November 10th, 2008 by DaveAdmin
Rumors were flying. “There will be something BIG on November 4.” Then, “There will be something BIG on November 5.” Finally, “There will be something BIG on November 6.”
Honestly, when nothing materialized on November 4 other than a historic election that hopefully lined up a nail in the coffin of a voluntarily, fully, irrationally separated [...]
November 8th, 2008 by DaveAdmin
This is just a quick summary for those who do not want to read the full Allpar survey results.
First, let’s look at the corporate history for ten years past and ten months forward. Fully 81% of respondents feel that the Daimler takeover did immense damage to Chrysler; 90% feel a GM takeover would do the [...]
November 5th, 2008 by DaveAdmin
Numerous sources, including Allpar, predicted a GM-Chrysler merger or takeover announcement on November 4 or November 5. Some major media sources believe this announcement will come with GM’s release of its earnings today. It is possible that an announcement was planned based on actions which have been halted or postponed, but it is also possible [...]
November 3rd, 2008 by DaveAdmin
Recently, we conducted a survey partly to see what you, the readers, wanted. Some of the things you wanted are mentioned in our survey results; but some other items of interest have just been accomplished, or are on their way.
Before we start, though, let me say this loud and clear - Chrysler can stay or [...]
October 31st, 2008 by DaveAdmin
We have now gotten three reports of a “big announcement” on November 4 or November 5, involving GM and Chrysler. Speculation includes:
the usual “GM giving Cerberus GMAC in return for Chrysler” rumor
GM being purchased (in whole or in part) by Cerberus
the formation of a new jointly owned company (”letting the old ones die”)
both GM and [...]
January 1st, 2008 by Dave
We’ve come a long way in ten years - longer in fourteen, which is the length of time some of Allpar’s content has been posted on the Web:
1994, started at cyberwar.com/valiant/
1995, moved to mordor.com/~valiant/
1996(?), moved to z.simplenet.com/cc/
1998, moved to allpar.com and valiant.org; hosting moved to Esosoft
1999, moved to Esosoft VPS, which turned out to be [...]