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Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to revamp fading midsize cars | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC is counting on significantly higher sales of its midsize sedans to meet ambitious growth targets outlined last week in its five-year business plan, but the automaker has not been competitive for at least a decade in the market's largest vehicle segment. The Auburn Hills automaker, whose U.S. sales have fallen 39 percent this year, has been particularly stung by poor quality and consumers leaving for other brands. Chrysler executives are quick to admit to their struggles and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:26 Article Views Rating: 50 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit parking garages highlight D.C. exhibit | detnews.com | The Detroit News The parking garage, often considered the epitome of urban ugly, is getting validation of its architectural and social worth at a ground-breaking exhibit in Washington. "The parking garage defines our built world; our embrace of the car culture; and the price we've paid for that love affair," said Shannon Sanders McDonald, author of "The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution." McDonald's book is the inspiration for a National Building Museum exhibit, "House of Cars," which opened last month and has drawn... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:54:59 Article Views Rating: 15 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Industry experts unsure Chrysler can reach market share projections | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC's now-public five-year plan hinges on some targets that analysts say are unrealistic. The plan, unveiled Wednesday during an eight-hour session in Auburn Hills, may be a fair representation of what Chrysler needs to do to thrive and repay its loans, but some of the benchmarks, such as the projection of a 4 percent market share increase, are stopping many cold. "Is the plan outlandish or merely wildly ambitious?" said analyst Michelle Krebs of Edmunds.com, who described the overall... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-07 12:21:57 Article Views Rating: 71 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler is in a race that already started | detnews.com | The Detroit News Time is not on the side of Chrysler Group LLC. I say this not because CEO Sergio Marchionne doesn't have a track record of turning around businesses, because he does. Nor because the men and women of Chrysler can't deliver the upgraded cars and trucks promised at Wednesday's marathon confab. They can. Time is not on Chrysler's side because the clock clearly favors crosstown rivals Ford Motor Co. and, yes, General Motors Co. -- both of which have killer products in showrooms, right now, that deliver on... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-07 12:21:55 Article Views Rating: 76 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda Accord Crosstour looks better than its picture | detnews.com | The Detroit News Don't look at the picture. The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour looks much better than any camera can capture. Even Honda executives can't explain why this all-new crossover, arriving at dealerships now, is so un-photogenic. Whether digital or old-school 35 mm, images just don't accurately represent this truck/wagon-esque vehicle built on the popular Honda Accord platform. In person, the Accord Crosstour looks downright stylish. It's the second most stylish vehicle in Honda's lineup, next to the S2000... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-07 12:21:53 Article Views Rating: 69 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda Accord Crosstour looks better than its picture | detnews.com | The Detroit News Don't look at the picture. The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour looks much better than any camera can capture. Even Honda executives can't explain why this all-new crossover, arriving at dealerships now, is so un-photogenic. Whether digital or old-school 35 mm, images just don't accurately represent this truck/wagon-esque vehicle built on the popular Honda Accord platform. In person, the Accord Crosstour looks downright stylish. It's the second most stylish vehicle in Honda's lineup, next to the S2000... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-07 12:21:45 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler gives cause for hope | detnews.com | The Detroit News Detroit's auto CEOs have their own style. Ford Motor Co.'s Alan Mulally never wears a suit. A sport coat and tie, but not a suit. Not even when he's meeting the president. General Motors Co.'s Fritz Henderson is almost always in a suit. He's a financial guy. Chrysler Group LLC's new CEO Sergio Marchionne is a sweater and slacks guy, which held true Wednesday when he and his team unveiled the company's business plan here to analysts, media and the world. The atmosphere was hectic, even frantic at times... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:24 Article Views Rating: 42 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler get makeover | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC wants to hit the restart button on its entire lineup, refreshing, redesigning or replacing every car and truck, swapping out engines and creating vehicles people want. By 2012, Chrysler will have overhauled or replaced its entire lineup. Good luck. Right now, Chrysler is dangling off a cliff. The automaker is growing smaller every month and sits at the bottom of most quality ratings. There may be reasons behind the poor quality of its vehicles, but consumers see them as excuses, and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:19 Article Views Rating: 36 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Aftermarket auto ware there for the long haul | detnews.com | The Detroit News Next week, Las Vegas turns into aftermarket heaven. Roll out the rally cars, billion-horsepower engines and every conceivable electronic device -- and some you couldn't imagine -- replica rattlesnake seat covers, bamboo floor mats and more rims than a junkyard and you'll begin to picture SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show. Anything and everything that can be affixed, attached, screwed on or bolted down to a car or truck is on display at the private show, which begins Tuesday and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:18 Article Views Rating: 31 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Reliability pays off in long run | detnews.com | The Detroit News Without Uncle Sam's largesse, you're not likely to get a decent price on a trade-in today. That car that grandma only drove to church on Sunday with low miles and all the extras that you got and now want to use to get something a bit more hip? Chances are you'll be offered far below the book value from a dealer. Sell it on your own instead. Especially if you've got a Toyota, Honda or Ford, the top brands for reliability, according to the 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey from Consumer Reports magazine... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:25 Article Views Rating: 64 |
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