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...years ago. Over the same period, registration of new convertibles is up 63%, according to R.L. Polk & Co. The new fleet ranges from family-oriented cruisers like the Toyota Camry Solara to such trophy hot rods as the Lexus SC 430. At next week's New York International Auto Show, carmakers from Audi to Mercedes will show off new models. Even Chevy's pickup division is joining the fray, with a "sport roadster" set to roll into showrooms...
Trained as an aeronautical engineer, Schuh is designing a partnership between consulting firm A.T. KEARNEY and NASA, marketing the space agency's Mission Control techniques as a management tool for the car industry. At 36, the Viennese head of Kearney's global auto division has persuaded two European companies to coordinate planning, from suppliers to showroom, under one roof...
...easy being Daddy's little girl. Analysts balked a year ago when Stronach, 35, took the helm of her father's company, MAGNA. But since then, Canada's biggest auto-parts maker has posted record sales of $11 billion, up 5%--during the recession. Stronach is steering Magna further into auto assembly, last month buying a Chrysler plant in Austria next to where it already builds Saabs and Mercedes...
...home to auto giant fiat, this is Italy's unrivaled Motor City. But Turin is no Detroit - or Stuttgart, for that matter. Like most other Italian destinations, this northwestern industrial city surprises with how much built-in beauty - and cultural and culinary wealth - there is to sample...
...With the auto plants and assembly lines confined to the outskirts, Turin's center can be pleasantly surveyed with a quick connect-the-squares walk (Piazza Castello to Piazza Vittorio Veneto on the banks of the Po River is a good starting route) that provides some satisfying food for the eyes. The architecture is largely 17th and 18th century Baroque that recalls Paris more than Palermo - many of the most splendid palazzi are the original property of the House of Savoy...