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[Jiblog] Toyota General Motors?: They've opened plants in the U.S., and they've been very sensitive to the loyalty Americans have towards Detroit. A few weeks ago, around the time of GM's announcement of their huge quarterly loss, the CEO of Toyota mused that perhaps it was time that they help GM and Ford by raising their own prices and by working more cooperatively with them. He wouldn't do this out of the goodness of his heart, but because helping GM and Ford would alleviate any future American backlash towards Toyota. Then, a little while after that, it was announced that GM and Toyota are going to be working together on fuel cell technology.
[dustbury.com] Back to the Forward Look: The closest thing we have to an iconic American automobile these days is the Chrysler 300, a massive, roaring rear-wheel-drive sled that, in its 300C guise, carries a big honking Hemi V8. It's perfect for 1957: why, they actually had a 300C then, a massive, roaring rear-wheel-drive sled that carried a big honking Hemi V8. The 21st-century C, alas, has been shorn of its fins, but it's selling kajillions of units: it's one of the few Detroit nontrucks moving without rebates.
[Sensibly Eclectic] American Made?: And it wears the Chrysler badge on its hood, a company founded in 1926 by American industrialist Walter P. Chrysler. Trouble is, the PT Cruiser is not built in the U.S. by wellpaid workers, but in Mexico by relatively low-wage local labor, and then imported into this country. And Chrysler, one of Detroit's so-called Big Three automakers, was bought out in 1998 by Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler-Benz-makers of Mercedes-Benz.
[Stuff I Think You Should Know] Today's Moment of Asininity„¢ brought to you by:: Workers at DaimlerChrysler's Indiana Transmission Plant I and Plant II better allow more time to walk in from the parking lot if they drive Fords or General Motors vehicles.Um, screw you, no. If it takes me an extra five minutes to cross the parking lot because of this crap, then I'll be five minutes late. If it's raining, my first stop after punching my time card will be the bathroom to dry off.
Chrysler 300C - Accessories, Photos, Reviews, Resources: And what red-blooded American male wouldn't want to take a turn behind the wheel of the SRT-8, an uber-macho Detroit sedan on steroids, powered by a super-size edition of Chrysler's iconic Hemi V-8?" Full Article >I've tried suggesting to my wife that I should probably bring my 300C in to get the oil changed and while I'm there, test drive a SRT-8... bzzzzzzzzzzz - wrong answer. I should know better than to bring these things up and just do them.
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2005 North American International Auto Show - Detroit: The Chrysler 300C is the 300 with the Hemi and the hefty 340-hp output. But it turns out the new C won’t be the 300 with the biggest mojo. That role is reserved for the 300C SRT-8, the big bruiser super-tuned by the boffins at the company’s in-house Street and Racing Technology Group.
Auto News Weblog: ... Nissan and Chrysler both ranked below the industry average on quality, ... Times in a snit over the paper's negative coverage of the Detroit automaker. ...
2005 Detroit Auto Show - The Detroit News Online - 5/18/05: ... DETROIT -- A turn of the key, and the 2005 North American International Auto ... from DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler and Jeep brands dominated The Detroit ...
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