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...frame channel air through to the rear, pushing the car closer to the road, which adds to stability and reduces air resistance. Sommer claims that this design saves weight, improves aerodynamics and still provides resistance in a crash to the same level as other sports cars and subcompacts. The result is the Loremo LS, a car with a two-cylinder, 20-horsepower, turbo-diesel engine that maxes out at 160 km/h and is expected to cost just €11,000. The sportier version, the Loremo GT, has a three-cylinder engine, gets 100 km to 2.7 L of fuel...
...profit-sharing plan for its 69,000 workers at 46 U.S. sites. Another issue that may complicate efforts to forge a contract before the October 15 deadline is the location of new plants. The union wants a promise from Chrysler that it will build the Liberty, a subcompact designed to compete with General Motors' Saturn, in the U.S. rather than in South Korea or some other country that offers low-cost labor. SHIPPING S.O.S. from Japan's Sanko...
...South Korea, where he announced a joint venture with Samsung, a conglomerate that makes everything from ships to electronics. The Samsung-Chrysler operation will produce auto parts and components in Korea for export to the U.S. Both the Japanese and Korean deals underscored Chrysler's policy of not building subcompact cars in the U.S. entirely on its own. The company will now be relegating at least part of the job to foreign companies to keep costs down. ELECTRONICS Sony Complicates the Picture...
Never has an industrial prize been more coveted and courted. Never has a decision by a single company been the subject of more impatience and speculation. In January, General Motors announced that it planned to build a $3.5 billion factory that will produce a new subcompact car called the Saturn. Since then, 36 states and dozens of cities have made bids to be host to a project that will provide 6,000 jobs at the plant and a shot of instant prosperity to the surrounding region. The choice of a site was originally expected to be made in April...
...YOUR SECOND ELECTION AS A FAKE NEWS ANCHOR. DOES THIS ONE FEEL DIFFERENT FROM 2000? The emotions are heightened on both sides, obviously, because of the stakes. So, yeah, it feels more visceral. If the last election was those little subcompact-car horns--you know, meep meep--this year's election, man, they're on the 18-wheeler, and they're pulling down hard...