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Eastwood Super Bowl ad for Chrysler turning into a political football
?Times when we didn?t understand each other ? discord and blame ?? Clint Eastwood was reading from a script during this ad for Chrysler on Super Bowl Sunday, but the words also can describe the fallout over the ad.
Just three years after the automaker drove into government-run bankruptcy, GM is setting its sights on making over $10 billion a year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Chrysler profit triggers profit-sharing checks
Chrysler workers have many reasons to be pleased about the maker?s improving fortunes. They?re not only seeing jobs added, but also receiving their first profit checks since 2005.
Love those cars ads? Buyer beware
Automakers are betting tens of millions of dollars they can score big with their Super Bowl commercials. But you need to separate the hype from reality because ?car ads can lie.?
Honda loses small-claims suit over hybrid MPG
The Southern California owner of a Honda hybrid car has won her unusual small-claims court lawsuit against the auto giant over the vehicle's failure to deliver the promised mileage.
The mood is clearly expected to be sunny when thousands of auto dealers fly into Sin City for their annual convention. But dark clouds hover at the horizon.
Automakers start year with strong sales
Car sales zoomed ahead in January, with many automakers reporting solid sales at the start of a year expected to show a steady gain in vehicle purchases.
The best-selling cars through history have appealed to a broad buyer base because they are within the reach of the masses -- and that includes the Toyota Corolla and the Ford Model T.
