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Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler brands to aim appeal at specific lifestyles | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC outlined new strategies for its four vehicle brands Wednesday, aimed at recapturing lost market share by bringing new buyers into showrooms. Dodge, which remains the nation's No. 3 brand by sales, will see its bad-boy image toned down, and its big trucks sold under a new standalone Ram brand. Dodge will get a "more mature" logo, and vehicles will focus on the "physics of fun," not macho design. The Ram brand will inherit the old Dodge logo and much of its swagger, but will concentrate... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:22 Article Views Rating: 42 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler lays out lofty revival plan | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne laid out an ambitious, detailed plan Wednesday to revive the struggling Auburn Hills automaker by replenishing its lineup with high-quality and attractive models to more than double sales within five years and start generating profit in 2011. His bold program for Chrysler, which resembles his turnaround plan for Fiat SpA's Fiat Auto a few years ago, focuses on rebuilding Chrysler's bruised brands. By offering Chrysler immediate and unfettered... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:21 Article Views Rating: 41 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Fresh approach excites UAW; dealers cautious | detnews.com | The Detroit News Throughout Metro Detroit and across the nation, workers, politicians and dealers waited and watched Wednesday as Chrysler made its pitch to turn the company around with new products and a fresh approach to manufacturing and marketing. Union leaders representing Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada hailed the promise of overhauling plant operations. The "world class manufacturing" concept is intended to eliminate waste, increase safety and encourage teamwork. It also eliminates a layer of... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:20 Article Views Rating: 43 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Launch of GM's Cruze delayed 3 months | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Co. said it has delayed the launch of its Chevrolet Cruze small car about three months until the third quarter of 2010 to ensure a flawless launch. The delay also will give GM time to produce all variations of Cruze models, the automaker said Wednesday. It was not related to any problems associated with earlier Cruze launches in Europe or China, GM spokesman Klaus-Peter Martin said. Industry analyst Erich Merkle of Autoconomy.com has not heard of any problems associated with the Cruze... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:25 Article Views Rating: 68 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM targets Asia, China with headquarters in Shanghai | detnews.com | The Detroit News One of the hallmarks of the new General Motors Co. is swift decision-making, and the decision where to base the international operations was made fast. "It didn't take us more than about a minute to decide where it should be," said Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president and new head of international operations. He and CEO Fritz Henderson agreed on Shanghai during a phone call. Reilly was already stationed there as director of GM's Asia Pacific operations. But the choice primarily reflects the U.S... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:22 Article Views Rating: 60 Main > 2009 Releases > Audi > Audi Academy gets connected with Intrexx Enterprise Portal London, 29 October 2009 - United Planet www.unitedplanet.com, one of the leading developers of Enterprise Portal software in Europe, is pleased to announce that Audi Academy, one of the leading training and consulting institutes in Germany, has invested in an Intrexx Enterprise Portal to provide employees, managers and trainers with the information they need to run and attend the huge number of courses offered by the Academy. As a subsidiary of AUDI AG, the Audi Academy plays a central role in... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-29 14:01:13 Article Views Rating: 29 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > CAW optimistic on Chrysler | detnews.com | The Detroit News Leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers union left a six-hour meeting with Chrysler Group LLC executives with substantially more optimism about the future of the automaker than they had going in. "I left feeling pretty good, and, frankly, I went there pretty down," said CAW President Ken Lewenza, describing Thursday's meeting with Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne, which stretched from a scheduled three hours into six and included an impromptu dinner. Lewenza said the five union leaders... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:14 Article Views Rating: 24 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit conference to focus on plug-in electric vehicles | detnews.com | The Detroit News Entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders looking for ways to plug into the emerging electric vehicle market will find an outlet this week. Starting Monday, more than 600 people will descend on the MotorCity Casino in Detroit for a three-day conference dedicated to the making, marketing and deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. The inaugural event, called "The Business of Plugging In," brings together leaders from the automotive and utility industries, as well as researchers, policymakers... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:12 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Small cars need work to outdo '90s model | detnews.com | The Detroit News I have this hot car fantasy that just won't go away. Oddly, it doesn't involve a Porsche 911 and an autobahn. Nor an Audi TT on the Pacific Coast Highway. Not even -- in what will come as a shock to many who know my "Mad Men" fixation -- Don Draper and a 1963 Cadillac Eldorado. No, I daydream about downshifting off Ford Road and wheeling my own 1997 Escort to the apex of the crescent-shaped drive at Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn headquarters, eagerly awaited by a huddle of senior managers and designers. In... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:02 Article Views Rating: 14 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Dominance of electrics sparks car talk; Renault has 4 | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- France's Renault SA stole the spotlight at the Frankfurt Motor Show, unveiling four electric cars and pledging to bring them to market at affordable prices within three years. Most automakers displayed concept or production vehicles demonstrating advances in electric car technology, which has emerged as a dominant theme of the show. Volkswagen revealed an e-Up electric show car along with new sporty cars loaded with horsepower, and PSA Peugeot Citroen showed an electric car based on Mitsubishi Motors... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-16 06:54:35 Article Views Rating: 63 |
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