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Toyota to introduce new sports car to U.S. market

Posted Aug 6th 2009 1:00PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Competitive Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)

Although Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has bypassed the now-out-of-bankruptcy General Motors as the largest automaker in the world, many of its cars in the U.S. market are, well, boring. It's true that fuel efficiency is now top-of-mind on the U.S. auto buyer's agenda, but the love for fast sports cars has never gone away. It's just been suppressed.

The new Camaro from GM is proof -- it's affordable, sexy, and a true sports car in its modern glory. It is amazing what having a desirable car can do for an automaker's image, even though one car does not make a company (far from it).

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Funny Bidness -- Delta forces conjoined infants to buy separate tickets

Posted Oct 8th 2007 5:00PM by Tom Barlow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Delta Air Lines (DAL)

According to The Arizona Republic, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) required an Arizona woman traveling with her one-year-old twin daughters Emma and Taylor, who are conjoined at the chest, to buy a separate ticket for each of the infants. When asked to rationalize its merciless decision, a Delta representative said that each twin needed her own oxygen mask. This is, in fact, not necessarily true, since the twins share a single heart .

That's one more than the Delta representatives showed.
via Gadling

In another insult to we hoi polloi, Delta has set up a 3,500 square foot display in New York to allow visitors to check out the sumptuous layout of its new international BusinessElite class seat. Also on display are its new all-leather coach seats and upscale menu items. Free Coke and coffee are also available.

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