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Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chryslers exec reveals strategy for future model lineup Chrysler has announced it will undertake major changes to its product lineup in order to compete on the world stage. The strategy outlined by its executive VP for product development, Frank Klegon, reveals a car company struggling to adapt to a changing world market but with potential to change its past performance. Priority on the list of changes has been given to developing a new midsize platform for the all important D-segment. Chrysler’s current offering, the Sebring, has been slammed by both... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-17 07:39:20 Article Views Rating: 184 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Carrozzeria Touring returning with new Superleggera One of Italy’s oldest coachbuilders is set to revive its car making business after several decades in hibernation despite the troubled times of many of its closest rivals. The company is Carrozzeria Touring, a coachbuilder first established in 1926 and responisble for a number of cars from the likes of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Aston Martin to name a few. During the 1960s, many carmakers sourced most of their coachbuilding operations in-house and many of Carrozzeria Touring’s remaining... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-17 07:39:06 Article Views Rating: 119 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Fiat in talks with Chrysler, confirms 500 for U.S. The worsening exchange rate differential between the strengthening euro and weakening U.S. dollar means importing European manufactured models to North America is now significantly more expensive than just a few years ago. It’s a problem Alfa Romeo has to juggle with as it attempts to re-establish itself in the U.S. next year, but there’s hope for the Italian carmaker in the form of idle capacity at American auto plants. The CEO of parent company Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, has hinted at production of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-16 05:52:13 Article Views Rating: 182 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > The next Lewis Hamilton? Honda F1 signs 16-year-old Will Stevens Imagine getting a contract with a major F1 team before you're even out of high school. That's what Lewis Hamilton got with McLaren when he was younger, and what karting protégé Will Stevens has achieved with the Honda Racing F1 Team, reflecting a growing trend in motorsport recruitment. While team leaders have always kept an eye on feeder series like Formula 3 and, more recently, GP2, to scout up-and-coming talent, the rising level of competition has driven the teams to start earlier and... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-13 17:14:11 Article Views Rating: 281 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > TTAC 2008 BMW 135i Review My paranoid-delusional theory: BMW intentionally botched the 135i. The new car has the same engine as the 335i, meets the same American crash requirements, and satisfies the [marketing] need for four seats. If executed properly, the chances that the 1-Series would have eaten the 3-Series cash cow's breakfast, lunch and dinner. So The Boys from Bavaria took a 3-Series, screwed it up a bit, and said "here is your entry level car."Even a simple glance tells you that BMW doesn't believe in reincarnation... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-12 22:12:03 Article Views Rating: 162 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Car makers poised to survive storm but CO2 tsunami looms You've scrimped and scraped and denied yourself those little extras to pay off the bank. The credit cards are finally down to zero. You sit back, smugly. It feels good. Then Kerpow! The boiler explodes or the pink slip hits or a tornado strikes and It's back to the familiar routine of struggling to make ends meet. European manufacturers are currently in the smug zone. They are better placed than usual to weather the upcoming storm. Their prospects could be the definition of a virtuous spiral. Fixed... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-12 22:11:58 Article Views Rating: 111 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo may take another run at U.S. market Alfa Romeo pulled out of the U.S. market in 1995, done in by slumping sales and grumpy customers. Now the car brand that gained fame as Dustin Hoffman's ride in "The Graduate" is planning an encore, with parent company Fiat, Italy's largest car maker, saying it will resume selling Alfa Romeos in the U.S. Details are sketchy enough that some analysts question whether it will really happen. If it does, taking on entrenched rivals such as BMW and Audi will be daunting. "There are already too many brands... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-12 22:11:57 Article Views Rating: 225 Main > Car Makers News > Other > First Drive: SEAT Leon Cupra Click above for more high-res shots of the SEAT Leon Cupra Draw up a list of the top hot-hatches in the world. The SEAT Leon Cupra may not be on it – although it might be – but the Volkswagen GTI will most definitely. At least it should, because the GTI is a performance icon, forged over decades of performance tempered with versatility and accessibility. And the current-generation GTI certainly lives up to the legend, burning rubber with the best Germany has to offer. But if this article is... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:26 Article Views Rating: 155 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Alfa 8C Spider: the stuff that dreams are made of Click to view the Alfa 8C Spider in hi-res Alfa Romeo has graced us once again, this time with a set of new images showing the achingly gorgeous 8C Spider unveiled in Geneva last month. The sumptuous roadster is out on the street doin' its thang yeah, we just used the word "thang" and only feeds our fantasies of speeding along some glass-smooth tarmac under a bright blue sky with the top down. Well a boy can dream, can't he? Click on the thumbnails below and you can drift off too, in one way or another... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:25 Article Views Rating: 125 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo in talks with Jaguar over RWD platforms If Alfa Romeo is serious about competing with Germany’s premium labels it will eventually have to drop its core FWD lineup or at least offer more affordable rear-drive models. However, the carmaker’s low volume status makes developing a brand new premium RWD platform unfeasible. One solution is to license an existing design from another carmaker, and latest reports claim that’s exactly what’s going to happen over the next couple of years as Alfa updates its lineup and prepares for its return to... 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