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• Best and Worst of Re-Badging: GM Sinks, VW and Chrysler Soar

  BNET - 2009-08-28

  Back in 2008, Chrysler and Nissan announced plans to help each other out by swapping some vehicle designs. Now those plans are canceled, mostly because Fiat now owns Chrysler and doesn't need Nissan to provide fuel-efficient small autos. It's too bad, really, because Nissan's contribution to Chrysler might have been branded...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., minivan

• Neil Winton: Worst may be ahead for Europe's carmakers

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Europe's car manufacturers performed pitifully in the second quarter with the exception of Germany's Volkswagen and to a lesser degree Italy's Fiat, but all are banking on the underlying markets rallying and riding to their rescue. Most are likely to be disappointed. Europe's car markets have been propped up in...

  Tags: Fiat, car, BMW AG, Volvo, Renault, VW, Lawson Software Inc., Peugeot

• VW close to hiring former Chrysler exec Wolfgang Bernhard: report

  - 2004-08-30

  DETROIT, United States AFP ? Volkswagen AG is reportedly close to hiring former Chrysler Group chief financial officer Wolfgang Bernhard. The Automotive News reported Monday the 43-year-old would become head of the Volkswagen division in January, and the announcement of his appointment could come at next month's Paris auto...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, board, Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, hiring, Volkswagen AG, VW

• U.S. Automakers Focus on Making Interior Appealing.

  - 2002-05-23

  By Lawrence Ulrich, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 23--Terry Duncan remembers a pecking order among U.S. car designers 10 or 15 years ago. "If you were a great designer, you did show cars. If you were good,...

  Tags: Audi AG, cabin, car, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Lincoln, manufacturer, Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Corp., VW

• Germans lead new car race

  - 1998-07-01

  The German takeover of Rolls-Royce and Bentley - BMW & VW acquiring the world's most prestigious cars - has stirred marriage and merger fever in the European and wider auto industry. Consolidation comes from the pressures of technology costs and over-capacity which is estimated at 30 percent worldwide. The...

  Tags: BMW AG, car, Chrysler LLC, Daimler, Fiat, FINANCE, Investment, Mercedes-Benz, merger, Rolls-Royce, VW

• Pulso. (notas internacionales de la industria automotriz; mayo 1998)(TT: Gauge) (TA: international auto industry news; May 1998)

  - 1998-05-01

  [TABULAR DATA OMITTED] AMERICA MEXICO AÑO DURO General Motors ubicada como N 1 en ventas en el país por segundo año consecutivo, vendió el año pasado 140.955 vehículos, 46.5% más que en 1996. Pero en el mercado de camionetas...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Components, General Motors Corp., HARDWARE, Memory, Semiconductors, Strategy, VW

• Automobile models rated best performers.

  - 1997-12-03

  Thinking of buying a new car? A broad range in choices of models can sometimes make it difficult to settle on the "right" vehicle for you. Here are models rated best performers by our sister publication, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. Details on...

  Tags: BMW AG, Chevrolet, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Volvo, VW

• Breves automovilísticas. (noticias sobre la idustria automótriz; junio 1997)(TT: Automotive news briefs) (TA: automobile industry news; June 1997)

  - 1997-06-01

  Le dicen el Jeep Wrangler de cuatro Puertas El Dakar, un Wrangler de cuatro puertas, es el Jeep conceptual de Chrysler para este año. Los diseñadores obtuvieron un espacio adicional para dos puertas aumentando la distancia entre los ejes hasta 2.76 mm, casi 38 cm más...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., MARKETING, VW

• From short truck to tall car; the van advances.

  - 1989-12-01

  From Short Truck To Tall Car Vans, minivans, and so-called multipurpose vehicles are big sellers in the new car market. The days of the traditional station wagon may be numbered as it is being replaced by the hybrid vehicles that combine the best features...

  Tags: car, cargo, Chevy, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, van, VW