Super Bowl Controversy: National Anthem Replaced with a Dodge Ad

Football fans watching Super Bowl XLVI can remain seated during the pregame ceremonies this year, because the singing of The Star-Spangled Banner will be preempted by a television commercial for Dodge trucks. “At...

Chrysler and Fiat, Japanese Resurgence and To Hell With Hybrids

Chrysler and Fiat may prove to be one of the biggest automotive bargains in the last 20 years. Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat CEO, paid as much for self space in the U.S. for his brands as he did for Chrysler itself....

Jaguar Puts Skids On Hybrids, Fiat Abarth at LA Auto Show, New Ch

Jaguar says it's going to concentrate on AWD Architecture. Fiat introduces US Market 500 Abarth at the LA Auto Show and Chevrolet unveiled it's Daytona prototype named the Corvette DP.http://youtu.be/JfYwVi2re-E

2012 Chrysler SRT8 Lineup

Chrysler has come out of the box with high performance cars across their model lineup range. The SRT8 series of cars gives Fiat a higher profile. Chrysler is forecast to out perform Fiat's profits, excluding the...

U. S. Taxpayers lost $1.3 billion on Chrysler bailout

Could have been worse Italian Fiat wins in the deal at American’s expense. I would have felt better if I was seeing more Fiats in America. There nice little buggers. " “Gov't Ends Chrysler Investment By...

2011 Worthersee Festival: Cars And Girls

The Worthersee Festival is celebrating it's 30th annual showing. The VW/Audi group has a brand centric event. The women are pretty centric as well. The US loses 14 billion on Automaker Bailouts and Fiat completes...

President Lula visits the São Paulo International Auto Show

São Paulo - President Lula visited yesterday (29) the largest and most important automotive event in Latin America, the São Paulo International Auto Show. The “Salão do Automóvel” as it is known locally,...

Product design, quality, and culture - loyalty

Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia, and Maserati are world class Italian auto brand names. They are products of extraordinary design. Engineering products – design and manufacturing engineering is one set of...

PT Cruiser died

It is like hearing that a short-lived rock star has passed. You mean it just died. I thought it died a long time ago. Not even Enterprise car rental has them on the lots anymore. I remember when they first...

No voting for brand logos, Chrysler Fiat

It caught my eye earlier this week when I did a story about Fiat and noticed that Fiat simply planted its logo on top of the Chrysler wings and put it on the front of a car. Sloppy and unprofessional work, I have...

“Crisis brings out the best in a company and its people.” CEO

Chrysler, isn't that Fiat? One third of the gain that was significantly lower than the rest of the industry was from dumping cars on the rental car lots as low margin business. Sometimes, automakers put the cars...

We need more flamboyance on the roads

It's dull and grey when it's raining. And it's England, so it's raining rather a lot. But why not to make ourselves a better day. Maybe a nice cake or good film. Or, a flamboyant car on the drive. Grey is...

Today April 15 2009, is Boston Tea Party Day All Over the USA

TODAY, APRIL 15 2009, IS BOSTON TEA PARTY DAY ALL OVER THE USA THE ORIGINAL BOSTON TEA PARTY WAS A REVOLT BY THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE THEN CURRENT GOVERNMENT, THE BRITISH CROWN. THIS WOULD-BE GROUP OF USURPERS, A GROUP OF DISCONTENTED COLONISTS INTENDED TO DISPLAY TO THEIR...

Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

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