A 91-year-oldwoman who had crawledunder her car to look forherkeys ended up stuck beneath an axlefortwodays until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, policesaid.
And with a 42.3% rise in the number of private buyers piling into the car market, it became clear that consumers had been taken in by the UK industry's savage price cuts during 2000.
Consumer satisfaction ratings for EVs are through the roof, and car of the year awards for EVs have been piling up like a junkyard full of gas guzzlers.
So in September, when U.S. car sales slowed and Chrysler's inventory began piling up on dealer lots, rather than keeping the factories humming and then boosting discounts to move the excess vehicles--a strategy that drove Chrysler into deep financial trouble in 2006 and at other times in its history--Nardelli decided to shut down six factories until the glut disappeared.