Ram | February 12 2015

Ram Brings on the Bling

Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but the ‘carat’ that puts the sparkle in the eyes of car lovers … is chrome. It has traditionally been the ‘go anywhere’ automotive accessory, at home on the drag strip as well as a five-star restaurant. While the love affair with chrome may have languished for a
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Community | February 11 2015

Igniting automotive passion

What’s one of the best ways to convince Millennials that they need cars? Hire them. That’s part of the strategy behind Ignite Automotive 3. Modeled after Ignite Seattle, Ignite Automotive shares the same format. Speakers from the auto industry have exactly five minutes to enlighten the audience, backed by 20 slides that auto-advance every 15
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Jeep | February 07 2015

The Jeep Girls’ birthday adventures on Catalina Island

Did you know it’s free to ride the Catalina Express to Catalina Island on your birthday? This is the fourth consecutive year that The Catalina Express is offering this fun birthday treat! This year, in celebration of our birthdays, my birthday buddy Fred Williams and I headed to Catalina Island, which transforms into “Birthday Island”
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Corporate Business | February 05 2015

The Truth Behind the Chrysler Bailout

Time has come to once and for all put to bed the urban legend that “Fiat SpA’s Sergio Marchionne gained control of Chrysler without spending a single dollar.” Let’s set the record straight and not purposely forget such essential facts as: a) in June 2009, Chrysler’s value was zero, to say the least; b) at
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Fiat | January 30 2015

Cover car

How many people can you stuff in a Fiat 500? The cover story of the Feb. 9 issue of Time would conclude there’s no limit since it’s all about our “sharing” society and how sharing has become big business with such examples as Uber and Airbnb using our cars and homes respectively. The Fiat 500 is
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