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Whither the 200C and Dodge Circuit?

David Zatz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:05:45 +0000

One of the more interesting aspects of the Five Year Plan presentation was the Q&A period at the end, in which people asked Sergio Marchionne questions to which the answer was obvious, like (paraphrasing) “Are you kidding?” and “Really, are you kidding?” But, reflecting the general tendency of mass media reporters and analysts to not remember [...]

Don’t believe a word of it!

David Zatz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:38 +0000

The Wall Street Journal scooped everyone on the Five Year Plan, or so it seemed. The next day, an automotive news outlet of great repute came out with an equally incorrect but consistent story based on “informed sources.” Finally, someone who certainly knows Auto Task Force insiders came out with another consistent story which would [...]

The cynics were wrong, and so were we… sort of.

David Zatz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:54:43 +0000

Going on information from other media sources, we had a moderately dark view of Chrysler’s future in our last weblog entry. Chrysler’s engineering staff will be increasing in size in the short term, not as much as needed for a full line, but still better than the usual cutbacks. While there are questions unanswered about the [...]