Jeep Compass needs some direction
CNN - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — For some reason, the emotional experience I had with the new Jeep Compass was the opposite of what I’d experienced with its Chrysler Group sibling, the Dodge Caliber. I loved the Caliber from the moment I saw it. I just
Car companies create interior ambience with illumination
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - In recent years, the auto industry has pushed a flurry of offbeat extras, including backseat videogames, heated steering wheels and massaging seats. Now, it is selling mood lighting. Pressing a button on the 2007 Chrysler Sebring sedan’s key fob
ABC anchor grills on autos
Detroit Free Press - And the third member of the Big 3, Chrysler, is no better off.” An expert quoted in the segment put it even more bluntly. “Everything is at stake for Detroit right now,” said John Casesa of Casesa Strategic Advisors. “This is the last chance to get it
The Driver: Tour Advice
Golf For Women - K.J. Choi was the first player on the PGA Tour to put a supersize square driver in play last fall, and he won with it nearly right away when he captured the Chrysler Championship in October using the Nike SQ Sumo 2 . Choi has won twice the past two
Senators grill automakers on increasing fuel economy
Detroit Free Press - Research Institute, told the senators that Detroit automakers had underestimated the value of improved fuel economy to their customers, a misstep that he said triggered much of the financial distress at GM, Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler Group. “If
The Decline of Brands
Wired - They did provide a measure of insurance - which in turn made firms less innovative and less rigorous. (Think of the abominable cars General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler made in the late 1960s through the 1970s - remember the Pinto? - in part because