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OPINION: Stop arm-chair quarterbacking the auto industry
We’ll be hearing more about the Detroit 3 in the mainstream media this week as their homework entitled “What I Would Do With My Share of $25 Billion in Government Loans” gets turned in to Congress. While Detroit deserves much of the ribbing that’s on the way, it irks our ears every time we read [...]
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Audi R8 V10 debuting in Detroit, cabrio coming in 2010
While other automakers are dropping out of the Detroit Auto Show left and right, Audi is heading to Motor City with guns blazing, beginning with the 2010 Audi R8 V10.
Car and Driver decided to put the rumors to rest that the updated super coupe is officially coming to Detroit, packing a 5.2-liter V10 putting out [...]
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Grounded: GM cancels all corporate jet service
General Motors has an early New Years Resolution: to be more fiscally responsible when it comes to corporate travel. With six short, direct sentences (see official press release after the jump), GM has declared that its Corporate Aviation Operations are to be shuttered. It might not seem like a big deal on the surface, but [...]
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GM’s Wagoner heading to Congress in Malibu Hybrid
While it won’t get him there as quickly (or as luxuriously) as a Gulfstream corporate jet, GM CEO Rick Wagoner will drive to Washington this week in a Chevrolet Malibu hybrid to ask for taxpayer-funded bridge loans. Last month, Wagoner, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Chrysler LLC CEO Robert Nardelli, all received some serious flak [...]
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Mulally and Wagoner reconsider $1 salary for federal aid
Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli was the only auto exec who readily offered to work for a buck if it meant securing federal aid from Congress in the form of bridge loans. Ford CEO Alan Mulally famously told the politicians sitting before him, “I think I’m OK where I am.” We would be OK too with [...]
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Ford claims to be back in black by 2011, release EV sedan same year
In just a few short days, Ford and its two cross-town rivals will be required to lay down a plan before Congress that points a clear path towards profitability and global competitiveness. These days, any automaker’s future will involve plenty of greenery, and as the first of the three automakers to submit its comprehensive business [...]
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BREAKING: Tesla Motors SVP Darryl Siry switches off!
The executive churn at Tesla Motors continues today as SVP of Marketing and Sales, Darryl Siry has resigned. In a posting on his personal blog, Siry cited “disagreements in strategy” as his reason for leaving. When Auto@CooOne Green contacted Siry, he declined to elaborate on the reasons, but a successor has already been recruited and [...]
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Next-gen Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger to beat CAFE standards, get 8-speed auto
It’s pretty obvious at this point that Cerberus doesn’t want to keep Chrysler, and turbulent economic realities have scuttled what few available prospects there would have been for new ownership. Some have openly wondered whether team Pentastar is even working on new products at all. Product development VP Frank Klegon insists that new Chrysler, Dodge [...]
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Garage: 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T
For all the problems it faces, Chrysler has to be happy with this: the Dodge Challenger rollout has gone about as well as anyone could have hoped. Everyone wanted this car to happen from the moment it appeared as a concept back in 2006. Back then, the S197 Mustang was still new and demonstrating that [...]
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Detroit Preview: Production Fisker Karma will debut in Motown
Just one short year after Fisker debuted its plug-in hybrid Karma show car at the Detroit Auto Show, the house that Henrik built will be returning to the Motor City to debut the production version of its ambitious project. Fisker says the production model, which is shown above in this just-released official pic, will only [...]
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