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Upcoming: #carchat 35; November 4 @ 8PM EST

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on November 4, 2009

Filed under Industry, WTF, This week, Chrysler, Discussion, Social Media, carchat, Twitter, LOL, Jalopnik, Original

This week: Chrysler's restructuring plan, the new Chrysler logo, and SEMA…Oh, and how the Dodge Viper logo looks like Daffy Duck!

If you'd like to participate, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8 PM EST November 4, but you'll need a Twitter account to ask questions.

However, if you'd like to follow things live, go here at 8 PM EST.

And if you'd like to suggest topics and questions for the discussion, please leave a comment below, tag articles on Delicious.com with "carchat," or email me at michael [at] banovsky.com.

Topics:

• Discussion: New Chrysler logo…thoughts?
• Discussion: Chrysler LLC restructuring
• Discussion: SEMA Show recap + Are custom vehicles passé?

So click through and read a few links, and see some photos related to the discussion.

Quote of the week:

"We are pulling out of Formula One completely. I offer my deepest apologies to Toyota's many fans for not being able to achieve the results we had targeted." — Toyota President Akio Toyoda, announcing their withdrawal from Formula 1, via autonews.com

Photo of the week:

Discussion: The new Chrysler logo is interesting…but here are some alternatives

Required reading:

• "Chrysler gets a new logo, we take a look back" from jalopnik.com

Discussion: Chrysler's product plan

Required reading:

• "Chrysler's complete five-year product plan" from jalopnik.com

Embedded: All the tweets about Chrysler's day-long announcements, via speedsportlife.com




Discussion: SEMA + Are custom vehicles passé?

Required reading:

• "RideLust's SEMA coverage" from ridelust.com
• "SEMA trends: That's a wrap!" from nytimes.com
• "Why TTAC doesn't do SEMA any more" from thetruthaboutcars.com

How to follow a discussion on Twitter

Three easy steps:

• Sign up for Twitter
• Load up #carchat in a new tab in your web browser.
• Contribute to the discussion on Tweet Grid, or, on your Twitter homepage, use the box (and 140 characters) to say something pertinent to the discussion. Reply directly to someone by putting an "@" in front of their Twitter name. Be sure to add "#carchat" to whatever you say during the discussion, so that others following along can read what you've written — or questions you may have asked.

Or, just have this window open and watch this widget…be warned, though, it won't update in realtime.

Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.