Chrylers Electric Vehicles Debut

Chrysler three advanced production-intent electric prototype vehicles made their worldwide debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. The vehicles -- the Dodge EV, Jeep(R) EV and Chrysler EV -- were on display during press days (Nov. 19-20), and throughout the show's public days (Nov. 21-30). Chrysler recently announced that at least one of these models will be produced in 2010 for consumers in North American markets, and European markets after 2010. Additionally, the Company will have close to one hundred electric vehicles on the road in government, business and development fleets in 2009. Chrysler is well into the development of advanced production-intent electric vehicles, and will apply its electric-drive technology to its front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and body-on-frame four-wheel-drive platforms in the next several years. Their goal is to deliver environmentally friendly, fuel efficient, advanced electric vehicles, and to meet that responsibility quickly and more broadly than any other automobile manufacturer. The introduction of the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge electric vehicles provides a glimpse of the very near future, and demonstrates that they are serious and well along in the development of bringing electric vehicles to market."

Chrysler Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Minivan

Chrysler invented the minivan segment in 1983. Since then, Chrysler has sold more than 12 million minivans worldwide. Chrysler and Dodge minivans still command more than 40 percent of the U.S. minivan market. The Company leads in innovation with more than 65 minivan-first features Chrysler minivans are the most awarded with more than 260 accolades.

Saab wins Award 5 years in a row

The entire 2009 Saab 9-3 family, including the 4-door Sport Sedan, 5-door SportCombi and 2-door Convertible has again earned the Top Safety Pick Award in the midsize category from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This is the fifth consecutive year that the 9-3 Sport Sedan has brought home IIHS top honors, a unique achievement in the luxury segment. For 2007 the 9-3 earned the Top Safety Pick Award, in 2006 the 9-3 earned the Top Safety Pick – Gold Award and received a Double Best Pick crash-test rating for 2005. The institute began testing convertibles in 2007. In the inaugural year, the 9-3 Convertible earned a top spot. This is the third year that the Saab 9-3 Convertible earns the Top Safety Pick Award - one of three convertibles and the only soft-top convertible to earn a top spot for 2009. “The Saab 9-3 earned the Institute’s highest rating in front and side crash tests, and the Saab Active Head Restraints provide state-of-the-art protection against neck injuries in rear-end crashes,” said IIHS President Adrian Lund. "The addition of electronic stability control as standard equipment confirms Saab’s commitment to vehicle safety.”

GM And Tiger Woods End Endorsement Deal

General Motors and Tiger Woods announced today that they will conclude their endorsement deal effective December 31, 2008, a mutual separation that included a desire for more personal time for the 14-time major winner who is expecting his second child in late winter as well as the search for budget efficiencies during a difficult economy for General Motors. For the past nine years, Woods has endorsed GM products around the world and has been heavily associated with the Buick brand in the US, Canada and China markets. Mark LaNeve, General Motors North American Vice President of Sales, Service and Marketing said, “Tiger has been a great friend to GM and a fantastic asset through the years helping to bring consumer awareness to many new GM products. In light of the news coming out of Washington,” LaNeve added, “This decision is the result of discussions that started earlier in the year and the timing of this agreement with these other activities is purely coincidental.” In a statement, Woods commented, “I am very proud of the long standing partnership I’ve had with GM and have enjoyed being a part of the company’s dramatic product evolution. We’ve had a lot of fun together and I participated in some unique and rewarding activities. We’ve enjoyed a tremendous partnership over the years and we will maintain strong ties with the many people at GM we call friends.”

Ford Motor Company's Operation Goodwill

The Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Service's mission is to support initiatives and institutions that enhance and improve opportunities for those who live in the communities where Ford Motor Company operates, showcases the legacy of caring Henry Ford started 105 years ago. Continuing on this important mission, Ford Motor Company Fund has launched Operation Goodwill, an innovative initiative designed to increase Ford's philanthropic and community-related commitment in select cities across America. Through this program, Ford Fund is partnering with its dealers in providing funding to support a combination of grants, safety and educational programs and volunteer activities that enhance the quality of life in the following cities: Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, San Antonio and San Diego. Additional communities are being considered.

GM Sells 13-Millionth Used Vehicle at Auction

General Motors reached an industry landmark on November 13th with the sale of the 13-millionth GM remarketed vehicle at auction. The vehicle, a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban 2WD half-ton LS model, was sold at a special sales event at the Manheim St. Louis Auto Auction to George Weber Chevrolet of Columbia, Ill. GM Sponsored Auctions closed sale included 700 GM used vehicles. The Manheim St. Louis team and all of the 40 GM Sponsored Auctions across the United States understand that effective vehicle remarketing is about providing outstanding service and value to our dealers, from reconditioning and repairs to presenting the vehicles in the sale lanes." Since its first GM auction in October 1986, the Manheim St. Louis auction has sold more than 350,000 GM used vehicles. More than 250 GM dealers participated in today's sale. Manheim St. Louis holds a closed GM Sponsored Auctions sale every other Thursday, offering an average of 600 vehicles per sale and welcoming 250 GM dealers, who buy both in the lane and online, using Manheim Simulcast. Participating dealers hail from across the United States.

Univ of H students win brand new Chevy Aveo5s

After five days of competition, University of Houston students Wisam Nahhas and Sammy Khayat emerged as winners of their own 2009 Chevy Aveo5s as part of Chevy’s Aveo5 Livin’ Large College Cab promotion. This fall Chevy dispatched 2009 Aveo5s to six college campuses giving free rides to students there. These rides were filmed, and the videos posted the next day to www.aveolivinlarge.com for the world to watch. Two rounds of competition followed.
The first round charged students in each video with securing the most views on their video out of any other from their university. The second round pitted each school’s finalists against one another in a five-day competition for online video votes. When those five days drew to a close, U of H’s Nahhas and Khayat emerged victorious securing more than 214,000 video votes.
The Chevy Aveo5 Livin’ Large College Cab promotion leveraged social media tools to extend the program’s reach beyond the six campuses the Chevy Aveo5 College Cabs visited. Students tuned in from more than 300 universities across the United States and shared their favorite videos by adding them to their Facebook and MySpace profiles, embedding their friends’ videos on their personal blogs and Web sites, and by e-mailing the link to hundreds of others.
“This latest installment of Chevy’s Aveo Livin’ Large college outreach campaign played off things most students can truly appreciate—a free ride and a few minutes of fame!”. “In this world where social networking sites and online video are pervasive, the Chevy Aveo5 Livin’ Large College Cab program leveraged the online tools young people are already using in a fun and interesting way. And it also gave them a shot at the ultimate payoff—their very own Chevy Aveo5, a perfect car for college students due to its size, affordability, fuel economy, and technological features like OnStar and XM satellite radio.”

GM's first African American Female Dir of Design

Crystal L. Windham (35) has been appointed Director of General Motors North American Passenger Car Design as of November 1, 2008. In her new position, Windham will head the interior design for the following architectures in GM North America: Global Midsize Car, Global Compact Car, and Global Small Car. Crystal, a lead designer on the 2008 award winning Chevy Malibu "Car of the Year", began her career at GM North America Design in 1994 and has held assignments across brand studios, including an International Assignment at Adam-Opel from 1997-1998. In 2002, Crystal was appointed to Design Manager, Interiors and worked on several award winning vehicles, including the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu and 2007 Saturn Aura.
Following that assignment, Crystal moved to the position of Design Manager, Advanced Exteriors for full-size trucks and in May 2007, Crystal was appointed as Design Manager, Exteriors. Her career has come full circle as she has returned to the interior studios.
Crystal has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from the Center for Creative Studies and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Detroit - Mercy.

Wendy's menu

I went to Wendy's today to get a quick bite to eat to hold me over until i got home to but something cheaper in the Bronx. I noticed that Wendy's has been offering more as well as adding things similar to what McDonald's offer. I noticed that Wendy's has a value menu now, something i don't think they have had very long. McDonalds call's theirs a dollar menu but Wendy's items were a little bit over a dollar. I bought a chicken wrap for about $1.69 similar to McDonalds snack wrap. Also I noticed that Wendy's now offers a variety of shakes in flavors vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. McDonalds have alway's offered these different shakes. Wendy's used to only have Chocolate Frosty's. These items mentioned are just a couple of examples on how i believe Wendy's is trying to keep up with McDonalds which I believe is still #1!

Budweiser creepy whassup commercial

I saw a cool Budweiser commercial that featured a dog that was on the front porch of the house that it lived when a spaceship landed in the front yard. The space ship opened and the dog got on and then the space ship took off and landed in space on another planet. When the ship got to the other planet the dog got off the ship and had to stand before the leader of the alien beings. The dogs head then came off, revealing that there was an alien living inside the skin of the dog. The the alien that was pretending to be a dog then said a long whassup causing a dominoe effect and all the other aliens continually saying the same thing.

Mattel vs Bratz dolls

Mattel won 100 million earlier this year in a copyright infringement lawsuit, but are now asking a judge to ban competetor MGA Entertainment from making Bratz dolls. MGA, which seven years ago debuted the saucy Bratz doll, has maintained from the May 27 start of the trial that Mattel was trying to unfairly stomp out competition to its faltering Barbie empire. Mattel is even going so far as to wanting all Bratz products impounded and destroyed. For over 40 years Barbie was the only doll in town, then Bratz came in and knocked her off her pedestal. Mattel sued the Bratz claiming that the dolls were secretly created by one of its own Barbie designers Carter Bryant while still working at Mattel. Some analysts believe that the Bratz dolls have brought in about 2 billion annually.

Dunkin beat Starbucks

Dunkin Donuts has totally transformed their image in the last few years. Their slogan use to be "Time To Make The Donuts" with a focus more on dunuts but now their slogan is "America Runs On Dunkin" focusing mor on the coffee. In 1950 Bill Rosenberg, opened the first Dunkin' Donuts shop in Quincy, Massachusetts. Dunkin' Donuts licensed the first of many franchises in 1955.
Dunkin' Donuts is now the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, serving more than 3 million customers per day. Dunkin' Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as an array of bagels, breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods.
At the end of 2007, there were 7,988 Dunkin' Donuts stores worldwide, including 5,769 franchised restaurants in the U.S. and 2,219 internationally. Recently in a national blind taste test, more Americans preferred the taste of Dunkin Donuts coffee over Starbucks. It goes to show you that America does indeed run on Dunkin