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We explained earlier Chrysler's Auburn Hills, MI Headquarters was designed to easily convert into a mall if it needed the dues. However, there's one thing we neglected to mention separating Chrysler's HQ from most malls. More »
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Viewed from above, Chrysler’s corporate headquarters in Auburn Hills appears to be a shopping mall. This is not an accident. More »
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Upside to auto job losses? Auto-buff Jay Leno announced on his late-night show Monday he'll give a free show in Auburn Hills, Michigan, singling out the state's 11.6% unemployment rate as the reason. [Detroit News] More »
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Chrysler LLC revealed a $515 million first-quarter 2008 loss, despite the fact that the privately held firm isn't required to discuss earnings. So what gives? Ex-lover Daimler spilled the beans Thursday, stating that its 20% stake in Chrysler lost about $105 million in value. The Detroit News did some quick math, multiplying Daimler's loss by five, and a Chrysler spokesperson eventually confirmed that the number was in the half-a-billon dollar neighborhood. More »
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After the announcement earlier this month that Saleen is teaming with Gibbs for development and manufacturing work on their amphibious Gibbs Aquada, news comes down Gibbs is setting up their corporate offices in the Detroit Suburb of Auburn Hills. After a ten year development cycle, a million man hours of work, and $100 million invested in the project, the final steps are being taken to put the automotive platypus into production. More »
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It looks like things have gone from bad to worse for the Metro Detroit economy — Volkswagen's moving their US headquarters out from Auburn Hills, MI and in to the wilds of Herndon, VA. We hear not even Governor Granholm (full disclosure: she used to be my boss) was able to dissuade them from moving all of their jobs out of the current HQ (although we're now hearing she may have helped to save about one-third of them). What's with the Germans these days — first you've got Daimler severing it's 'merican half, then Porsche thumbed it's nose at the Detroit Auto Show and now VW moving it's HQ out to Virginia. Why all the hate, Germany? [via WSJ] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=296912&view=rss&microfeed=true Well of course Chrysler employees get to take their cars to a good auto shop. [Freep] More »
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