Business Services Industry
Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 3--The Ford GT will have only a short lifespan, but supercars will live on at Ford.
Ford, which said only 4,500 exotic $139,995 GTs will be sold in the 2005 and 2006 model years, has unveiled a high-performance concept ready to take the GT's place.
The Ford Shelby GR-1 concept bowed at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California last month, where the elite gather to show off their classic cars and learn what Jay Leno, a noted car collector, bought this year -- which was a Ford GT.
Ford says the GR-1 will be on the auto-show circuit next year to gauge consumer demand.
Exotic cars are toys for wealthy enthusiasts, but they also attract the...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
