover, full-size pickups are a major revenue source for the manufacturers supplying them, and well-received redesigns are critical. No manufacturer understands this better than Ford as it releases the updated F-250 Super Duty or Toyota with its makeover of the Tundra into the brand s first true full-size pickup.
- Vehicles Cost $5,050 to $8,150 a Year to Own and Operate, AAA Says
- Buffalo News (4/1/2007)
- If you commute by car, the AAA says, you spend about $62 for every 100 miles you travel.Just one sobering thought in the AAA's just-released "Your Driving Costs" study, which calculates the annual cost to own and operate a car based on its size.The 2007 results reveal that you have to dip into pocket or purse for 50.5 to 81.5 cents for every mile you travel based on 10,000 miles of driving annually.
- Ford F-250
- Hispanic (4/1/2007)
- When a half-ton pickup such as the Tundra or Ford's own wildly popular F-150 isn't up to getting a chore done, a three-quarter ton pickup may be the answer. What will arguably be its most popular combination is the four-door Crew Cab with the beefy 350-horsepower 6.4-liter V8 turbo diesel that also delivers 650 pounds-feet of stump-pulling torque. The Crew Cab long-bed F-250 with turbo diesel and five-speed automatic transmission in Lariat trim stickers out at about $46,800.
- What is It?
- Augusta Chronicle, The (3/30/2007)
- Can you identify this vehicle from this view with its top down? WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co. has told dealers to temporarily stop selling certain 2008 F-Series Super Duty diesel pickups after receiving reports of flames shooting out of the vehicle's tailpipe.Ford is recalling 37,400 F-Series Super Duty trucks with 6.4- liter diesel engines.
- Chevy S Suburban Angst
- Business Week (3/30/2007)
- If gas were still a nickel a gallon, the Big Three would still be the world s dominant car makers and the majority of Americans would be happily tooling around in big sport utility vehicles [SUVs) like the Chevrolet Suburban. But it doesn t and we don t--which is too bad because the Suburban is actually a hell of a vehicle.One of the reasons is that success breeds imitation and the Suburban, originally introduced in the 1930s, is the granddaddy of big SUVs.
- Satellite TV to Be in Some Vehicles
- Augusta Chronicle, The (3/30/2007)
- DETROIT - Coming soon to a minivan near you: satellite television.DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group on Thursday announced limited satellite TV service for its 2008 Dodge and Chrysler minivans and several other models, continuing its plan to turn the family cruiser into a living room on wheels.The company, which invented the minivan, is teaming with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to bring three channels - Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network - to the next generation of minivans, in addition to the 2008 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, Jeep Commander and Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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