Word: carly
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...Think Chrysler Lite. "Fiat already has the lowest C02-emitting engines in Europe," says a Chrysler official privy to the product discussions, who asked not to be identified. "Their strength is our opportunity," he gushes. Chrysler is eager to get new vehicles on the road adapting subcompact and compact car architecture, he adds. "We might not sell a minicar in the U.S., but we could sell it somewhere else." But there's a big potential U.S. play too: "We also have to worry about the new [fuel-economy] standards," he says...
...small engines, says Jim Hall of 2953 Analytics in Birmingham, Mich., which keeps tabs on technical developments in the automotive business. The technology package from Fiat might include an experimental two-cylinder engine of less than 1-liter displacement, which has more than enough horsepower to drive a small car, says Hall. The engine is about half the size of the smallest engines now sold...
Third-party hardware support. Apple is extending the iPhone platform to hardware makers so that they can attach all manner of things - from glucose and heart monitors to GPS mounts that plug your phone into your car's stereo...
Whenever Sergio Marchionne talks about his latest calling - fixing auto companies written off as basket cases - he doesn't sound anything like most auto types. For a start, he's a lawyer and an accountant rather than a car engineer, and instead of getting bogged down in long discussions about the merits of one particular type of engine or gearbox, he likes to talk about Apple...
...football victory. The Ahmadinejad supporters, dressed in the red, white and green of the Iranian flag, seemed to be enjoying the freedom as much as the more flamboyant Mousavi supporters, who were draped in green. At one point, an Ahmadinejad supporter stuck his head out the window of his car and sang a lullaby, "Mousavi - lai, lai," in response to the students chanting "Ahmadi - bye, bye." The students laughed. It was as if someone had opened a door and an entire country had spilled out. It was possible to believe, for a moment, that these genial young people, from both...