Praise was out loud, at work Ford tool designer Leno Poli of Dearborn, a Catholic, prays at noon Thursday at the first interfaith prayer meeting approved and sanctioned by the company. His faith was joined by Hindus, Muslims, Protestants and Jews. Hatchback must be the dirtiest word in the auto industry.
Station wagon is nearly as repulsive.
That would explain why car companies are loath to use those terms to describe new models that obviously are hatchbacks or wagons. The workers toiling around the huge furnaces at Allegheny Ludlum 's steel mill in Brackenridge, Pa., always take notice of strangers in business suits. A few months ago, there were visitors from Germany. The next group was Japanese. Struggling Chrysler announces management moves DaimlerChrysler AG's ailing Chrysler unit has named Ford Motor Co.'s former director of retail marketing and online business as its new vice president for marketing communications.