After eight hours of details on how Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne and his team will save and grow the fresh-from-bankruptcy automaker, it?s tough to assess where the Pentastar is headed. Once a few miles away from the Auburn Hills, Michigan, headquarters, this much was clear: after nine years of Daimler and two years of Cerberus ownership, what else does Chrysler have to lose?inline_mediumwraptextright26979562/auto_news/112_0911_chrysler_five_year_plansergio-marchionne.jpgFalse
At just about the last minute of the eleventh hour, GM has decided not to sell its European Division, Opel. Well, it had always seemed absurd to sell. Many conspiracy theorists have speculated that this week's outcome was planned all along: GM was just playing brinkmanship to get loans in place from European Governments and concessions from the unions.inline_mediumwraptextright30275751/features/auto_news/2009/112_0911_gm_keeps_opel2010-opel-astra-front-three-quarter-2.jpgTrue