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摘要

Let's face it, Chrysler has kinda been phoning in its midsize-car entries since the original cloud cars-Cirrus, Stratus, and Breeze. This chagrined the new boss in the black sweaters, who asked his team to explain why the company offered three great entries in the miniscule large-car segment, while two crappy ones (then Sebring and Avenger) were being slaughtered by the Camry and Accord in the mighty midsize segment. The answer amounted to shrugged shoulders and finger-pointing at a Daimler organization model that gave cost-driven engineers full authority over the product with no responsibility for its sales. Marchionne's edict: Enough phoning it in-hang up and drive.