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Jurgen Schrempp, Chairman of DaimlerChrysler AG, says the company will offer a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a third row of seats. His assurance comes as the company's Chrysler group in North America is reviewing product plans in an effort to cut costs…

DaimlerChrysler has sent a top financial executive back to North America as it tries to cut costs at its struggling Chrysler operations. The company sent Jim Donlon back to Chrysler group headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, as senior vice…

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Title: VP, General Counsel and Secretary Company: Subaru of America Inc. Age: 42 Education: B.A., pre-law, Pennsylvania State University J.D., Dickinson School of Law First automotive job: General Corporate Counsel at Subaru, 1987 Proudest…

A Louisville, Ky., Ford dealer and his son have ended their court battle with a mediated settlement after nine days of testimony in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Louisville. Terms of the agreement reached between Gary Collins and his father,…

Retiree: Smale gutted Chevrolet Your June 5 article on John Smale retiring from the General Motors board of directors was a bit brief and incomplete. He was a GM director for 18 years - 10 of them before he led the 1992 boardroom coup that ousted the…

The Detroit Diesel Corp. that DaimlerChrysler AG is buying is a far different company from the one Roger Penske took over from General Motors in 1988. DaimlerChrysler gets a proven performer that today holds about 25 percent of the heavy-duty diesel…

As automakers continue to pressure suppliers to cut prices, suppliers are exploring ways to cut costs and increase profits. One option: The Six Sigma quality program. Continental Teves Inc. supplies about 350,000 master cylinders annually to…

AutoNation Inc. will rename 28 of its 30 dealerships in South Florida after dealer-president Mike Maroone. The move continues AutoNation's strategy of uniting local bricks-and-mortar stores under one brand while maintaining a national brand for…

Buy-here, pay-here dealers have more money invested in inventory than they can collect in down payments. It can take months of waiting for payments to come in before a dealer sees anything but paper profit. Tom Reed, a Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac…

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Automotive suppliers at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress in Detroit this month showed a vast array of advanced technologies that could transform the driving experience as we know it. In other industries, such innovation would…

DETROIT - Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. has a new four-wheel steering system for big sport-utilities that could make the vehicles significantly more maneuverable. Quadrasteer improves the handling and stability of full-sized vehicles by…