Here’s an ominous observation we stumbled across on the New York Times website – want to have a stab at what all those map points are for?
Tag Archives: Chrysler
Vauxhall/Opel/Saab: the die is nearly cast
at 9:09 am on Friday May 15, 2009
The band is about to stop in the big game of Manufacturer Musical Chairs, and Fiat – having already snapped up Chrysler – looks set to get its hands on GM Europe too.
Bankrupt Chrysler signs Fiat deal
at 5:01 pm on Thursday April 30, 2009
Chrysler is bankrupt. To a British ear that sounds pretty stark, but in the US it means something rather different – ‘chapter 11 bankruptcy‘. It will keep operating, but it will be able to fend off its creditors and try to renegotiate its debts.
Chrysler ordered into bed with Fiat
at 9:42 am on Tuesday March 31, 2009
If GM got a bit of a kicking fom the Obama administration, how about Chrysler? The President’s team has said it doesn’t believe Chrysler can survive alone, so if it doesn’t finalise the deal with Fiat within the next 30 days, it gets no more Government money. Which would inevitably leave it bankrupt.
WTF Car? Awards: Chrysler Sebring
at 11:40 am on Friday January 23, 2009
Winner of the Hire Car Nightmare Award… So bad, even the man at Hertz will wince apologetically as he hands you the keys. This car has no reason – no right – to exist.
Chrysler-Fiat: grabbing a desperate shag?
at 1:17 pm on Tuesday January 20, 2009
So Chrysler is going to bed with Fiat. These are among the most promiscuous companies in the industry, and right now they both have ‘desperate’ tattooed across their foreheads. Can they turn this into a successful long-term relationship?
Detroit show: death or glory?
at 11:53 am on Monday January 12, 2009
Welcome to the Detroit show, where the spotlight’s firmly on GM and Chrysler. Chapter one of a Great American Comeback story – or an obituary? As far as I can see it’s one of each. GM might just pull through, but Chrysler doesn’t stand an earthly.
2008 in review: a game of two halves
at 10:40 am on Wednesday December 31, 2008
It seems incredible now we look back on it, but 2008 started in a fairly ordinary way. The Foreman spent his time trying to work out what the car companies would do next. By the year’s end, it was all about working out which one of them would survive.
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