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Chilton 2005 Chrysler Mechanical Service Manual: (2001-2005) (Chilton's Daimler Chrysler Service Manual)
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A Daimler Century: The Full History of Britain's Oldest Car Maker
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| ISBN: 1852604948 List Price: $44.95 Amazon Price: This item is currently not available. |
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Daimler & Benz: The Complete History: The Birth and Evolution of the Mercedes-Benz
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| ISBN: 0060890266 List Price: $34.95 Amazon Price: $23.77 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Comprehensive, accurate, beautiful... a fun read as well! Adler has done it again with a sumptious book showing the true evolution of the marque. Original photogaphy of very rare cars is complimented by museum archive shots, most of which I've never seen elsewhere. What amazed me was the 1930's poster art as well... Stuttgart clearly gave him total access! No stone unturned, here are the cars we all love (and sometimes drive - or dream we could drive). Summary: Another Disappointment After being disappointed by Adler's Duesenberg book, I approached this book with some trepidation. In the Duesenberg book,the one redeeming factor was the excellent photos. This book, Mercedes-Benz, not only exhibits worthless and erroneous history and information, the photos are a huge disappointment. Poorly cropped, over or under-developed and poorly printed, this book will become the first automobile title that I will actually return for a refund; it will not find its way onto my bookshelf! Summary: |
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Taken for a Ride: How Daimler-Benz Drove Off With Chrysler
Publisher: Collins |
| ISBN: 0060934484 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $10.37 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 4 Reviews: Summary: Great Storytelling, Good Lessons, Too Much Regret In 2000, hot on the heels of the Daimler-Chrysler merger, Bill Vlasic and Bradley A. Stertz, both of the Detroit Free Press, chronicled the merger and the run-up to it. Being from Detroit, lament pervades an otherwise riveting story full of intrigue from the Chrysler executives fending off raider/financier Kirk Kerkorian, through the unrelenting pace of the merger talks, and finally the aftermath where the former Chrysler executives started to roll over or jump ship. At the book's core are the merger negotiations and the power struggle that followed. Starkly contrasted are the styles of Jurgen Schrempp, the awesome Daimler-Benz Chairman, and Bob Eaton, his diffident Chrysler counterpart. From the outset, Eaton is cast as a weakling who crumbles in the face of bigger personalities. The horrendous miscommunication between Eaton and Kerkorian on the eve of Kerkorian's acquisition announcement foreshadows Eaton's flaky approach to the negotiations with Daimler. Throughout the book, Eaton is portrayed as hapless and hopeless. An outsider, chosen as CEO because of a clash of egos that disqualified the vastly more talented Bob Lutz (now the septuagenarian Vice-Chairman of General Motors), he, by all the books accounts, failed to ever become part of Chrysler. Time and again, Eaton is shown to be a ditherer and a weakling - indeed he is reported to have broken down in front of hundreds of senior managers no fewer than three times. Across the table from Eaton is Jurgen Schrempp, a big man with an insatiable appetite for action. Whether against internal Daimler rival Helmut Werner or at the table with Eaton, he comes off as a brilliant strategist with an unrelenting drive who lives for the big moments. Irrespective of how the market will judge the merger, the book offers useful lessons for negotiators. The Americans proved the negotiator's adage that failing to prepare is preparing to fail. The Daimler executives set their objectives and then prepared their strategy meticulously. Schrempp created alternatives to a negotiated solution, including the unlikely possibility of an alliance with the Ford Motor Company. At every step, by the Chrysler management team's own admission, they were out-prepared by as much as eighteen months. The weakness of the book is the authors' undisguised disappointment with the "loss" of an American industrial icon. It is an absolute hatchet job on Eaton who cannot possibly be as pathetic as he is made out to be. After the merger, the German executives are cast as jealous bureaucrats defending their turf. It is hard to determine whether this is an accurate description or the ever-present regret of the authors. Summary: This story feels real. I don't know how Vlasic was able to get the information in this book. The conversations ring true to me and this story feels as if it really could have occurred the way Vlasic describes it. This is one of the best books I have read in the past year. He is able to take a somewhat chaotic true story and assemble a story that flows smoothly yet also seems accurate. His ability to draw a picture of the characters is outstanding and they have proven quite prescient as time has passed. Summary: Outstanding work about the loss of an American Icon If you are looking to find out exactly how the Germans came in and stole Chrysler out from under its American leadership, this is the book for you. Superbly written and researched, the book is a page turner that kept me up till the early morning hours. I highly recommend it and hope that nothing like this ever happens again in corporate America. "Taken for a Ride" couldn't be a more fitting title. Summary: |
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Jaguar/Daimler Xj6 Restoration: Practical Classics & Car Restorer (Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club)
Publisher: Motorbooks International |
| ISBN: 1873098316 List Price: $37.50 Amazon Price: $37.50 Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 4 Reviews: Summary: A Nice Collection of Articles This book is a collection of articles, with accompanying advertisements, from "Jaguar Enthusiast" magazine. It covers the major areas from body work, to suspension, to engine, drive train, and exhaust. I used this book more as a guide to the steps that must be completed. It is not a detailed account of each overhaul. When accompanied by a Jaguar Repair Operation Manual and a Jaguar Parts Catalog, you wind up with almost all of the documentation you need. Note: This car is most helpful for restoring Jaguar Series I, II, and III cars built from the early '70s through the late '80s. Though some of the information may be useful, this book does not cover newer models of the XJ40 and beyond. Summary: |
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Forward: The American Heritage of Daimler Chrysler
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| ISBN: 0970995202 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.97 Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks |
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The Ultimate History of the Mercedes-Benz
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Richard Meier: Daimler-Benz, Forschungszentrum Ulm
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