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Curbside Classics Archives
Automotive Histories Archive
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![Chrysler’s near-death experience in 1980 had a salutary effect on the company’s culture. Headcount was slashed by over 50 percent. By necessity, the old ways of doing business were consigned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Ioaccoca-K-Car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 6 – 9")
Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 6 – 9
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 16 CommentsChrysler’s near-death experience in 1980 had a salutary effect on the company’s culture. Headcount was slashed by over 50 percent. By necessity, the old ways of doing business were consigned […] -
![Corporations do exhibit human personality traits. Of the Big Three, Chrysler has always been the most unstable; one could say it has repeatedly shown symptoms of bi-polar syndrome. Chrysler’s biography […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dodge-charger-general-lee-doh-jump-police-cars-1600x12001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 1 – 5")
Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 1 – 5
Posted on April 3, 2011 | 25 CommentsCorporations do exhibit human personality traits. Of the Big Three, Chrysler has always been the most unstable; one could say it has repeatedly shown symptoms of bi-polar syndrome. Chrysler’s biography […] -
![The media is full of tributes to David E. Davis today. Most automobile writers (and readers) of a certain age will credit their early influence to his tenures at C&D, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DED-Corvette-Tough.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial")
Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 9 CommentsThe media is full of tributes to David E. Davis today. Most automobile writers (and readers) of a certain age will credit their early influence to his tenures at C&D, […] -
![Freelance automotive designers are no different than anyone else in the creative field: they like to get more bucks for their bang. Pininfarina’s Florida Coupe created a raft of design […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/alfasud-sprint.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alfasud Sprint: The Scirocco’s Suicidal Kissing Cousin")
Alfasud Sprint: The Scirocco’s Suicidal Kissing Cousin
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 26 CommentsFreelance automotive designers are no different than anyone else in the creative field: they like to get more bucks for their bang. Pininfarina’s Florida Coupe created a raft of design […]
