Editorials and Opinions
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Auto information
- Engines
- Biodiesel - information and a users' guide on this practical fuel (2001)
- Horsepower vs Torque (2000)
- Diesel engines - information and perspectives (May 2001)
- Jeep Liberty and XJ Cherokee
- History of Jeep and the Jeep Liberty: by a former Chrysler engineer (March 2004)
- Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Liberty (2000 and 2010)
- Jeep Liberty vs the Jeep Cherokee (2001)
- Platforms: what is a car platform, and what does it imply? (July 2001)
- Chrysler auction scene, 2007
- Ford: 100 years of deception (Feb 2003)
- SUV suspension design from an expert (March 2002)
- Auto development notes (April 2005)
- What is a muscle car? (Oct 2001)
- Auto design: best designs, cost efficiencies, waste (Sept 2001)
- Antitheft devices and car security (July 2001)
- SUV Buyers' Guide; 4x4 vs 4WD vs AWD (1998 - updated July 2001)
- Headlights: E-codes vs DOT (1999)
- A car safety timeline (2001)
- Is it quality or maintenance? (2002)
Mergers and acquisitions
- Is Dodge dying or being reborn? (2013)
- The end of Plymouth (moved to our Plymouth cars page)
- DaimlerChrysler
- Cerberus
- Fiat
- Inside the Chrysler CTC, 2009
Driving
- Speed doesn't kill - stupidity and inattention do (with many responses)
- Roger's rebuttal to the many, many responses people have written
- former patrolman's view on safety, road rage, speeding, and selective enforcement
- Dealing with aggressive drivers: tips from the New Jersey State Police
- Putting miles on the vintage iron: daily driving the classics
More opinions, guest editorials, and information
- See our dealer / mechanic issues page
- Inside the Chrysler Museum
- The myth of the lazy, overpaid UAW employee (2002)
- SUV RIP - A Briton’s view of the Magnum (300C Touring)
- Naming the 300C was a mistake (2003)
- Is it quality - or maintenance? (1997)
- Selling Dodge - a commentary on Dodge marketing (2001)
- Christmas in May: putting a 1949 Plymouth into emergency action (2003)
- Focus groups, or how the Aztek made it to production (2001)
Corporate Chrysler issues
- Ongoing technological innovations (ongoing)
- Learning the wrong lessons - how to sell the Pacifica (August 2003)
- Why does Chrysler keep shooting itself in the foot?
- Five Star dealers
- Cultural change at Chrysler (article from 1995)
Government and regulation
- USA pollution requirements: A better way
- CAFE revisited: How the government rewards waste (Responses)
- Trucks and SUVs - where will it end?
- How mass transit helps drivers
Other
- Driving in England: What are we Americans missing? What can we learn? (responses)
- Consumer Reports' statistical and methods flaws
Totally off topic
- Driving music: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Organizational development
- Using MacSSH for secure SSH2 FTP, POP, and SMTP connections
- Honeywell Ademco alarm systems
- GE front loading clothes washer repair
Tips for Chrysler
Written in 2002.
- How to sell Neons
- How to save lots of money (and customers) with an absurdly inexpensive change
- How to keep your customers - and recover the ones you lost
- Regaining the faith and loyalty of enthusiastic boosters and customers
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