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...widespread before the signing of the BCRA. Companies gave most to the very politicians who sat on the committees charged with regulating them. And they spent heavily on the campaigns of their strongest political advocates. Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., a recipient of over $74,000 of auto industry donations from 1995 to 2000, led the fight against new rollover potential ratings for SUVs: a cause he dropped only after the Firestone-Ford debacle brought rollover tragedies to the forefront. When the House was still considering whether to fund the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the tobacco...
...will hit showrooms, the result of an estimated $12 billion to $15 billion development effort to reclaim American buyers. Eye candy like the redesigned Ford Mustang and a trimmer, more powerful Chevrolet Corvette are sure to draw some of the biggest crowds at this week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Everything from the dated Ford Taurus to Chevy's entry-level Cavalier has been either retooled or replaced altogether. Even boring old wagons are enjoying a renaissance, with better styling and handling, and creature comforts like reclining rear seats. "For the first time in three or four...
Even in the auto industry, with its notoriously high labor costs, a U.S. manufacturer can stay competitive with this combination of flexible operations based close to its customers. "It isn't just about low-cost labor," says Denise Zutz, spokeswoman for Johnson Controls, based in Milwaukee, Wis., and the world's biggest maker of auto parts, with 2003 sales of $23 billion. "It's also about quality of processes and purchasing leverage. You've got to have the attitude that every cost is variable." That attitude has allowed Johnson Controls to weather 15% increases in health-care costs and keep...
...three times the legal limit; the appeals court meanwhile ruled the couple - who contest the charges - should have alerted police after they failed to dissuade him from driving. The charges carry maximum sentences of five years in prison and a €75,000 fine. With nearly 50% of all auto fatalities alcohol related, previously lenient courts now appear ready to punish cavalier French attitudes toward drinking and driving. Ironically, both Angélique and Jean-Sébastien have themselves been victims of drunk drivers - Angélique is wheelchair-bound for life as a result...
Stacey Hoffman, 32, wasn't always a babe. Two years ago, when she drove her pickup truck into an auto-window-tinting shop owned by Kevin May in Lincoln, Neb., May, six years her senior, barely noticed her. Then an aide at a nearby nursing home and mired in a rocky, miserable relationship, Stacey weighed 180 lbs., deeply disliked the sight of her own face and didn't exactly radiate self-confidence. She didn't radiate much of anything, except perhaps a conviction that she looked 50 and would never be as happy or as attractive as Lisa, her bikini...