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• Penske appoints Jill Lajdziak to run Smart USA, hopes to stem sales collapse

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 657
  Filed under: SMART Just a few weeks ago , former Saturn general manager Jill Lajdziak was hired by Penske Automotive to head sales and marketing for its Smart USA operations. Now Lajdziak will take over the entire operation as the new president of Smart USA , replacing Dave Schembri , who held the post since ...
  11 hours ago

• Episode 299 – New Smart USA President, CTS-V Coupe Revealed, Pirates Hijack Hyundai Ship

  
  John's Journal — Authority: 126
  Runtime 8:00 Jill Lajdziak, who used to run Saturn, will become president of smart USA. Cadillac is showing the “V” version of the CTS Coupe before its debut at next week’s NAIAS. Somali pirates hijack a ship-full of Hyundais. All that and more, plus a look at the new BMW 5 Series GT. Transcript and Story ...
  13 hours ago

• Penske appoints Jill Lajdziak to run Smart USA hoping to stem sales collapse

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 754
  Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Smart Just a few weeks ago , former Saturn general manager Jill Lajdziak was hired by Penske Automotive to head sales and marketing for its Smart USA operations. Now, Smart has announced that Lajdziak will take over the entire operation as the new president of Smart ...
  14 hours ago

• Harris: Indy 500 Adapts To Times

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 443
  Tradition can be a wonderful thing. But not always.It has taken officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a long time to figure out that less can be more.True, for many of the 93 years that the Indianapolis 500 has been run, the month-long schedule every year in May was the right way to go – a celebration [...]
  2 days ago

• Confessions of an Internet Pastor – Six Month Review

  
  ChurchCrunch — Authority: 534
  Six months ago my wife , myself and our two kids (6 & 4 at the time) and our weimaraner packed everything we owned into a Penske moving truck and left Murrieta, CA for Austin, TX. We moved here because I took a job as Internet Campus Pastor at Gateway Church and it has been a fun ride so far, and this is just ...
  4 days ago

• RCR pit crew member Richardson dies at 37

  
  Flagworld.com >> News — Authority: 156
  the rear-tire changer for the No. 29 Chevrolet Donald “D.J.” Richardson, passed away shortly after 10 p.m. ET Friday. Richardson, a native of Leominster, Mass., was hospitalized with severe complications due to the H1N1 virus. He had contracted the virus during a visit to Massachusetts during the Thanksgiving ...
  1 week ago

• RCR crew member Richardson dead at 37

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 133
  Richard Childress Racing crew member Donald “D.J.” Richardson died Friday shortly after 10 pm at the age of 37. Richardson, who is the rear-tire changer for Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, had been battling H1N1, a flu virus that has caused a pandemic and his ultimate death.“All of ...
  1 week ago

• RCR crew member Richardson dead at age 37

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 133
  Richard Childress Racing crew member Donald “D.J.” Richardson died Friday shortly after 10 pm at the age of 37. Richardson, who is the rear-tire changer for Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, had been battling H1N1, a flu virus that has caused a pandemic and his ultimate death.On Dec. 7, ...
  1 week ago

• GM Says No Deal to Spykers Last-Ditch Bid for Saab

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 763
  The twisting saga of Saab Automobiles took another dramatic turn after a report surfaced that General Motors wont consider an 11th-hour bid for the Swedish automaker. Unswayed by the latest offer from Dutch sportscar maker Spyker Cars, Detroit-based GM is preparing to mothball Saab for good, The Economic Times ...
  1 week ago

• TOP TEN AUTO INDUSTRY STORIES, 2009

  
  Steve Parker, Motoring Journalist — Authority: 109
  1- GM - The bankruptcy (which is ended) and the ongoing revolving door for top executives at GM havent give the public a lot of confidence in the company. Itll take two to three years of stability for GM to...
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• Christmas Gifts To NASCAR

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 128
  The spirit of the season is all about giving. I believe in life’s long term the more you give the more you get. Well we expect quite a bit from NASCAR during the year so in the spirit of the season I wish to give a little this time around. Here is my gift list for the stock car world. Jeff Gordon: That fraction he ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Mediaite 50: Innovators And Influencers Who Shook Up 2009

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 768
  The year 2009 had many media bright spots, break-out stars, dominating networks and game-changing technologies.  The Mediaite 50 collects the finest, most exemplary innovators and influencers of the year, defining a media moment in time and setting the agenda as we move forward. There were many significant and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Saab Story May Not Be Over as Spyker Renews Bid

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 763
  It appears the final chapter for Saab Automobiles remains to be written. General Motors ( GRM ) has reportedly received several inquiries from potential buyers after announcing Friday it would shutter the Swedish car maker . One such offer comes from Spyker Cars, the Dutch sports car manufacturer whose previous bid ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2009 Predictions Revisited

  
  The NASCAR Insiders — Authority: 429
  Following the 2008 season, Journo and myself wrote a series of posts that covered all the major teams in the Cup Series .  We looked at where they had been in 2008 and where they were going in 2009.  The posts contained some predictions for the 2009 season, with some being more specific then others.  I thought, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Morning Lineup – December 19

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 148
  Saab made its mark from being designed for areas that have miserable weather conditions.
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• Cup Championship Proves Elusive For “The Captain”

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 128
  Roger Penske- a.k.a. “The Captain”- has won 22 National Championships , including 12 in Indy Car and15 Indy 500’s. This despite boycotting Indy during the early years of the CART- IRL split. Penske is by far and away the most successful owner in the long, history of the Brickyard. Besides Indy Cars, ...
  2 weeks ago

• NASCAR: Penkse tabs Addington as crew chief for Busch, 2 car

  
  Flagworld.com >> News — Authority: 156
  Penske Racing announced that Steve Addington will head up the No. 2 Dodge team beginning in 2010 The 45-year-old Addington, who was crew chief for 12 Cup Series victories during the past two seasons, will team up with driver Kurt Busch, who is coming off a fourth-place finish in the 2009 series championship ...
  3 weeks ago

• NASCAR’s New Odd Couples

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 128
  They used to say “politics makes strange bedfellows.” It’s still true today. I mean, think about it- Obama and Biden? NASCAR isn’t much different. Sometimes, to get what you want, you have to help someone else get what they want. One that just flat amuses me is the technical alliance of Rusty Wallace ...
  3 weeks ago

• Beijing Automotive Buys Some Saab Assets

  
  Auto Observer — Authority: 558
  General Motors confirmed Monday morning it had reached an agreement with Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. to sell some Saab assets to the Chinese automaker. Meantime, talks with potential bidders to buy the rest of the Swedish automaker continue. The deal with BAIC could improve GMs  prospects ...
  3 weeks ago

• Beijing Automotive Buys Some Saab Assets

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 155
  General Motors confirmed Monday morning it had reached an agreement with Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. to sell some Saab assets to the Chinese automaker. Meantime, talks with potential bidders to buy the rest of the Swedish automaker continue. The deal with BAIC could improve GMs
  3 weeks ago

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