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  • September 2008

    • Cars Driven Out of Pop Music

      Washington Post  |  Sep 7, 08 2:18 PM CDT

      Cars Driven Out of Pop Music

      (Newser) - Songs paying homage to cars exploded onto the scene in the earliest days of rock 'n' roll, but since the the Beach Boys described the workings of their "409" and Bruce Springsteen sang about "Racing in the Street," auto-themed rock seems to have gone the way of the Delorean, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      music  • cars  • rock and roll  • Chevrolet  • Dodge

  • August 2008

    • Viper Might Be Luxury Chrysler Can Do Without

      BusinessWeek  |  Aug 28, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Viper Might Be Luxury Chrysler Can Do Without

      (Newser) - Despite a $1.1 billion operating profit in the first half of the year, Chrysler is hemorrhaging money. In a bid to raise another billion, the company is looking to sell off its iconic Dodge Viper line, BusinessWeek reports. The Viper has sold a mere 594 cars since January, and has become a specialty product removed from the rest of Chrysler's line, experts say. More »

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      auto industry  • Chrysler  • auto sales  • Dodge  • sports cars  • BusinessWeek

    • Top 10 Priciest Cars to Own

      Forbes  |  Aug 13, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Top 10 Priciest Cars to Own

      (Newser) - Gas prices may be sinking, but the owners of luxury and high-performance vehicles wouldn't know it. Factoring in $4-plus premium gas, depreciation, insurance, fees, and sales tax, some top cars cost double over a 5-year stretch what owners first paid. Forbes wheels out the priciest (including 5-year pricetag): More »

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      list  • auto sales  • Forbes  • Mercedes Benz  • Volkswagen  • Dodge  • Audi  • luxury car  • Lexus  • cost

  • June 2008

    • Why Dodge Drivers Totally Suck

      Esquire  |  Jun 25, 08 11:46 AM CDT

      Why Dodge Drivers Totally Suck

      (Newser) - Of all the rules of the road, there is one cardinal, hands-down, no-exceptions tenet: “The guy who ignores the stop sign, who blasts past me in a no-passing zone, who plays chicken on a potholed strip of county two-lane, drives a Ram,” Benjamin Percy writes in Esquire . Dodge may be dead last in truck sales, but that doesn't dampen a Ram driver's spirit: It only gets him going. More »

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      driving  • trucks  • Dodge  • pickup trucks

  • January 2008
  • November 2007

    • Chrysler Plan Cuts Dealers, Overlapping Models

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 17, 07 2:09 PM CST

      Chrysler Plan Cuts Dealers, Overlapping Models

      (Newser) - Clued-in dealers say Chrysler is considering a restructuring plan to simplify its lineup: Chrysler dealers would sell all the company’s passenger cars, Jeep dealers would carry only Jeeps and SUVs, and Dodge dealers would handle commercial trucks and pickups. The reorganization would allow Chrysler to eliminate overlapping models and cut up to 1,000 underperforming dealers, reports the Wall Street Journal .  More »

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      auto industry  • car  • Chrysler  • automaker  • Cerberus Capital Management  • Dodge  • car dealers

    • Chrysler to Lay Off 12,000

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 1, 07 11:59 AM CDT

      Chrysler to Lay Off 12,000

      (Newser) - Chrysler today announced plans to cut up to 12,100 jobs, about 14% of its workforce, on top of the 13,000 layoffs announced in February. With the US auto market tumbling—sales are on pace for their worst year since 1998—Chrysler’s new owners, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, hope to slim the company’s profile, Bloomberg reports. Four vehicles are getting the ax as well. More »

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      Chrysler  • United Auto Workers  • labor  • Dodge

  • July 2007

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