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In-crowd kids already knew "Carpocalypse" was the hip term for the current state of the domestic automotive industry. Now, even the NYT's using it. But they're not the only ones. Feeling self-referential? You betcha. More »
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Looks like there'll be a new sheriff in town for the New York Times. The Old Grey Lady's gone and stolen Bill Vlasic, veteran of many a Detroit automotive battle, from the Detroit News to act as their new whipping boy Detroit bureau chief. If you'll remember, Vlasic penned the classic story of the famed "merger of equals" between Daimler and Chrysler dubbed "Taken for a Ride." We're told the NYT even likened it to "Barbarians at the Gate...a spellbinding tale, juicy gossip and all, of how business is really done among the world's largest companies." Yes, it was exactly like "Barbarians at the Gate" except for the part about it making a big pot of money through selling lots of copies. We kid the new Times main-man and look forward to finally seeing continuing to see Bill at auto press events in the near future. Full press release from Larry Ingrassia below the jump. More »
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The most recent AT&T-Apple ad for the iPhone shows just how much iPhone users are ready and waiting to care about the sale of the former 'merican side of the German-American hybrid — if only given the opportunity. The new über-phone is shown running through such fundamentals as "how to turn it on", how to listen to music, how to check e-mail, etc. But when it gets to "this is how you surf the web," we're treated to a web shot of the New York Times from a few weeks back featuring an article by Micki Maynard and Mark Landler — "Chrysler on Verge of Sale to a Private Firm." But then — just as these two automotive industry writers are about to become famous as the hands of Jobs (or whomever) ready themselves to tap on the article — just as the whole of the technology-obsessed world readies itself to find out all about the ins and outs of the imminent sale of the Chrysler Group to Cerebus — friggin' John Appleseed calls. God, I hate that man and his apple tree-spreading ways. – Ray Wert More »
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Now don't get us wrong — we love it when we get the opportunity to tweak the Old Grey Lady once in a while, especially when they forget things like checking the weather report (as opposed to the weather forecast) or revamp their efforts in the brave new world that is the blogosphere. But it's hard for us to make fun of Micki Maynard for her attempt at a review of the new Toyota Tundra falling, quite literally, flat. I mean, it's not like the Times has much in the way of experience in heavy (or even light duty) trucks — what with New Yorkers predisposition towards hatred of anything that's meant to carry. Well, maybe not everything — I mean, they do love those little cozy coffee carriers from Starbucks. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258987&view=rss&microfeed=true Despite the completion of today's FoMoCo board meeting, there's no official word yet from the Dearborn-based- and-still-Number-2 automaker on version 2.0 of the company's Maotastic Way Forward plan. The automaker's instead got a press conference planned for early tomorrow morning (issuing a release at the ungodly hour of 7:00 Am — have they no decency?!). But for those of you who simply must have that information now — like if for instance you're an employee of FoMoCo or you know, have your life savings all in that shit, the cat and kitten over at the New York Times, the tag team of Micki Maynard and boy wonder, Nick Bunkley, have read the tea leaves and pulled from the ethereal plane a UAW fax to leadership providing clear indication on the moves the automaker's making — and it's way, way, way big n' bold. Like, 75,000 job cuts bold! And that's a hella lot more than the 30,000 previously discussed in the media — talk about beating expectations. And whenever you've gone and beaten back the pundits expectations, the first question, after "who the hell cares?" is always "how's the market reacting to the story?" Pretty well, considering FoMoCo's shares were down 3% earlier in the day on indications of big quarterly and annual losses. Now, the Big Board's "F" is merely down a half a point — More »
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Alright boys n' girls — time to drop your cocks and pick up your socks for the first round of the "Official Car Pundit Drinking Game" For those of you who don't remember the debauchery, a friendly commenter used Wert's recent appearance on CNBC's "On The Money" and created a simple but epic game of drinks. Well, we're expanding on it. For this, the inaugural round of the Game, we're opening the game up to not only Jalop's on the air, but to all auto pundits. And we've received word Micheline "Micki" Maynard, Detroit Bureau Chief of none other than the paper of record, The New York Times, wil be appearing on the very same show this all started on tonight. The topic is the HondaJet. With that, and the starter rules below the jump, let's see what y'all can do with this one. You've got until 6:59 PM tonight to hit the jump and leave some additional drinking rules in the comments or via tips@jalopnik.com for tonight's 7:00 PM show on CNBC. The best additions to the original list by TexansAreHot will get a prize. Be creative and be funny but remember to also play nice. More »
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