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...home to auto giant fiat, this is Italy's unrivaled Motor City. But Turin is no Detroit - or Stuttgart, for that matter. Like most other Italian destinations, this northwestern industrial city surprises with how much built-in beauty - and cultural and culinary wealth - there is to sample...
Volkswagen, with 19% of the European car market, has its work cut out for it in trying to increase its market share against low-end competitors like Fiat, Ford and Japanese imports. Now luxury competitors are pushing their marques into the compact-car market too, including the Mercedes' A-Class and BMW's One-series, further encroaching on Volkswagen's territory. It's no wonder the People's Car-maker decided to fight back by launching a challenge in the luxury sector. But as beautiful as it looks, does the Phaeton stand a chance against the established luxury champs...
...Girsky. Today's weak yen worsens that situation by boosting Japan's dollar profits even further. GM's vast overseas operations, with the exception of its joint venture in China, remain a disparate amalgam of brands like Saab and Opel and partnerships with struggling automakers like Isuzu and Fiat...
...Some carmakers fear that Kirch Media, the German company that will control worldwide TV rights for the next 100 years, will use racing to boost its ailing pay-per-view channels. These carmakers, who sponsor racing in return for advertising reach, want to protect against that. So Ford, Fiat, Daimler-Chrysler, BMW and Renault have proposed an as-yet-unnamed rival racing circuit, to debut when team contracts are up for renewal in 2008. Kirch spokesman Hartmut Schulz insists, "Carmakers know they would not have a strong platform with a second series." But an industry insider says the automakers...
...enough, but I also feel a loss contemplating the possibility that I won’t be able to observe, learn about, or even share in the practices of others. If I didn’t want to be exposed to new or different things, perhaps even by fiat or necessity, then I would not have come here. And for members of the community or the University to deny me such an environment is an abrogation of my rights and their responsibilities...