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...Several domestic manufacturers are developing small trucks and minivans to suit the government program, while expanding sales and service networks into the countryside. This year Chang'an, manufacturer of China's leading minivan, plans to add 1,000 sales and service outlets to its existing 1,260. But its unclear if poor rural consumers can be convinced to spend. "Where's the money?" says Dunne. "The Chinese market has proven pretty stubbornly resistant" to efforts to get rural Chinese to open their wallets...
...After my brother started working for a Ford dealership, my wife and I took advantage of the family plan and purchased a brand new 2004 Freestar minivan. Over the 21/2 years we owned the vehicle, we had to take it in to the dealer at least eight times for warranty work. The only thing worse than the quality of the vehicle was the quality of service I received. Not surprisingly, the dealership is now out of business. I wouldn't buy another Ford vehicle if the fate of mankind hung in the balance. Steve Devereaux, Staten Island...
After my brother started working for a Ford dealership, my wife and I took advantage of the family plan and purchased a brand new 2004 Freestar minivan. Over the 2 1/2 years we owned the vehicle, we had to take it in to the dealer at least eight times for warranty work. The only thing worse than the quality of the vehicle was the quality of service I received. Not surprisingly, the dealership is now out of business. I wouldn't buy another Ford vehicle if the fate of mankind hung in the balance. Steve Devereaux, STATEN ISLAND...
...there were the occasional hits that demonstrated Detroit's deep pedigree in engineering and design. Chrysler, desperately surviving on a government-guaranteed loan, created the minivan in 1984. That same year, it launched the first modern sport-utility vehicle, the Jeep Cherokee. Throughout it all, Detroit kept its dominance of the hugely important pickup-truck market - and does so to this...
...Citations, Lears - are described as luxurious by reporters who probably have never been on board. Good guess, though. Being a business journalist, I've been on a number of corporate chariots, ranging from Nike's (think new, cushy Air Jordans with wings) to Wal-Mart's (think used Chrysler minivan with wings.) Typically, you are offered a ride-along with the CEO to watch the big boss in Action Mode. I'm not really sure if this is designed to impress or if it's simply an effective use of the CEO's time. After...